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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Alumnus Jerome Haney is proud of Wilberforce's resilience after the tornado. He was recently on campus and thought of the Diana Ross song "It's My Turn" as he saw the new students ready for their turn at the school.
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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 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.
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Artists Molly Jo Burke and Nate Gorgen have two kids, a dog, and a collaborative art practice they call "Byproduct Studios."
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Artist Leesa Haapapuro is working at the Rosewood Arts Center to share ancient illuminated manuscript techniques with community artists.
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WYSO’s Mary Evans sat down with exoneree Dean Gillispie to discuss how regional advocates helped him win his case and how he kept hope when he was wrongfully imprisoned.
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Teenagers want their voices to be heard, especially about the problems they see in their lives. In Springfield, a teen-led group called BATS, or Bringing Awareness to Students, partnered with WYSO to make PSAs about public health issues in their community.