Build the Legacy, Tell a Story
Everyone, regardless of background, has a story worth sharing. But as community elders pass away, their individual experiences and perspectives pass with them. Our mission is to preserve their stories and, in the process, remind ourselves that our seniors are cherished sources of cultural wisdom and first-hand witnesses to history.
What We Do
The Legacies Project brings together two groups that don’t interact often enough: young people and senior citizens. High school and college-aged students are trained to work with community elders to videotape their personal histories over multiple visits. Then the raw interviews are posted in our growing online archive.
Get Involved!
Now’s a great time to bring the Legacies Project to your school, college, or community organization. We’re rolling out our comprehensive online training program, with special discounts for beta test participants. Click the button below to learn more and sign up!
Nice Work Public Media Board of Directors
The Legacies Project is an initiative of Nice Work Public Media, a Michigan-based non-profit 501(c)3 corporation. Nice Work Public Media collaborates with other non-profits, schools, foundations and community organizations to create, develop and implement projects in communities, the arts, civil rights, good governance and education built around media content for distribution via broadcast and/or emerging platforms as part of an integrated project design.