Lowcountry Oral History Initiative (LOHI) Toolkit: 2025-2026 Cohort

Individualized Instruction

After each LOHI training session, LOHI partners will have the opportunity to set up individual meetings with Dr. Johnson to discuss session content and/or receive assistance with your assignments. These meetings will be offered over Zoom and can last up to one (1) hour. 

All LOHI partners will be eligible to borrow a LOHI Field Kit after completing the first three assignments in the program.  This field kit includes a Zoom H4N recording device, detailed instructions, and more to assist our partners in recording their oral history projects.  For a complete list of contents, please click the link below:

LOHI Oral History Field Kit Contents List

If you are a member of the LOHI 2025-2026 cohort and you missed a class, never fear! Recordings are available for 2025-2026 cohort members via the shared Google drive.  Linked below are the PDFs of each slide deck (added after each class session).

• Session 1: September 5, 2025
  • Syllabus and Technology Review
• Session 2: September 17, 2025
  • Designing an Oral History Project
• Session 3: October 24, 2025
• • Background Research & Interview Protocol
• Session 4: November 14, 2025
  • Oral History Ethics & Informed Consent
• IN PERSON EVENT: November 21, 2025
  • LOHI Research Day - Visit College of Charleston Special Collections and the Avery Research Center archives and meet with archivists. Stay and network with your cohort colleagues at a catered lunch.

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CHECK--Communities Helping to Encourage Change in Kids

Colleton Training School / Colleton High School Alumni Association, Inc.

Cross Community Center

Hebron Zion Presbyterian Church (USA)

Phillips Community

Penn Center Inc. / De Gullah SHIPP

Spoleto Festival, USA

Unity Village Ministries