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1	DCB_int_01	0.5696	So if you could say your name,	1.7575
3		1.9610	your age, and where you're from.	3.1510
4	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	3.1889	Okay,	3.5792
6		3.8829	/RD-NAME-5/ I'm thirty-four,	5.6635
8		6.6430	in a week.	7.1269
10		7.5473	And I'm from Seat Pleasant, Maryland.	9.0101
11	DCB_int_01	9.1288	And happy early birthday.	10.6369
12	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	10.6469	Thank you.	11.2536
13	DCB_int_01	11.2809	Um, okay so we were just talking about Seat Pleasant so we're gonna back up again.	15.1822
14	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	15.1922	Okay.	15.5492
15	DCB_int_01	15.5993	Um, so tell me about	17.1207
17		17.2809	your neighborhood in Seat Pleasant.	18.6697
18	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	18.8165	Okay, my neighborhood is actually called /Booger-/	20.6984
20		20.8652	Booker T	21.4925
22		22.0063	homes development. And, um, my grandmother and grandfather moved there	25.6841
24		25.9310	from Virginia in nineteen sixty-three to start their family.	28.8521
26		29.4010	Um, they had five children of which my mother is the second oldest,	32.8118
28		33.2356	and nine grand children,	34.3333
30		34.5001	of which I'm the oldest.	35.5011
31	DCB_int_01	36.1225	And- um, and you were talking about how your family's a community so can you- I'm sorry, the recorder was messed up, can you tell me about that again?	42.7565
32	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	42.8332	Okay.	43.1168
34		43.5272	Yeah, the- the- the neighborhood is just like one big family.	46.7170
36		47.0974	wherein everyone was kind of interactive with each other as far as child rearing.	51.4124
38		51.7527	When it goes back to like, it takes a village, it really was a village because,	55.0501
40		55.4839	you know, if you saw your neighbor trash out, you would take their trashcan around back for them. Or	59.9749
42		60.3361	if you saw a neighbor, you know, bringing groceries from the car, you would- you would help that person.	64.2341
44		64.7003	And it was just like, almost second nature that	66.8799
46		67.1969	we did those things for each other.	68.7556
48		68.9720	Um,	69.4102
50		69.8695	so growing up in that neighborhood taught me a sense of family	72.5762
52		72.9000	and community.	73.6778
54		74.0911	We have very very strong roots.	75.7394
55	DCB_int_01	76.0931	And so your mom lived in that house and then she said she met your [dad.]	80.8111
56	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	80.5549	[She met] my dad in the Air Force.	81.9496
57		82.3733	And then we moved to an apartment complex that was maybe like five blocks	85.7374
59		86.1412	from the house that she originally grew up in, and we stayed there for a while.	89.6111
61		89.9215	Then they separated and we moved back into our family home.	92.7518
63		93.1922	And I stayed there until	94.6670
65		95.0740	I was eighteen and graduated from high school.	96.8199
66	DCB_int_01	97.2403	Okay,	97.5596
68		97.7441	so let me- Since you mentioned high school, we're gonna go back to childhood but I wanna talk about high school for a minute.	102.0750
69	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	102.1259	Okay.	102.4350
70	DCB_int_01	102.6597	Um, what high school did you go to?	104.0177
71	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	104.0211	I went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/.	105.1487
72	DCB_int_01	105.5859	And I know in DC and the DC area, high- like, your high school is a big deal.	109.8094
73	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	109.8094	Oh yeah.	110.2520
74	DCB_int_01	110.2813	So,	110.6216
76		110.7951	first of all, tell me about	112.1869
78		112.4634	why-	113.1252
80		113.5011	first of all tell me about why high school is such a big deal in this area [and then] tell me about your high school and like	118.3200
81	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	116.3981	[Okay.]	116.7217
82	DCB_int_01	118.5602	what it's known for.	119.4687
83	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	119.4944	Okay,	119.8195
85		120.1826	um, high school kind of defines you. And certain high schools have certain reputations. Like	124.5702
87		124.9272	Largo was a high school in Maryland that was the fashion school.	127.8309
89		128.1612	I went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/ that was more of the- like a academic school.	131.2809
91		131.7814	Um, so just depending on your neighborhood, you know, high schools are just- just- it's a huge thing. It's like almost	137.2575
93		137.6479	your identifier like, I went to so and so. And it c-	139.7875
95		140.0244	it connects you to other people, almost like	141.8395
97		141.9930	a military,	142.7637
99		143.1775	you know, sort of thing.	144.0625
101		144.2927	Um, /RD-SCHOOL-4/, actually my mom	146.3480
