Reminiscences of Lucy Friedman : oral history, 2002.

Biographical Note

President, After School Corporation.

Scope and Contents

Born in Washington, D.C., 1944, raised Great Neck, NY; education: Bryn Mawr College, Brandeis University, Ph.D. from Columbia University in social psychology; career: Peace Corps in Dominican Republic, consulting and research with Vera Institute of Justice, director of the After-School Corporation [TASC]; TASC: description of program, development; September 11th: morning of, travel home, communication with family; TASC response to 9/11: temporary closure of programs, advisions to staff, discussion of bias issues, safety training, program expansion, program fundraising, needs of individual schools, needs of individual students; work with other agencies: Educators for Social Responsibility [ESR], Safe Horizon, Partnership for After-School Education [PASE], New York Times Neediest Fund; development of new programs: Lower East Side, Chinatown, West Side, experiences and problems with individual schools, program structure, staff training, workshops, fund matching; personal opinion: citywide respone to 9/11, long-term effects on TASC.

Subjects

• Columbia University--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews.
• Friedman, Lucy N.--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Starecheski, Amy, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• TASC (New York, N.Y.)--Officials and employees--Interviews.

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