StoryCorps Alumni: Continuing the Conversation

September 29, 2010

IN THIS ISSUE:

StoryCorps' Door-to-Door Service

Alumni Share

Listen to Stories

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The mission of StoryCorps is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives.

 

Major funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

CPB

Additional support for StoryCorps is provided by:

  • The Atlantic Philanthropies
  • The Ford Foundation
  • The Kaplen Foundation
  • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • Joe and Carol Reich

Maxell is the official media sponsor of StoryCorps.


We are proud of our national partnerships with NPR and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress:

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Dear StoryCorps Alum,

As the fall season is upon us, I am happy to update you on the many exciting things that have transpired over the past few months at StoryCorps.

  • Our new animation series premiered nationally on PBS’s documentary show POV, and so far has received over one million views on YouTube.
  • And, this fall, we began piloting our new Legacy Initiative, which will preserve the stories of people facing life-threatening conditions.

If you would like more information about any of the above, please feel free to contact me.

Between now and October 31, a generous donor will match all donations, up to $50,000. Support StoryCorps by donating today, and your gift will be doubled!

Save the date for November 26, when we'll all be celebrating StoryCorps' 3rd annual National Day of Listening.

Warmly,

christa

Christa Orth
StoryCorps Alumni Coordinator
646-723-7020 ext. 77
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by Kate Brown, Business Development Coordinator

This summer, StoryCorps partnered with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to record interviews with nine outstanding public institutions that received the IMLS's National Medal Award. StoryCorps' Door-to-Door team traveled the country, recording stories at some of America's greatest public institutions.

The Braille Institute Library Services in Los Angeles was our first stop. They translated our Great Questions List into Braille and invited patrons to share their stories. You can read more about StoryCorps Alumni from the Braille Institute, and from  all our locations across the United States, on the StoryCorps blog.

You can also listen to select stories here.

If you would like to bring StoryCorps to an organization close to your heart through our Door-to-Door service, please contact businessdevelopment@storycorps.org.    

 

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Enjoy insights and words of wisdom from the StoryCorps Alumni community:  


StoryCorps Alumni

 

We will be inviting all our graduates to participate with StoryCorps—women made homeless as a result of domestic violence, homeless veterans, and people coming home following incarceration. We are very appreciative to StoryCorps for the opportunity to record our friends’ stories of struggle and recovery—they have all been homeless and are now again contributing members of our communities.

Marc Greenberg (L), with friend Wayne Harrison
Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing
Yonkers, NY


StoryCorps Alumni

In our interview, my dad shared a story about how my grandfather was a member of the KKK. He talked about how his family's racist past has faded over his lifetime. In 2008, our family universally supported Obama in the last election. I know that this was a story he wanted to tell, and I'm so glad he got the chance.


Laurel McClure with her father, James McClure
Mountain View, CA

 

StoryCorps Alumni

 

I did a StoryCorps interview with my daughter yesterday in the studios of WABE, on the eve of her leaving for college in Asheville, NC. Please, please tell other parents to take a moment to do this with their kids. It was one of the most deeply moving moments in our lives—a chance to stop, take a breath, and reflect on this precious, joyous, bittersweet milestone!


 Audrey Galex with her daughter, Maayan Schechter
 Atlanta, GA


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listen to stories


 
"A Staff Sergeant went through my cell phone
and saw some of the
text messages that I
had to my boyfriend."

Kendall Bailey (R) talks to his friend Don Davis (L) about his dismissal from the U.S. Marines under the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.

 

 
"The initial impression
was as if we had walked
out of the audience and became part of the
show..."
 
John Romanowich, a
recovery worker,
remembers his first day at Ground Zero after September 11, 2001.     


"I found myself in the principal's office a lot."
Judge Berryl Anderson (L) and her mother, Virginia (R), remember what Berryl was like as a child.






 
"I think I could have done another 31 years."

Retired New York City sanitation worker Angelo Bruno (L) speaks with his friend and former partner, Eddie Nieves (R), about working together on their daily route.

  

 

    Listen to more stories on StoryCorps' free podcast.