103		146.6550	was the first class that integrated /RD-SCHOOL-4/	149.1107
105		149.4511	I wanna say nineteen seventy-five. I might be off a year or two.	153.5259
107		153.8195	But they were actually the first African Americans to integrate,	156.2427
109		156.6998	um, /RD-SCHOOL-4/.	157.9076
111		158.4848	<ts>	158.5716
113		158.6617	And	159.4512
115		160.2499	from that point	161.1961
117		161.4210	of her class to mine,	162.7465
119		163.1535	um, I think we were the- actually the last class.	165.0254
121		165.3123	And after my class of ninety-eight, they went back to neighborhood schools, cause, you know, they had the bussing in the seventies to	170.5816
123		170.8886	do the integration.	171.9096
125		172.1798	And after the class of ninety-eight, they went back to going to neighborhood schools because it was difficult	176.8285
127		177.1321	for parents to be active in the schools because they were so far.	180.1348
129		180.6898	And a lot of parents in my neighborhood they didn't have cars, so	183.3857
131		183.6259	how could you go to PTA's or how could you go to a football game	186.7265
133		187.1602	when Seat Pleasant and /RD-SCHOOL-2/ is like fifteen mile	189.9763
135		190.1698	difference.	190.9027
137		191.4811	So, [they decided-] yeah, so they decided to- to, you know, allow us to go back to our neighborhood schools,	196.8104
138	DCB_int_01	191.8556	[/Yup/.]	192.1763
139	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	197.1274	which was good because it allowed us to be kind of interactive in the schools	200.4982
141		200.7985	as a community and also for the parents.	202.8605
143		203.4519	/RD-SCHOOL-4/ was known for, um,	205.7775
145		206.0844	actually our baseball,	207.2756
147		207.7561	which is where I met my- my husband, /RD-NAME-3/- my ex-husband, /RD-NAME-5/. So we were like a great baseball team.	213.1355
149		213.6727	That's pretty much it, as far as /RD-SCHOOL-2/. We didn't have like a huge reputation	217.0768
151		217.5339	in sports or fashion or the arts or anything, it was just mainly baseball. It was all about baseball	222.6297
152	DCB_int_01	223.1135	[S-]	223.3371
153	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	223.1235	[at] /RD-SCHOOL-2/. <laugh>	223.7808
154	DCB_int_01	223.8209	So now you talk about, um, that it was a baseball school. What- what defined you in high school?	228.9767
156		229.4138	How were [you in] high school?	231.2156
157	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	229.9109	[Um,]	230.6322
158		231.8195	very mature.	232.5368
160		232.6236	<laugh> I've always kind of been a little bit ahead of my time, so.	236.0978
162		236.5783	In high school I was very mature, what defined me was	239.2776
164		239.6746	I think my ability to kind of be a chameleon	242.0053
165	DCB_int_01	242.2413	[Mm-hm.]	242.6621
166	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	242.3847	[and blend] with different people.	243.9463
167		244.1932	One thing that really sticks out about high school is my first job, my first real job that I ever got	248.7518
169		249.2022	was, um,	250.0030
171		250.2799	I was an assistant editor for the judiciary committee.	252.5196
173		252.8966	And I actually got that s- that job from high school. The House of Representatives called my high school and asked for	258.1484
175		258.5763	a top senior,	259.6140
177		259.9777	you know, like a recommendation for a senior that could, you know-	262.4553
179		262.5535	would graduate and then move on to- to that position	265.0901
181		265.5406	in Capitol Hill and-	266.8351
183		267.2489	So high school was very instrumental	268.9614
185		269.1474	for me in just career development,	271.4205
187		272.2012	<ts> um, I think.	272.8919
189		274.5769	Can I stop? (whispered)	275.0297
191		278.3981	/I'm like/ I wanted to say something else but I had a little brain fart, so.	280.9706
192	DCB_int_01	281.0707	It's okay.	281.6112
193	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	281.6579	It happens.	282.2326
194	DCB_int_01	282.6297	Um,	283.1035
196		283.2703	so it's so funny because one of the questions I had was- Um, you said it was very influential for you so,	289.0334
198		289.9176	um,	290.3370
200		290.5416	when you left high school- So what was- what kind of was your trajectory from when you left high school, and then your next step was working with the judiciary [committee.]	297.8028
201	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	297.5892	[Mm-hm.]	298.0623
202	DCB_int_01	298.0997	And then what happened?	298.8738
203	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	299.0949	Then after that I joined the Army.	300.7565
205		301.0701	My family is like military. My mom and dad's military, my uncles, aunts,	305.0206
207		305.3510	it's just something that we do.	306.4395
209		307.0901	Um,	307.5373
211		307.8375	and so it was just my turn to serve and so I joined the US Army.	311.2872
213		311.7914	And I was there for four years, stationed in Germany. And it was- that was a wonderful experience.	316.3500
