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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0239-accs
  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Ana Valentina Álvarez Montoya, Claudia Leticia Segura Contreras & Sanam Masud on 2018 October 26.
  • Summary(0:39) Introducing themselves -- (1:42) Reasons for coming to the USA -- (3:21) Experiencing volcanic eruptions, earthquakes in Colombia -- (4:05) People without anything being displaced to big cities -- (4:44) Remembering earthquake in Pakistan 2005 -- (5:29) Earthquakes in Mexico during the last year leading to emigration -- (6:45) Getting help from outside countries in Pakistan, people becoming homeless -- (7:35) The government help or lacking of it in Colombia -- (9:22) Feelings when thinking about climate change.
  • Date2018-10-26
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 sound file (11 min.) : digital, MP3
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on October 26, 2018, by Genesis Baez at the Central library. Collected 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.
  • CreatorValentina Álvarez Montoya, Ana, Leticia Segura Contreras, Claudia & Masud, Sanam
  • SubjectBogota, Kashmir ; Colombia ; Pakistan ; Migration and immigration ; Homeless people ; Volcanic eruptions ; Earthquakes ; Homeless people ; Climate change ; Disaster relief
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
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