June 22 | Oral History 101 at the Anacostia Arts Center

Your family story: a gift to future generations.
Your community’s traditions: your legacy.
Your organization’s impact: its foundation.

Attend this oral history workshop to learn beginning practices of oral history to help you capture the stories that matter the most.

We'll discuss:

• The difference between oral history and an interview

• How to plan for an oral history interview

• How to lead and participate in the actual oral history

• Ways to share the recorded stories with others

Dr. Amaka Okechukwu will facilitate this session. Dr. Okechukwu is an interdisciplinary scholar who studies social movements, race, urban studies, and Black archives.

She served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center for Advanced Social Science Research at New York University, and as a Social Science Research Council-Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Fellow. Dr. Okechukwu received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University and my undergraduate degrees in English-Creative Writing and Sociology from the University of Southern California.

Previously, she served as the Oral Historian at Weeksville Heritage Center and the Project Coordinator of the Voices of Crown Heights Oral History Project at Brooklyn Historical Society.

This event is brought to you by the Dap Project, co-sponsored by the Anacostia Arts Center, and funded by HumanitiesDC.

Free event! RSVP HERE!