Summary(1:52) Work as freelance book editor -- (2:46) Missing personal interactions, connecting with friends and family in Australia -- (3:45) Working from home -- (4:45) Bed-Stuy Strong mutual aid group -- (6:50) Community events, livestreams, baking and fermenting -- (8:15) Longstanding involvement with mutual aid groups in Bed-Stuy -- (9:30) Awareness of privilege, desire to share -- (10:30) Paying attention to neighbors and staying connected to distant loved ones through technology -- (12:10) Reaching out to neighbors, importance of stoops -- (14:19) Worries for future: long-term impacts, testing -- (17:08) Future needs of people -- (18:20) Future depends on new perspective and focus on community -- (19:00) Deciding, as an immigrant from Australia, to stay in Brooklyn
NoteAudio interview conducted on April 27, 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.
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TitleOral history interview with Georgia Frances King on 2020 April 27.