Oral histories (literary works)

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  • Works that record interviews conducted to preserve the recollections of persons whose experience or memories are representative or are of special historical or social significance.

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Race, housing, and displacement oral history collection

  • ASM0717
  • Collection
  • April 2020

Thanks to a grant sponsored by UM Libraries as part of the CREATE Grant Fall 2019 grant Cycle Awards, students under the supervision of Professor Robin Bachin (Associate Professor/Assistant Provost for Civic and Community Engagement) conducted interviews with Miami community members in neighborhoods that have undergone significant transformations over the last several decades.

The Race, housing, and displacement oral history collection documents the complicated and significant interconnections among race, housing, and displacement in Miami during the twentieth century. The 6 interviewees are from various neighborhoods including Overtown, Liberty City, and Little Haiti. The interviews were conducted over Zoom during April 2020.

The following individuals were interviewed as part of this collection:

  1. Adrian Madriz: Executive Director of the Struggle for Miami’s Affordable and Sustainable Housing (SMASH)
  2. Alana Greer: Co-founder of the Community Justice Project
  3. Mileyka Burgos: Executive Director of The Allapattah Collaborative, CDC
  4. Nancy Metayer: Candidate for Coral Springs Commissioner; member on the Steering Committee of the Miami Climate Alliance; former member of the Broward County Soil and Water Conservation District; Co-Founder of the Florida Disaster Preparedness Plan; environmental scientist; community organizer
  5. Shirley Plantin, Chief Executive Consultant for U-Turn Youth Consulting Firm and the author of The Backstory of a New Reality
  6. Yanick Landess, Director of Homeownership Programs at Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida

Bachin, Robin Faith