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Title: Amelie Zurn Interview Part 1, June 8, 2021
Date: June 8, 2021
Creator: Amelie Zurn; Audrey Barnett
Description: Audrey Barnett interviews Amelie Zurn. Their conversation begins with Amelie discussing how she donated a large number of her papers from OUT! (Oppression Under Target) to the American University Archive. She then explains how she got involved with OUT! after volunteering with organizations such as Whitman Walker, National Organization for Women, and the Rape Crisis Hotline. Amelie talks more about her time with OUT!, including actions, other members, organizing tactics, and partnerships with other groups. Audrey also asks for more details about Amelie's work at and the evolution of Whitman Walker clinic. The interview then transitions to a discussion about feminist health practices and activism within AIDS organizing.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Oppression Under Target (OUT!); Whitman Walker; ACT UP; Black Lives Matter; Lesbian Health Services; Take Back the Night; National Organization for Women (NOW); Bowers v. Hardwick; 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights; disability justice; gay and lesbian organizing; Washington Blade; Ryan White Care Act; memorial actions; Washington Peace Center; abolitionist organizing; DC Council; Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); Clinton administration; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Immigrant Rights Movement; Webster v. Reproductive Health Services; reproductive rights; feminist health practices; mutual aid; transmasculine
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3263
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: The Cavalcade of America: "An American Is Born"
Description: Written by Arch Oboler and stars Bette Davis. Directed by Arch Oboler. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music composed by Gordon Jemkins and conducted by Don Voorhees. Features Raymond Edward Johnson. Bud Collyer, anncr. The story of a small group of people across the Mexican border who yearned for the liberty which is America and awaited the time when they could come to this country under quota.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Immigrants—Mexico
Local Identifier: program_no:262
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101752
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: "Hundreds gather to remember woman killed outside El Faro" newspaper article
Date: 1993-02-12
Creator: Campbell, Kristina
Description: The Washington Blade newspaper article covering the vigil and march in honor of Ana María Rosales, who was murdered outside of El Faro in January 1993. The march was organized by ENLACE, Gay Men and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), and the Whitman-Walker Clinic and attended by Rosales' friends and family. The march called on newspapers and the police to consider the murder as a possible hate crime.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Murder victims; Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Gay community -- Washington (D.C.) -- Newspapers; Latino communities -- Washington (D.C.); Latino/a/x lesbians; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+ immigrants; LGBTQ+ murder victims
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_newspapers_0012
Type: articles
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98694
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Jeanette Chow Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr; Jeanette Chow
Description: Native Washingtonian Jeanette Chow talks about her family's involvement in DC's Chinatown and the changes she's seen in the area. Her father came to the District as a teenager to join her grandfather in the laundry business. She remembers spending Sundays in Chinatown with her family in the 1960s and 70s, where they would get dim sum, go to the Chinese Community Church, and shop at Chinese grocery stores. Jeanette remembers how the construction of the Convention Center and the subway in the 70s and 80s changed the area and led to the growth of non-Chinese businesses. She discusses her involvement with the Eastern Wind Newsletter, the first Chinese American newsletter in DC, and reflects on a piece she wrote about the changes in the DC Chinatown community in the late 70s. She talks about the importance of affordable housing for immigrants in order to maintain Chinese heritage and culture in Chinatown. She ends by saying how the older, family organizations have to accomodate the needs of the younger generation. She also thinks it's important for families to educate children in Chinese language and culture.
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinese Americans; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese heritage; Chinese culture; Anacostia Community Museum; Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum; Dr. Samir Meghelli; Eastern Wind (Asian American community newsletter of Washington, D.C.); Public transportation; Metro; Gallery Place-Chinatown (DC Metro); Convention Center; Wah Luck House; H Street (Washington, D.C.); North Capitol Street (Washington, D.C.); Chinese laundries; Chinese immigrants; immigrants; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese culture; family associations; Local businesses; Chinese-owned businesses; Affordable housing; Gentrification; Urban development
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2035
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: Jennifer Low Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr; Jennifer Low
Description: University of Michigan design student and DC resident Jennifer Low talks about her "Dear Chinatown" project and what Chinatown means to her. "Dear Chinatown" is a making and sharing project for the DC Chinatown community to declare what they love about the neighborhood. Jenn thinks it is important to generate insights from the people who actually live in a place and learn what matters to them. For her, Chinatown is a place where people feel belonging and can claim as their own. She hopes to see increased visibility of the people who created Chinatown and its culture in the future, and envisions it as a public space that can be used by the community and fufill their everyday needs.
