Summary(1:57) 30th birthday party on Facebook Live -- (2:01) Running for 57th Assembly District leader -- (3:19) Calling from Fort Greene -- (3:33) Work on Opportunity Youth: employment readiness. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Mutual aid groups. Fund manager for New York City Housing Authority's Walt Whitman House -- (5:51) Myrtle Avenue BK Partnership; One Community; City Harvest; Food Bank NYC; Calexico restaurant, Park Slope -- (8:07) Helping teen cousin with remote learning -- (10:21) Campaigning during pandemic -- (11:16) Stopped petitioning -- (14:00) New campaign strategies --(16:40) Engaging community remotely -- (21:09) Motivating NYCHA residents to vote -- (22:56) Work with AmeriCorps as public ally; Flatbush Tenant Coalition; ACORN -- (26:33) Pandemic has motivated her to seek public office -- (43:25) Hope for more connected community after pandemic -- (46:56) Virtual Zoom meetings -- (51:34) Providing food to healthcare workers.
NoteAudio interview conducted on May 7, 2020, by Julia DeAngelo. 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 Shaquana Boykin on 2020 May 7.