StoryCorps launches new project: The Great Thanksgiving Listen

View this email in your browser It may still be August, but it's never too soon to start planning for the holidays! And this Thanksgiving, StoryCorps wants to be a part of your family's traditions. Our Founder and President, Dave Isay, was on Good Morning America yesterday to share some exciting news about The Great Thanksgiving Listen. Click here to see Dave on GMA.   On Thanksgiving weekend 2015, StoryCorps will join forces with ABC, NPR and TED to record interviews between students and their elders across the country. Our educational partners will include Facing History and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). The Great Thanksgiving Listen will use smartphone technology to foster meaningful connections among families, communities and classrooms. Plus, with permission from the participants, each interview will be uploaded to the StoryCorps archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Are you an educator who's Interested in being part of #TheGreatListen? Sign up for a free toolkit here Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Support our work if you believe every story matters. storycorps.org Copyright © 2015 StoryCorps, All rights reserved. We want to share more StoryCorps with you. You are receiving this email because you recorded an interview, made a contribution or signed up for our mailing list. Our mailing address is: StoryCorps 80 Hanson Pl Brooklyn, NY 11217

Listen to your mother

Dear StoryCorps Friend,     Sunday is Mother's Day and the perfect gift is already right in your hand! Why not take a short break from the brunches and barbecues and record a conversation with your mother using the new StoryCorps app? You can download the app here. Together, you'll create a lasting memory that you can preserve forever.   Ask your mom...   How has being a mother changed your life? What are some special memories you have of your mom? What are your hopes and dreams for my future and yours? What songs did you sing to me as a child? Using the app's step-by-step directions, it's simple to honor your mother while preserving her wisdom, memories, and voice forever at the Library of Congress.   If you're unable to be with your mom this weekend, get together with a sibling, friend, or spouse and share some stories about a woman who means a lot to you. Listen closely--you never know what you'll learn about the extraordinary women in your life! Warmly, Robin Sparkman Chief Executive Officer   P.S. Click here to listen to some amazing Mom stories other StoryCorps app users have shared! P.P.S. In honor of Mother's Day, please add the tag thanksmom to your stories.   Amplify the voices of women everywhere. Support StoryCorps today.

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"story prompts to help trigger memories"

Another app that can be used to capture your family history can be found at Legacy Stories. Thanks to Marjorie Turner Hollman for sharing this.

LegacyStories.org is a free living history library that provides life story learning, recording, archiving and sharing to families, professionals and groups.

Our intuitive technology offers a variety of options to compose and record legacy stories including multi-media story pages, oral history slideshows and the ability to record powerful Pict-Oral Memories with our Apple and Android mobile app.

Our members can also link stories to over five billion ancestor records in the official family tree of humankind. We'll show you how to discover your highest priority "legacy stories" and tell them in ways that will fascinate loved ones generations to come.

screen grab of Legacy Stories webpage

The recent post on StoryCorps
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/04/capture-that-family-history.html