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Interview no. | R-0865 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
Project description | Interviews, 2007-ongoing, focus on issues related to Latin American immigration to North Carolina and the formation of Latino communities. Interviewers are conducted by undergraduate students in courses taught by Hannah Gill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Interviewees include immigrants, United States-born second generations, professionals who work with immigrants, policy-makers, religious leaders, educators, students, and local business owners. |
Date | 18 April 2017 |
Interviewee | Hayes, Madison. |
Interviewee occupation | Directors |
Interviewee DOB | 1986 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Abstract | Madison Hayes is the Executive Director of the Refugee Community Partnership in Carrboro, North Carolina. She explains her background in nonprofit and human rights work, both internationally and locally. Hayes discusses the history of power dynamics in service relationships and in research. She describes the formation of the Refugee Community Partnership and emphasizes their focus on building mutual and reciprocal relationships as the basis of their work. Hayes describes many of the goals that newly resettled families have and many of the obstacles to these goals that they face. She also emphasizes the importance of creating an open dialogue around these issues within the non-immigrant or refugee communities. Hayes also discusses the social and institutional impacts of recent US policy changes with respect to refugees. |
Subject Topical Other |
Community and social services and programs Receiving Communities Social Networks |
Citation | Interview with Madison Hayes by Claire Weintraub, 18 April 2017, R-0865, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0865_Audio |