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Creating Communities and Building Collections One Conversation at a Time

Posted by: John Fenn

In this guest post, Allina Migoni (Reference Librarian, American Folklife Center) and Talia Guzmán-González (Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division) describe a new initiative honoring Hispanic Heritage Month 2020. This initiative is a collaboration between the American Folklife Center, Hispanic Division, and StoryCorps. Have you ever sat down with family or friends to look at old photos? …

Posted in: Fieldwork, Home, StoryCorps

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

In Their Own Words: Mapping the Contours of Muslim Journeys, Identities, and Triumphs in the United States

Posted by: John Fenn

This is a guest post by two staff from the Muslim American Leadership Alliance: Ahmed Omar (Deputy Director) and Andrew McDonald (Program Associate). In 2017 the American Folklife Center hosted staff from the Alliance along with contributors to their “Muslim American Journeys” project to participate in a public listening session at the Library of Congress, …

Posted in: StoryCorps