215		316.8672	And I think that going to /RD-SCHOOL-4/ and	319.3237
217		319.6440	being exposed to different ethnicities	322.1598
219		322.4201	kind of prepared me for going into the Army because you have people	325.0868
221		325.3504	from different, um, economic backgrounds, different races,	328.7137
223		328.9406	different parts of the country.	330.2593
225		330.6798	It's almost like, uh, the same melting pot that is Washington DC was kind of like the Army.	334.7258
227		335.1808	So I think, you know, being from this area	337.2970
229		337.6073	and then also, you know, my school allowed me to be able to again be that chameleon	342.1283
231		342.4162	and be able to kind of just blend and fit in,	344.5316
233		345.1321	um, in that	345.9596
235		346.1498	st- highly stressful environment.	347.5979
236	DCB_int_01	348.8132	So, okay I had a different question but I wanna go back to something you just said, [right.] So DC	353.1941
237	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	351.9830	[Okay.]	352.2566
238	DCB_int_01	353.7046	is this melting pot.	354.9066
239	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	355.0801	Absolutely.	355.6911
240	DCB_int_01	355.8576	Now think about DC and the area when you-	358.2159
242		358.8938	maybe fifteen, twenty years ago,	360.5463
244		361.0401	and now think about it now.	362.2413
246		362.9553	What have you seen, how- and have you- have you seen this transition?	366.6864
248		367.0534	How do you feel about it?	368.3102
249	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	369.5659	Um, DC had a nickname of Chocolate City.	371.7180
251		372.2894	And my new nickname for DC is diversity city	375.0053
253		375.1188	because it's so much diversity in DC where	377.6106
255		377.9991	as it used to be predominantly African American in a lot of	381.4558
257		381.8762	areas in DC. Like for example where we are on Benning Road.	385.2133
259		385.6173	H Street was predominantly African American owned businesses and there's just been,	389.5945
261		390.1759	um, just this trend of change.	392.4181
263		392.6917	And I think now it's more young professional entrepreneurs	396.1918
265		396.5263	that are from different races and not just African Americans.	400.1098
267		400.5335	And	401.1007
269		402.0758	I don't really know how I feel one way or another about it. I appreciate	405.3557
271		405.6727	being able to go out locally.	407.7780
273		408.1626	And have that diversity of restaurants or diversities of night clubs and just hang out spots.	412.9751
275		413.3610	Whereas before where we did- didn't really have as much because it was predominantly African American.	417.6973
277		417.9863	So I do appreciate the- the cultural change	420.6230
279		421.0268	that this whole trend has brought to the city.	423.4258
281		423.8595	And- um, and I see a lot of clean up which is good, a lot of abandoned buildings and abandoned	428.4181
283		428.7751	restaurants are being, you know, rejuvenated and r- and	431.5778
285		431.7113	whole neighborhoods are like	433.1936
287		433.5573	being rejuvenated, so that's exciting.	435.5859
289		435.8995	Just to be a part of that change where it's kind of like	438.1693
291		438.5396	a new breath is being breathe into the body of DC, so.	441.7894
293		442.2866	It's exciting.	442.8352
294	DCB_int_01	443.1508	So let's /?/ let's go back cause, I mean, I'm sure you remember as a kid some of these abandoned buildings [when they] were at their	448.6902
295	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	447.6526	[Mm-hm.]	447.9603
296	DCB_int_01	448.9739	thriving point.	449.6517
298		449.9757	So what were some of your favorite	451.5539
300		451.9543	activities or places to go or places to hang out when you were younger?	455.4678
301	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	455.7881	Union Station was the spot to be <laugh>	458.2947
303		458.7284	when I was younger.	459.5325
305		459.6793	Um, which Union Station is in- is in Northeast DC actually not too far from where we are now.	464.3213
307		464.7751	And, you know, you would dress up on a Saturday, put your best clothes on and get fly as we call it,	469.8142
309		470.2046	And get on the subway and just hang out in Union Station.	472.5635
311		472.6670	There was a movie theater there,	474.1684
313		474.5696	pizza parlor,	475.6841
315		475.7975	um, you name it, it was there. You know, if you wanted to shop,	478.6570
317		479.0715	you know, catch a movie, um,	481.0438
319		481.6841	<ts>	481.7541
321		481.9176	eat or just hang out and look for boys, which is what we did. <laugh>	484.9939
322	DCB_int_01	484.9506	<laugh>	485.4577
323	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	485.4043	So that was the s- that was the spot.	486.8566
324		486.9800	Um, another-	487.7975
326		488.0911	another hot spot was Crystal's Skating Rink, which is actually on Branch Avenue, and this is in Prince George's County.	493.1669
