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Title: Jess Dawson Interview, December 2, 2021
Date: December 2, 2021
Creator: Jess Dawson; Maddie Tinsley
Description: This interview was conducted on December 2, 2021 using the Their Story platform. The interview was intended to get Jess Dawson’s perspective on the topic of medical school applications and how the criteria of those applications affect medical students from minority communities. In this interview, Dawson discusses her perspective on the judgment of medical school applications and describes how most of the emphasis is placed on applicant’s work and volunteer experiences. Dawson describes how her personal work and research experiences prior to medical school set her application apart but also how the pressure to get so many experiences was ultimately damaging to her mental health. In an academic context, Dawson discusses her experiences taking the MCAT, the impact these tests have on medical students, and how recent changes to the STEP One exam have altered the medical school experience. Dawson describes how the importance of previous experience often disadvantages applicants from minority communities who don't have as many connections. She also described the privilege experienced by medical students who are children of doctors and thus have more connections and less barriers. She also discusses how she feels medical schools favor individuals from economically privileged backgrounds. She concludes the interview by describing her experience working to get some new questions on her medical school application and her perspective on how medical schools are pursuing a limited form of diversity.
Subject: medical students; medical school; public health; Indian-American; immigrant; first-generation immigrant; University of Washington Medical School; Seattle, WA; medical school application; MCAT; Step 1 Exam; mental health; privilege; diversity
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3666
Rights statement: This interview’s legal title, rights of publicity, and all literary rights were donated at no cost to American University.

Title: Jess Dawson Interview, October 28, 2021
Date: October 28, 2021
Creator: Jess Dawson; Maddie Tinsley
Description: The virtual interview, conducted over TheirStory, starts with Jess Dawson recounting her experiences growing up as a first-generation immigrant in the United States. She discusses her childhood growing up in Canada and New Jersey, her experiences trying to integrate into U.S. school systems, and her relationship with her family. Ms. Dawson also describes her journey to realize her interest in the medical field and how her time spent as an undergraduate at American University helped her to recognize that interest. She also discusses her time as a medical student at the University of Washington in detail, specifically focusing on how being a woman of color and first-generation immigrant affected those experiences. She discusses her efforts to incorporate her passion for social justice into her work as a medical student and first year residency. The interview then turns to Ms. Dawson’s time as a first-year resident working in a Los Angeles hospital during Covid-19 and the effect of that period on her personally and professionally. The interview concludes with a discussion of racial health disparities in the U.S., Ms. Dawson experience in working through those disparities with her patients, and her perspective on how those disparities can be addressed in the future.
Subject: medical students; medical school; public health; medical residency; Indian-American; first-generation immigrant; social justice; Black Lives Matter protests; Seattle, WA; University of Washington Medical School; Los Angeles County; American University; dermatology
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3655
Rights statement: This interview’s legal title, rights of publicity, and all literary rights were donated at no cost to American University.

Title: Julia Renkly Interview, November 25, 2020
Date: November 25, 2020
Creator: Julia Renkly; Emily Lefeber
Description: Julia Renkly is a current high school senior at the Harlan Community High School (HCHS) in Harlan, IA. Located in rural western Iowa, the Harlan Community is feeling the effects of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. In this interview, Julia discusses her experiences as HCHS was forced to shut down at the beginning of the pandemic, going online for the rest of Spring 2020, returning to school in Fall 2020, and her plans to become a scientific illustrator in the future.
Subject: Harlan, IA; Iowa; rural Iowa; small town; Harlan Community High School; COVID-19; Coronavirus; pandemic; media perception; politics; public health; masks; mental health; student; teenager; jazz band; art; video games; Hy-Vee; Snapchat; education; Joe Biden; Buena Vista University
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2509
Rights statement: Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.

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: Kiersten Morris Interview, October 26, 2019
Date: October 26, 2019
Creator: Kai Walther; Kiersten Morris
Description: Kiersten Morris talks about learning about safe sex for the first time. She remembers having an abstinence-only sex education in high school, so the first time she learned about safe sex was through an LGBTQ organization at her university. Kiersten discusses learning about AIDS in high school as "a gay thing" and how her perspective changed after taking a gay and lesbian documentay class in college. She hopes the next generation will learn about how to have safe sex with their specific partners, and how to prevent each STI.
