Raising Children in Central Jackson Oral History Project is now complete and available to hear on the Margaret Walker Center website. You can listen to the 35 narratives here.
This collection explores what it means to both be raised and raise children in the neighborhoods served by Operation Shoestring, a nonprofit that provides year-round academic, social and emotional support to children in central Jackson from pre-K – 7th grade, while supporting and providing resources to their families. Interviews were conducted by volunteer community members with their family members, friends, and neighbors through a project led by Operation Shoestring’s Research and Data Coordinator Alison Turner.
Join the community for a “We Are the Village: A Creative Listening Event,” come-and-go from 10 am to 1 pm. This event will include opportunities to listen to compiled clips from the oral history collection and create art inspired by those clips.
This is free and open to the public so bring the whole family.
