To date, we have hosted over 30 oral history collection events that resulted in the collection of 105 oral histories and built public participation through story collections. This involved recruiting and training several volunteers to conduct the interviews in a way that was accountable to those to whom the memory of Rikers belongs. We also partnered with local institutions and organizations that serve currently and formerly incarcerated people, as a means of establishing local connections in neighborhoods that are impacted the most by criminal justice policies.
Sing Sing Interview
Community Partner: Sing Sing Family Collective
March 30, 2021Planned Interviews
Community Partner: Freedom Agenda
November 18, 2020Planned Interviews
Community Partner: Freedom Agenda
September 22, 2020Interview in Spanish
Community Partner: Freedom Agenda
August 15, 2020Interview in Spanish
Community Partner: Freedom Agenda
August 14, 2020Planned Interviews
Community Partner: Freedom Agenda
August 11, 2020Interview in Spanish
Community Partner: Freedom Agenda
August 9, 2020Planned Interviews
Community Partner: Trans Oral History Project
July 30, 2020Exodus Transitional – Manhattan
Community Partner: Exodus Transitional
July 28, 2020Planned Interviews
Community Partner: Trans Oral History Project
July 28, 2020Planned Interviews
Community Partner: Trans Oral History Project
July 23, 2020LVN/DOHMH Community Convo 2
Community Partner: Local Voices Network
June 30, 2020LVN/DOHMH Community Convo 1
Community Partner: Local Voices Network
June 24, 2020Exodus Transitional – Wyndham Gardens
Community Partner: Exodus Transitional
June 17, 2020Exodus Transitional – Holiday Inn
Community Partner: Exodus Transitional
June 16, 2020Exodus Transitional – Holiday Inn
Community Partner: Exodus Transitional
June 10, 2020Exodus Transitional – Wyndham Gardens
Community Partner: Exodus Transitional
June 10, 2020Exodus Transitional – Wyndham Gardens
Community Partner: Exodus Transitional
June 9, 2020Exodus Transitional – Holiday Inn
Community Partner: Exodus Transitional
June 9, 2020LVN Community Conversation 4
Community Partner: Local Voices Network
May 27, 2020LVN Community Conversation 3
Community Partner: Local Voices Network
May 22, 2020LVN Community Conversation 2
Community Partner: Local Voices Network
May 13, 2020LVN Community Conversation 1
Community Partner: Local Voices Network
May 8, 2020JLUSA
Community Partner: JLUSA
January 29, 2020College & Community Fellowship
Community Partner: College & Community Fellowship
January 22, 2020Exodus Transitional
Community Partner: Exodus Transitional
January 14, 2020Prison Reentry Institute
Community Partner: Prison Reentry Institute
January 10, 2020The Doe Fund
Community Partner: The Doe Fund
November 15, 2019Street Interviews – Staten Island
Community Partner: Close Rikers
July 29, 2019Fortune Society
Community Partner: Fortune Society
April 10, 2019St. George Library
Community Partner: New York Public Library
April 3, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 6:30 pmBronx Freedom Fund
Community Partner: Bronx Freedom Fund
February 13, 2019Mott Haven Library
Community Partner: New York Public Library
January 23, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm125th Street Library
Community Partner: New York Public Library
January 7, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pmBrooklyn Central Library
Community Partner: New York Public Library
October 17, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm