Voices for Peace is a civic education resource developed by the Civic Voices project to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The oral history excerpts utilized in this resource were compiled from two sources:
• Civic Voices: International Democracy Memory Bank archive, www.civicvoices.org
• The September 11, 2001 Narrative and Memory Project from the Columbia University Center for Oral
History
Civic Voices is administered by the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education for Democracy Act approved by the United States Congress. The contents of this resource, and the contents of the materials to commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11, do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.
The Voices for Peace site was created by Benjamin Higgins, a teacher at Springville-Griffith Institute, NY. A team of exceptional educators assisted with the development of the resources it contains:
Sarah Davis, School for International Studies, NY
Debbie Fitzgerald, Cobble Hill High School, NY
Martina Grant, Forest Hills High School, NY
Debra Lesser, Justice Resource Center, NY
Theresa McIntyre, GED Plus, NY
Maricor Santiago, Forest Hills High School, NY
Stephen Schechter, Council for Citizenship Education, Russell Sage College, NY
Charles White, Boston University School of Education
Isabel Adams, Alberton, South Africa
Malgorzata Borzeszkowska, Lebork, Poland
Kathleen Carmack, Governor Thomas Johnson High School, MD
Bridget Davey, Belfast, Nothern Ireland
Mark Howell, Westlake High School, MD
Erin Lasky, Colonie Central High School, NY
Karen Lee, Thurgood Marshall Academy, DC
Roger Miller, Eagle River, AK
Claudia Navarro, Howard D. McMillan Middle School, FL
Manuel Pereiro Marin, Bogotá, Colombia
Walter Robertson, Dunkirk High School, NY
Most of the interviews used in this resource were conducted by students whose teachers participated in professional development programs led by the project partners. In the United States, those trainings are conducted in close cooperation with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. The primary international partners for the Memory Bank project are teachers’ unions in the countries of operation: Federación Colombiana de Educadores in Colombia, Educators and Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia, Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers in Northern Ireland, Public Services Labor Independent Confederation in the Philippines, National Education Section of Solidarnosc in Poland, and National Professional Teachers Organization of South Africa.
Interviews directly related to 9/11 were culled from The September 11, 2001 Narrative and Memory Project from the Columbia University Center for Oral History (CCOH). CCOH undertook this groundbreaking oral history project soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and has sought to record the impact of the attacks on the people of New York. Columbia University houses the oldest and largest organized oral history program in the world.
The Teacher Center of the United Federation of Teachers and the 9/11 Tribute Center in New York City, as well as Facing History and Ourselves, also helped prepare teachers who participated in this project.
Special thanks to all who contributed to this effort.
• Civic Voices: International Democracy Memory Bank archive, www.civicvoices.org
• The September 11, 2001 Narrative and Memory Project from the Columbia University Center for Oral
History
Civic Voices is administered by the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education for Democracy Act approved by the United States Congress. The contents of this resource, and the contents of the materials to commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11, do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.
The Voices for Peace site was created by Benjamin Higgins, a teacher at Springville-Griffith Institute, NY. A team of exceptional educators assisted with the development of the resources it contains:
Sarah Davis, School for International Studies, NY
Debbie Fitzgerald, Cobble Hill High School, NY
Martina Grant, Forest Hills High School, NY
Debra Lesser, Justice Resource Center, NY
Theresa McIntyre, GED Plus, NY
Maricor Santiago, Forest Hills High School, NY
Stephen Schechter, Council for Citizenship Education, Russell Sage College, NY
Charles White, Boston University School of Education
Isabel Adams, Alberton, South Africa
Malgorzata Borzeszkowska, Lebork, Poland
Kathleen Carmack, Governor Thomas Johnson High School, MD
Bridget Davey, Belfast, Nothern Ireland
Mark Howell, Westlake High School, MD
Erin Lasky, Colonie Central High School, NY
Karen Lee, Thurgood Marshall Academy, DC
Roger Miller, Eagle River, AK
Claudia Navarro, Howard D. McMillan Middle School, FL
Manuel Pereiro Marin, Bogotá, Colombia
Walter Robertson, Dunkirk High School, NY
Most of the interviews used in this resource were conducted by students whose teachers participated in professional development programs led by the project partners. In the United States, those trainings are conducted in close cooperation with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. The primary international partners for the Memory Bank project are teachers’ unions in the countries of operation: Federación Colombiana de Educadores in Colombia, Educators and Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia, Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers in Northern Ireland, Public Services Labor Independent Confederation in the Philippines, National Education Section of Solidarnosc in Poland, and National Professional Teachers Organization of South Africa.
Interviews directly related to 9/11 were culled from The September 11, 2001 Narrative and Memory Project from the Columbia University Center for Oral History (CCOH). CCOH undertook this groundbreaking oral history project soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and has sought to record the impact of the attacks on the people of New York. Columbia University houses the oldest and largest organized oral history program in the world.
The Teacher Center of the United Federation of Teachers and the 9/11 Tribute Center in New York City, as well as Facing History and Ourselves, also helped prepare teachers who participated in this project.
Special thanks to all who contributed to this effort.