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Title: Gwyndolyn Reece Interview, September 12, 2021
Date: September 12, 2021
Creator: Gwyndolyn Reece; Alexis Zilen
Description: The Humanities Truck participated in the 2021 “Adams Morgan Day” Festival, which focuses on the neighborhood of Adams Morgan and its culture, diversity, and history. Oral history interviews were conducted to gauge festival-goers' relationship to Adams Morgan, meaningful spaces in the neighborhood, and how those spaces may have changed over time. In this interview, Gwyndolyn Reece, who first moved to Adams Morgan in 2000, has always considered this neighborhood home even when she's moved away. She talks about rising changes in rent, diversity moving out, and her love of nature.
Subject: Adams Morgan; Adams Morgan Day; Adams Morgan Day 2021; home; gentrification; Rock Creek Park; Washington, DC
Country: United States
Collection: Adams Morgan Day 2021
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2978
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Title: Kiersten Morris Interview, October 26, 2019
Date: October 26, 2019
Creator: Kai Walther; Kiersten Morris
Description: Kiersten Morris talks about learning about safe sex for the first time. She remembers having an abstinence-only sex education in high school, so the first time she learned about safe sex was through an LGBTQ organization at her university. Kiersten discusses learning about AIDS in high school as "a gay thing" and how her perspective changed after taking a gay and lesbian documentay class in college. She hopes the next generation will learn about how to have safe sex with their specific partners, and how to prevent each STI.
Subject: Washington, DC; Whitman-Walker Health; HIV/AIDS healthcare; LGBT healthcare; gay activism; lesbian activism; queer activism; LGBTQ activism; The Walk and 5K to End HIV; 2019 The Walk and 5K to End HIV
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: Whitman Walker 5K 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1994
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: LaShawn Lewis Interview, February 29, 2020
Date: February 29, 2020
Creator: LaShawn Lewis; Dominique Hazzard
Description: LaShawn Lewis, born and raised Washingtonian, discusses her experience volunteering for a variety of gardening and food justice organizations, including DC Green and Friends of Aquatic Gardens. She mentions her neighborhood in Ward 7 represents a food desert, with only a single grocery store in the community and many residents struggling to access quality food sources. LaShawn expresses the desire of many individuals in her community to have greater control over their food supply and more choice in the food that they put in their bodies. She credits programs like DC Produce Plus and Produce RX for providing educational resources and access to quality, locally-grown food, to DC residents with preexisting conditions. Farmers Markets, like the market at Deanwood, provide further opportunities for DC residents within food-scare neighborhoods to access quality local produce. More than merely a market, however, LaShawn remembers being comforted by the broader market community when she lost her brother. Having gone without food and other necessities during periods of her childhood, LaShawn is committed to volunteering to help her local community take control of their food systems and is inspired by the many Black women in her community who have successfully begun gardening within their own homes.
Subject: Washington, DC; Ward 7; food justice; black gardeners; Deanwood; farmers market; Produce RX; DC Produce Plus; gardening; produce
Country: United States
Collection: Rooting D.C. 2020
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2224
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Title: Nathaniel Hvisdos Interview, February 29, 2020
Date: February 29, 2020
Creator: Nathaniel Hvisdos; Jenna Goff
Description: Nathaniel Hvisdos, in town visiting from Florida, participates in the Rooting DC conference because of a lifelong commitment to sustainability. He recalls growing up in Reston, Virginia, and visiting DC regularly. Nathaniel lists a number of favorite restaurants in the District, including a long-time favorite, Ben's Chili Bowl. On the topic of food justice, Nathaniel is encouraged by calls to develop small-subsistence farming within Washington, DC, and believes it could be really successful if the government is willing to make land available and subsidize efforts to start urban farms. He ends the interview stating, "keep the chemicals out, keep the fresh food in."
Subject: Washington, DC; food justice; urban farming; urban gardening
Country: United States
Collection: Rooting D.C. 2020
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2225
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Title: Perry King Interview, September 12, 2021
Date: September 12, 2021
Creator: Perry King; Katy Shenk; Angie Whitehurst
Description: The Humanities Truck participated in the 2021 “Adams Morgan Day” Festival, which focuses on the neighborhood of Adams Morgan and its culture, diversity, and history. Oral history interviews were conducted to gauge festival-goers' relationship to Adams Morgan, meaningful spaces in the neighborhood, and how those spaces may have changed over time. Perry King from North Carolina who moved to DC in 1977 to attend Howard University and now works as a social worker, street vendor, and street musician speaks about memories of Gingko trees, economic and cultural diversity, old restaurants, the Ontario Theater, and well-know street performers back in the day like the "Balloon Man" and the "Rhythm Man". He expresses his frustrations with development and the effects on space and community in favor of public spaces and diversity.
Subject: Adams Morgan; Adams Morgan Day; Adams Morgan Day 2021; Washington, DC; diversity; gingko trees; public space; street music; memory; change; gentrification; Ontario Theater
Country: United States
Collection: Adams Morgan Day 2021
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2988
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Robin Bell Interview, September 12, 2021
Date: September 12, 2021
Creator: Robin Bell; Alexis Zilen
Description: The Humanities Truck participated in the 2021 “Adams Morgan Day” Festival, which focuses on the neighborhood of Adams Morgan and its culture, diversity, and history. Oral history interviews were conducted to gauge festival-goers' relationship to Adams Morgan, meaningful spaces in the neighborhood, and how those spaces may have changed over time. In this interview, Robin Bell, an artist who was born in DC and lived in Adams Morgan-Mount Pleasant for 20 years, talks about changes in the neighborhood. Robin discusses community, displacement, and resilience.
Subject: Adams Morgan; Adams Morgan Day; Adams Morgan Day 2021; Washington, DC; community; resilience; gentrification; change
Country: United States
Collection: Adams Morgan Day 2021
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2985
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

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