Project Voice and Digital Storytelling
The aim of Project Voice in the Middle Atlantic
Region of AFSC is to support immigrants and
refugees and promote human rights. We assist
immigrants and refugees to strengthen their
communities and amplify their voices and
actions to create just and positive social
change.
The Digital Storytelling project combined the methodology of Project Voice and the Center for Digital Storytelling to help Somali Bantu refugees acquire skills necessary to produce documentaries about their struggles with war, forced migration and resettlement in Baltimore, MD. Project Voice and five Somali Bantu storytellers produced these digital stories to inform the public about the experiences of refugees and provide an opportunity to advocate for refugee rights. We offer this work to help bring the concerns of refugee rights into greater focus within the immigrant rights movement.
Note: Sincere thanks to University of Maryland
Baltimore County’s New Media Studio for
donating their equipment and space to produce
these stories.
(From L-R: Mohamed Iftin,
Ibrahim Iftin, Bali Ahmed, Ruben Chandrasekar,
Muna Bashir, Janelle Asiedu, Iftin Iftin)
Photo: Sharon Mullally
The Digital Storytelling project combined the methodology of Project Voice and the Center for Digital Storytelling to help Somali Bantu refugees acquire skills necessary to produce documentaries about their struggles with war, forced migration and resettlement in Baltimore, MD. Project Voice and five Somali Bantu storytellers produced these digital stories to inform the public about the experiences of refugees and provide an opportunity to advocate for refugee rights. We offer this work to help bring the concerns of refugee rights into greater focus within the immigrant rights movement.
| Stefani Sese (Center for Digital Storytelling) and Iftin Iftin editing his digital story. Photo: Sharon Mullally |