Charlene L. Martin and Maureen Ryan Doyle, Co-Chairpersons of the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project (WWOHP), presented a session entitled Community Engagement through Oral History, at the Massachusetts History Conference on June 4 at the College of the Holy Cross. Their talk focused on developing and sustaining an oral history project featuring community involvement.

You are cordially invited to join us on December 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Saxe Room of the Worcester Public Library to hear Immigrant and Refugee Stories of Worcester Women, this year’s annual event of the Worcester Women’s Oral History (WWOHP). While WWOHP has collected, preserved, and shared the stories of several immigrants who have lived in Worcester for many years, this program will focus on women who have recently emigrated from a variety of countries, including Colombia, Algeria, Ghana, Brazil, China, and Burma.

An energetic and enthusiastic audience gathered on December 7 for the presentation, Women Unheard…No Longer! Hearing the Voices of Deaf Women in the Community. The talk, which  was given by Judy Freedman Fask at the Worcester Public Library, was part of the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project’s annual event. Ms. Betty Fiipokowski was the interpreter for the lecture. Those in attendance represented a diverse mix of individuals, including members of the Deaf community, colleagues and former students of Ms.