Community activists
Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:
Renee Flood Wright Spanish transcript, 2022-07-11
Rhonda Steward interview, 2021-06-10
Ms. Steward discusses growing up in D.C., mostly in Shaw, her early sense of herself as different and coming into her gender and sexuality, going to clubs and working, the impact of the AIDS epidemic, her involvement with transgender and HIV/AIDS organizations including Transgender Health Empowerment, and the changes in the city.
Ruby Corado interview part 1, 2021-06-22
Ms. Corado discusses growing up in El Salvador amidst the civil war, her understanding of her gender and its evolution, emigrating to D.C., living homeless in Dupont Circle, becoming an activist, and establishing Casa Ruby.
Ruby Corado interview part 2, 2021-07-13
Ms. Corado discusses her early activism and leading the group Latinos en Accion which she would turn into Casa Ruby, the early days of Casa Ruby’s first space, the growth and accomplishments since then, and the challenges and hopes for the future.
Selections from the Damu Smith Papers
Series 29: The Washington Section, National Council of Negro Women Monument or Movement: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 2020
Series 32: 1978 Metro Wildcat Strike, 2021
Series 33: A Grassroots Response to a Child Welfare Crisis, 2021
D.C. Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) is a citywide initiative to train community members in oral history skills, fund new and ongoing oral history projects, connect volunteers with oral history projects, and publicize existing oral history collections. DCOHC is a project of DC Public Library, HumanitiesDC, and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. This collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, and indexes produced by DCOHC grantees.
Series 38: Mind, Body, and Justice: Health Activists East of the Anacostia River, 2021
The Mind Body Justice project recognizes the key Black and African-American voices working to reduce health disparities east of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8 through health education, medicine, environmental awareness, food activism, and wellness. The project seeks to expand the knowledge and document the history of health activism east of the Anacostia River.