Collected Item: “Lisa Nelson Oral History, 2022/07/06”
Title
Lisa Nelson
Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.
Kit Heintzman
Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.
Lisa Nelson
Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.
kheintzman@gmail.com
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#Black, #cancer, #COVID+, #depression, #equity, #family, #GeorgeFloyd, #graduation, #guns, #hypervigilance, #JamaicanAmerican, #MAGA, #motherhood, #NewYork, #oncology, #police, #race, #racism, #socialwork
What is the format of your recording?
Audio
In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.
Long Island, New York
What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*
Female/Her/She
What is the age of the interviewee?
45 to 54
How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*
African American
Describe the oral history.
Some of the things we discussed include:
- Working as an oncology social worker.
- Being an essential worker as Black woman, one of the few people of color in the medical workplace.
- Catching COVID in March 2020 with husband, no outpatient services available, isolating from teenage children at home, preparing a will.
- Getting insight about the physical difficulties faced by oncology patients from COVID symptoms.
- Family members bringing over teas, vitamins, and natural medicines.
- The difference between catching COVID in early 2020 and catching COVID today.
- Emotionally supporting oncology patients, their families, and coworkers after the murder of George Floyd regarding race and politics.
- MAGA supporters in the workplace.
- White patients and coworkers seeking allyship advice.
- Staying close with international family members online.
- New York as a COVID epicenter: buzzards in the sky, trucks of bodies, mass cremations.
- Increased awareness of the threat of gun violence; intrusive thoughts.
- Being Black in America, preparing children for inevitable experiences of racism.
- Husband having lived through cross burnings in his neighborhood.
- Hypervigilance about Black teenage son getting a driver’s license and the risks of being pulled over.
- Son missing out on prom, outdoors high school graduation in a track field.
See also:
https://anchor.fm/basmoreno/episodes/Oncology-Social-Work-featuring-Lisa-Petgrave-Nelson--LMSW-emvs3m
https://aosw.org/publications-media/publications/newsletter/april-2017/resources-wish-fulfillment-for-our-cancer-patients/
http://newyorkschooltalk.org/2018/05/son-says-need-ipad-homework-keep-kids-held-hostage-technology/
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5ZSSYEAQ3KQW2MTABRYU/full?target=10.1080/15524256.2021.2015738
- Working as an oncology social worker.
- Being an essential worker as Black woman, one of the few people of color in the medical workplace.
- Catching COVID in March 2020 with husband, no outpatient services available, isolating from teenage children at home, preparing a will.
- Getting insight about the physical difficulties faced by oncology patients from COVID symptoms.
- Family members bringing over teas, vitamins, and natural medicines.
- The difference between catching COVID in early 2020 and catching COVID today.
- Emotionally supporting oncology patients, their families, and coworkers after the murder of George Floyd regarding race and politics.
- MAGA supporters in the workplace.
- White patients and coworkers seeking allyship advice.
- Staying close with international family members online.
- New York as a COVID epicenter: buzzards in the sky, trucks of bodies, mass cremations.
- Increased awareness of the threat of gun violence; intrusive thoughts.
- Being Black in America, preparing children for inevitable experiences of racism.
- Husband having lived through cross burnings in his neighborhood.
- Hypervigilance about Black teenage son getting a driver’s license and the risks of being pulled over.
- Son missing out on prom, outdoors high school graduation in a track field.
See also:
https://anchor.fm/basmoreno/episodes/Oncology-Social-Work-featuring-Lisa-Petgrave-Nelson--LMSW-emvs3m
https://aosw.org/publications-media/publications/newsletter/april-2017/resources-wish-fulfillment-for-our-cancer-patients/
http://newyorkschooltalk.org/2018/05/son-says-need-ipad-homework-keep-kids-held-hostage-technology/
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5ZSSYEAQ3KQW2MTABRYU/full?target=10.1080/15524256.2021.2015738
On what date did you record this oral history?
2022-07-06T12:03