Description:
A guide to give newcomers the confidence to begin their own oral history projects.
Brief description:
Claire Kiefer is the author of Bear Witness, forthcoming from Big Pencil Press in Fall 2018. She is a Voice of Witness Curriculum Specialist.
Review Quotes:
"Stories are humankind's connective tissue, and Say It Forward reminds us the process through which we document a story is as important and powerful as the story itself."
--Lauren Markham, author of The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life
"Say It Forward provides not only a practical blueprint for storytelling methodology and approach, it does something more meaningful--it contextualizes and validates the purpose and multilayered nuances of capturing deeply personal accounts."
--Linda Sotelo, New Americans Museum
"Oral history changes lives. Claire Kiefer and Cliff Mayotte have made a profoundly clear, fluid, and accessible guide to doing your own oral histories, and teachers, students, and parents: I beg you to try it."
--Dave Eggers, Voice of Witness cofounder and author, The Monk of Mokha and What Is the What
"Say It Forward is a useful guide for anyone new to recording the oral histories of vulnerable populations. Voice of Witness makes plain how to work with sensitivity, respect, and care."
--Danielle Jackson, cofounder, Bronx Documentary Center