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Interview no. | L-0292 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | L.2. University of North Carolina: Anne Queen and the Campus Y |
Project description | Interviews, 1990-2010, about the Campus Y and Anne Queen, its director, 1964-1975. The Campus Y, a student organization founded in 1859, was active in integrating the University of North Carolina's undergraduate program, the local civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests, overturning the Speaker Ban Law, the Foodworkers' Strikes of 1969 and 1970, anti-apartheid work, and other major social movements. Interviewees include former Y student leaders, alumni, staff, and University administrators, who focus on the significance of the Y, with reflections on social movements, the development of social consciousness, staff support, student leadership and community, and work in post-college life. |
Date | November 18 2009 |
Interviewee | Abbott, Lisa. |
Interviewee occupation |
Community organizers Environmental activists |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Vaughan, Hudson. |
Abstract | Lisa Abbott was a Campus Y student leader in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She became involved in the Y her very first year, then became a leader of the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC). Abbott helped organize the first Threshold Conference, which brought over one thousand students to campus. Abbot remained focused on local and state environmental issues. Abbott has worked for Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC) for nearly twenty years, leading community organizers working throughout the state of Kentucky on issues of social justice. Abbott discusses her beginning at the Y and how she was immediately drawn into SEAC. Abbott recalls the original concept of the Threshold Conference, the elaborate planning, and the events and people involved, including the Indigo Girls and noted environmentalist David Brower. Abbott talks extensively about her focus on local and state environmental issues, rather than the national movement; some of these issues include PCB spills, landfill placements, and environmental racism throughout the state. Abbott reflects on a transformative experience working at the Highlander Center and how she came to work for KFTC, where she is still working today. Abbott finishes with powerful reflections on what sustains grassroots social justice work and where that work resides. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Interview Database |
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Interview no. | L0292_Audio |