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&lt;li&gt;&lt;img src="/files/pages/gov/10_kobzar_evelina_perez_brianda-web.jpg" height="200px" /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;img src="/files/pages/gov/5_Susan_Mattson_gathering_photos_from_Wilfred_Woods_for_Homegrown_Ski_Areas-web.jpg" height="200px" /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://ncwcollections.org/ohms"&gt;oral history recordings&lt;/a&gt; collected through the Gathering Our Voice program started with regional partners in 2005. The collection contains over 300 interviews that highlight stewardship practices at local, regional, and statewide levels that have contributed to healthy and sustainable communities. These recordings explore stories about maintaining diverse, healthy ecosystems, fostering a high quality of life for all, and bridging cultural and political divides. Interviews are cataloged according to these categories:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;li&gt;Agriculture&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Arts and culture&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Business&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Community character and history&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Community collaboration&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Education&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Family history&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Fire management&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Food systems&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
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&lt;li&gt;Forestry and logging&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Health care&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Land stewardship&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Leadership&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Local government&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Natural environment&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Organizational development&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Planning &amp;amp; development&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Recreation&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Social networks&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Transcripts are included for most interviews, many of which have been featured in these projects:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ncwcollections.org/admin/collections/show/4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Gathering Our Voice KOHO Radio series&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://vimeo.com/9702592" title="Homegrown Ski Areas of NCW video link"&gt;Homegrown Ski Areas of NCW video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://vimeo.com/9702592" title="Sustaining Success: Vimeo link"&gt;Sustaining Success: Stewardship Stories from NCW video&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ncwcollections.org/items/show/1270"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Foodways &amp;amp; Byways: The Story of Food in NCW video&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/digital/collection/ncwlibraries"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Foodways &amp;amp; Byways: NCW Heritage Photo Album&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.washingtonnature.org/fieldnotes/2020/8/11/voices-from-the-past"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Nature Conservancy of Washington history project&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ncwcollections.org/admin/collections/show/6"&gt;Gathering Our Voice columns&lt;/a&gt; in The Wenatchee World and Empire Press newspapers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bycell.mobi/wap/site/listeningpost"&gt;Listening Post Network&lt;/a&gt;, a mobile application storytelling program about places in NCW&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pictureofhealthncw.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;A Picture of Health in NCW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Many of the Gathering Our Voice oral histories also link to content in the &lt;a href="https://www.ncwcollections.org/collections/show/2"&gt;Success Story Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, an annual story gathering and sharing process IRIS facilitates as part of the NCW Community Success Summit each year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;View the &lt;a href="https://ncwcollections.org/tos"&gt;Gathering Our Voice Terms of Use&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="https://ncwcollections.org/release_forms"&gt;Gathering Our Voice Release Form&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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              <text>Stories highlighting stewardship actions ranging from adapting, learning and cooperating to appreciating, enhancing and hoping – actions that will help us create a sustainable future in this place. We invite you to join the conversation and share your story. Together we will create equal or better opportunities for the next generations who make North Central Washington their home. (18 minutes)</text>
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