Carolyn Burr shares how she first got involved with the Student Health Coalition (SHC) and what about the organization spoke to her, framing it as an opportunity to live out her values for sociopolitical activism in a way that was personally more profound than attending protests and marches. She also describes how the experience changed …
Dick Burr delves into more detail about the community worker’s role with the Student Health Coalition, namely as it relates to the operation and success of health fairs. Full footage of Dick Burr’s interview from March 25th, 2021.
Dick Burr examines his first impressions of the Coalition and what enticed him to join the effort in 1970. Full footage of Dick Burr’s interview from March 25th, 2021.
Dick Burr reminisces the kind, joyful, and diligent character of Carolyn Klyce and explains how her many remarkable qualities advanced the Student Health Coalition’s core, activist mission. Full footage of Dick Burr’s interview from March 25th, 2021.
Dick Burr shares the comedic story of Byrd Duncan first meeting folk musician Joan Baez. Full footage of Dick Burr’s interview from March 25th, 2021.
Dick Burr tells the story of a heated confrontation that ensued between him and a middle-class community member during a gathering of organizers strategizing how to empower the poorest in the community. His reflections on this confrontational style of organizing that was sometimes evident in the Coalition’s work captures well the values, assumptions, and anger …
The Stringfield family housed Dick Burr during the summer of 1970, his first summer spent with the Coalition in East Tennessee. He recalls the lasting value of his relationship with the Stringfields and how formative his experience living among them was to the rest of his life moving forward. Full footage of Dick Burr’s …
Two memorable characters emerge from Dick Burr’s recollections of his time in Morgan County, Tenn. Full footage of Dick Burr’s interview from March 25th, 2021.
Dick Burr shares the amusing story of Carolyn Klyce with his VW beetle during the summer of 1970. Full footage of Dick Burr’s interview from March 25th, 2021.
Dick Burr reflects on how the SHC succeeded in its approach to community organizing and posits, in retrospect, how the student-led coalition fell short. He focuses primarily on the value of a more intersectional approach to the needs of poor people, as well as the value of making alliances with those in power. Full …
