About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0130
  • Summary(1:30) Lives in Bed-Stuy, 26 years old -- (1:40) Working remotely -- (2:00) Working with Bed-Stuy Strong mutual aid network -- (2:30) Connecting virtually -- (2:50) Delivering groceries to neighbors -- (3:14) Works for Sidewalk Labs, sibling company of Google -- Work on technology innovation in cities -- (5:00) Recently moved to NY -- (5:20) Community organizing, food distribution work -- (7:30) Getting involved with Bed-Stuy Strong -- (12:59) Concerned about organization’s sustainability -- (13:10) Works with Bed-Stuy Strong technology infrastructure for food distribution -- (13:48) Organization success despite remote connections -- (16:45) Future of the mutual aid group uncertain -- (20:10) Future: hopes for redistribution of resources toward communities.
  • Date2020-05-29
  • Physical Description1 sound file (23 min) : digital, WAV
  • CreatorDizon, Alyssa
  • CollectionBrooklyn Covid-19 Stories
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on May 29, 2020, by Zoe Grueskin. Collected for the Covid-19 Oral History Project through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectQuarantine ; COVID-19 (Disease) ; Epidemics; Coronaviruses ; Fraternal organizations
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Alyssa Dizon conducted on 2020 May 29.