History
The coalition for Saving Our Stories met for the first time
on May 29, 2002 at the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
Dan AltaVista, Executive Director, IBHE, convened the group
in cooperation with Jean Wilkins, Director, Illinois State
Library; Joseph Cipfl, President and CEO, Illinois Community
College Board; John Johnston, Director, Veterans Affairs,
and Margo Schreiber, Director, Illinois Department on Aging.
The coalition has established one main goal: to champion
the recording and preserving of family, cultural and community
history. The coalition plans to do this through publicity,
emphasizing it as a way of meeting educational standards;
through intergenerational service learning; and by fostering
writing skills among all ages.
Members
American Family History Institute, Chicago Historical Society,
Chicago Metro History Education Center, Illinois State Historical
Library, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Illinois State
Historical Society, Illinois State Archives, Illinois Press
Association, Illinois Association of School Boards, Intergenerational
Initiative: SIU Carbondale, Illinois Coalition for Community
Service, Illinois Department of Human Services, Illinois Humanities
Council, Illinois State Library, Secretary of State's Office,
Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges of Chicago, Illinois
Association of Regional Superintendents, Illinois Association
of School Boards, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois
Community College Board, Illinois Education Association, Illinois
State Board of Education, Illinois PTA, North Central College,
Illinois Department on Aging, Illinois Department of Veterans
Affairs, AARP, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
