tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-160170542011-07-14T17:36:30.829-07:00Throughout our history in this nation -- indeed before we were brought to these shores -- older women in our families and in our communities are griots and sages, seers and prophets whom we are taught to honor and revere. Their stories teach us about values and beliefs that shaped their reality and, in immeasurable ways, impact our own. It is this truth, as old as time itself, that undergirds the SIS Oral History Project.ggayleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13031393750417198523noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16017054.post-1159896001399837412006-10-03T10:15:00.000-07:002006-10-03T10:20:01.410-07:00

Hello everyone,Sunday was a great day and the women of wisdom were wonderful. Their thoughts and stories were uplifting and empowering as we learned from them and they admitting that they learned from us. Both women were from South Atlanta. Mrs. Simms and Ms. Simon were impeccable and had different stories, yet similar backgrounds.

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Young Scholars:You have met with your mentors and, for each of you, the experience was rewarding! I knew this would be the case because all of the women elders are interesting women with compelling stories, and they WANT to share their stories with you. You now realize that your fears about the first interview were unwarranted. The women "take charge."Courtney is scheduled for her third interview

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Their Memories, Our Treasure represents more than 144 hours of interviews Young Scholars conducted with African American Women of Wisdom who mentored them in the SIS Oral History Project. This number does not include the countless hours Scholars devoted to seminars, community lectures, research, travel, conferences, writing, transcribing, editing and proofreading.During the research period, each

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With the release of our first volume of stories, "Their Memories, Our Treasures," people around the country are beginning to ask, "What is SIS?" It's simple yet quite intriguing.Spelman College's Independent Scholars (SIS) Program is a two-semester independent, interdisciplinary and intergenerational learning experience open to students across all majors. In SIS, we enhance our critical writing

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