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Title: Barbara Rein oral history interview, 2017 June 29
Creator: Rein, Barbara, 1953-
Date Created: 2017-06-29
Subjects--Topical: AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, Fund raising, Nonprofit organizations, Nonprofit organizations--Economic aspects, Social case work--Management
Description: Barbara Rein recounts her time as the Executive Director of the Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP), in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1993 to 1997. After working with the task force NO/AIDS in New Orleans, Louisiana Ms. Rein was guided to Charlotte, No...

Title: Billy J. Reid oral history interview 2, 2012 December 10
Creator: Reid, Billy J. (Billy June), 1931-2022
Date Created: 2012-12-10
Subjects--Topical: Nonprofit organizations, Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions, Low-income single mothers, Dependency (Psychology), Fund raising
Description: In this interview, Bill J. Reid, Executive Director of Jackson Park Ministries in Charlotte, North Carolina, shares about the history and operations of the organization. He discusses the ministry's campus, explaining its origin as a World War...

Title: David Stewart oral history interview 2018 December 14
Creator: Stewart, David Wayne
Date Created: 2018-12-14
Subjects--Topical: Immigrants, Cultural awareness, Latin Americans, Emigration and immigration law, Nonprofit organizations
Description: David Stewart discusses his career as the program designer of the Immigration Advocacy Project and later as Executive Director of International House in Charlotte, North Carolina. The interview examines Charlotte's growth in international awa...

Title: Madison Rhinehart oral history interview 2, 2018 July 22
Creator: Rhinehart, Madison
Date Created: 2018-07-22
Subjects--Topical: Travel, Employment in foreign countries, Nonprofit organizations, Human rights, Cultural awareness
Description: In this second interview, Madison Rhinehart, a history graduate student at UNC Charlotte, discusses travelling and living abroad, working with International House in Charlotte, North Carolina, and her dream human rights career. Other topics discus...

Title: Susan Hicks oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Hicks, Susan Bible, 1893-1996
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: War work--Red Cross, Social service, Nonprofit organizations
Description: Susan Hicks gives a brief history of the American Red Cross, particularly how it was organized and functioned in Charlotte, North Carolina during and after World War I. Topics discussed include types of social services provided by the Red Cross, o...

Title: Thereasea Delerine Elder oral history interview 5, 2015 September 30
Creator: Elder, Thereasea D. Clark (Thereasea Delerine Clark), 1927-2021
Date Created: 2015-09-30
Subjects--Topical: African American history, Nonprofit organizations
Description: Thereasea D. Clark Elder discusses the founding of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Heritage Committee in 1992 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her motivation for creating the organization, founding members, the assistance of ...

Title: Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 4, 2015 October 5
Creator: Taylor, Tonda, 1940-
Date Created: 2015-10-05
Subjects--Topical: Coming out (Sexual orientation), Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Gay youth, Gay youth--Services for, Homophobia, Nonprofit organizations
Description: In this fourth of four interviews, Tonda Taylor, long-time activist for LGBTQ+ rights and founder of Time Out Youth (TOY) in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls the beginning stages of TOY. Ms. Taylor discusses her previous psychiatric work with Ch...

Title: Zack Wyatt oral history interview, 2019 April 1
Creator: Wyatt, Zack, 1980-
Date Created: 2019-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Urban agriculture, Farms, Nonprofit organizations, Food security, African Americans--Social conditions
Description: Zack Wyatt is the executive director at Carolina Farm Trust, a non-profit organization founded in 2015 which seeks to support local farmers and to educate communities on the importance of local food. Mr. Wyatt provides insight into the challenges ...