Past Programs
Documenting Political Movements with Oral Histories
We presented this workshop on September 25th, 2024 for Press On, A Southern Collective for Movement Journalism.
As a method for memory work, how can oral history be used in our organizing strategies? This popular education workshop was an opportunity for beginners to learn the basics of oral history and how to develop community-embedded oral history projects. During this session, attendees participated in a listening session where we interrogated the power of narratives and shared resources for conducting oral histories.
Reproductive Justice Organizing with Oral History
We presented this workshop at the 2023 Toni Cade Bambara Conference, hosted by the Women’s Research and ResourceCenter at Spelman College.
As a method for memory work, how can oral history be used in our organizing strategies? This political education workshop is a listening session where we interrogate the power of narratives and share resources for conducting oral histories. The workshop is divided into three sections: 1) an introduction to the project and how to be critical memory workers, 2) a listening session with audio clips from Reproductive Justice Organizers and Birthworkers in Atlanta, Georgia, 3) and small and big groups discussions reflecting on the audio clips inviting participants to reflect on the impact of the brief oral histories they’ve listened to and what they’ve learned from listening. Participants will meditate on the value of community memory work and how to do memory work in their communities.
Post-Roe: What We Can Learn From Oral History
Charis welcomes Ashby Combahee, Dartricia Rollins, Sukari Olawumi, Kwajelyn Jackson, Khye Tyson for a panel discussion, Post Roe: What We Can Learn from Oral History and Archives. This panel is presented by Georgia Dusk: a southern liberation oral history project connecting the intersections of Black movement and cultural work in Atlanta, Georgia, across generations.
Georgia Dusk, which spans across movements and cultural workers, currently focuses on the history of and current Reproductive Justice movement. Georgia Dusk sees the South broadly and Atlanta/Georgia as an important site of reproductive health, rights, and justice work. Following the overturn of Roe, it is even more important to document where we were, are, and are going in the fight for reproductive liberation.