Stewart Gerard Hyland Interview

Meda Okelo

Oral History Work

Stewart Gerard Hyland Interview

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Interview of Stewart Gerard Hyland by Meda Okelo. Topics include: being introduced to EPA on boarding school field trip about 1974; moving to EPA in 1984; Father Gene at St. Francis of Assisi; why returned to EPA from Oakland in 1996/97; experience attending a Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA) meeting; becoming a homeowner in 2000; impressions of EPA at that time; attending the Hewlett Neighborhood Improvement Initiative meetings; his mentors on organizing in the City; the organizing work of PIA; saving of Runnymede Gardens; tension between Blacks and Latinos; why they sent their children to St. Elizabeth Seton; Community Development Institute; being on the board of EPA CAN DO; the Collard Greens Festival; many notable community people; EPA Police Department; David Lewis of Free At Last and his story; Pacific Islander Outreach; Rahn Sibley; being co-chair of the Measure C Oversight Committee, its process and some of the non-profits; community organizing with One East Palo Alto; various jobs after OEPA including the Promise Neighborhood Initiative; working with the local St. Vincent DePaul Society and the people involved; what was it like to run for office; and reflections on his engagement in EPA and outlook for the future.

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