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Title: Patty Smith Interview, March 30, 2015
Date: March 30, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: 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.
Subject: Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness; domestic abuse
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1552
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Title: Robert Tyler Interview, February 28, 2016
Date: February 28, 2016
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: Robert Tyler is a person experiencing homelessness in the Washington D.C. area. Born in Forestville, Maryland, 23- year-old Tyler describes his work experience and the discrimination he has faced seeking further employment. He talks about his childhood and what is was like growing up. Tyler states the skills he gleaned from past experiences and what he still hopes to learn. Tyler discusses the conditions of homelessness and what needs to be done to repair the situation. 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.
Subject: homelessness
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1553
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Title: Robert Warren Interview, November 08, 2012
Date: November 08, 2012
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: This interview with Robert Warren, a native Washingtonian and homeless advocate, includes a discussion of his advocacy efforts, issues DC’s homeless residents face in finding employment, the effect of elections on a the homeless population, housing as a human right, the importance of homeless self-advocacy, advocate Mitch Snyder’s legacy, and other topics as related to his personal analysis of the causes of homelessness in Washington, DC. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The interviews conducted as part of the DC Oral History and Social Justice Project record how unhoused residents of the greater DC area view the history of homelessness – how did homelessness become such an entrenched part of the city. The interviews will be used to create critical dialogue among people who are currently unhoused in Washington, DC, and then they may be used to assist future advocacy efforts.
Subject: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library; DC Oral History and Social Justice Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1555
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Title: Ron Verquer Interview, March 26, 2015
Date: March 26, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: Ron Verquer shares his past experiences working in the automotive industry: driving semi-trucks, restoring old cars, working on racetracks, and writing for automotive magazines. He is currently homeless and works for Street Sense due to the struggles of getting your foot in the door in order to find a job in the car industry. He also talks about his passion for helping people which is fueled by his Christian faith passed on to him by his grandmother. 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.
Subject: homelessness; automotive industry
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1556
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Title: Shacona Ward Interview, November 10, 2013
Date: November 10, 2013
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The interviews conducted as part of the DC Oral History and Social Justice Project record how unhoused residents of the greater DC area view the history of homelessness – how did homelessness become such an entrenched part of the city. The interviews will be used to create critical dialogue among people who are currently unhoused in Washington, DC, and then they may be used to assist future advocacy efforts.
Subject: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library; DC Oral History and Social Justice Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1557
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Title: Teresa Montoya Interview, October 18, 2013
Date: October 18, 2013
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: This interview took place in Arlington, Virginia. Teresa was born in El Salvador and then immigrated to the United States in 2000. During the interview many topics were discussed such as life if El Salvador, life in the United States, and stereotypes about the United States. Also discussed was the subject of discrimination of the Latino population. 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.
Subject: DC Oral History and Social Justice Project; homelessness; El Salvador; Honduras; Immigration
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1565
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Title: Terry Lewis Interview, March 21, 2013
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: Terry Lewis spent 10 years living as a homeless person in Washington, DC. He now lives with his mother in Maryland and has employment. He was a resident of the 2nd and D shelter under Mitch Snyder’s leadership when the shelter entered into its covenant with the federal government. In this interview, Terry describes what it was like to live in various shelters in the city, as well as what it was like to spend nights on the street. He also offers his view on why people fall into homeless and, perhaps more importantly, how he thinks they may be able to get out of it. Terry’s suggestions include opinions about self-motivation, the purpose of shelters, and what the government should be doing to help people help themselves. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The interviews conducted as part of the DC Oral History and Social Justice Project record how unhoused residents of the greater DC area view the history of homelessness – how did homelessness become such an entrenched part of the city. The interviews will be used to create critical dialogue among people who are currently unhoused in Washington, DC, and then they may be used to assist future advocacy efforts.
Subject: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library; DC Oral History and Social Justice Project; homelessness; drug abuse
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1566
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Title: Valerie Williams Interview, November 08, 2012
Date: November 08, 2012
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: Valerie Williams’ interview traces her move to Washington, DC in 1973, her childhood experiences traveling with her family, her early years working in DC up to her current involvement with the CCNV (Community For Creative Non-Violence) and advocacy efforts in SHARC (Shelter, Housing and Real Change). Ms. Williams passionately communicates her views on the plight of the unhoused community regarding affordable housing, shelter conditions, including her is individual observations as an advocate for the growing population of unhoused individuals in the nation’s capital. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The interviews conducted as part of the DC Oral History and Social Justice Project record how unhoused residents of the greater DC area view the history of homelessness – how did homelessness become such an entrenched part of the city. The interviews will be used to create critical dialogue among people who are currently unhoused in Washington, DC, and then they may be used to assist future advocacy efforts.
Subject: CCNV (Community For Creative Non-Violence); SHARC (Shelter, Housing and Real Change); homelessness advocacy
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1568
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Title: Vance Levy (Head Roc) Interview (Part I), October 21, 2013
Date: October 21, 2013
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: This is an hour and half long interview with Washington, D.C. Hip Hop artist Head Roc also known as Vance Levy. Head Roc spends the interview speaking about his social and cultural remembrances of Washington DC in the 1970s, Prince Georges County in the 1980s, and Washington DC in the 1990s and 2000s. He offers his impression of how and why political developments shaped these phenomena. More particularly, he argues that the outside political control of the American Congress negatively affected opportunities for the political and social advancement of D.C. residents. He also argues that the challenging social and political environment in the city and immediate suburb prompted cultural creations in which he participated. He discussed his also traces his own artistic development and productions. His finally commentary was an analysis of social and demographic changes in the city which he attributed to intentional disenfranchisement of Black city residents.
Subject: They Reminisce: Hip Hop, Memory, and a City – an Oral History Project; homelessness; Head Roc; Hip Hop
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1569
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Title: Vance Levy (Head Roc) Interview (Part II), November 22, 2013
Date: November 22, 2013
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: This a half-hour follow-up interview with Washington, D.C. Hip Hop artist Head Roc also known as Vance Levy. This interview’s content returns to the idea of social and cultural changes in D.C. and its immediate suburbs with a focus on specific cultural landscapes and engagements of people in this time. In it Head Roc, details places in DC that nurtured his own cultural development. He offers a critique of portrayals of the city as dangerous or violent, viewing such notions as stereotypes of the city. He also offers a critique of the educational system that he experienced. The interview concludes with a discussion on gentrification in DC and it possible future effects on the city’s Black cultures.
Subject: They Reminisce: Hip Hop, Memory, and a City – an Oral History Project; homelessness; Head Roc; Hip Hop; gentrification
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1570
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Title: Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 05
Date: October 19, 2021
Creator: Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
Description: A park in Petworth occupied by two unhoused persons.
Subject: dioramas; minature club; park; homeless; petworth
Country: United States
Collection: Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3149
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