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Title: Amelie Zurn Interview Part 1, June 8, 2021
Date: June 8, 2021
Creator: Amelie Zurn; Audrey Barnett
Description: Audrey Barnett interviews Amelie Zurn. Their conversation begins with Amelie discussing how she donated a large number of her papers from OUT! (Oppression Under Target) to the American University Archive. She then explains how she got involved with OUT! after volunteering with organizations such as Whitman Walker, National Organization for Women, and the Rape Crisis Hotline. Amelie talks more about her time with OUT!, including actions, other members, organizing tactics, and partnerships with other groups. Audrey also asks for more details about Amelie's work at and the evolution of Whitman Walker clinic. The interview then transitions to a discussion about feminist health practices and activism within AIDS organizing.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Oppression Under Target (OUT!); Whitman Walker; ACT UP; Black Lives Matter; Lesbian Health Services; Take Back the Night; National Organization for Women (NOW); Bowers v. Hardwick; 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights; disability justice; gay and lesbian organizing; Washington Blade; Ryan White Care Act; memorial actions; Washington Peace Center; abolitionist organizing; DC Council; Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); Clinton administration; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Immigrant Rights Movement; Webster v. Reproductive Health Services; reproductive rights; feminist health practices; mutual aid; transmasculine
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3263
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Title: Amelie Zurn Interview Part 2, June 8, 2021
Date: June 8, 2021
Creator: Amelie Zurn; Audrey Barnett
Description: Audrey Barnett completes part 2 of her interview with Amelie Zurn. Their conversation picks up with Amelie continuing to discuss working with Whitman Walker. She identifies challenges in building support for and acknowledging the affects of grief on people involved in the movement. Audrey then asks Amelie about how her previous work with OUT! and Whitman Walker inform her present-day work and life.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Oppression Under Target (OUT!); Whitman Walker; ACT UP; Black Lives Matter; Lesbian Health Day; caregiving; cancer; grief; Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer; disability justice; Susan Hester; Reagan Administration; Bush Administration; state-sanctioned violence; Black lesbians; AIDS Memorial Quilt; Sharon Kowalksi; Karen Thompson; Jerry Green; City Hall; Sharon Bottoms; lesbian parents; social work; Jamie Grant; gender and sexuality; trauma
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3265
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Title: Anne Bouie Interview, October 20, 2020
Date: October 20, 2020
Creator: Dr. Anne Bouie; Joy Pierce
Description: Dr. Bouie is a Black artist currently living in Washington, D.C. She previously worked as a teacher and spent several years creating educational programing for inner city schools. She discusses her life from childhood, early education, later experiences in college and graduate school. Then, she talks about her experiences as a Black educator serving inner city students and her transition into being an artist. Finally, she shares her thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement and the role of art and spirituality in sustaining social movements. The interview was conducted remotely through the podcasting program Zencastr and we experienced some technical difficulties.
Subject: Washington, DC; Black Lives Matter; Art; Education; Artist; Columbia Heights, DC; Spirituality; University of California Riverside
Country: United States
Collection: Black Artists in Washington, DC and the Black Lives Matter Movement Oral History Project; info:fedora/dcplislandora:307079
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2616
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Title: Brian Rio Interview, October 10, 2020
Date: October 10, 2020
Creator: Brian Rio; Dylan McAdams
Description: Dylan McAdams speaks with Brian Rio about how Covid 19 has affected the broadcast media industry of WarnerMedia company. This interview provides an in-depth look at how the news team is running now that Covid-19 is in full swing. Interview completed virtually, with Dylan McAdams located in Washington, DC, and Brian Rio in Atlanta, GA.
Subject: media; news; CNN International; WarnerMedia; COVID-19; sound design; TNT; Turner Network Television; Full Sail University; Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; Turner Studios; job security; working from home; social unrest; Coronavirus; Black Lives Matter; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; George Floyd; On Being With Krista Tippett; family
Country: United States
Collection: Behind the Scenes of the Media Industry During COVID: An Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2516
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Title: Jess Dawson Interview, October 28, 2021
Date: October 28, 2021
Creator: Jess Dawson; Maddie Tinsley
Description: The virtual interview, conducted over TheirStory, starts with Jess Dawson recounting her experiences growing up as a first-generation immigrant in the United States. She discusses her childhood growing up in Canada and New Jersey, her experiences trying to integrate into U.S. school systems, and her relationship with her family. Ms. Dawson also describes her journey to realize her interest in the medical field and how her time spent as an undergraduate at American University helped her to recognize that interest. She also discusses her time as a medical student at the University of Washington in detail, specifically focusing on how being a woman of color and first-generation immigrant affected those experiences. She discusses her efforts to incorporate her passion for social justice into her work as a medical student and first year residency. The interview then turns to Ms. Dawson’s time as a first-year resident working in a Los Angeles hospital during Covid-19 and the effect of that period on her personally and professionally. The interview concludes with a discussion of racial health disparities in the U.S., Ms. Dawson experience in working through those disparities with her patients, and her perspective on how those disparities can be addressed in the future.
