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Dialogue Project Turns Tables
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Project Turns the Tables
Expands Elder-Youth Dialogue
BURLINGTON - The Dialogue Project, a program of the Vermont Queer Archives at the R.U.1.2? Community Center, is moving forward into the next phase. The past year's project involved queer elders telling their stories in response to questions from queer youth. This next cycle turns the tables, and gives queer elders the opportunity to ask queer youth about their lives.
When R.U.1.2? intern Heidi Wagner launched the project, she visited queer youth organizations, such as Outright Vermont, and gathered questions that she later used in interviews. Those oral histories were shared with artists, who created works in response to the stories. The resulting works of art, along with items from the Vermont Queer Archives, have been displayed in exhibits at Marlboro College, the Rose Street Artists Co-op in Burlington, and the University of Vermont. These exhibitions have provided a venue for youth and elders to interact; finding new ways to learn and communicate about each other's lives.
Queer elders are now being asked what they would like to know about the lives of queer youth. These questions will be compiled at the R.U.1.2? Community Center, and oral histories will be conducted in 2007. The Dialogue Project will be a true dialogue.
Anyone interested in participating, either with questions or as an interviewee, can contact Brenda Pitmon at Brenda@ru12.org.
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