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Story Corps
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KAWC welcomes StoryCorps January 7 at the Yuma Public Library
There, you can be a part of America's largest oral history project ever. Interview a relative, a co-worker, a mentor -- and capture the voices, memories, and stories. StoryCorps facilitators work with you to record your conversation for the Library of Congress and future generations, for public radio, and for yourself. Reservations Open Friday, December 18 at 10 am by calling 800-850-4406 or visiting www.storycorps.org..
StoryCorps Yuma 2010 - An Activist's Story
Added June 16th 01:45 PMA longtime Yuma resident is named "Activist of the Year" by Equality Arizona. Michael Baughman is founder of the Yuma County Gay Rights Meet-up. Baughman speaks with Douglas Sanchez... (aired 06/04/10)
StoryCorps Yuma 2010 - A Soldier's Story
Added June 1st 12:08 PMA special Memorial Day StoryCorps conversation between current Yuma policeman, Robert Wallace, and his girlfriend Lyndsey Smith, about Wallace's service in the Marines 19 years ago during Operation Desert Storm... (aired 5/28/10)
StoryCorps Yuma 2010 - Celebrating Mother's Day
Added June 1st 12:00 PMYuma educator Bill Sayenga and his daughter, Ellen Riek, discuss Sayenga's memories of his mother...(aired 5/7/10)
StoryCorps Yuma 2010 - Arresting a Family Member
Added May 12th 01:18 PMA conversation between Denise Rodriguez and her father, former police officer, now Yuma City Councilman, Raul Mendoza about his experiences on the Yuma police force... (aired 4/30/10)
StoryCorps Yuma 2010 - Celebrating Yuma Lettuce Days
Added February 9th 10:42 AMAhead of Yuma's Lettuce Day's Festival, a local artist talks about how Yuma's farmworkers inspire her work. Artist Pamela Drapala recorded her conversation with Sara Culver at the StoryCorps mobile recording booth in Yuma in January.
Yuma StoryCorps 2010 - Inside the Redondo Family
Added January 26th 12:40 PMListen to an excerpt from one of the first participants in Yuma's StoryCorps Oral History Project. Mary Redondo Lorona learned about her great grandfather, Jose Maria Redondo, by hearing stories from her great aunt. Redondo Lorona is interviewed by her daughter, Yuma County Supervisor Lenore Lorona Stuart...
Yuma StoryCorps 2010 - Racism in the Western U.S.
Added January 26th 12:26 PMWe honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by looking at the legacy of racism here in the Western United Sates. Listen to a StoryCorps conversation recorded here in Yuma about the changes Everardo Martinez-Inzunz experienced when he was a child, after his family moved to the United States from Mexico. Martinez-Inzunzo recorded this conversation with his wife Leticia Martinez.
