Themes:
Youth Programs
Agriculture & Farming
Crime - Drugs
Local Businesses
Non-Profits
Education - Ravenswood High School
Sports & Recreation
Health
People of EPA
Subjects:
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
Date of Creation or Publication:
7/25/2024
Creator
Meda Okelo
Donor
Vicki Denise Smothers
Language
English
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Interview 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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