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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0222-accs
  • Summary(0:20) Growing up on Gates Avenue -- (1:10) Moving to Atlantic Plaza Towers -- (2:20) Going to private school -- (3:10) University of Denver -- (3:30) Being a latchkey kid growing up with two parents -- (4:12) University life -- (7:20) Moving the Jersey because of skiing accident -- (7:54) Going to John Jay College and starting a family in East New York in the 80s -- (9:45) Relationship to Brooklyn -- (10:14) Starting Student Parents Association & Dispute Resolution Club at John Jay College -- (11:27) Being single mom while working and going to school -- (10:40) Working as a social worker -- (11:34) Working with Therapeutic children -- (11:54) Working with substance abuse treatment programs -- (12:52) Becoming a therapist, working with childhood trauma -- (14:20) Changes in Brooklyn -- (15:45) Raising a child in East New York with “Southern help” -- (16:44) Feeling connected to the community -- (18:36) Advice for people coming to Brooklyn (19:44) Advice for future generations -- (21:49) Life insight from getting older, and dealing with father's cancer.
  • Date2018-04-04
  • Physical Description1 sound file (26 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorWashington, Kim
  • 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
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on April 4, 2018, by Johan Norberg at Clinton Hill Library. 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.
  • SubjectNineteen sixties ; Nineteen seventies ; Nineteen eighties ; University of Denver ; John Jay College of Criminal Justice ; Social welfare ; Social workers--New York (State) ; Child welfare ; Substance abuse--Treatment ; Therapeutic foster care ; Community development ; Gentrification ; Drugs & society (New York, N.Y.) ; Cancer ; Vegetarianism
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)East New York (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Kim Washington on 2018 April 4.