328		493.7608	Um,	494.1045
330		494.2846	just outside of DC, Southeast DC, and that was another	496.9973
332		497.2575	like, hot spot. You would do the same thing, on Saturday morning you would clean the house up,	500.7951
334		501.0821	because we couldn't go out if we didn't clean up.	502.5235
336		502.6336	That was the rule, you know, you clean up first	504.2118
338		504.5797	and do all your chores and then, you know, you would get your best outfit and hop on the subway and just-	508.9773
340		509.4477	and just hang out.	510.2517
342		510.4028	But	510.7131
344		511.3537	I think that back then,	512.6383
346		512.9119	the difference that I see now with the young- younger people and- and when I was a teenager is that we were more active.	517.9777
348		518.3347	We went bowling, we went skating, um, we didn't mind walking places.	521.6679
350		522.0291	We didn't have a pick up and drop off person, like	524.1412
352		524.3781	cause a lot of parents didn't have a car so we walked.	526.5607
354		526.8238	We walked to the swimming pool in the summertime. If it's- it's a mile, like, we were young.	530.1679
356		530.5549	Now I just see more of	532.1629
358		532.3600	kids being more introverted.	534.0971
360		534.5730	You know, being inside on computers and	536.9385
362		537.2923	we were just more interactive I think back then. And that's the one thing that I-	541.0501
364		541.2637	that I can say	542.0277
366		542.3881	from the past fifteen years that I don't like as far as	545.1975
368		545.4744	the trend with young people. I think that they're just more introverted.	548.4581
370		548.8218	And I think that really hurts them in terms of	550.6570
372		550.9139	being communicators.	552.0807
373	DCB_int_01	552.4062	Mm.	552.6297
374	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	552.5797	And knowing how to- Especially, you know, in a- in-	554.7551
375		556.1398	in the work force, just being out and being a team player. I think if you're	559.4638
377		559.8509	always alone or if you're relying on electronics, then when it comes time to be a team player,	564.8032
379		565.1168	and be vocal and kind of roll your sleeves up,	567.1255
381		567.2756	that's like a skill that's lis- that's lacking	569.4577
383		569.9682	now.	570.2425
384	DCB_int_01	571.0401	Hm.	571.3270
386		571.6207	So, it's interesting. Let me	573.2156
388		573.4191	jump in.	574.1398
390		574.5035	Um,	574.9127
392		575.1408	I didn't know this about Union Station. I [wanna go back.]	577.5206
393	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	577.0167	[Oh yeah.]	577.8135
394	DCB_int_01	578.2479	[Because I think] of Union Station like, oh let me go I can get on the train [or I] can- you know, that's my pass through point for the subway. Like I had no clue	587.2016
395	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	578.3447	[<laugh>]	578.9542
397		582.0958	[Uh-huh.]	582.4993
398	DCB_int_01	587.5353	that Union Station- Cause I'm not from DC obviously, so	590.2079
400		590.3981	I had no clue that Union Station was like, the spot.	592.9253
401	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	592.9172	/Ugh/ the spot.	593.9190
402		594.2360	That is [the spot.]	595.0735
403	DCB_int_01	594.5797	[Wow.] (whispered)	595.0237
404	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	595.3671	And then you know about go go.	596.5115
406		596.7651	So that is the [heartbeat-]	598.0664
407	DCB_int_01	597.6226	[Tell me about] go go because I've heard different stories [about it.]	600.2894
408	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	600.1225	[Okay.]	600.5144
409		600.9333	<ts>	601.0067
411		601.1235	Now this is just from- from- from my position.	603.1988
413		603.3457	Go go is the heartbeat of the city.	605.7113
415		606.2727	Um,	606.8099
417		607.0034	and it's just something that's kind of inbred and it's like the love for the Washington Redskins.	610.6503
419		611.0273	If you're from DC,	612.0127
421		612.3061	you've heard of, danced to, or been to a go go. It's just	615.4358
423		615.7294	you have to.	616.3967
425		616.9673	Um,	617.3977
427		617.5545	and I think that	618.5660
429		618.9467	it connects us also, like if you wanna go back to about the communities.	622.5168
431		622.9005	The DC area is very like, neighborhood focused.	625.6006
433		625.9977	And so when you do go to a go go it's-	627.9629
435		628.0797	it's like, repping, repres- they call it repping, representing your neighborhood. So,	631.5373
437		631.8509	you may have, you know, people from Southeast and then you'll have Seat Pleasant and you'll have Landover and all these different	636.7303
439		636.9934	sections of the city that go out together in groups.	640.4434
441		640.7904	And you just- you represent your neighborhood, um,	643.2046
443		643.7641	<ts> there you may like get a shout out from who's ever	646.2632
445		646.5702	performing. But	647.6238
447		648.0149	I think go go is something that- that connects us, the music	651.2456
