Face to Face Oral History Project
To document in in-depth oral history interviews the early history of Face to Face Health & Counseling Service.
To document in in-depth oral history interviews the early history of Face to Face Health & Counseling Service.
$5,982,000 the first year and $7,000,000 the second year are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
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The short term measurable impacts of the Face to Face Oral History Project were met due to the strong experience and expertise of the oral historian, Kim Heikkila, and the work and dedication of the volunteer Project Team -- Nan Skelton, Ann Ricketts, and Michael Baizerman.
The seven interviews and transcripts were completed and deposited in the MHS archive.
The Face to Face Project Team reviewed the transcripts and noted that they met a goal of the project providing valuable information about the changes in struggles and barriers facing youth as well as the ways that these youths were empowered to overcome those barriers and realize their own healthy development. In addition, the willingness of the agency to figure out new ways to respond to new barriers facing youth was also revealed in these interviews.
The second goal for this Phase I project was also met -- to develop a plan for continuing the project into a second phase. This second phase will need to include interviews that focus on the second 25 years of the agency specifically on the creation of the drop in center for homeless youth, the Face to Face Academy, the expansion of medical and mental health services, and services for GLBTQ youth.
The Project Team also decided that an important question to answer regarding the history of Face to Face is: In what ways is the history of Face to Face important to today? Are there ways that Face to Face's philosophy, practices, leadership, governance, and relationship to its environments can provide lessons for current youth development work? Thus, the design of questions and selection of interviewees for a Phase 2 will consider this broader question.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org