The Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation has partnered with the Gifford Historical Museum and Cultural Center to help teens learn the process of interviewing members of the community and documenting their stories. Teens Listen: An Oral History Project is a project that engages students in our community in an experience that will develop skills of interviewing and listening by recording the significant views adults have about living in this community.
We have enlisted teacher mentors in each high school to help us recruit, train, and schedule our young student interviewers. We’ll take students through the process of learning how to interview, how to document those interviews and how to reflect on what they learn in the process.
Students will produce a video of their recorded interview, which will be built into a local documentary film that shares the stories we collect, as well as written reflections, which will be published together in a physical book.
In addition to continue to interview Gifford Pioneers and women in the C-suite, we plan to add veterans, “river folk,” and others to our growing list of storytellers.
To be eligible, students must:
- Be in 9-12th grade
- Reside in or attend school in Indian River County
Would you like to be a part of Teens Listen?
Enid Shomer
Enid Shomer reads her poem “Rara Omnia” from her book Shoreless. You can purchase Shoreless here, and find out more about Enid here.
Marie Stiefel to be Recognized as Philanthropy Leader
On November 17, Marie will be honored as a leader of philanthropy in our community on National Philanthropy Day. Purchase tickets here!
Keeping the Arts Alive Poetry Reading
Join us at the Raw Space Gallery on Saturday, November 14 from 2 pm – 5 pm. Hear from our Tuesday Writers, Porch Poets, and …
Beautiful Morning: Music and Poetry Event
On Thursday November 12 at 11am at the Community Church of Vero Beach, Sean Sexton will read poetry along with music performed by Rochelle Sallee …
Protected: Board Monday Update – October 26, 2020
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.