Applied Oral History: A Method for Documenting and Activating Stories of State-Inflicted Violence

A public talk by: Fanny Julissa Garcia 

When: Tuesday, March 28 from 6:00-7:30pm
Where: Olin Auditorium, Whitman College

*Free bilingual childcare available with sign-up.
*Live English to Spanish interpretation will be provided.

Join us for a public talk by award-winning oral historian Fanny Julissa García, presenting on her oral history project Separated: Stories of Injustice and Solidarity.

The Walla Walla Immigrant Rights Coalition, in partnership with Whitman College, would like to invite you to a bilingual talk from award-winning oral historian Fanny García. She will present on her oral history project Separated: Stories of Injustice and Solidarity, which documents how family separation was employed by the United States at the U.S./Mexico border beginning in 2018. This was a historic human rights violation. García has conducted oral history interviews with family members, both parents and children, who were separated at the border. Beyond archiving stories for posterity, the project uses applied oral history methodology to activate and disseminate stories contained within the collection of interviews in support of the ongoing policy efforts to achieve restitution for families. 

The event will be held on Tuesday, March 28 at 6:00 pm Olin Auditorium at Whitman College. Live English to Spanish interpretation will be provided, and bilingual childcare will be available in Olin room 129 from 5:45 to 7:30pm. Sign up for childcare here.

This talk is generously co-sponsored by the Whitman College and Northwest Archives, Penrose Library, the Walla Walla Immigrant Rights Coalition and the Whitman Events Board.