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This is an interview with current Edgewood/Brookland Family Support Collaborative (E/BFSC) employee Paulette Jefferies, who currently serves in the role of Senior Family Support Worker. Ms. Jefferies details her work as a case manager where she has assisted countless families obtain permanent housing.

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Ms. Earls discusses growing up in D.C., mostly in Shaw, her early sense of herself as different and coming into her gender and sexuality, the importance of dancing and performance to her from an early age, her struggle with addiction and time in prison, go-go and hand dancing, being in the National Museum of African American History, remembering everyone who has passed and her thankfulness for living to such an age.

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This is an interview with a former Edgewood/Brookland Family Support Collaborative (E/BFSC) employee. Raymond Coates was involved in the early development of the Collaborative movement, specifically the North Capitol Collaborative. Raymond describes the evolution of his involvement with the Collaboratives to eventually include his time with E/BFSC.

Abstract Renee Flood Wright recounts her experiences as a Black woman born and raised in D.C. who transitioned from living in a house in Mount Pleasant to living in an apartment building on Newton Street. She shares her struggles and lessons learned from twenty years of serving as a leading force at Urban Village and never quitting. She discusses how she finally saw her perseverance and dedication come to fruition by raising activist kids and building generational wealth in an unusual affordable...

Abstract Renee Flood Wright recounts her experiences as a Black woman born and raised in D.C. who transitioned from living in a house in Mount Pleasant to living in an apartment building on Newton Street. She shares her struggles and lessons learned from twenty years of serving as a leading force at Urban Village and never quitting. She discusses how she finally saw her perseverance and dedication come to fruition by raising activist kids and building generational wealth in an unusual affordable...

Abstract Renee Flood Wright recounts her experiences as a Black woman born and raised in D.C. who transitioned from living in a house in Mount Pleasant to living in an apartment building on Newton Street. She shares her struggles and lessons learned from twenty years of serving as a leading force at Urban Village and never quitting. She discusses how she finally saw her perseverance and dedication come to fruition by raising activist kids and building generational wealth in an unusual affordable...

Abstract Renee Flood Wright recounts her experiences as a Black woman born and raised in D.C. who transitioned from living in a house in Mount Pleasant to living in an apartment building on Newton Street. She shares her struggles and lessons learned from twenty years of serving as a leading force at Urban Village and never quitting. She discusses how she finally saw her perseverance and dedication come to fruition by raising activist kids and building generational wealth in an unusual affordable...

Abstract Renee Flood Wright recounts her experiences as a Black woman born and raised in D.C. who transitioned from living in a house in Mount Pleasant to living in an apartment building on Newton Street. She shares her struggles and lessons learned from twenty years of serving as a leading force at Urban Village and never quitting. She discusses how she finally saw her perseverance and dedication come to fruition by raising activist kids and building generational wealth in an unusual affordable...

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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.