Betty Sawyer and Mama Charlotte Starks
Recorded
September 26, 2022
Archived
September 26, 2022
39:57 minutes
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Id:
mby022119
Description
Friends and colleagues Betty Sawyer (69) and Mama Charlotte Starks (74) reflect on the community building, education, and healing work they have dedicated their lives to. They discuss those who have influenced them, the importance of the work, and their hopes for the future.Subject Log / Time Code
C and B explain how they each ended up in Utah. They reflect on what keeps them in Utah, and what they appreciate about it.
C and B remember their mothers and reflect on the strength they draw from their mothers and their ancestors to be able engage in community building and healing work.
C and B discuss their lifelong work as educators and community advocates for Black and African American community. They reflect on the importance and impact of the work.
C and B share about Juneteenth, their relationship to it, and the tireless work that B and many others put into making it a state and federal holiday.
C shares about her family history journey. C and B discuss having multi-ethnic families, and the message they wish to share with their family and community about identity.
C talks about NSOUL, her storytelling space, what inspired it, and how she finds purpose.
B and C explain how storytelling and reconciliation work can and should be incorporated into collective healing, and telling our history.
C and B reflect on challenges in the education system. They share what they are most proud of and their hopes for their family, community, and the world.
C speaks on the importance of family, and intentionally spending time together in community as healing.
Participants
- Betty Sawyer
- Mama Charlotte Starks