The Eichelberger Center For Community Voices At WYSO
The Eichelberger Center For Community Voices At WYSO Public Radio is a collaborative space for audio training, production, and storytelling. Have a story to tell? Learn hands-on audio production and digital storytelling skills from public radio professionals in a supportive studio environment.
Our mission is to amplify community voices. We welcome storytellers of all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels. Scroll down to listen to some of the stories produced by WYSO's Community Voices producers. For information on upcoming Community Voices training opportunities, email email communityvoices@wyso.org
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Lloyd Edwin was a freshman at Central State from Brooklyn when the tornado hit in 1974.
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John Gudgel, a high schooler in Yellow Springs when the tornado hit, waited for his mom to return home from work in Wilberforce for hours on April 3, 1974.
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The disaster dubbed "the 1974 Xenia tornado" claimed more than 30 lives. The impact in next-door Wilberforce has often gone ignored.
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The photos come from the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce community scanning day event, where staff digitized images of the area from before, during, and after the disaster.
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For Valentine’s Day, WYSO went candy shopping in West Liberty, where Marie’s Candies is the place for chocolate and local legends.
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Sculptors and twin brothers Kyle and Kelly Phelps learned their craft in art school and at the auto factory.
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Aka Pereyma was a master of the Ukrainian folk tradition of painting elaborate designs on eggs. Christina Pereyma, Aka's daughter, is a textile artist living in Troy.
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The WYSO Race Project invites two everyday people from the Miami Valley to talk about their life experiences through the prism of skin color. These conversations can be difficult and controversial but they also can build understanding and healing.