Patricia Francois interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2015-12-10.
Patricia recalls her history of work in New York City's domestic work industry. She talks about what she brought to the position from her life in Trinidad and Tobago. She discusses the important role that NYC's community of domestic workers played as she navigated the industry; and how she became a leader of domestic workers through the lobbying organization Domestic Workers United. She also…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette
Date:2015-01-01
Film, Video
Joyce Romain interview conducted by Christine Lewis and Patricia Francois, 2016-03-28.
Interviewer Patricia Francois sits down with interviewee Joyce Romain. Romain discusses working as a nanny; and her specialty: working as a doula for women with post-partum depression. She talks about her experience working as a nanny; tells a story about how one of her employers moved to Seattle and how she continued to have a relationship with that family; and discusses the differences between…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Romain, Joyce
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Christine Lewis interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-02-20.
Christine Lewis serves as a cultural organizer at Domestic Workers United. She is interviewed by her colleague, Patricia Francois. She speaks forcefully about Domestic Workers United, drawing on her Calypsonian roots and her skills as a steel pan drummer, spoken word artist, and poet. She discusses leaving her home of Trinidad and Tobago for New York City to work as domestic worker. She talks…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Althea Haynes interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-03-28.
Patricia Francois interviews Althea Haynes about her 22 years as a domestic worker in the Tri-State area. Haynes discusses the abrupt termination she suffered at one of her jobs after 12 years of employment; how her experience growing up in St. Vincent shaped her ability to be a domestic worker; and the difficulty of balancing many different "hats" working as a domestic worker. She…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Haynes, Althea
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Claudette Foote interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-04-28.
Patricia Francois interviews Claudette Foote. She discusses her 14 years of experience as a domestic worker and the various types of domestic work she has done--house cleaning, elder care, child care, etc. She talks about the challenges of synchronizing a child's feeding and sleeping schedule with its parents' schedule. She discusses how her work as a domestic worker "lines up with her role as…
Contributor:
Brooklyn Arts Council - Francois, Patricia - Foote, Claudette - Occupational Folklife Project
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Hazel Ann Lynch interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-04-28.
Hazel Ann Lynch is interviewed by Christine Lewis. Lynch discusses her experience as a domestic worker; the complications of disciplining children on the job; negotiating her job requirements; dealing with tantrums; negotiating food restrictions when working for "kosher" families; and tells about an experience where one of the children she cared for slapped another child on the playground. Lynch also discusses how she has…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brooklyn Arts Council - Lynch, Hazel Ann - Lewis, Christine Yvette
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Phoebe interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-04-28.
Phoebe [last name withheld] is interviewed by Patricia Francois. Phoebe discusses her 8 years of experience as an elder care giver. She discusses her approach to keeping the patient "happy" as a way to serve her patients and describes it as a "special skill." She discusses an experience she had where she fell ill, received treatment at the hospital, and was fired from a…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council
Date:2016-01-01
Audio Recording
Undine Brereton interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-04-28
Interview with Undine Brereton conducted by Christine Lewis. Brereton discusses her migration to the United States from Trinidad and Tobago; the barriers created by different educational standards; and her 15 years of experience working as a nanny and geriatric elder care provider. Brereton gives a detailed description of her daily routine working as a nanny, and the various resources (books, cultural spaces) that she…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brooklyn Arts Council - Brereton, Undine - Lewis, Christine Yvette
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Magdalen Wilson interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-05-25.
Interview of Magdelen Wilson by Patricia Francois. Wilson discusses the arts activities she is involved in through Domestic Workers United, and the community that this association helps to create. She talks about skills related to her trade, including "tricks" she uses to get a child to eat and to soothe an aching belly. The interview covers her day-to-day tasks as a domestic worker, how…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Wilson, Magdalen
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Christine Lewis interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-05-25.
This is the second interview with Christine Lewis conducted by Patricia Francois. (For Part 1, see afc2015027_03199.) As a leader of Domestic Workers United, Christine Lewis is a vocal advocate for the organization. During this wide-ranging interview, Lewis focuses on the skills she brings to her job as a domestic worker. She discusses how she establishes relationships with the children she cares for, and…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Doreen McGill-Nash interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-06-04.
Doreen McGill-Nash discusses her work inside her employer's homes and how she often needs to frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of their own homes and personal lives; her relationship to Domestic Workers United and the movement for domestic workers' rights; and the community of workers that…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - McGill-Nash, Doreen - Brooklyn Arts Council - Francois, Patricia
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Lorna Robley interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-06-04.
Interview of domestic worker Lorna Robley conducted by Christine Lewis. Like other interviews in this collection, she focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of…
Contributor:
Robley, Lorna - Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Occupational Folklife Project
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Nubia interview conducted by Lizeth, 2016-07-13.
