Angelia Barfield and Susan Xiong
Recorded
November 8, 2022
Archived
November 8, 2022
52:22 minutes
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Id:
oss000039
Description
One Small Step conversation partners Angelina "Angie" Barfield (50) and Susan Xiong (39) talk about their family backgrounds and upbringing, the importance of education and community, and their frustrations with the current state of politics.Subject Log / Time Code
SX talks about importance of being outward facing for her community.
AB talks about her grandmother and aunts, describes them as her "she-roes" in her bio; values of education and family, how this has influenced her work in Fresno.
SX talks about attending school with her mom, who was learning English at her elementary school.
SX talks about how her parents expectations around education felt like a burden as she got older, the anxiety she felt in high school.
AB talks similarities between their cultures - their "village" and value on education.
AB talks about her parents - her mother was a beautician who taught many, her father was the first African American motorcycle cop in Fresno. Sees self as "tomboy" and "nurturer".
SX talks about being married at a young age, her husband's influence on her, and how he pushed her to pursue education and stand up for herself. Influence of her mother, who was a community person who helped everyone around her.
SX and AB talk about the roles their husbands played in pursuing their education.
AB talks about not affiliating with any political party, her disappointment with the way people received the Obamas.
SX talks about not voting by party, instead voting by character.
SX talks about becoming a leader, learning about leadership.
SX talks about hopes for Fresno and DRIVE initiative - hopes that marginalized communities can be seen, and institutions can "walk the talk".
AB agrees with SX, wants to see credit given to communities who have already been doing this work, acknowledgment of historical harm of practices like redlining.
AB describes Fresno as the "heart of California".
Participants
- Angelia Barfield
- Susan Xiong