Preserving the Stories of the North Country National Trail

During this webinar, Kate Lemon, the Marketing and Communications Coordinator at the North Country Trail Association (NCTA), will give an overview of how NCTA worked with StoryCorps to record oral stories on the North Country Scenic Trail.

StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization that works with people and organizations to record a diverse array of stories across the country. StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.

The session will also cover:

How the project on the North Country Trail started

NCTA’s experience working with StoryCorps

What has gone into completing the project

How the project will benefit the trail and how it may provide similar benefits to other trail organizations

There will be time for Q&A with Kate about their StoryCorps project

Location

This is a virtual training. See the event website for more details.

Trail Core Competencies

Relevant Trail Types

General. All trail types are relevant.