Lizeth, housecleaning day-laborer and activist, interviews fellow domestic worker and day-laborer Nubia [surnames withheld by request]. The women are not affiliated with Domestic Workers United directly, but are part of the Workers' Justice Project. Both women are day-laborers. Each morning, they wait for work on a street corner in Brooklyn hoping to be hired. Their corner is one of only two known women day-laborer…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brooklyn Arts Council
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Liseth Valencia interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-06-04.
This interview with domestic worker Liseth Valencia, like others in this collection, focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of own homes and personal lives;…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Valencia, Liseth
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Lizeth interview conducted by Nubia, 2016-07-13.
Nubia, housecleaning day-laborer and activist, interviews fellow housecleaning day-laborer and activist Lizeth [surnames withheld by request]. Like other interviews in this collection, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brooklyn Arts Council
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Darlene Flores interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-08-24.
Domestic worker Darlene Flores is interviewed by Christine Lewis. Like other interviews in this collection, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brooklyn Arts Council - Flores, Darlene - Lewis, Christine Yvette
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Valerie Murray interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-08-24.
Domestic worker Valerie Murray interviewed by Patricia Francois. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Murray, Valerie - Brooklyn Arts Council - Francois, Patricia
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Rosemarie Francis-Primo interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-08-29.
Interview of Rosemarie ("Kalifa") Francis-Primo by Christine Lewis. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Francis-Primo, Rosemarie
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Marie-Ketlaine Antoine interview conducted by Ninaj Raoul, 2016-08-30.
Interview with Marie-Ketlaine Antoine by Ninaj Raoul of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. Like other interviews in this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Raoul, Ninaj - Brooklyn Arts Council - Antoine, Marie-Ketlaine
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Livicia Antoine interview conducted by Ninaj Raoul, 2016-08-30.
Domestic worker Livicia Antoine, originally from Camp Perrin, Haiti, is interviewed by Ninaj Raoul, who works for Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. Like other interviews in this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Raoul, Ninaj - Brooklyn Arts Council - Antoine, Livicia
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Marie-Pierre Noel interview conducted by Marie-Ketlaine Antoine, 2016-08-30.
Domestic worker Marie-Pierre Noel from Coix-des-Bouquet, Port Au Prince, Haiti, interviewed by Marie-Ketlaine Antoine. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brooklyn Arts Council - Noel, Marie-Pierre - Antoine, Marie-Ketlaine
Date:2016-01-01
Film, Video
Marie-Choubert Exantus interview conducted by Marie-Ketlaine Antoine, 2016-08-30.
Marie-Ketlaine Antoine interviews Marie-Choubert Exantus from Croix-des-Bouquet, Port Au Prince, Haiti. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Exantus, Marie-Choubert - Brooklyn Arts Council - Antoine, Marie-Ketlaine
Film, VideoPatricia Francois interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2015-12-10. Patricia recalls her history of work in New York City's domestic work industry. She talks about what she brought to the position from her life in Trinidad and Tobago. She discusses the important role that NYC's community of domestic workers played as she navigated the industry; and how she became a leader of domestic workers through the lobbying organization Domestic Workers United. She also…
Film, VideoJoyce Romain interview conducted by Christine Lewis and Patricia Francois, 2016-03-28. Interviewer Patricia Francois sits down with interviewee Joyce Romain. Romain discusses working as a nanny; and her specialty: working as a doula for women with post-partum depression. She talks about her experience working as a nanny; tells a story about how one of her employers moved to Seattle and how she continued to have a relationship with that family; and discusses the differences between…
Film, VideoChristine Lewis interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-02-20. Christine Lewis serves as a cultural organizer at Domestic Workers United. She is interviewed by her colleague, Patricia Francois. She speaks forcefully about Domestic Workers United, drawing on her Calypsonian roots and her skills as a steel pan drummer, spoken word artist, and poet. She discusses leaving her home of Trinidad and Tobago for New York City to work as domestic worker. She talks…
Film, VideoAlthea Haynes interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-03-28. Patricia Francois interviews Althea Haynes about her 22 years as a domestic worker in the Tri-State area. Haynes discusses the abrupt termination she suffered at one of her jobs after 12 years of employment; how her experience growing up in St. Vincent shaped her ability to be a domestic worker; and the difficulty of balancing many different "hats" working as a domestic worker. She…
Film, VideoClaudette Foote interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-04-28. Patricia Francois interviews Claudette Foote. She discusses her 14 years of experience as a domestic worker and the various types of domestic work she has done--house cleaning, elder care, child care, etc. She talks about the challenges of synchronizing a child's feeding and sleeping schedule with its parents' schedule. She discusses how her work as a domestic worker "lines up with her role as…
