Hudson River Museum

The Hudson River Museum will partner with the Nepperhan Community Center and the Yonkers YMCA to plan, implement, and evaluate "Yonkers Voices." The project is designed to gather oral histories from Yonkers residents in order to strengthen the role of the Hudson River Museum as keeper of community tradition, heritage, and history. A well-trained team will be deployed to collect 30 stories in video and audio with images and text and to create videos documenting public gatherings and programs. An important goal of the program is to provide opportunities for community members to hear from and about each other, building empathy across generations, socioeconomic barriers, and race. "Yonkers Voices" will build bridges within the community through stories that explore shared social history.