Voces of a Pandemic Symposium

Voces Oral History Project is the leading Latino oral history archive in the United States since 1999, capturing untold stories of Latinos and Latinas who served, in the military or on the home front, during World War II.Our archive later expanded to include the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and Political and Civic Engagement, focusing on the continuing fight for Latino civil rights.#VocesCenter #WWII #VietnamWar #KoreanWar #PoliticalandCivic Engagement

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When the Covid-19 pandemic brought the country to a standstill in 2020, Latinos/as suffered disproportionately. Many were essential workers in food processing and services; others were among the legions of healthcare providers who cared for the millions of sick and dying. A team of professors and students from 13 institutions across the country stepped up during this time of crisis to conduct <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWhomroDwfXu942xEdE80f0WpwHZ3bP1M" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">oral history interviews</a> about the Latino experience in the U.S. This national project, titled <a href="https://voces.lib.utexas.edu/voces-pandemic" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Voces of a Pandemic</a>, was led by the <a href="https://voces.lib.utexas.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Voces Oral History Center</a> at The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication.Please join us on Friday, April 21, from 10AM-4PM CST for a live-streamed event to hear interviewees, as well as researchers, share lessons learned from recording over <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWhomroDwfXu942xEdE80f0WpwHZ3bP1M" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">400 Zoom interviews</a>.

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