Interview with Ninon Guinassi and Lizbeth Polo Smith
InterviewerInterviewed by
Peter Moran
Date2022 August 22
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 1 Hours, 47 Minutes, 24 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Description(a) Interview with Ninon Guinassi and Lizbeth Polo Smith. Interviewed by Peter Moran on August 22, 2022 at the Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut, 170 State Street, New London. Assisted by interpreter Susana Ormeño. (b) Photograph of Ninon Guinassi and Lizbeth Polo Smith taken at their interview. They were interviewed as part of the Connecticut Historical Society's Community History Project discussing their experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Ninon Guinassi and Lizbeth Polo Smith shared their stories of the COVID-19 pandemic in English and Spanish with the help of the interpreter, Susana Ormeño. Guinassi and Smith worked to create Ayuda, a direct aid arm of the Hispanic Alliance in New London County. They shared stories of their work, especially among undocumented immigrant communities who were barred from many forms of support during the pandemic. They also gave some perspective on their personal experiences.
Ninon Guinassi and Lizbeth Polo Smith shared their stories of the COVID-19 pandemic in English and Spanish with the help of the interpreter, Susana Ormeño. Guinassi and Smith worked to create Ayuda, a direct aid arm of the Hispanic Alliance in New London County. They shared stories of their work, especially among undocumented immigrant communities who were barred from many forms of support during the pandemic. They also gave some perspective on their personal experiences.
Object number2022.20.39a-b
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.
Subject Terms
- New London
- Oral history
- Interviews
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
- Oral narratives
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- People of color
- Spanish language
- Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut
- Undocumented immigrants
- Undocumented immigrants
- Health
- Public health
- Mohegan Sun Casino
- High school students
- Schools
- Loss
- Job loss
- Unemployed
- Unemployment
- Food
- Food relief
- Food insecurity
- Hispanic people
- Hispanic Americans
- Mental health
- Community
- Death
- Women
- Grocery stores
- Grocery shopping
- Healthcare
- Peruvian Americans
- Peruvians
- Peru
- Masks
- Vaccines
- Face masks
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- Refugee assistance
- Money
- Black Lives Matter movement
- Protest demonstrations
- Family
- Relationships
- Anxiety
- Friendship
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Born Digital Audio
- Community History Project IMLS Museums for America Grant
- COVID-19 Pandemic Collection
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- COVID-19 Pandemic Oral History Interviews (Community History Project), 2022-2023
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