Vicki Denise Smothers Interview
Public DepositedInterview of Vicki Denise Smothers by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to EPA from San Francisco in 1955; parents Clyde and Doris and seven siblings; RCSD schooling; Belle Haven School experience; Ravenswood High School experience including teachers and student life; drug addiction, prison and community help in healing; involvement with early days of Nairobi College; Links to Positive People and how Free At Last got started when Links to Positive People closed; Free At Last’s original board members and others like David Lewis, Dorsey Nunn and Priya Haji; its growth and its legacy; notable people throughout her life - neighbors, teachers, work; why her family stayed in EPA; how the City has changed over the years; effect of AIDS and drugs on families and lifestyle; future wishes for the City and her vision in 50 years.
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- David Lewis
- Onetta Harris
- Akili Aaron
- Nevida Butler
- James Dixon
- Israel Harris, Sr.
- Mr. Cheney
- Free At Last
- Regina Thompson
- Larry Thompson
- Priya Haji
- Nairobi College
- RexAll Drug Store
- Tadlocks Auto Supply
- Mr. Cole
- Molly Hogan
- Doris Smothers
- Michelle Maisha Mouton
- Donna Dean
- Clyde Smothers
- Dorsey Nunn
- Dr. Buchanan
- Vicki Denise Smothers
- Community House
- Royal Supermarket
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