Intergenerational Storytelling – UMass Amherst Public Health Students and Northampton Neighbors
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Allan talks about growing up and how he views his relationships with people
Owen talks about how life is different than how he expected it to turn out and how he manages whenever
David talks about growing up in Northern Virginia and his experience witnessing segregation. He then moved to a rural area in Upstate New York and shared his many endeavors there. The next move he discusses was to Northampton, MA, where...
Judy interviews Jessica on her transformative journey through swimming. It shows her reluctant beginnings in swim lessons to the lifelong friendships forged at her childhood swim team, The Ranch. As Jessica reflects on her relationship with swimming, she discovers the...
Jessica interviews Judy about her relationship with her mother, delving into Judy's past through letters exchanged between them from childhood to adulthood. As Judy revisits these correspondences, she navigates the highs and lows of their relationship, exploring the deep bond...
This story is about Jim and his father going on a fishing trip where they catch the elusive Black Marlin. Though the bond of their relationship had been frayed, their fishing adventure forged an understanding that would leave Jim changed...
This is Joan and her story about her Auntie Delly. Growing up, she realized she did not want to be a traditional house-wife, and found she wanted to be like her Auntie Delly. She described her as a strong, independent...
In Anne’s story, she talks about the big transitions she has undergone in the past such as her participation in the anti-war movement in college to moving to Paris for a few years and then coming back to the States....
Norma talks with Kaela about her discovery of white water kayaking and how the sport transformed her life.
Kathleen describes her path to becoming a speech pathologist. She describes her experience growing up with her younger sister Margaret Mary who was born with cerebral palsy. As a child she tried to find ways to help her sister learn...
Sharon shares about the influence that her grandmother had on her and how that made her who she is today. She also shares the similarities and differences that she has observed between her generation and college students today.
Betsy (Elizabeth) Stone talks to Brenda Genium about the power of human connection, immersing in a new culture, and the origins of her clothing store by telling the story of her trip to a small village in Guatemala.
Ali Townsend reflects on how her views on adoption have changed over the course of her life. Ali explains how adoption has both positively and negatively affected her identity, and details the adoption experiences she found most significant.
Joan Oleck reflects on the process of becoming an adoptive parent to her daughter from Russia, and details her most memorable adoption experiences. Joan also discusses how adoption has shaped her identity, as well as her views on adoption as...
After the Vietnam War and having to put his future plans on pause, Dennis found himself in the city of Boston, not New York, and working as a teacher, not pursuing his studies at law school. Dennis shares his story...
Raluca’s family immigrated to America when she was 6 years old. At first, she didn’t fully understand or appreciate her family background or Romanian culture. Most of all, she disliked her name and wanted nothing more but to change it...
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