Going Deeper Interviews

Going Deeper with Frances Crowe. Frances, age 97 years old at the time of this interview, had been a model of activism for her whole life. She counseled draft aged men about exploring Consciencous Objector status during the Viet Nam War, fought hard (and won) to close the Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Rowe, MA, and has been actively getting arrested for every progressive cause for all of these years. We lost Frances in 2019, and she lives on in her inspiration to activists everywhere. In this interview she has wise council for our current times…

Frances, age 97 years old at the time of this interview, had been a model of activism for her whole life. She counseled draft aged men about exploring Consciencous Objector status during the Viet Nam War, fought hard (and won) to close the Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Rowe, MA, and has been actively getting arrested for every progressive cause for all of these years. We lost Frances in 2019, and she lives on in her inspiration to activists everywhere. In this interview she has wise council for our current times…

Going Deeper Interview with Jacqueline Wallace Jacqui Wallace is director of the Amherst Area Gospel Choir and a psychotherapist. Her positive and rich presence in the Amherst area community has been a treasure. She and her choir remind us: "I need you. You need me. We are one big family."

Going Deeper Interview with Shirley Whitaker, Creator of Ashes2Ashes, a memorial for the 4,000 African Americans who were racially terrorized during the Jim Crow era until today. This powerful event has been documented in a film by the same name. Shirley shares some original poetry as well as explains Ashes2Ashes. In Part two, friends join Shirley to recite a Lynching Play from the early 1900's.

Going Deeper Interview with Shirley Whitaker, Creator of Ashes2Ashes, a memorial for the 4,000 African Americans who were racially terrorized during the Jim Crow era until today. This powerful event has been documented in a film by the same name. Shirley shares some original poetry as well as explains Ashes2Ashes. In Part two, friends join Shirley to recite a Lynching Play from the early 1900's.

Going Deeper Interview with Loretta Ross.Loretta is an expert on the politics of women’s health, hate groups, and sexual violence. She is co-founder and national director of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She was Co-director of the 2004 Women’s March for our Lives, and co-author of Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice. We were lucky to have Loretta here in the Valley while she was a Research Associate at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center. I learned so much from this interview!

Going Deeper Interview with Loretta Ross.Loretta is an expert on the politics of women’s health, hate groups, and sexual violence. She is co-founder and national director of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. She was Co-director of the 2004 Women’s March for our Lives, and co-author of Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice. We were lucky to have Loretta here in the Valley while she was a Research Associate at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center. I learned so much from this interview!

Going Deeper Interview with Isaac Ben Ezra, Part Two, October, 2014. Isaac was born in 1926 and grew up on the lower east side of Manhattan. He had a lifelong involvement with political movements, organizing along the way, including the Civil Rights Movement, Anti War Movement, the Campaign for Medicare in 1964, the Labor Movement, and more.

Going Deeper Interview with Isaac Ben Ezra, Part One, October, 2014. Isaac was born in 1926 and grew up on the lower east side of Manhattan. He had a lifelong involvement with political movements, organizing along the way, including the Civil Rights Movement, Anti War Movement, the Campaign for Medicare in 1964, the Labor Movement, and more.

Going Deeper Interview with Ray Elliot, Part Two, October, 2014. I interviewed Ray Elliot when he was 91 years old. A prominent African American leader in Amherst, Ray co-founded a group called Citizens For Racial Amity Now (CRAN) and worked to have proclaimed a National Day of Racial Amity in Amherst. Born in Cambridge, MA, a Bahai, and a chemist, Ray has many deep and important stories to tell.