Interview with New Virginia Majority Organizers & Southwood Tenants Group (2022-10-24)
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Interviewees
Claudia Leolo Sofia Vega; “Lady”; Marcela Salazar; Douglas Hernandez; Consuelo Camacho
Interviewer
James Randall; Elena Camacho
Study ID
076
Description
An oral history interview with Claudia Leolo, Sofia Vega, “Lady,” Marcela Salazar, Douglas Hernandez, and Consuelo Camacho. The interview was conducted on November 4th, 2022 at the Department of History’s offices at Virginia Commonwealth University. This conversation concerns several topics of interest centered on the 21st century Latin American experience in Virginia. Principally: the lives of residents in the Southwood Apartments complex in Southside Richmond; Latin Americans in the Richmond metropolitan area more broadly; and their personal histories building community. The community organizers provide personal accounts of their relationship to Virginia, what brought them into pursuing grassroots level political & social changes, and their organizing in Richmond’s Latin American community. The residents were also asked questions regarding these topics as relevant to their history, particularly immigration, adapting to life in the United States, and organizing for their rights as tenants at the Southwood complex. Both groups were also interviewed on their experiences during and perceptions of notable current topics of discourse, including the course of the Trump presidency and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Note
The interviews were conducted in English and Spanish by James Randall and Elena Camacho, and have been transcribed semi-verbatim. The interview was roughly transcribed by the Otter.ai service, and was heavily edited by James Randall in order to achieve clarity. It requires further review for full Spanish grammatical accuracy.
Topical Subject
Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Richmond (Va.); Emigration and immigration; Tenants' associations; Community organization; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023; Vaccination
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording; text
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng; spa
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by Claudia Leolo Sofia Vega, “Lady”, Marcela Salazar, Douglas Hernandez, and Consuelo Camacho. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Latino Virginia Project and Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Latino Virginia Oral Histories
Contributors
Latino Virginia Project
Source
Interview with New Virginia Majority Organizers & Southwood Tenants Group (2022-10-24), Latino Virginia Oral History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
lvoh076_NVMOrganizers_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Latin American History | Latin American Languages and Societies | Oral History | Public History | Social History | United States History