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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0131
  • Summary(1:45) New routine: making food deliveries with Bed-Stuy Strong mutal aid group -- (2:27) How deliveries work -- (3 :24) Other volunteer work in community -- (4:29) Getting involved through mother -- (6:00) How deliveries work -- (7:00) Challenges to making deliveries -- (9:45) Mother’s dedication is inspiring -- (12:48) Importance of mutual aid right now -- (15:55) Confronting degree of need in community, importance of the work -- (16:45) Community uniting to meet needs -- (18:37) Work has deepened connection to neighborhood -- (20:50) Negative experiences doing deliveries -- (21:25) Worried about uncertain future, people are scared.
  • Date2020-06-03
  • Physical Description1 sound file (23 min) : digital, WAV
  • CreatorWilliams, Semoy
  • CollectionBrooklyn Covid-19 Stories
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on June 3, 2020, by Zoe Grueskin. Collected for the Covid-19 Oral History Project through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectQuarantine ; COVID-19 (Disease) ; Epidemics; Coronaviruses ; Fraternal organizations
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Semoy Williams conducted on 2020 June 3.