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinese Americans; Chinese immigrants; Project PDA: Love Letters to D.C.’s Chinatown; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese culture
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2036
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: 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: 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: Lance Tran Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr; Lance Tran
Description: Recent DC transplant Lance Tran discusses the meaning of Chinatown to him. Growing up in Missouri, he reflects on not having big celebrations of his culture. He remembers going to Chinatown for the first time in San Francisco and being struck by the sense of community and the pervasiveness of Chinese culture. Lance sees Chinatown as a way to connect with his culture, speak Cantonese, and as a place of refuge. He talks about the future of Chinatown, and hopes that the city can strike a balance between creating a place that is open and welcoming for everyone, while not displacing original residents. He says that we need to be mindful of issues like gentrification.
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinatown (San Francisco, CA); Chinese New Year's Day parade; Chinese culture; Chinese identity; Ethnic identity; Chinese immigrants; immigrants; Urban development; Gentrification; Affordable housing
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2037
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: Mengxi "Althea" Rao Interview, May 14, 2020
Date: May 14, 2020
Creator: Mengxi "Althea" Rao; Naoko Wowsugi; Naoko Wowsugi
Description: Artist Althea Rao reflects upon the impact of COVID in her life, especially in relation to immigration issues she has been experiencing since August 2019. Althea is from China, and shares that COVID has not had too much of an impact on her because she's been experiencing many of the issues (unemployment, lack of healthcare, etc.) since the beginning of her problems with immigration. While on a day-to-day level her life has changed with new social distancing measures, she believes that her life has been in limbo for a long time, and she feels full of sympathy for those who are now feeling frustrated with their current situation. Because of her immigration issues, Althea shares that she has not felt the need to find something new to sustain her, but points to her long-term art project with local communities as a positive force. Althea discusses how COVID has impacted the relationship between China and the US, and has shaped the perception and experiences of Asian Americans. She ends by reflecting on how COVID has brought death closer to her and people throughout the world. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: New Haven, CT; ArtSpace; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; art; artist; immigration; China; unemployment; healthcare; social distancing; Asia; Asian Americans; racism; death
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2137
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: Naoko Wowsugi Interview, May 18, 2020
Date: May 18, 2020
Creator: Naoko Wowsugi
Description: Naoko Wowsugi, a Humanities Truck fellow and studio art professor at American University, discusses how COVID has impacted her as an immigrant, an artist, and an educator. She shares how she experienced COVID a bit earlier than those in the US, since she was in Japan with family during the initial outbreak in Wuhan. She was worried the virus would impact her travel plans, but ultimately made it back to the US before travel bans went into place. Naoko talks about how COVID has cancelled or postponed the projects she was working on as an artist, including her project with the Humanities Truck as a fellow. She shares how she took in-person meetings with people for granted, and has had to adjust to replicating those interactions online. Naoko finds hope in the number of people who have come forward to help their communities and put their lives at risk to save others. She hopes we will reflect on issues of gentrification and displacement as a result of the virus, and learn about what is really essential to our lives and how those essential things should be shared equally. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Washington, DC; American University; Humanities Truck; professor; artist; immigrant; Japan; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; family; travel; community; technology; volunteer; essential workers; gentrification; displacement; equality
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2149
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: Regina Chow McPhie Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr; Regina Chow McPhie
Description: Native Washingtonian Regina Chow McPhie discusses her family history in DC's Chinatown and reflects on the necessity of perserving Chinese heritage in the area. She talks about how her family was involved in Chinatown from its earliest days, and how her grandfather helped start the Lee Family Association. She says that her grandfather and other immigrants were relegated to domestic work, such as the laundry business, due to racial discrimination and a hatred of the Chinese. Regina talks about how Chinatown has significantly diminished. She remembers visiting Chinatown and connecting with thousands of other Chinese in the 60s and 70s, whereas now only about 300 Chinese live in the area. While she admires the DC government's efforts to preserve Chinatown, she thinks they can do more, perhaps with money collected from parking tickets. She says now that Chinatown is struggling to exist. Regina sees a dichotomy between the older and younger generations in terms of the importance of preserving heritage. She views this as extremely important: "if you don't have your heritage, you don't have your history. You don't exist."