Film, VideoHazel Ann Lynch interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-04-28. Hazel Ann Lynch is interviewed by Christine Lewis. Lynch discusses her experience as a domestic worker; the complications of disciplining children on the job; negotiating her job requirements; dealing with tantrums; negotiating food restrictions when working for "kosher" families; and tells about an experience where one of the children she cared for slapped another child on the playground. Lynch also discusses how she has…
Film, VideoPhoebe interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-04-28. Phoebe [last name withheld] is interviewed by Patricia Francois. Phoebe discusses her 8 years of experience as an elder care giver. She discusses her approach to keeping the patient "happy" as a way to serve her patients and describes it as a "special skill." She discusses an experience she had where she fell ill, received treatment at the hospital, and was fired from a…
Audio RecordingUndine Brereton interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-04-28 Interview with Undine Brereton conducted by Christine Lewis. Brereton discusses her migration to the United States from Trinidad and Tobago; the barriers created by different educational standards; and her 15 years of experience working as a nanny and geriatric elder care provider. Brereton gives a detailed description of her daily routine working as a nanny, and the various resources (books, cultural spaces) that she…
Film, VideoMagdalen Wilson interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-05-25. Interview of Magdelen Wilson by Patricia Francois. Wilson discusses the arts activities she is involved in through Domestic Workers United, and the community that this association helps to create. She talks about skills related to her trade, including "tricks" she uses to get a child to eat and to soothe an aching belly. The interview covers her day-to-day tasks as a domestic worker, how…
Film, VideoChristine Lewis interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-05-25. This is the second interview with Christine Lewis conducted by Patricia Francois. (For Part 1, see afc2015027_03199.) As a leader of Domestic Workers United, Christine Lewis is a vocal advocate for the organization. During this wide-ranging interview, Lewis focuses on the skills she brings to her job as a domestic worker. She discusses how she establishes relationships with the children she cares for, and…
Film, VideoDoreen McGill-Nash interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-06-04. Doreen McGill-Nash discusses her work inside her employer's homes and how she often needs to frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of their own homes and personal lives; her relationship to Domestic Workers United and the movement for domestic workers' rights; and the community of workers that…
Film, VideoLorna Robley interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-06-04. Interview of domestic worker Lorna Robley conducted by Christine Lewis. Like other interviews in this collection, she focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of…
Film, VideoNubia interview conducted by Lizeth, 2016-07-13. Lizeth, housecleaning day-laborer and activist, interviews fellow domestic worker and day-laborer Nubia [surnames withheld by request]. The women are not affiliated with Domestic Workers United directly, but are part of the Workers' Justice Project. Both women are day-laborers. Each morning, they wait for work on a street corner in Brooklyn hoping to be hired. Their corner is one of only two known women day-laborer…
Film, VideoLiseth Valencia interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-06-04. This interview with domestic worker Liseth Valencia, like others in this collection, focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of own homes and personal lives;…
Film, VideoLizeth interview conducted by Nubia, 2016-07-13. Nubia, housecleaning day-laborer and activist, interviews fellow housecleaning day-laborer and activist Lizeth [surnames withheld by request]. Like other interviews in this collection, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's…
Film, VideoDarlene Flores interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-08-24. Domestic worker Darlene Flores is interviewed by Christine Lewis. Like other interviews in this collection, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of…
Film, VideoValerie Murray interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-08-24. Domestic worker Valerie Murray interviewed by Patricia Francois. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of…
Film, VideoRosemarie Francis-Primo interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-08-29. Interview of Rosemarie ("Kalifa") Francis-Primo by Christine Lewis. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of…
Film, VideoMarie-Ketlaine Antoine interview conducted by Ninaj Raoul, 2016-08-30. Interview with Marie-Ketlaine Antoine by Ninaj Raoul of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. Like other interviews in this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the…
Film, VideoLivicia Antoine interview conducted by Ninaj Raoul, 2016-08-30. Domestic worker Livicia Antoine, originally from Camp Perrin, Haiti, is interviewed by Ninaj Raoul, who works for Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. Like other interviews in this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and…
Film, VideoMarie-Pierre Noel interview conducted by Marie-Ketlaine Antoine, 2016-08-30. Domestic worker Marie-Pierre Noel from Coix-des-Bouquet, Port Au Prince, Haiti, interviewed by Marie-Ketlaine Antoine. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes…
Film, VideoMarie-Choubert Exantus interview conducted by Marie-Ketlaine Antoine, 2016-08-30. Marie-Ketlaine Antoine interviews Marie-Choubert Exantus from Croix-des-Bouquet, Port Au Prince, Haiti. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs…