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JoAnne Myers Oral History Part 2

Item

interviewee

Myers, JoAnne

interviewer

Beliveau, Andre

Summary

In this interview, Andre Beliveau has a conversation with Dr. JoAnne Myers about her experience growing up as a member of the LGBT+ community, and how it impacted the direction in which she took her life. Myers speaks about her own life experiences working with LGBT youth in the Hudson Valley as a co-founder of the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Youth Center. They also discuss her time as a Marist College professor, the struggles she faced in gaining respect from certain students and colleagues, her influence in founding Marist’s BiGALA, and her opinions on the Marist culture in 2017, as well as where she sees it going in the future.

Date Created

2018-07-11

Format

.pdf .mp3