Subject: Washington, DC; Whitman-Walker Health; HIV/AIDS healthcare; LGBT healthcare; gay activism; lesbian activism; queer activism; LGBTQ activism; The Walk and 5K to End HIV; 2019 The Walk and 5K to End HIV
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1994
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: Kim Clemens Interview, November 12, 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Creator: Kim Clemens; Laura Sislen
Description: Kim is a trauma, addictions, and art therapist in Annapolis, Maryland. She talks about her experiences both personally and professionally, and overall has cultivated a sense of gratitude and awareness throughout the pandemic. She talks about the many positive things that have happened to her: engagement, buying her first house, and accomplishing professional endeavors, while noticing the heavier side of peoples' decline in mental health, stressors, and trauma around her. She talks about noticing the collective grief and loss within this pandemic and wants an increase in the promotion and accessibility for mental health services, self-care, and what it means to connect. She is hopeful for increased mental health care, empathy, and connection to come out of this experience.
Subject: COVID-19; Therapist; collective grief; gratitude; Annapolis, Maryland; COVID; mental health; self-care; Zoom
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2341
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: Kirsti Lattu Interview, July 22, 2021
Date: July 22, 2021
Creator: Kirsti Lattu; Audrey Barnett
Description: Audrey Barnett interviews Kirsti Lattu over Zoom. Kirsti starts by discussing how and when she first learned about HIV, especially when people in her friend group became infected. She then started getting involved in HIV/AIDS activism, especially as a member of OUT! (Oppression Under Target). Kirsti emphasizes the community-centered focus of OUT!, both in the organization's activism and between its members. She also describes a few specific OUT! action events in which she took part. Kirsti then explains how her time with OUT! has continued to shape her life and activism and what her life in DC as a queer person was like in the late 1980s.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Oppression Under Target (OUT!); Whitman Walker; gay and lesbian; University of Mary Washington; Mount Pleasant, DC; Peace Corps; AIDS in-service budget; Washington Blade; safe sex; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Robert Mapplethorpe; stigma; Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence Everywhere (GLOVE); police violence; self-care; DC Metropolitan Police; Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL); National AIDS Network; Doctors Without Borders; public health; human rights; El Salvadorian immigrant community; Tracks; Marion Barry
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3260
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: Legacy Week ceremony, Senator Edward Kennedy, April 16, 1991
Date: 1991-04-16
Creator: Edward Kennedy; Milton Greenberg
Publisher: American University
Description: Film of the opening ceremony of Legacy Week, a series of events commemorating President John F. Kennedy's commencement address at the American University, June 10, 1963, proposing a test ban treaty. Following introductory remarks by student organizers and by Acting President Milton Greenberg, the featured speaker, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, proposed a six-point program of "social security for children" to complete the unfinished work of President Kennedy's administration. The film concludes with scenes at the plaque on the Kennedy Terrace, located adjacent to Reeves Athletic Field, the spot on which President Kennedy stood when making his commencement address.
Subject: Child health services -- United States; Child welfare -- Government policy -- United States; Child welfare -- United States -- Statistics; Children -- Nutrition -- United States; Children -- Services for -- United States; Day care centers -- United States; Education, Preschool -- United States; Education -- United States; Immunization -- United States; Maternal and infant welfare -- United States
Subject -- Personal Name: Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009; Greenberg, Milton, 1927-
Local Identifier: au_legacyweek-tedkennedy-4-16-91
Type: Speeches
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:86929
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Brian Scott to Letitia Gomez
Date: 1993-03-08
Creator: Scott, Brian
Description: Letter from Brian Scott, director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic of Suburban Maryland, to Letitia Gomez, president of ENLACE, requesting an endorsement of the Clinic's grant application for funds to provide services to individuals with HIV/AIDS in suburban Maryland. Includes a sample endorsement letter.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Whitman-Walker Clinic; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); HIV infections -- Maryland -- Prevention; Grants-in-aid -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS education; Health care for LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0066
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98394
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Carmen Ramirez to Judith Arandes
Date: 1993-01-19
Creator: Ramirez, Carmen
Description: Letter from Carmen Ramirez, executive director of the Office on Latino Affairs, to Judith Arandes, ENLACE coordinator, inviting Arandes to a luncheon regarding the clinical AIDS trials being conducted by the National Institutes of Health at Howard University Hospital.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Howard University; Clinical trials; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS activists -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0115
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98443
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Caroline Polk to ENLACE
Date: 1993-03-04
Creator: Polk, Caroline
Description: Letter from Caroline Polk of the WHEEL-A-THON steering committee, asking for a volunteer from ENLACE to help organize a WHEEL-A-THON, to raise awareness of and funds for adolescent HIV infection.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); HIV infections -- Washington (D.C.) -- Prevention; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Youth -- Health and hygiene -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS awareness
