The Meeting's On!

We are finally going to have our writers meeting: 7 pm, Tuesday, February 26! We will meet at the First United Methodist Church on the third floor, room 303. Sandy Wood and I are hosting. Catrina Pelton will be speaking on writing oral histories.

An oral history is: "A recording containing information about the past obtained from in-depth interviews concerning personal experiences, recollections, and reflections" (Merriam-Webster)

Catrina teaches history at Maryville High School. Through the Civic Voices International Democracy Memory Bank Project sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers she studied techniques and strategies for recording oral histories. She will share with us the importance of recording history that would otherwise be lost to us and ways in which oral history can enhance writing projects.