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Memoir/Oral History Critique Workshop
Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8
With the strength of her pen, Thelma Young gives voice to those who might not otherwise have one. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Young has geared her life in the direction of storytelling. She emphasizes the importance of storytelling by conducting workshops across the country which focus on helping others record and preserve their family stories. Her first book, The Stories My Foremothers Told Me (2005), delves into the lives of five Black-Creole Catholic women who grew up on the Mississippi-Louisiana Gulf Coast and witnessed the Civil Rights Movement. Her second book, All You Could See Was the Water: Hurricane Katrina through the Eyes of Children (2008) captures the experiences of eleven children who survived the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Young's work with children who survived Katrina prompted the University of Virginia to invite her to speak at their inaugural Symposium on Race and Society, In Katrina's Wake: Racial Implications of the New Orleans Disaster. Young is currently working on her third oral history project, Black Men in America, in collaboration with National Public Radio's StoryCorps.
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