Collected Item: “Altagracia Perez-Bullard Oral History, 2022/09/26”
Title
Rev. Altagracia Perez-Bullard, PhD
Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.
Kit Heintzman
Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.
Rev. Altagracia Perez-Bullard, PhD
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?
#activist, #AfroLatina, #Alexandria, #allergies, #anxiety, #asthma, #Black, #BlackLatina, #BLM, #Christian, #depression, #education, #Episcapilian, #HIV, #hugs, #Latina, #motherhood, #Priest, #professor, #queer, #race, #racism, #seminary, #spirituality, #vaccination, #Virginia, #VTS
What is the format of your recording?
Video
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.
USA, Virginia, Alexandria
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.*
She/Ella
What is the age of the interviewee?
55 to 64
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.*
Black Latina (Afro Latina)
Describe the oral history.
Some of the things we discussed include:
Being an Episcopal Priest and an assistant professor.
Serving predominantly Brown and Black communities in church and in health related activism; health insurance and privilege.
American health care failing vulnerable people; for-profit healthcare.
Feeling sick in March 2020 and going to Urgent Care; unfamiliar safety precautions.
Previous activist experience related to HIV/AIDS activism; comparisons between HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 public health policy; the importance of prevention.
The racial reckoning of 2020, mental health.
Having severe asthma and coming to think of the self as “high-risk”.
Being unable to participate in civil actions/protests due to high risk status.
Drawing boundaries around discussions of race/racism with white colleagues.
Shifting from a busy schedule pre-lock down to having some calmer quiet in lockdown
How the quality of one’s home environment impacts the lockdown experience.
Transitioning from being an empty nester to having adult children move home.
Therapist shortages; the pandemic compounding prior traumas.
Watching once in a decade hurricanes becoming annual hurricanes.
Shifting ideas about vaccination; geography and access to vaccination.
Newly entering large crowds.
Observing an increased interest in spirituality as a part of well being.
Other cultural references: NPR, Penicillin, the War in Ukraine, The United Nations Bill of Human Rights
See also:
https://vts.edu/faculty/rev-canon-altagracia-perez-bullard/
https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/altagracia-perez-bullard
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=Qh2evlcAAAAJ&citation_for_view=Qh2evlcAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C
https://soundcloud.com/virginiaseminary/the-rev-canon-altagracia-perez-bullard-phd-tuesday-december-14-2021
Being an Episcopal Priest and an assistant professor.
Serving predominantly Brown and Black communities in church and in health related activism; health insurance and privilege.
American health care failing vulnerable people; for-profit healthcare.
Feeling sick in March 2020 and going to Urgent Care; unfamiliar safety precautions.
Previous activist experience related to HIV/AIDS activism; comparisons between HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 public health policy; the importance of prevention.
The racial reckoning of 2020, mental health.
Having severe asthma and coming to think of the self as “high-risk”.
Being unable to participate in civil actions/protests due to high risk status.
Drawing boundaries around discussions of race/racism with white colleagues.
Shifting from a busy schedule pre-lock down to having some calmer quiet in lockdown
How the quality of one’s home environment impacts the lockdown experience.
Transitioning from being an empty nester to having adult children move home.
Therapist shortages; the pandemic compounding prior traumas.
Watching once in a decade hurricanes becoming annual hurricanes.
Shifting ideas about vaccination; geography and access to vaccination.
Newly entering large crowds.
Observing an increased interest in spirituality as a part of well being.
Other cultural references: NPR, Penicillin, the War in Ukraine, The United Nations Bill of Human Rights
See also:
https://vts.edu/faculty/rev-canon-altagracia-perez-bullard/
https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/altagracia-perez-bullard
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=Qh2evlcAAAAJ&citation_for_view=Qh2evlcAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C
https://soundcloud.com/virginiaseminary/the-rev-canon-altagracia-perez-bullard-phd-tuesday-december-14-2021
On what date did you record this oral history?
2022-09-26