Seeking Storytellers for Stories from the Sea
Do you have a meaningful story about the sea to share?  

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation is collaborating with the University of California, Irvine to sponsor a Stories from the Sea project. We are teaming with students, trained by UCI faculty and staff, to conduct oral histories to document our community members’ stories. The research will be conducted virtually.

Our focus area is the Newport Beach bay and coastline. We are looking to uncover stories about living, working, and enjoying the sea and its nearby environs, development and conservancy of the shoreline and coastal ways, untold stories of Indigenous and people of color histories, and other interests the students will be bringing to the table.

If you are interested in participating, please complete this form by for consideration. We welcome all submissions but only a select number will be chosen for interviews. If selected, you will be contacted between early November and early December.

We plan to showcase stories, which the students will present through various formats (website, podcast, art installation, etc.), at a celebration on May 6, 2021, at 7 p.m.

You also are welcome to attend the training sessions with the students, if you are interested in learning how community leaders are preserving local history. Our first event begins Oct. 6 and will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30. To register, please use this website: http://bit.ly/StoriesSpeakerSeries.  

For more questions, please contact Kunga Wangmo-Upshaw, Director of Programs (kupshaw@nbplfoundation.org) or Prof. Judy Wu, Director of the UCI Humanities Center (j.wu@uci.edu)
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We plan to conduct this project through social distancing. Do you feel comfortable sharing your story through phone or zoom or another virtual mode of communication?  Please feel free to elaborate.
Tell us briefly (in a few sentences) about the story that you'd like to share. *
What time period did this story take place and how old were you at that time? Please tell us in a few sentences. *
Describe your relationship to the Newport Beach coastal area.  When did this relationship begin? Please tells us in a few sentences. *
Do you have any memorabilia (pictures, letters, newspapers, etc.) that is relevant to your story that you might share with us?  This is optional and not required. *
Do you have any questions for us? *
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