Continuance

Continuance Spring / Summer 2003

Workshop Inspires Student Actions

How often do community members pass away without anyone hearing their stories?

The Save Our Stories Workshop in Springfield, May 1, inspired us in several ways. We learned about the importance of saving the stories of older adults in our communities and families. Family history, community history, and individual history are important for the youth of tomorrow.

The workshop gave us examples of many ways we could save stories. It allowed us to think about family stories and ways to persevere them. With the technology available to us, digital movies seem the most obvious. We can use digital cameras to record the words, the actions and the individuals.

In our community, there are older people who have had a significant impact on our community. As we think about it now, we realize how important they are and how often their stories are overlooked. Saving these stories of the past is definitely important.

Based on the examples at the Save Our Stories Workshop, we plan to start a program for our community. We will interview several older people and communicate their stories for the future generations for the town of Coulterville.