This informational session gives an overview of the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Oral History Project.  The project profiles members of the disability rights and advocacy community’s contributions through oral history interviews. The session will feature an overview of the methodology of Oral History and how it may be used to capture lived experiences in ways that may: (1) contribute to larger communities and (2) may also serve as starting points for related capacity building training to expand community knowledge and skill set.

The session will also include a discussion of best practices conducting oral history interviews under current social distancing restrictions.