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Title: Britt Dorfman Interview, April 25, 2020
Date: April 25, 2020
Creator: Britt Dorfman; Dan Kerr
Description: Britt Dorfman addresses the concerns she has being in a high-risk category. She has Crohn’s disease, which is under remission, but she takes immunosuppressant medications. Given her circumstances, she hopes people stay home and safe, but she realizes that is harder for some than others. She has had a paycut at her job and her financial situation is harder. The cost of living in DC is very high. On the positive side, she has made stronger connections with old friends, family, co-workers, her roommate, and her cat. She attends virtual Shabbat services, which have helped her unwind. She would like us to learn that everyone is valuable, and no one is disposable. Everyone plays an important role, and we need to respect each other. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Humanities Truck; American University; Washington, DC; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; health; work; Shabbat; family; friends; respect
Country: United States
Collection: From Me To You: A COVID-19 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2127
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Title: Bryan B Interview, May 16, 2020
Date: May 16, 2020
Creator: Bryan B; Dan Kerr
Description: Bryan B., a PhD student at American University, shares how COVID has impacted his life. He talks about moving back in with his parents, and how it's nice to spend time with them, but he needs to be careful since his father has cancer. He discusses how the virus has impacted his social justice work, and reflects on how everyone's experience during this time is different and reflects how power and privilege work in our society. He shares how COVID-19 is the filter that reveals how we are currently fractured, and relates to the systematic devaluing of black, brown, Asian, and female bodies. Bryan talks about how the work of DC journalist Reginald Black has kept him going, and gives him hope that there are people we can support. Finally, he hopes that this can be the moment that healthcare for all becomes a thing we can all agree on. He believes that if we can't agree on that in this time, our country is a failed state. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Braddock Heights, MD; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; American University; student; graduate school; Humanities Truck; parents; family; cancer; social justice; inequality; power; privilege; Washington DC; journalism; Reginald Black; healthcare; universal healthcare
Country: United States
Collection: From Me To You: A COVID-19 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2146
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Title: Dan Kerr Interview, April 19, 2020
Date: April 19, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: Humanities Truck director Dan Kerr reflects on the impact of COVID, both personally, for the Truck operations, and as a country. He discusses how the Truck has been shut down since March, and shares his own challenges in working from home doing distance learning and homeschooling his daughter. Dan does see some positive things happening, though, such as spending more time together as a family and communicating more with friends. He hopes that the pandemic can be an opportunity for everyone to reflect and act on the "severe economic inequalities" that are making citizens unhealthy, including struggling for economic justice and universal healthcare. He ends by calling upon others to make videos for the Connected Perspective Projects to "use this moment to start thinking about how we can make this world a better place." This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Humanities Truck; American University; Washington, DC; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; distance learning; homeschooling; family; inequality; economic justice; social justice
Country: United States
Collection: From Me To You: A COVID-19 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2119
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Title: Elsa Kerr Interview, April 19, 2020
Date: April 19, 2020
Creator: Elsa Kerr; Dan Kerr; Dan Kerr
Description: Elsa Kerr shares how COVID has impacted her life. She explains how she has to do homeschooling now instead of going to school, and how it's difficult to learn things she hasn't learned yet. Elsa says she is washing her hands and practicing social distancing, but she misses seeing her friends. She shares how she is coping by doing Zoom calls with her friends, playing soccer, and building Legos. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Humanities Truck; American University; Washington, DC; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; child; distance learning; homeschooling; school; family; friends; soccer
Country: United States
Collection: From Me To You: A COVID-19 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2117
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Title: Eric Sheptock Interview, May 2, 2020
Date: May 2, 2020
Creator: Eric Sheptock; Dan Kerr
Description: Eric Jonathan Sheptock, a working homeless person addresses how Covid-19 has impacted him. He works for a company that provides porta-potties and hand washing stations for events and has had his hours dramatically cut. His company contracts with the city to now provide these services to homeless encampments, and he has gained a greater sense of the large numbers of people living outside. He is currently in a hotel under quarantine after discovering the person who sleeps near him at his shelter contracted Covid-19, but he does not have symptoms. He hopes we do not forget about the homeless when things go back to normal, that we work together to end homelessness and increase access to affordable housing and living wage jobs. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Humanities Truck; American University; Washington, DC; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; quarantine; homelessness; affordable housing; living wages; work; shelter; encampments
Country: United States
Collection: From Me To You: A COVID-19 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2131
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Title: Pride at SAAM Image 01
Date: June 9, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: The Humanities Truck outside the Smithsonian American Art Museum for Pride 2019
Subject: Pride; Humanities Truck
Country: United States
Collection: Speak OUT!: Pride at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2423
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Title: Pride at SAAM Image 06
Date: June 9, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: Larry Styles of Pretty Boi Drag performs for event attendees
Subject: Pride; Humanities Truck; Pretty Boi Drag
Country: United States
Collection: Speak OUT!: Pride at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2428
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Title: Pride at SAAM Image 14
Date: June 9, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: Dancers of Corazon Folklorico DC perform in front of the Truck
Subject: Pride; Humanities Truck; Corazon Folklorico DC
Country: United States
Collection: Speak OUT!: Pride at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2436
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Title: Pride at SAAM Image 15
Date: June 9, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: Dancers from Salvadoran Trans Folklore Group perform for event attendees
Subject: Pride; Humanities Truck; Salvadoran Trans Folklore Group
Country: United States
Collection: Speak OUT!: Pride at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2437
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Title: Pride at SAAM Image 16
Date: June 9, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: Dancers from Salvadoran Trans Folklore Group perform for event attendees
Subject: Pride; Humanities Truck; Salvadoran Trans Folklore Group
Country: United States
Collection: Speak OUT!: Pride at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2438
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Title: Pride at SAAM Image 24
Date: June 9, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: The Humanities Truck during the Pride parade in Dupont Circle
Subject: Pride; Humanities Truck
Country: United States
Collection: Speak OUT!: Pride at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2452
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Title: Pride at SAAM Image 25
Date: June 9, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: The Humanities Truck during the Pride parade in Dupont Circle
Subject: Pride; Humanities Truck
Country: United States
Collection: Speak OUT!: Pride at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2453
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Title: Tatiana Belenkaya Interview, April 19, 2020
Date: April 19, 2020
Creator: Tatiana Belenkaya; Dan Kerr; Elsa Kerr
Description: Tatiana Belenkaya explains how COVID has affected her. She talks about its impact on her work, particularly regrading a trial in Chicago, and shares how it has been difficult to do work and schooling from home. However, she has found nature to be a positive sustaining force, as well as painting and alcohol. Tatiana hopes that the pandemic will spark systematic change, particularly in regards to decoupling healthcare from employment. “This crisis should be a call to action to mobilize people to pass laws that entitle everybody to good care.” This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Washington, DC; Humanities Truck; American University; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; work; school; family; nature; spring; flowers; painting; alcohol; social justice; employment; healthcare
Country: United States
Collection: From Me To You: A COVID-19 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2113
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