Interview with Alex Ambroise
InterviewerInterviewed by
Felicia Pilewski
Date2022 December 6
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 10 Minutes, 40 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Object number2022.20.52a-b
Description(a) Interview with Alex Ambroise. Interviewed by Felicia Pilewski on December 6, 2022 at Elihu Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut. (b) Photograph of Alex Ambroise 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.
At the time of the interview Alex was a substitute teacher.
Alex first heard about covid on CNN. The first disruption to her life was shifting to online schooling. Precautions that she and her family took included wearing masks, washing groceries, and social distancing. She received information about covid from her mother, who was a nurse. Alex agreed with mask mandates and vaccine mandates. She stated “sometimes you just need to do what’s best for the group…” Online school was difficult for Alex. She felt like she was trying to teach herself. Alex believed that her relationships with friends and family strengthened during the pandemic. She began to see other people’s true nature. She voted in the 2020 election and supports absentee voting. Alex expressed a negative opinion of the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the United States Capitol building on January 6, 2021. She called them “stupid.” Alex’s advice for people in a future pandemic is to “listen to the mandates.”
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.At the time of the interview Alex was a substitute teacher.
Alex first heard about covid on CNN. The first disruption to her life was shifting to online schooling. Precautions that she and her family took included wearing masks, washing groceries, and social distancing. She received information about covid from her mother, who was a nurse. Alex agreed with mask mandates and vaccine mandates. She stated “sometimes you just need to do what’s best for the group…” Online school was difficult for Alex. She felt like she was trying to teach herself. Alex believed that her relationships with friends and family strengthened during the pandemic. She began to see other people’s true nature. She voted in the 2020 election and supports absentee voting. Alex expressed a negative opinion of the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the United States Capitol building on January 6, 2021. She called them “stupid.” Alex’s advice for people in a future pandemic is to “listen to the mandates.”
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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