449		651.6059	as a city.	652.3834
451		652.8538	And-	653.4544
453		653.7046	and that spans generations because my grandmother used to go see Chuck Brown.	656.9853
455		657.5525	And	658.0764
457		658.6269	rest in peace Chuck Brown, the godfather.	660.3461
459		660.6597	And I went to go see Chuck Brown, and my younger sister knows about Chuck Brown, so, I mean, it's just like a generational thing.	666.1784
461		666.5830	Like again I compare it to the level the Redskins at.	668.9420
463		669.2890	If you're a Washingtonian or,	671.0740
465		671.4352	you know, a Prince Georgian, or even Northern Virginia,	674.0644
467		674.3414	you have gone to a go go	675.5392
469		675.9062	in your lifetime. And it's just something that's in us.	678.2794
471		678.4929	I'll tell you a funny story. I was in the- the army, all the way in Germany.	682.3166
473		682.8104	And so I'm missing home, and so I'm like, you gotta send me some go go CDs.	685.9243
475		686.2179	So my family sent me over some go go CDs and I'm playing it in my dorm.	689.6321
477		690.0825	And I'm getting knocks on my door and it's like, people from the area	693.1855
479		693.4124	that's like, I didn't know you were from DC. And it's-	695.3042
481		695.6179	it was just like,	696.5062
483		696.7165	we're coming to /join this/ room, and they hung out in my room and we listened to go go.	700.0724
485		700.3326	And then everybody else is like, what	701.8942
487		702.2178	is that?	703.0820
489		703.1988	What are you listening to?	704.3232
491		704.7503	So, it- it's definitely a- a connector I think for- for folks in this area.	708.7850
492	DCB_int_01	708.7817	Who's your favorite group?	709.7159
493	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	709.7059	<ts>	710.0463
494		710.5100	Rare Essence is my favorite group.	711.9948
495	DCB_int_01	712.3118	Rare Essence, tell me about them.	713.5905
496	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	713.6439	<ts>	713.7540
498		714.1911	Rare Essence is, um, a very well known go go band. They've had some commercial success.	719.2268
500		719.6439	I- not as much as Chuck Brown. He's been the biggest, um,	722.4566
502		722.9872	crossover	723.8013
504		723.9181	act that we've had in that genre.	725.7207
506		726.2145	Um, but Rare Essence is kind of what I would consider grown and sexy.	729.4076
507	DCB_int_01	729.8221	Mm-hm, [mm.]	730.4534
508	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	729.9589	[It's not] as rough	731.5071
509		731.9175	as the new go go music is and, you know, it's just kind of chill so it fit my personality.	736.7122
510	DCB_int_01	737.2369	<ts> Cool.	737.6272
512		737.9442	My, um, boyfriend loves, uh,	740.0896
514		740.6035	I think it's Backyard.	741.8613
515	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	742.3260	Backyard.	743.0530
516	DCB_int_01	743.0567	And	743.8641
518		744.3079	the What Band.	745.1954
519	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	745.2555	Okay.	745.6225
521		745.7993	Mm-hm.	746.1230
522	DCB_int_01	746.0696	And so I hear a lot of	748.1917
523		748.5529	that. All the time.	749.8441
524	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	749.8408	<laugh> /Well that-/ we'll have to go out to a go go, /RD-NAME-2/.	752.1831
525	DCB_int_01	752.4099	Okay, we gon- we-	753.4042
527		753.6078	we're gonna do it. Let's- let- we need to plan a date.	755.7807
529		756.0043	And	756.8417
531		757.1120	we gonna do it.	757.6403
532	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	757.7026	I [need you-] I need you to get the whole experience.	759.8025
533	DCB_int_01	757.9261	[/We gonna-/]	758.1997
534		759.8914	The whole- okay, what's the whole experience? Do I need to wear the boots and-	762.6983
535	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	762.7717	No, [I mean], the whole experience, it's just the music is intoxicating and I think because it's so percussion driven.	768.6382
536	DCB_int_01	763.2922	[Okay.]	763.6392
537		768.7650	Mm-hm.	769.1365
538	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	769.1087	It just-	769.8227
539		770.8137	it almost to me is like	772.3552
541		772.7364	African drums. Like it just-	774.3379
543		775.0419	it touches your soul. I can't really explain it, it's something you have to experience.	778.8305
545		779.1067	And once you experience it,	780.3880
547		780.5782	you'll get it.	781.1554
548	DCB_int_01	781.3122	Where are the top- like, where are some good go go spots?	783.5811
549	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	783.6345	Now that I don't know because I'm not a clubby anymore. <laugh>	786.8985
550	DCB_int_01	786.9886	/Oh/.	787.1621
551	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	787.3389	Um, I'm a ex-wife and so I was really domestic for a long period of time and I just-	791.5738
553		791.8775	I don't go out as much as I used to.	793.3186
555		793.6025	But I do know that Adams Morgan was really popular	796.4063
