Kentucky Remembers! Summer Internship

For my summer internship I worked with the Kentucky Remembers! Project, a pilot oral history and human rights youth leadership program under the direction of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. Working in partnership with the Kentucky Folklife Program, Kentucky Oral History Commission, and the Community Scholars Program, the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights conducted five leadership camps across the state. I served as the staff oral historian for the Bowling Green and Paducah camps where I taught youth how to conduct oral histories, help to make contacts and set up interviews, and handle the audio archiving process. I also helped with the writing of the oral history curriculum for this summer's upcoming camps. This internship led my graduate work in a new and exciting direction. Due to the passion and brilliance of the youth and my fellow staff members, I have continued my research in folklore, education, and human rights concerns as a part of my independent study.

Download article about Kentucky Remembers! [pdf, 68kb] cowritten by myself and Kentucky Remembers! director Caitlin Swain. This article was submitted for possible publication in the upcoming CARTS newsletter.