Summary(0:18) Attending school in Brooklyn -- (0:37) Moving to Flatbush and back after marriage -- (0:57) Busying herself with Community Board 3 and the block association -- (1:24) Giving the children something to do -- (1:50) Trying to bring back the community character and greenery -- (2:35) Need for nurturing and building up the neighborhood -- (2:50) Losing children from the church -- (3:32) Living an active lifestyle in later life -- (4:35) Teachers in Brooklyn as an extension of family -- (5:20) Caring for children in the community -- (7:20) Preparing to be a foster grandparent in schools -- (9:05) Working with computers for the majority of her career -- (9:50) Old copying technology -- (10:40) Changing jobs from corporate to a hospital -- Retirement -- (11:20) Need for conversation and communication within families -- (13:55) Working on transit for Community Board 3 -- (15:39) Increasing protection for seniors on the street -- (17:15) Macon Library -- (19:33) Lack of financial support for schoolchildren and seniors.
NoteAudio interview conducted on June 13, 2016, by Taina Evans at Quincy Senior Residences. Collected 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.
SubjectCommunity development ; Brooklyn College ; Public transportation ; Children ; Parades ; Teachers ; Computers ; Retirement ; Older people ; Taxation ; Youth development ; Housing ; Urban transportation ; Block parties ; Foster grandparents ; Technology
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Willie Mae-Pearson on 2016 June 13.