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- Title
- Abhayam Kaln Interview, September 22, 2019
- Date
- September 22, 2019
- Creator
- Sierra Solomon; Person responsible unknown
- Subject
- Washington, DC; Meridian Hill Park; Malcolm X Park; drum circle; music; gentrification; spirituality
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1702
- Title
- Curtis Harrison Interview, November 11, 2019
- Date
- November 11, 2019
- Creator
- Curtis Harrison; Sarah Canfield
- Description
- Curtis Harrison recalls finding out he had HIV while incarcerated for a 20 year sentence. He talks of his time living in homeless shelters in D.C., in Joseph’s House, and temporary housing.
- Subject
- Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; Joseph’s House; Cornerstones Affordable Housing; homeless shelter; spirituality; dialysis; prostate cancer; D.C. Medicaid; incarceration; grill cook
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2194
- Rights statement
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, under the terms of Public Domain.
- Title
- Joe Gaines Interview, October 17, 2020
- Date
- October 17, 2020
- Creator
- Joe Gaines; Kai Walther
- Description
- Joe Gaines, Choctaw from SE Oklahoma and member of Rebrand Washington Football and No Stadium, No Name Change, speaks with interviewer Kai Walther at Malcolm X Park for the Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration. He discusses learning about and challenging narratives from family and school about Christopher Columbus and the police. He calls for people to do something with this information once they learn about it, and how events such as Indigenous Peoples Day and more visibility and conversations around Native issues can help bring positive change.
- Subject
- Choctaw; Native American; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples Day; Columbus Day; Malcolm X Park; police; government; Christopher Columbus; Rebrand Washington Football; No Name Change, No Stadium; spirituality; Christianity; history; education
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2332
- Rights statement
- Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Mark Armstrong Interview, December 3, 2019
- Date
- December 3, 2019
- Creator
- Mark Armstrong; Sarah Canfield
- Description
- Mark Anthony Armstrong speaks about stigmas around HIV and Joseph’s House in D.C., as well as his homosexuality in his family. He also speaks about the effects of contracting HIV had on his past, current, and future relationships with romantic partners and friends. He speaks of working through such issues in weekly therapy sessions, and why he thinks his story is an important example of how people grow in unlikely circumstances.
- Subject
- Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; World AIDS Day; community; Joseph’s House; dance; depression; spirituality; Shiva Entertainment; domestic abuse; homosexuality; therapy; relationships; friendships; disability
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2199
- Rights statement
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, under the terms of Public Domain.
- Title
- Mark Armstrong Interview, October 19, 2019
- Date
- October 19, 2019
- Creator
- Mark Armstrong; Sarah Canfield
- Description
- Mark Anthony Armstrong recalls contracting HIV in the early 1990s, and the impact it has had on his life thereafter. Mark tells the story of his first partner and the traumas he experienced in the relationship. He also remembers growing up in D.C., traveling as a young man, working in a department store, working as a dancer, gymnast, and entertainer, and finding his place within various support groups in D.C.
- Subject
- Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; Joseph’s House; Whitman Walker; Homes for Hope; Kaiser Health Center; dance; ballet; depression; spirituality; Job Corps; Shiva Entertainment; Soul Train; domestic abuse; abuse; homosexuality; activism
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2203
- Rights statement
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, under the terms of Public Domain.