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Community Listening Project Workshops
Workshop Schedule


Listening for a Change holds free oral history workshops regularly. If you're interested in interviewing community members of diverse backgrounds and you would like to attend one of the workshops listed below, please contact us to enroll.

Saturday September 20, 2008 - 9:00am-1:00pm
Saturday November 22, 2008 - 9:00am-1:00pm
Saturday January 10, 2009 - 9:00am-1:00pm

Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
153 Stony Circle, Suite 100, Santa Rosa
Click here for directions



Summer Dinner & Auction

You are invited!!

Sunset Soiree
Saturday, September 6th, 5:00-8:00 pm
Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate

Join us for fine Michel-Schlumberger wines,
jazz, food, auction, and fun! This lovely blend
promises a spectacular late summer experience.

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Listening for a Change and The Survivor Project in the Press

Santa Rosa magazine "Up and Comer/Family Tradition"
Summer 2008
Photo and article on LFC Board Member Jessica Flores.

Santa Rosa magazine "Sightings/Listening for a Change"
Fall 2006
Photos and article covering our 2006 Fiesta Fantastica fundraising event.

Press Democrat "History Has a Sound"
January 23, 2005
The Community Listening Project at Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Santa Rosa.

Press Democrat "Close to Home"
September 6, 2004
Executive Director Phyllis Rosenfield and Board Chair Patrick Grattan co-wrote this article announcing the public relations campaign for the Community Listening Project. (Click on the link to see the posters.)

San Mateo Daily Journal "Holocaust survivor speaks to students."
September 20, 2003
Holocaust survivor George Heller spoke to a Sequoia High School class about his experience in the concentration camps as part of The Survivor Project's Essence of Acceptance Program.

La Voz " The Survivor Project - Recognizing diversity and teaching acceptance for the future"
August 2003
Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate hosted a fundraiser for The Survivor Project. The afternoon featured live music, wine, and both a silent and live action, hosted by Ernie Carpenter.

Petaluma Argus Courier "Documenting History"
January 29, 2003
The Survivor Project, in partnership with the Healthy Communities Consortium, reaches out to a new community. Students in Petaluma high schools are offered the Essence of Acceptance Program.

San Francisco Chronicle "Survivor Project Teaches Children about Human Rights"
July 12, 2002
After tragedies such as 9/11 and Columbine, The Survivor Project is all the more pertinent in breaking down the barriers between youth in high school that lead to misunderstanding and violence.

La Voz "Latin Americans Sought for Maria Carillo High School"
May 1, 2002
A bilingual call to the community for Latin Americans to participate as interviewees in the schools as part of the Essence of Acceptance program.

Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) Bulletin "New grant brings ‘Essence of Acceptance’ to community schools"
September 2001
SCOE is partnering with The Survivor Project to implement The Survivor Project’s Essence of Acceptance in the Court, Community and Alternative Schools.

California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO) News "Wisdom Through a New Project Based Program: The Survivor Project’s ‘Essence of Acceptance.’"
October/November 1998
Introduces the Sonoma County Survivor Project and the new school program, the Essence of Acceptance.

The Press Democrat "Stories of Survival: Museum Chronicles Memories"
April 15, 1991
The Sonoma County Museum held the first exhibit of the Sonoma County Survivor Project. The article includes excerpts and photographs from the exhibit.

The Muse "This is what I remember"
April/May/June, 1991
Excerpts from the biographies of those featured in the Sonoma County Survivor Project. Includes photos and individual descriptions of the participants.

The West Sonoma County Paper "The Survivor Project"
May 16-June 5, 1991
This article highlights the Sonoma County Survivor Project exhibit, and the importance of community interaction and understanding to avoid prejudice in the future.

Sonoma Reader "Survivors: Despite Inhumanity Our Neighbors Somehow Go On."
November, 1990
How Sonoma County survivors of dramatic loss of human rights share their stories and insights. Includes photographs and quotations.

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Other Items of Interest

Sandra Day O'Connor: "In need of a good civics lesson"
(From the Washington Post, reprinted in the Press Democrat March 28, 2006)

Ann DuBay: "From Auschwitz to Darfur"
(From the Press Democrat, April 30, 2006)

Press Democrat, Kindertransport: "Holocaust survivors recall escape"
(From the Press Democrat, May 16, 2006)

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