Community activists
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:
Series 40: A Grassroots Response to a Child Welfare Crisis, 2022
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc040
Abstract
This project is an account of the Edgewood/Brookland Family Support Collaborative’s (E/BFSC) authentic response to a child welfare crisis and the break-down of a governmental system charged with protecting children. The E/BFSC's distinguished approach to rebuilding this broken system placed community leaders, residents, and community stakeholders at the center of the conversation about how to strengthen families and build a collaborative network of providers that keep children safe and at...
Dates:
2022
Series 44: Newton Street/The Cooperative at 1477 and Black Women Warriors, 2022
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc044
Abstract
One block of Newton Street in Columbia Heights is currently home to three affordable housing LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) buildings. In 2020, one of them, The Newton Street Cooperative, celebrated its 30-year anniversary. That same year, another one, The Cooperative at 1477 broke new grounds as the second limited equity housing cooperative successfully converted from a LIHTC rental in D.C. on that same block. It would not have happened without the initiative and perseverance of...
Dates:
2022
Series 49: The Legacy of Anti-Racist Banking in Adams Morgan, 2022
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049
Abstract
This oral history project uplifts the stories of leaders and ordinary people who helped change the course of banking history through collective action in the 1970s, leading Adams Morgan to become one of D.C.'s most multicultural, politically active communities. Through honest conversations about how financial discrimination and economic violence were overcome through personal and community resilience, the narrators reveal how extreme disparities persist and can be overcome.
The Urban...
Dates:
2022
Shanice interview, 2021-09-18
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc029_07.wav
Abstract
Ms. Shanice discusses growing up in D.C., in several different neighborhoods, her family, going to high school and coming into herself, going to clubs and sex work, the impact of the AIDS epidemic, the violence transgender women faced and the killing of a close friend, getting involved in non-profit work, and the changes in the city.
Dates:
2021-09-18
Sharna Williams interview, 2021-10-22
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc033_07.wav
Abstract
This is an interview with a current Edgewood/Brookland Family Support Collaborative (E/BFSC) participant who has been involved with the organization since 1999. Ms. Williams discusses growing up in the Edgewood and Brentwood communities, her childhood and becoming a teen mother, and her family's experience with E/BFSC.
Dates:
2021-10-22
Tambra Stevenson interview, 2021-09-16
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc038_05.mp3
Abstract
Audio of interview with Tambra Stevenson, founder of I Am Wanda and Native Sol Kitchen. This interview explores Stevenson's move east of the Anacostia River and finding her passion for nutrition education, recipes, and health education for African American and Black families.
Dates:
2021-09-16
Teresa Edmondson English index, 2022-05-23
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc044_05_ind_eng.pdf
Abstract
Teresa Edmondson shares her path towards becoming a Black woman warrior for affordable housing in D.C. This interview takes us through three decades of a working class Black woman in D.C. realizing her potential as a community leader and securing permanent affordable housing for Black and Brown people. In her childhood, her parents showed her what homeownership and community services entailed. Later in life, she endured a health crisis that resulted in her becoming a renter in a building...
Dates:
2022-05-23
Teresa Edmondson English transcript, 2022-05-23
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc044_05_tra_eng.pdf
Abstract
Teresa Edmondson shares her path towards becoming a Black woman warrior for affordable housing in D.C. This interview takes us through three decades of a working class Black woman in D.C. realizing her potential as a community leader and securing permanent affordable housing for Black and Brown people. In her childhood, her parents showed her what homeownership and community services entailed. Later in life, she endured a health crisis that resulted in her becoming a renter in a building...
Dates:
2022-05-23
Teresa Edmondson interview part 1, 2022-05-23
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc044_05_01.wav
Abstract
Teresa Edmondson shares her path towards becoming a Black woman warrior for affordable housing in D.C. This interview takes us through three decades of a working class Black woman in D.C. realizing her potential as a community leader and securing permanent affordable housing for Black and Brown people. In her childhood, her parents showed her what homeownership and community services entailed. Later in life, she endured a health crisis that resulted in her becoming a renter in a building...
Dates:
2022-05-23
Teresa Edmondson interview part 2, 2022-05-23
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc044_05_02.wav
Abstract
Teresa Edmondson shares her path towards becoming a Black woman warrior for affordable housing in D.C. This interview takes us through three decades of a working class Black woman in D.C. realizing her potential as a community leader and securing permanent affordable housing for Black and Brown people. In her childhood, her parents showed her what homeownership and community services entailed. Later in life, she endured a health crisis that resulted in her becoming a renter in a building...
Dates:
2022-05-23