557		796.7397	for different go go bands. And they play all over,	798.7750
559		798.9252	um, all over the city and Maryland, so.	800.7836
561		801.2007	It's just a matter of going on the website and checking it out. But I think we should do it.	804.2845
562	DCB_int_01	804.3479	We should-	804.6616
564		804.9452	I- we-	805.4390
566		805.6959	one night we were in U- we were on U Street, we were having dinner,	809.1566
568		810.0677	and we walked into,	811.7226
570		812.1463	um, I can't remember the name of the lounge.	814.7631
572		815.2369	It's across from Ben's Chili Bowl but I can't remember the name.	817.6359
574		817.9962	And they had a go go band. And I lo- We went ins- Marlee?	821.3603
576		821.4571	Marlee and-	822.3012
578		822.4814	I can't remember the name of the group but it's Marlee something.	824.9572
579	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	824.9805	Mm-hm.	825.2850
580	DCB_int_01	825.3475	And so we went back the next week to hear her sing. I mean, she was really good. It was- they were a really good group.	830.0684
581	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	830.0863	Okay.	830.3933
582	DCB_int_01	830.5134	Um,	831.0672
584		831.3809	so I- I did enjoy them.	833.1901
586		833.5805	Um,	834.1844
588		834.6416	So go go e- I'm- it's growing on me. When I was here for college it- I was like, [mm.]	839.8808
589	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	838.7530	[What is that?]	839.5091
590	DCB_int_01	840.1344	But now it's like, okay, okay lemme get some [congos going.]	844.0816
591	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	843.1440	[Yeah.]	843.9800
592	DCB_int_01	844.4895	Um, so I- I feel you on the go [go, I do.]	847.2809
593	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	846.7083	[And they do a lot] of covers, they cover a lot of [like], R and B songs,	850.4249
594	DCB_int_01	848.9071	[Mm-hm.]	849.2441
595	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	850.8064	um, that you hear on the radio, and so	852.7550
597		853.2288	that makes it a little relatable for folks that have never heard of it.	855.9848
599		856.0949	Because you-	856.4995
601		856.7897	you do know the song, so.	858.0410
602	DCB_int_01	858.4714	Right.	858.7776
603	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	859.0486	I think there are really some talented people.	860.7503
605		860.9004	Um, and I really-	861.7716
607		862.0123	I'm surprised that it didn't take off	863.5638
609		863.7373	the way that I thought it would have, because it's-	865.5424
611		865.9395	it's really, uh, a unique genre of music. And even though I know it's just	869.7340
613		870.1177	kind of a Washin- Washington DC area thing,	872.9671
615		873.3942	when I've let other people hear it from other- you know, other regions they- they've k- enjoyed it, so.	878.0428
616	DCB_int_01	879.0472	It- it- like I said, it grew on me. Like, I- I do enjoy- Especially like some of the nice, subtle	884.0463
617	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	884.1096	[Mm-hm.]	884.5624
618	DCB_int_01	884.2464	[go go] music, [I really] enjoy like just listening like, okay, [/?/]	888.2378
619	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	884.9671	[Mm-hm.]	885.3175
621		887.4737	[The jazzy-] the jazzy- I call it like, jazzy go go, I like that.	890.7836
622	DCB_int_01	890.8904	The jazzy [go go?]	891.8547
623	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	891.4910	[Mm-hm.]	891.8714
624	DCB_int_01	892.3126	So, um, yes	894.0143
626		894.1477	<sigh> that's a very good-	895.3581
628		895.6792	Because I think about	896.7532
630		896.8737	like /when/ this girl was singing and, um, she did like an Adele cover,	900.6049
632		900.8551	and then she did, um, <ts>	902.6835
634		903.2774	ah, what's that group?	904.4085
636		905.3470	Ugh.	905.7173
638		907.5725	Mm.	907.8627
640		908.2231	Mm mm, it was a popul- Oh,	909.9848
642		910.1358	anyway.	910.5529
644		910.8231	But it was like she just- it was a mix. And then they did an original song,	913.9161
645	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	913.9061	[Mm-hm.]	914.3139
646	DCB_int_01	914.1297	[to kind of] spice it up, you know, so people would not be like- Cause me, I wouldn't know their [music.]	918.5314
647	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	918.3646	[Mm-hm.]	918.7850
648	DCB_int_01	918.8184	But they mixed it up. And then like, some I've heard like they do like some hip-hop [covers and then] they do-	923.4237
649	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	922.3193	[Oh yeah.]	922.7706
650	DCB_int_01	923.6873	and then they'll flow into their [thing. And I'm like], okay I can get down with this. [We went out to a-]	927.9281
651	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	925.0052	[Mm-hm.]	925.5491
653		927.1707	[It's unique.]	927.9094
654	DCB_int_01	928.4161	like a little	929.2215
656		929.5705	club	930.2779
658		930.5181	lounge place.	931.4657
