Anthony Rivera-Rosa Interview, March 21, 2016

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Description: SUMMARY: Anthony is a recovering drug addict who has mainly worked as a carpenter. He is fifty-nine years old and was born in Manhattan before moving to Puerto Rico and then back to the United States. He said he was a functioning addict for most of his life and always been able to make ends meet, until developing an addiction to crack-cocaine in the late 2000s. He has been in recovery and not working for the past two years but feels confident his skills will get him back into the workforce when he feels ready to move on. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
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Title
Anthony Rivera-Rosa Interview, March 21, 2016
Creator(s)
Person responsible unknown
Created
March 21, 2016
Issued
May 1, 2019
Topical Subject(s)
Thrive DC: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church ; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project ; homelessness ; Manhattan ; drug abuse
Continent
North and Central America
Country
United States
First Order Political Division
District of Columbia
City
Washington
Rights Statement
The sound file is freely shared under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
Local Identifier
Anthony Rosa_March 21_2016_Sound
URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1442

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