This sign was found on the exterior double door of Kirby Plaza on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus on the day UMN System President Joan Gabel announced a system-wide COVID-19 vaccine requirement for faculty, staff, and students. The sign is written with yellow marker on white paper.
Created:
2021-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photo was taken in the Spring of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sign reads: "HEALTH SCREENING CHECKLIST" and includes a list of possible symptoms of COVID-19. A student employee wearing a face mask is seated behind the plexiglass.
Created:
2021-03-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Henry Chacon Arevalo was born in Honduras in 2004. His dad moved to the U.S. when he was 2 months old and Henry was able to move there with him when he was 13.
Creator:
Chacon Arevalo, Henry Jeovany
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-09-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Adrian Lowe is a white male activist, organizer, and prison abolitionist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of this interview, he was a Senior Staff Attorney at the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania and a community organizer with Hearts on a Wire, a grassroots organization he co-founded that supports transgender incarcerated people ...
Andy Marra is a Korean-American trans woman, activist, educator, and public policy advocate based in New York City. At the time of this interview, she was the Executive Director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF,) an advocacy and legal services organization serving and lobbying for trans and gender nonconforming people. ...
Beau Larsen is a white trans educator, scholar, and forensics coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Forensics at Macalester College, where they directed and coached the mock trial, ethics bowl, and debate teams. Prior to their work at Macalester, Larsen was a graduate student and debate coac...
Bran Fenner is a Black transmasculine activist, consultant, educator, and ER and hospice nurse based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, he was Director of People and Organizational Culture at the Transgender Law Center. Prior to his work at TLC, Fenner was the founder of the Education for Liberation Project, a co-director of F...
Canyon Carballosa is a white Cuban queer trans nonbinary dancer and movement maker based in Los Angeles. At the time of this oral history interview, they were working as a professional dancer, choreographer, and Youth Protection Advocates in Dance (YPAD)-educated dance instructor. In this oral history interview with Macalester College students H...
Debra DeBruin is Interim Director, Associate Professor, and Director of Graduate Studies for the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota, the co-leader of the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative, and a member of the MDH's COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group. In this oral history interview, she discusses the role of bioethics ...
Creator:
DeBruin, Debra (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-05-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Devi Peacock is a South Asian non-binary storyteller, performing artist and community organizer based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, they were the founding Artistic and Executive Director of Peacock Rebellion, an Oakland-based BIPOC, queer- and trans-led arts organization, as well as the co-organizer of the Liberated 23rd...
Dominique Morgan is a Black trans woman, prison abolition activist, and artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time of this interview, Morgan was the Executive Director of Black and Pink, a nationwide prison abolitionist organization that provides direct services and support to currently and formerly incarcerated LGBTQIA+ people. Prior to her w...
Dr. Andrew D. Badley is Chair of the Mayo Clinic task force on SARS-CoV2 / COVID-19 research, where he oversees all research activities including clinical trials related to the virus and the disease. In this oral history interview, he discusses organizing the Mayo Clinic task force, research needs, priorities, and challenges relating to the pand...
Creator:
Badley, Dr. Andrew D (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-07-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Dr. Marci Bowers is a white woman with a lived trans experience, OB/GYN, and plastic surgeon specializing in gender affirming surgeries. At the time of this interview, she was the president-elect of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH,) and was in surgical practice in Burlingame, California, having previously practic...
Dr. Nathan T. Chomilo is Director of Vaccine Equity at the Minnesota Department of Health, as well as the Medicaid Medical Director for the State of Minnesota, and a General Pediatrician & IM Hospitalist at Park Nicollet. In this oral history interview, he discusses social equity, systemic racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota, critical...
Creator:
Chomilo, Dr. Nathan T (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-06-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Dr. Rhys Preston is a white trans man, chiropractor, and trans health activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, he was practicing at his chiropractic clinic in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. In addition to his chiropratic work, Preston has taught on topics of anatomy, nutrition, trans health, and holistic ...
Creator:
Preston, Rhys (interviewee)
Contributor:
Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer and project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
Created:
2021-10-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Emerson Steiner Hayward is a white, Ashkenazi Jewish, trans-masc, and nonbinary individual based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview with Macalester College student Sarah Garrett-Engele, Hayward discusses their upbringing and early experiences of gender, their process of transition and coming to understand themself as a trans ...
Creator:
Steiner Hayward, Emerson (interviewee)
Contributor:
Garrett-Engele, Sarah (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
Created:
2021-11-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Hailey A Ockinga is an Alaskan Native / Tlingit trans woman, anti-incarceration activist, and community organizer based in Washington state. At the time of this interview, she was Executive Director of Beyond These Walls, a direct support and political advocacy organization run by and for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated transgender and ge...
Creator:
Ockinga, Hailey (interviewee)
Contributor:
Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer and project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
Created:
2021-11-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Harper Jean Tobin is a white trans woman, consultant, and policymaker based in Washington, D.C. At the time of this interview, she worked as an independent policy consultant and educator around issues of LGBTQ+ civil rights, employment rights, and nondiscrimination. Prior to that work, she led the policy team at the National Center for Transgend...
Jack Martin is a co-founder and director of Southside Harm Reduction Services. Nicholas Henderson is program director of Southside Harm Reduction Services. In this oral history interview, they discuss their initial thoughts on the pandemic in relation to Southside Harm Reduction Services and its programming, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the role of Mi...
Creator:
Henderson, Nicholas (interviewee); Martin, Jack (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-09-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.