Subject: medical students; medical school; public health; medical residency; Indian-American; first-generation immigrant; social justice; Black Lives Matter protests; Seattle, WA; University of Washington Medical School; Los Angeles County; American University; dermatology
Country: United States
Collection: Jess Dawson Interviews, October 28 and December 2, 2021
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3655
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Title: Kenneth Payne Interview, October 12, 2020
Date: October 12, 2020
Creator: Kenneth Payne; Sajel Swartz
Description: The overall objective is to create a deeper understanding of the Black Lives Matter Movement during the Summer of 2020 through the lens of modern Christian practices and ideals, with the hope of better understanding the motivations of those involved in the Black Lives Matter Movement and to evaluate the connection between religion, politics, and human rights. It should be noted that this interview took place in the year 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic with a remote interview process. The interview took place shortly before a contentious presidential election, and discusses a highly politicized social movement that (as of October 2020) peaked in the Summer of 2020.
Subject: Danville, KY; church; faith; Black Lives Matter; community; Louisville, KY; Centre College; connection; Lexington, KY; family; George Floyd; Breonna Taylor; Charles Booker; Operation Vote October; protest
Country: United States
Collection: Black Lives Matter and the Christian Faith Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2496
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Mia Moss Interview, October 25, 2020
Date: October 25, 2020
Creator: Mia Moss; Josh Reynolds
Description: Oral history interview with Mia Moss, owner of Black Coffee, a local coffee shop on the East Side of Fort Worth, Texas. Moss is a native of Fort Worth, living primarily on the East side. She feels very attached to her community and saw opening a business that expresses her coffee passion would be a way to give back to her community. She discusses her family and education growing up, her introduction into the coffee world, her experiences with racism, both professionally and personally, the COVID-19 outbreak and its lasting effects, and the effects of the Black Lives Matter social justice movement. This interview was recorded virtually (hence the two locations) through a website called TheirStory.io.
Subject: DFW; Dallas, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Black Coffee; Black business; coffee; pandemic; East Fort Worth; coffee shop; 2020; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Montessori Schools; O. D. Wyatt High School; Southwest High School; Texas Wesleyan University; Tarrant County College; Seattle’s Best; advocacy; 2020 general election; racism; Black Lives Matter; George Floyd; economy; 2020 stimulus package
Country: United States
Collection: Dallas-Fort Worth Black Business in 2020 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2581
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Robbie Robinson Interview, October 23, 2020
Date: Sajel Swartz
Creator: Reverend Robbie Robinson; Sajel Swartz
Description: The overall objective is to create a deeper understanding of the Black Lives Matter Movement during the Summer of 2020 through the lens of modern Christian practices and ideals, with the hope of better understanding the motivations of those involved in the Black Lives Matter Movement and to evaluate the connection between religion, politics, and human rights. It should be noted that this interview took place in the year 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic with a remote interview process. The interview took place shortly before a contentious presidential election, and discusses a highly politicized social movement that (as of October 2020) peaked in the Summer of 2020.
Subject: Faith; God; Black Lives Matter; Racism; Family; Community; Parents; Chicago, IL; Union Pier, MI; Church; Pastor; Wheaton Bible College; Mayor Richard M. Daley; Good Mourning America; George Floyd; Protest
Country: United States
Collection: Black Lives Matter and the Christian Faith Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2499
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Title: Tim Davis Interview, November 18, 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Creator: Tim Davis; Joy Pierce
Description: Tim Davis is a Black artist currently living in Northern Virginia and active in the D.C. arts scene. He is originally from the Chicago area but has spent the past few decades in the D.C. area. In addition to extensive work with public arts programing, he worked for a teacher for more than thirty years. He discusses his life from childhood, experiences in school with busing, observing the Civil Rights Movement, and his career history. Finally, he reflects on the role of art in social movements and the Black Lives Matter Movement in particular. He concludes by recounting some of his experiences at the protests during summer 2020. The interview was conducted remotely through the podcasting program Zencastr without issue.
Subject: Washington, D.C.; Black lives matter movement; Art; Education; Artists; Protest movements; Segregation; Busing for school integration; Civil Rights Movement; Chicago (Ill.); Chicagoland; Falls Church (Va.); Fairfax County Public Schools; Oakton High School; National Endowment for the Arts; Symmetry
Country: United States
Collection: Black Artists in Washington, DC and the Black Lives Matter Movement Oral History Project; info:fedora/dcplislandora:307079
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2610
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

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