WHAT'S NEW 
Share Their Voices Contest 2012:
1st place wins a MacBook Pro this year!!!!
Visit the website!
Contest opens September 1, 2011 and runs through April 2, 2012!
Summer Interns:
Voces Oral History Project welcomes our new summer interns:
Chazpin Flemmings
Lezly Martinez Almazan
William Phillips
Raevyon White
Zackery Nava
Rosbeli Villarruel
Documentary Shorts:
Click here to view the documentary shorts produced by students.
More interviews…:
The Voces Oral History Project continues busy at work collecting more interviews in 2011.
January 2011
Riverside, CA
East Los Angeles, CA
Feburary 2011
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Laredo, Texas
Voces Oral History Project Video Editing contest:
Contest opens 1/18/2011
Current undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Communication at the University of Texas are encouraged to participate.
For details on the contest click here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The latest edition of the Share Their Voices Video Editing Contest is open and with a brand new set of prizes and a longer time to work on their final submission, students should be able to come up with some remarkable edits. Stay tuned for final details on the public screening and critique with our amazing judges!
BIENVENIDOS
This project seeks to document and create a better awareness of the contributions of Latinos and Latinas of the WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War generations. The project was created in 1999 by UT journalism professor Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and focused solely on the WWII generation until 2010. In 2010, the project expanded into the Korean War and the Vietnam War generations of Latinos and Latinas, made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Most of our interviews are of veterans, but we are also interested in documenting the larger Latino civilian experience, men and women alike. The purpose of this site is to foster a greater awareness of their contributions. On our site you will find hundreds of stories, thousands of photos, oral history training videos, all the forms and guidelines you need to submit a videotaped interview or tribute to the project. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
SPOTLIGHT ON:
Hernan E. Jaso
Date of Birth: 8-29-1944
Interviewed by: Tina Hughes
WWII Military Unit: Army
By Alex Loucel
“You can follow around and ask anyone 50 to 100 miles about Hernan Jaso, and you’ll find that somebody knows the kid,” Jaso said of himself.
After his tour of duty in Vietnam, Jaso turned to public policy and a goal of providing a better future for minorities in Texas. As the regional environmental coordinator for the Golden Crescent planning commission, the executive director for the Greater Victoria H...
