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Audio Recording Ruth Terrell and Tonya Clark interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-05-07

Ruth Terrell and Tonya Clark interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-05-07
Audio recording of interview with Ruth Terrell and Tonya Clark conducted by Nicole Musgrave.

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Title

  • Ruth Terrell and Tonya Clark interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, 2024-05-07

Summary

  • Ruth Terrell is the site coordinator of the Communities Closing the Gap after-school program site in Dunbar, West Virginia. She has worked as a site coordinator for the program for 25 years, and previously served as the youth leader at her church. Tonya Clark is the site coordinator of the program's Charleston location, which is based out of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center. Tonya is also the director of the Communities Closing the Gap after school program. Tonya has worked for the program for over 20 years. Communities Closing the Gap is a program of Partnership of African American Churches (PAAC), a non-profit whose mission is to “improve the well-being of all West Virginians by intentionally including individuals and communities of color.” PAAC supports three Communities Closing the Gap after school program sites in Kanawha County. In their interview, Ruth and Tonya discuss the history of PAAC and Communities Closing the Gap; closing the centers at the start of the pandemic and offering virtual support to students; re-opening to offer in-person support to students who struggled with virtual learning; implementing COVID-related safety protocols; the impact of the pandemic on students' learning and development; how they partner with local schools to best support students; transitioning back to the standard after school program; and general reflections on working in child care.

Names

  • Clark, Tonya, interviewee
  • Terrell, Ruth, 1955- interviewee
  • Musgrave, Nicole, 1987- interviewer

Created / Published

  • 2024-05-07.

Headings

  • -  Clark, Tonya--Interviews
  • -  Terrell, Ruth,--1955---Interviews
  • -  Child care services--West Virginia
  • -  Child care workers--Appalachian Region--Interviews
  • -  Child care services--Appalachian Region
  • -  Nonprofit organizations
  • -  Children of working parents
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Educational aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Moral and ethical aspects
  • -  Hazardous occupations
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Influence

Genre

  • Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030
  • Sound recordings
  • Personal narratives
  • Oral histories
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Recorded at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, Charleston, West Virginia, May 7, 2024.
  • -  It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project (AFC 2023/017), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Medium

  • 1 sound recording (1:36:08, WAV) : digital
  • 9 photographs : digital, color, TIF
  • 1 manuscript (PDF) : digital

Source Collection

  • It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project AFC 2023/017

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024655296

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  • image
  • pdf

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Credit line

It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/017), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from Last Responders: COVID-19 American History Project, (AFC 2023/018), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Chicago citation style:

Clark, Tonya, Interviewee, Ruth Terrell, and Nicole Musgrave. Ruth Terrell and Tonya Clark interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -05-07. -05-07, 2024. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655296/.

APA citation style:

Clark, T., Terrell, R. & Musgrave, N. (2024) Ruth Terrell and Tonya Clark interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -05-07. -05-07. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655296/.

MLA citation style:

Clark, Tonya, Interviewee, Ruth Terrell, and Nicole Musgrave. Ruth Terrell and Tonya Clark interview conducted by Nicole Musgrave, -05-07. -05-07, 2024. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655296/>.