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0071
Type: invitations
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98399
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Charles Lupton to Dennis Medina
Date: 1990-06-20
Creator: Lupton, Charles
Description: Letter from Charles Lupton, principal investigator for the Office of AIDS Activities, to Dennis Medina, president of ENLACE, thanking Medina for his support of the AIDS survey of gay and bisexual men living in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Bisexual men -- Washington (D.C.); District of Columbia. Commission of Public Health; Health surveys; Social surveys; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS awareness
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_collaborations_0024
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98328
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Colevia Carter to Maria Flores
Date: 1992-12-22
Creator: Carter, Colevia
Description: Letter from Colevia Carter, Synergy Project Director, to Maria Flores, youth coordinator for ENLACE, thanking Flores for attending a meeting of the Adolescent Health Coalition and inviting her to attend the next one.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Teenagers -- Health and hygiene; Drug abuse -- Prevention; At-risk youth -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_collaborations_0022
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98326
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Dennis Medina to Alex Compagnet
Date: 1990-06-19
Creator: Medina, Dennis
Description: Letter from Dennis Medina, president of ENLACE, to Alex Compagnet, executive director of SALUD, Inc., expressing support of SALUD's proposal to provide primary care services to people with HIV infection. Includes a sample letter provided by SALUD, Inc.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Community health services -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS awareness; AIDS education
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0048
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98376
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Dennis Medina to Jim Graham
Date: 1990-08-30
Creator: Medina, Dennis
Description: Letter from Dennis Medina, president of ENLACE, to Jim Graham, director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic notifying Graham that a guide recently published by the clinic included Medina's personal phone number instead of ENLACE's contact information.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Whitman-Walker Clinic; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Latino communities -- Washington (D.C.); Community health services -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Health care for LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0083
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98411
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Dennis Medina to Mara Patermaster
Date: 1990-09-05
Creator: Medina, Dennis
Description: Letter from Dennis Medina, president of ENLACE, to Mara Patermaster, expressing ENLACE's support of SALUD, Inc.'s proposal to provide health education services to low-income Latinos who test positive for HIV.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Community health services -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Latino communities -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS education
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0054
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98382
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Dennis Medina to Virginia Santiago
Date: 1990-08-13
Creator: Medina, Dennis
Description: Letter from Dennis Medina, president of ENLACE, to Virginia Santiago, of SALUD, Inc., expressing ENLACE's support of SALUD, Inc.'s efforts to obtain funding for the Educators with HIV Technical Assistance Project.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Community health services -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Latino communities -- Washington (D.C.); Grants-in-aid -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS education
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0055
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98383
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Enrique Montoya, Jr. to the president of ENLACE
Date: 1990-09-27
Creator: Montoya, Enrique, Jr.
Description: Letter from Enrique Montoya, Jr., from the Colorado AIDS Musical, Video, and Poster project, to the president of ENLACE marketing a poster design intended for teenagers and young adults.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Young adults -- Marketing; Public health posters; Latino communities -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+ youth; HIV/AIDS; AIDS awareness
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0091
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98419
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Judith Arandes to Oney Zuniga
Date: 1988-03-16
Creator: Arandes, Judith
Description: Letter from Judith Arandes, president of ENLACE, to Oney Zuniga of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Arandes is writing in support of Salud Inc. receiving funding for AIDS education and prevention activities in the Latino community.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Maryland. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Latino communities -- Maryland; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS awareness; AIDS education
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0001
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98329
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Letter from Judith Arandes to R.B. Dionne
Date: 1988-04-25
Creator: Arandes, Judith
Description: Letter from Judith Arandes, president of ENLACE, to R.B. Dionne of the Virginia Department of Health. Arandes is writing in support of Salud Inc. receiving funding for AIDS education and prevention activities in the Latino community.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Virginia. Department of Health; Latino communities -- Virginia; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; HIV/AIDS; AIDS awareness; AIDS education
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0002
Type: letters (correspondence)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98330
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

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