Listening for a Change

"The opportunity to tell one’s own story
in one’s own words, with no restrictions
on what may be said, is not something
other than justice; it is an essential
component of justice."
Teresa Godwin Phelps





The Texas After Violence Project Seeks Candidates for Executive Director
applications due Feb. 6, 2012

The Texas After Violence Project seeks a nonprofit leader who can build on the organization’s rich history and move the organization into its next phase with insightful leadership, well-honed fundraising skills, thoughtful and effective communications, and a keen sense of operating a nonprofit organization. TAVP seeks an Executive Director who will maintain the organization’s strong commitment to achieving justice through oral history, attracting diverse leaders and participants, and serving as a resource to the community. Read more


MISSION

To build an oral history archive that documents the effects of murder and capital punishment in Texas and serves as a resource for public dialogue on alternative ways to prevent and respond to violence.

Approved by the TAVP Board of Directors,
January 10, 2012




Visit our growing archive of public interviews
at the University of Texas Libraries'
Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI)



Share your own experiences.

Watch and listen to others' experiences.

Read narratives of others' experiences.

Consider listening in community.

Spanish pages: escuchen en español.

Contact us: Texas After Violence Project

P.O. Box 41476

Austin, Texas 78704

512-916-1600

info(at)texasafterviolence.org


Support TAVP with a donation. The project is a nonprofit corporation and has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions to the Texas After Violence Project are tax-deductible. TAVP is not an advocacy organization and does not lobby for or against legislation; nor does the project support or oppose political candidates.