660		931.9095	And it was really really fun.	933.1640
662		933.5252	Like it was like, okay this is [not too bad], it's- alright I can- I can vibe with- It wasn't- you know, cause it wasn't like	938.7036
663	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	935.1768	[It's okay.]	935.9609
664	DCB_int_01	938.8504	ten year olds either.	939.5426
665	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	939.5277	Exactly.	940.2025
666	DCB_int_01	940.3627	And I	940.7163
668		940.8298	w- am glad it was like, adult, it was like over [twenty-five, and it] wasn't like, the little-	944.8115
669	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	943.3589	[Okay.]	943.7390
670		945.2474	Teeny boppers. [<laugh>]	946.3794
671	DCB_int_01	946.2225	[Right.] Cause that can be mm, [you know.]	948.3212
672	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	948.0977	[It's a] little nerve wracking.	949.2694
673	DCB_int_01	949.2888	It is. So besides- Okay, so,	950.8170
675		951.5299	<ts>	951.6253
677		951.7312	um,	952.1316
679		952.4594	you talked about Union Station and now we talked about go go and now we gotta set a go go date.	956.5134
681		956.8003	Um,	957.4376
683		958.0015	what are some of the like	959.4170
685		959.6306	rest- Cause DC has like, fifty million restaurants. What are your favorite restaurants even growing up as a kid and even now?	966.7817
687		967.1420	[Or places] to hang out	968.2856
688	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	967.1988	[Um],	967.6359
689	DCB_int_01	968.5801	and eat?	968.9571
690	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	969.3075	as a kid	970.0782
692		971.4037	I had an allowance, so McDonald's.	973.2421
693	DCB_int_01	973.4857	[<laugh>]	974.6802
694	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	974.1463	[As an adult] The Oceanaire when someone else is paying.	976.7931
695		977.2602	Um,	977.7812
697		977.9142	and- a- I- you know, I really-	979.1921
699		979.3389	Morton's, Morton's Steakhouse	981.0272
701		981.3942	was a favorite, Ruth Chris is a favorite.	983.7539
703		984.2145	Um, The Oceanaire, of course Ben's Chili Bowl.	987.2892
705		988.0157	Oh,	988.2926
707		988.4961	<ts> right down the street, Horse and Dickie,	990.1377
709		990.4647	which is the famous fish spot that	992.4166
711		993.0606	they used to have a line wrapped around two blocks just for	996.0390
713		996.4047	a fish sandwich because they were that good,	998.5301
715		999.0539	um, at one point.	1000.1830
717		1000.4394	So we have like little hole in the wall spots that are really really popular,	1003.6325
719		1004.1697	um, in the city. And then, you know, some I would say four, five star restaurants that are actually nice too, so.	1009.3174
721		1009.7193	It just really depends on the mood for me	1011.6420
723		1011.9089	as far as, you know, what I want. But	1013.6606
725		1014.1511	I know that I can go to a mom and pop and really get some great food in DC.	1017.8280
727		1018.2058	I- it's almost like New York because it's a lot of variety,	1020.8368
729		1020.9452	um,	1021.3222
731		1021.5091	as far as food.	1022.4300
733		1023.4676	So those are my favorites but I'm- I'm so open, I'll go anywhere. <laugh>	1027.3022
734	DCB_int_01	1027.4724	So let me ask you this because I- I've heard about this Horse and Dickie, I've never had food from there.	1032.3212
736		1032.8851	Um,	1033.4991
738		1034.6001	where are some other- So, besides them cause I know they're very [close. People] from the office still get stuff from [there, right?]	1039.6425
739	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1037.5438	[Mm-hm.]	1037.9227
741		1039.2321	[Oh yeah],	1039.6066
742		1039.7793	oh yeah.	1040.1363
743	DCB_int_01	1040.2865	And then where are some other	1041.9014
745		1042.0891	like kind of-	1043.0266
747		1043.1835	Cause I like the little hole in the walls, I think that's the best experience.	1046.7608
748	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1046.7670	Keith and Sons, um.	1048.3919
749	DCB_int_01	1048.6396	Where's that?	1049.0533
750	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1049.3002	That's actually in Seat Pleasant near my house on MLK, which is probably	1052.8804
752		1053.0239	two miles from here.	1053.8656
754		1054.2726	Um, they've been in business for about	1055.6773
756		1055.8308	thirty years.	1056.7316
758		1057.6058	Um, so I actually grew up on them, I would walk up to Keith and Sons. And they do soul food.	1061.9142
760		1062.3179	They're very very popular,	1063.7326
762		1063.9628	um, in the area as well.	1065.3075
764		1065.4409	Kind of like Horse and Dickie	1066.9666
766		1067.3136	are with fish they are with soul food.	1070.0196
767	DCB_int_01	1070.0763	Mm-hm.	1070.3781
768	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1070.6035	Um, Levi's is another soul food spot.	1073.1450
770		1073.5205	Um, and then of course we have the carry outs, we have our Chinese carry outs that we love.	1077.1774
