Telling Stories
Students at the Center for Documentary Studies work with an advocacy group to collect the stories of Latino farmworkers and their families
Thursday, March 22, 2007
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Durham, NC -- College projects often get tossed in a drawer at the end of the semester. But work by undergraduates at Duke will live on in a permanent archive and traveling exhibition. The students are gathering the stories of Latino farmworkers and their families, illuminating their reasons for immigrating, the obstacles they face and their aspirations for the future. The students' work is part of a collaborative project between the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and the advocacy group Student Action with Farmworkers. It's called "Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Sueños/Our Histories, Our Dreams: Latino Immigrants in North Carolina."
The final project, expected to be completed in 2008, will include an exhibition featuring famworkers' stories and raising awareness of their hopes and dreams for educating their children.
In this audio report, producer Sally Hicks accompanies Duke undergraduate Winston Wilde as he interviews a high school student from Mexico who is struggling to stay in school after his father is injured in a car accident.
Listen to "Outside the Bubble" by Sally Hicks (wav file)
Listen to "Salvador’s Dilemma" by Winston Wilde (wav file)
Find all student audio stories here.
Anyone interested in getting involved with this project should contact CDS at docstudies@duke.edu or SAF at (919) 660-3652.