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinese New Year's Day parade; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinatown (San Francisco, CA); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinese Americans; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese heritage; Chinese culture; Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association; Transcontinental Railroad; Racial discrimination; Domestic workDomestic work; Anacostia Community Museum; Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum; Dr. Samir Meghelli; Harry Chow (community activist); Penny Lee (documentary producer); Wah Luck House; Mary E. Surratt Boarding House; Chinese laundries; Chinese-owned businesses; Local businesses; Chinese immigrants; immigrants; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese culture; family associations; Lee Family Association; Affordable housing; Gentrification; Urban development
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2038
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: Rita Moy Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Jenna Goff; Rita Moy
Description: Native Washingtonian Rita Moy reflects on her history with the Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown. She remembers coming down to Chinatown for the festival by streetcar as a child, going to family association buildings, receiving "red envelopes" of money gifts, and watching the firecrackers with her siblings from the top floor of buildings. She briefly talks about her father's involvement in Chinatown politics, such as with the Moy Family Association. Rita discusses how she's seen Chinatown evolve: whereas it used to be a tight-knit communtiy of mostly Southern Chinese, an increase in diversity has led to what she sees as good changes. While she says DC Chinese have scattered around the DC area, the Lunar New Year is now "a diverse group celebration."
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinese New Year's Day parade; immigrants; Chinese immigrants; family associations; Moy Family Association; On Leong Association; red envelopes (hóng bao); Chinese culture; Chinese heritage; Ethnic identity; Gentrification; Racial diversity
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2039
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: Soviet and Israel Jewish Protest
Date: 1973
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Subject: Jews -- Soviet Union -- Migrations; Protest movements -- United States; Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0029
Type: fliers (printed matter)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65655
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Teresa Montoya Interview, October 18, 2013
Date: October 18, 2013
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: This interview took place in Arlington, Virginia. Teresa was born in El Salvador and then immigrated to the United States in 2000. During the interview many topics were discussed such as life if El Salvador, life in the United States, and stereotypes about the United States. Also discussed was the subject of discrimination of the Latino population. 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: DC Oral History and Social Justice Project; homelessness; El Salvador; Honduras; Immigration
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1565

Title: "The Martyrdom of Ana María Rosales" cover story
Date: 1993-02-19
Creator: Symmes, Patrick
Description: Cover story in the Washington City Paper about the death of Ana María Rosales and the complicated questions of race, sexuality, and violence that arose in the wake.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Lesbian activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Murder victims; Latino communities -- Washington (D.C.); Latino/a/x lesbians; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Intersectionality; LGBTQ+ immigrants; LGBTQ+ victims of crime
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_newspapers_0013
Type: articles
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98695
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Victor Rodriguez Interview, November 11, 2021
Date: November 11, 2021
Creator: Maddie Tinsley; Victor Rodriguez
Description: Victor Rodriguez’s interview was conducted on November 11th, 2021, using the Their Story platform. The interview starts with Victor Rodriguez discussing his experience growing up as a Mexican American, his parents’ experiences immigrating to the United States, how his heritage affected how he was treated with school, and his changing relationship with his Mexican American identity. Throughout the interview, Rodriguez talks about how having mentors who shared or understood his cultural heritage was a significant part of his journey to pursue medicine. When discussing his experiences in medical school, Rodriguez talks about the lack of diversity awareness in medical schools and his work to advocate for himself and other Latin American medical students. Rodriguez also discusses his experiences working in minority communities and his desire to combat health disparities. When talking about the effect of Covid-19 on his medical education, Rodriguez talks about how he feels he missed out on an important learning experience by not being allowed to see Covid patients. The interview concludes by returning to the discussion of health disparities in the United States and Rodriguez’s perspective on how increasing diversity within the medical field might be one of the best ways to continue combating those disparities.
Subject: medical students; medical school; public health; medical residency; COVID-19; Mexican-American culture; immigration; community advocacy; ethics in medicine; barriers to medicine; language barriers; discrimination in the medical field; discrimination; psychiatry
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3650
Rights statement: This interview’s legal title, rights of publicity, and all literary rights were donated at no cost to American University.