Dave Isay, the founder of StoryCorps, has grown a modest startup about the celebration of life through listening into a national movement. Since 2003, almost 30,000 people like you have shared their personal stories and each conversation is preserved at the Library of Congress. Isay and special guests come to the Y on June 24 to discuss the nature of the project and address why individual stories matter and why oral tradition is important in defining our national identity.
In the meantime, here are three of our favorite stories now featured on the StoryCorps website:
“He said, ‘Man, that’s how we start friends on this block.’”
Celedonia “Cal” Jones tells his friend Robert Harris about moving to a new block in Harlem during the Depression.
“We got a postcard that my father was alive...”
Eric Lamet remembers reuniting with his father in Italy, where Eric and his mother lived as Jewish refugees during WWII.
“I have pictures of our last Thanksgiving...”
Danielle and Gabrielle Hall remember their mother Martha, who died of breast cancer in 2003.
Previously: Share Your Story with Vail Barrett
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