What you will find on this site

This site blends diverse approaches to create a living record of home and housing through the voices of elders. Here, elders are knowledge holders whose stories reveal the beauty, hopes, and dreams surrounding home and belonging. A VCU Gerontology project.

New primary sources on key subjects, centering lived experience as vital data for systems change.

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Diverse perspectives from people who have lived through major historical events.

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Text, audio, visual, and complete transcripts.

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An invitation to travel through time, across Virginia and around the globe.

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