Interview with Hartford Communities That Care Members
IntervieweeInterview with
Winston Kennedy
IntervieweeInterview with
Sherelle Reid
IntervieweeInterview with
Tyrone Bynum
IntervieweeInterview with
Jennika Lebron
IntervieweeInterview with
Larry Johnson
IntervieweeInterview with
Johanna Schubert
IntervieweeInterview with
Shennelle Benjamin
IntervieweeInterview with
Ari Cruz
InterviewerInterviewed by
Samariya Smith
InterviewerInterviewed by
Peter Moran
Date2022 April 12
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 1 Hour, 51 Minutes, 37 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Object number2022.20.2a-b
Description(a) Interview with eight members of Hartford Communities That Care: Winston Kennedy, Sherelle Reid, Tyrone Bynum, Larry Johnson, Jennika Lebron, Johanna Schubert, Shenelle Benjamin, and Ari Cruz. Interviewed by Samariya Smith on April 12, 2022 at Hartford Communities That Care Office, 2550 Main Street, Hartford. (b) Photograph of the group taken at the interview. They were interviewed as part of the Connecticut Historical Society's Community History Project discussing their experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The eight interviewees are staff members of Hartford Communities That Care (HCTC), a crisis-response organization in Hartford that primarily responds to gun violence. Samariya Smith, CHP Manager and part time employee of HCTC, lead the interview and Peter Moran, CHP Asssistant, attended and took notes. Participants sat around a rectangular table with the recorder at its center. Samariya sat at head of table, next to (clockwise) Peter, Winston, Sherelle, Tyrone, Larry, Jennika, Johanna, Shenelle, and Ari.
The participants knew each other and spoke familiarly. The conversation touched on HCTC's work during COVID, exposures, personal protection equipment, community service, family relationships, self-care, vaccines, food and diet, and deaths due to COVID. A variety of perspectives were offered on vaccines and the risks associated with them. Conversation repeatedly touched on internet habits during COVID. The tension between respecting personal choice and respecting other people recurred, but was not directly identified. The conversation concluded with an emphasis on the power of physical contact, love, and compassion to overcome challenges and traumas such as COVID-19.
The eight interviewees are staff members of Hartford Communities That Care (HCTC), a crisis-response organization in Hartford that primarily responds to gun violence. Samariya Smith, CHP Manager and part time employee of HCTC, lead the interview and Peter Moran, CHP Asssistant, attended and took notes. Participants sat around a rectangular table with the recorder at its center. Samariya sat at head of table, next to (clockwise) Peter, Winston, Sherelle, Tyrone, Larry, Jennika, Johanna, Shenelle, and Ari.
The participants knew each other and spoke familiarly. The conversation touched on HCTC's work during COVID, exposures, personal protection equipment, community service, family relationships, self-care, vaccines, food and diet, and deaths due to COVID. A variety of perspectives were offered on vaccines and the risks associated with them. Conversation repeatedly touched on internet habits during COVID. The tension between respecting personal choice and respecting other people recurred, but was not directly identified. The conversation concluded with an emphasis on the power of physical contact, love, and compassion to overcome challenges and traumas such as COVID-19.
Label TextListen to interview at http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19645789
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Historical Society’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the impact of Covid-19 on Connecticans, particularly on Black and Brown communities, funeral homes, and on nursing home and elder care populations.Cataloging Note: This cataloging project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-249472-OMS-21.
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