Monthly Update: Phillips Community Oral History Project

By PHILLIPS COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT PARTNERS

Welcome back to the Phillips Community Oral History Project monthly update! This Column is an important part of the Project’s outreach to the Phillips Community. Its purpose is to share key progress milestones and to remain accountable to the people of Phillips.

The Oral History Project is continuing to gather histories from Phillips residents through scheduled interviews and pop-up events. In October, we hosted one pop-up interview event at Ebenezer Tower, and also visited the Phillips Clean Sweep to interview attendees and volunteers. We will continue to schedule interviews and plan pop-ups; if you’re unable to attend one but wish to be interviewed, please reach out to us at the email at the end of this update.

Below are a couple of highlights from the interviews thus far. We’re still in the process of archiving and transcribing these records, so what follows is just a sample of what will become more easily accessible as the Project progresses.

One of our first interviews conducted was with Rico Morales, long-term Phillips resident and organizer with communities facing housing instability.… Read the rest “Monthly Update: Phillips Community Oral History Project”