Start Over Date 2022

31. Research Sprints 2022 Report-out (2:00:00)

Date:
2022-08-10
Main contributors:
Kong-Chow, Janet, Kuhn, Mary, O'Neill, Moira, Puri, Michael, Rogers, Dylan, Sewell, Jessica, Sheehy, Michael, Small, Ben, Coleman, Rebecca, Thomas, Judith
Summary:
Participants in the 2022 Research Sprints program report on their ongoing research.

32. Sharon Johnson (2:27:40)

Date:
2022-03-28
Main contributors:
French, Haley (Interviewer)
Summary:
Sharon Johnson is a lifelong resident of Norfolk, Virginia. She has lived in the Bruces’ Park neighborhood in midtown since 1954. Track 1: This interview discusses Johnson’s life and family, including her grandfather who was a Black contractor in Norfolk in the early part of the 20th century. It takes place in Johnson’s historic home, built by her grandfather. Track 2: In this oral history, Johnson describes her memories of downtown Norfolk in the 1950s, and key moments including President Kennedy’s assassination and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963. Johnson graduated from Maury High in Norfolk in 1970, and reflects on the changes precipitated by integration, and her observations on race and discrimination while she lived in Boston. She discusses her participation in marches in Washington with the Service Employees International Union. The interview also includes a walking tour with Johnson as she describes the changes that have occurred in the neighborhood since the 1980s.

33. Skip Styles (1:14:29)

Date:
2022-05-10
Main contributors:
Wood, Adrian (Interviewer)
Summary:
Skip Styles lives in Norfolk, Virginia and is retired from his position as Director of the environmental nonprofit Wetlands Watch, located in Norfolk, Virginia, where he served from 2006 to 2023. The conversation is about the initiatives Styles pioneered through Wetlands Watch, including rolling easements and riparian buffers, that aim to reduce the harm of sea-level rise in Hampton Roads.

34. Vincent Hodges (1:40:13)

Date:
2022-08-28
Main contributors:
Wood, Adrian (Interviewer)
Summary:
Vincent Hodges is a social worker and worked as an organizer between 2021-2022 with New Virginia Majority, a nonprofit focused on racial and economic justice in Virginia. Hodges discusses his firsthand experiences working with residents in St Paul’s, a public housing complex in Norfolk. He discusses the state of public housing infrastructure, his concerns about working with Norfolk City Council for resolution, and his perspective on the political climate of the City.