Photo Gallery: Medford storyteller Sharon Kennedy meets with Haitian immigrants to hear their stories

Click on any image to see it larger! Medford storyteller Sharon Kennedy explains her oral history project to members of the Haitian community who gathered at City Hall on Nov. 5, 2012. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Elysee Castor speaks with Nathalie Fanfan, one of several Haitian immigrants who has volunteered to be interviewed by storyteller Sharon Kennedy, while fellow translator Josiane Bistoury listens. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Mayor Michael J. McGlynn speaks with members of the Haitian community who attended the kick off of the ‘Haitian Culture and Stories’ project on Nov. 5, including Kettly Tucker, far left, and Dorothy Elizabeth Tucker, while Elysee Castor translates. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Nathalie Fanfan is one of the immigrant volunteers from Haiti, who has volunteered to be part of the ‘Haitian Culture and Stories’ oral project.. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Mayor McGlynn shakes hands with Amelia Joseph, one of the volunteers for the ‘Haitian Culture and Stories’ project. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Kettly Tucker has volunteered to speak with Sharon Kennedy about her Haitian heritage. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Medford storyteller Sharon Kennedy shows her ‘Voices of West Medford’ oral histories project, which was turned into a book, following her 1998 interviews. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Storyteller Sharon Kennedy reads something a member of the Haitian community has written. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Medford storyteller Sharon Kennedy, right, shares a word with Yolette Cadeau, of Malden, who is taking part in the ‘Haitian Culture and Stories’ oral history project.. PHOTO BY SYLVIA STAGG-GIULIANO Medford storyteller Sharon Kennedy and interpreter Kettly Tucker speak to Haitian residents at the Immigrant Learning Center in Malden.. PHOTO BY NELL ESCOBAR COAKLEY Sharon Kennedy listens to Marie Joseph Sanon, Lucien Thermidor, and Mark Julien explain why they left Haiti to come to the United States. PHOTO BY NELL ESCOBAR COAKLEY Sharon Kennedy listens tothe moral of one of the stories Anne Aurelien has just old her, thanks to translator and Medford resident Kettly Tucker.. PHOTO BY NELL ESCOBAR COAKLEY

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