We are each walking anthologies, living collections of our own stories, as well as every one we have ever been told by others.
I was reminded of the power of stories this past week at two events in San Francisco: a benefit for Voice of Witness and an evening hosted by World Pulse.
Each of the organizations focuses on unheard stories, the former collecting oral histories from the displaced people of Sudan, undocumented workers in the US, and Katrina survivors; the latter amplifying and connecting women’s voices from around the world.
Voice of Witness’ next project is to document experiences of the 9/11 backlash and publish it before the 10th anniversary of the attacks next year.
The project is looking for stories from Middle Eastern/South Asian/Muslim Americans and other communities related to 9/11 and its aftermath, especially from people who live outside the US coasts in middle America.
You can contact the editor Alia Malek at: alia [at] voiceofwitness DOT com directly with your story or referrals.
Please spread the word and have your story heard.
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December 8, 2010 at 12:10 pm
sara60
Baraka,
It’s been ages but I’m so happy to read about how well bean’s growing (and you as well, into motherhood)….thank you for this info…my grad school thesis was on NYT’s framing of Muslims post 9/11 so I’ll def. get in touch with her.
Also, couldn’t stop laughing at the Not My Naseeb blog….love the stuff you share!
xo,
sara