Interview with Becca Atkins
IntervieweeInterview with
Rebecca Atkins
(American)
InterviewerInterviewed by
Abbie Cowan
Date2022 August 5
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 1 Hour, 27 Minutes, 39 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Object number2022.20.31a-b
Description(a) Interview with Becca Atkins. Interviewed by Abbie Cowan on August 5, 2022 at Otis Library, 261 Main Street, Norwich. (b) Photograph of Becca Atkins taken at her interview. She was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Historical Society's Community History Project discussing her experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Rebecca Atkins is the Executive Director of ArtReach, a non-profit organization based in Norwich, Connecticut. ArtReach’s main goal is to provide art services, such as live theater, to people struggling with mental illnesses. In her interview, she noted the challenges of providing hands-on activities and services during a time when social distancing was recommended. Rebecca recalled attempting to modify the services offered in order to provide adequate services to the organization’s members.
Becca mentioned her frustration with the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement. The first large event she attended after the start of the pandemic was a Black Lives Matter march.
When asked about her personal mental health, Becca responded that her approach to self-care changed, and her mental health actually improved during the pandemic.
Rebecca Atkins is the Executive Director of ArtReach, a non-profit organization based in Norwich, Connecticut. ArtReach’s main goal is to provide art services, such as live theater, to people struggling with mental illnesses. In her interview, she noted the challenges of providing hands-on activities and services during a time when social distancing was recommended. Rebecca recalled attempting to modify the services offered in order to provide adequate services to the organization’s members.
Becca mentioned her frustration with the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement. The first large event she attended after the start of the pandemic was a Black Lives Matter march.
When asked about her personal mental health, Becca responded that her approach to self-care changed, and her mental health actually improved during the pandemic.
Label TextListen to interview at http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19646603
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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