Here is StoryCorps‘ purpose in their own words:
Our mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives.
Since 2003 they have recorded more than 45,000 stories. That is a lot of stories! Wow. Here is one that seems particularly appropriate today.
Constance Labetti remembers her boss, Ron Fazio, who died in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.
StoryCorps sponsors a national day of listening each year. This year’s day is November 29th. They have put together a how-to video for a successful recording session. Here are the key points from the video.
One of the things that StoryCorps has done is make animated shorts from some of the favorite stories. Here is one of them. Below is a link to all their animated shorts.
On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American to enter space. But first, he was a kid with big dreams in Lake City, South Carolina.
I would love to try doing a short animated video someday. I don’t really know what it takes but it looks like lots of fun. What about you, do you have a story that would be great as an short animated video?
telling family tales 