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Title: Kanie Pendarvis III Interview, March 24, 2015
Date: March 24, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: Kanie Pendarvis gives detailed history of his experiences with employment, mental health, housing, and the military. Born in DC 1954, Mr. Pendarvis was raised by foster parents; his foster father was employed as a printer. Mr. Pendarvis has had extensive education in college programs, the US Marine Corps, and health work certification. He sees himself as a people person and would like to work in home health aide. Mr. Pendarvis sees his criminal record as his biggest challenge to employment; he explains mandatory sentencing for drug possession and how his convictions impact him. Mr. Pendarvis discusses his time in the US Marine Corps and his travels through Europe. Mr. Pendarvis discusses recognizing and dealing with depression, and how complicated peoples’ experiences with homelessness are. Mr. Pendarvis describes training programs available in prisons. Mr. Pendarvis recalls his work experience from his first job to the present. Death of foster parents, mental health, and drug use made housing difficult. Mr. Pendarvis was a part of black empowerment movements in college. He recounts experiences with racism while in North Carolina during his time in the service, and how his international and military experience gave him a different perspective on issues of race. Mr. Pendarvis worked day labor and explains how that system worked in the 80s, and how it’s changed. He currently stays at Central Union Mission and gives an overview of their approach to aide. Mr. Pendarvis discusses the difference between unions and collegiate training programs. 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; military; mental health; drug abuse
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1545

Title: Letter from Susan Myers to Letitia Gomez
Date: 1990-04-27
Creator: Myers, Susan
Description: Letter from Susan Myers of the DC Rape Crisis Center thanking Letitia Gomez for her participation in the conference on mental health awareness and anti-violence work in the lesbian and gay community.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Community health services -- Washington (D.C.); Intimate partner violence; Mental health personnel; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_collaborations_0009
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98313
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Olabode Christopher Adeyeta-Olasupo, Oral History, Celebrate Petworth, November 18, 2023
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Rivera, Inaya; Adeyeta-Olasupo, Olabode Christopher
Description: Inaya Rivera interviews Olabode Christopher Adeyeta-Olasupo at Celebrate Petworth Day 2023 on the Petworth neighborhood, what the community is like, how the neighborhood has changed over the years, and what Adeyeta-Olasupo thinks the neighborhood will look like in the future.
Subject: Community, housing, interconnectivity, inclusivity, social services, cultural exchange, mental health awareness
Country: United States
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: Violence and the lesbian and gay community: Report of a working group conference on mental health services
Date: 1990-04-21
Creator: Schreiber, Susan; Tylska, Cheryl; Myers, Susan; Anderson, Clinton; Harvey, David C.
Description: Draft report from a working group conference on mental health services for the lesbian and gay community. The conference consisted of six working groups, which brainstormed problem statements and action plans. These results are included in the report, as well as an overview of problems being addressed. Includes a handwritten note from Clinton Anderson to Letitia Gomez on the front page.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Community health services -- Washington (D.C.); Intimate partner violence; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Gay community -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_collaborations_0008
Type: reports; plans (reports)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98312
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.