772		1077.8380	Um,	1078.3485
774		1078.8665	that are on every corner.	1080.0449
776		1080.8951	[<laugh>]	1081.6959
777	DCB_int_01	1081.2722	[Two on] some [corners.]	1082.5522
778	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1082.1230	[Yeah], sometimes [two on one corner.]	1083.9981
779	DCB_int_01	1083.0739	[<laugh>]	1083.8959
780	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1084.5362	Um, and it's- so I really would say like growing up, those are the places that I would go because it was inexpensive. So I probably would go to	1090.4528
782		1090.8331	Like a Keith and Sons and go grab	1092.6349
784		1092.9452	a burger as opposed to McDonald's because it was like a real burger. Like,	1096.3962
786		1096.6730	a house burger. If you ever seen Eddie Murphy Raw.	1098.7416
788		1099.1487	[Like a house] burger.	1099.8727
789	DCB_int_01	1099.1487	[Mm-mm.]	1099.5318
790	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1100.3232	You gotta wa-	1100.7636
792		1101.1406	[I'm'a get] you hip, /RD-NAME-2/.	1102.0215
793	DCB_int_01	1101.1840	[I'm sor-]	1101.4855
794		1102.0816	I'm sorry, I'm	1102.7831
795	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1102.8898	Like,	1103.1366
796	DCB_int_01	1103.1468	[/inaudible/]	1104.5114
797	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1103.3136	a house burger.	1104.2941
798		1104.5715	A burger that your mom makes that she put-	1106.2985
800		1106.7436	puts eggs in it	1107.7120
802		1108.7097	and onions and	1109.5639
804		1109.8775	like a homemade	1111.0119
805	DCB_int_01	1111.3889	[Like-]	1111.7924
806	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1111.5091	[burger.]	1112.0778
807	DCB_int_01	1112.3766	yes like-	1113.0973
809		1113.1940	Okay.	1113.6278
810	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1113.8714	Like one of those burgers. So if you just want that- that down home	1117.4757
812		1117.9028	grandma just cooked dinner sort of feel you would go to Kei- you definitely would go to Keith and Sons.	1121.9342
813	DCB_int_01	1122.7650	Hm.	1123.0074
815		1124.6769	So d- okay, so most of your experience probably was in,	1127.5171
817		1128.5214	um, PG,	1129.2978
819		1129.4256	[Prince George's] and DC.	1131.1652
820	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1129.4390	[Mm-hm.]	1129.8555
821	DCB_int_01	1131.2975	Were you- did you do a lot of dabbling in northern Virginia?	1133.8908
822	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1133.9809	No.	1134.2291
823	DCB_int_01	1134.7683	No?	1135.0519
824	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1135.5091	It was kind of unspoken that you did not go into Virginia.	1138.8632
826		1139.0333	Um,	1139.6139
828		1139.7674	Virginia is-	1140.6582
830		1141.2121	was a little different than Maryland and DC in terms of young black folks hanging out.	1145.7607
832		1146.2378	You would get-	1146.8778
834		1147.0219	it was a lot of racial profiling.	1148.4659
836		1148.7236	Um, even in the malls, like Pentagon City,	1150.9933
838		1151.5405	or, um,	1152.5148
840		1153.4724	I forget the other mall that's-	1154.7936
842		1154.9104	that's in Alexandria. But it was a lot of racial profiling in Alexandria, and we just did- we did not hang out there.	1160.5100
844		1160.9538	Once I got older,	1162.2324
846		1162.4461	and I had a car, you know, I would drive, but as a teenager on the subway,	1165.8060
848		1166.2031	going to northern Virginia you just didn't do it.	1167.8981
849	DCB_int_01	1168.0424	So are there boun- Like, DC you- I know you talked a lot it's like it's neighborhoods, but are there boundaries like,	1172.4867
851		1172.8604	are there very clear boundaries?	1174.6763
852	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1175.0867	It- <sigh> well, one thing about- this is just Washington DC,	1178.7736
854		1179.1507	for a person that lived in Maryland,	1180.5695
856		1180.6730	if you a Washingtonian you would stay way out in Maryland. For some reason,	1184.2097
858		1184.7469	people that lived in DC during the time that I grew up thought that Maryland was just this far place.	1189.5958
860		1190.0129	And then I'm like, I'm from Seat Pleasant like I can literally spit from my house to your houses, like,	1194.2879
862		1194.6749	just that one line, just that boundary line.	1196.7936
864		1197.0572	So for me, it was kind of acceptable.	1198.9165
866		1199.1935	But maybe for a person that lived in Bowie like where I went to high school, they really didn't go into DC because	1203.8447
868		1204.1224	to them it was dangerous.	1205.9075
870		1206.5014	Um, and then DC they didn't go into- they didn't go out maybe past Landover	1210.7564
872		1210.9966	because of public transportation. How would they get there? They didn't have a car.	1213.9037
874		1214.2164	Their parents didn't have cars, so we rely heavily on public transportation.	1217.8875
876		1218.1744	And if a bus didn't go there, neither did you.	1220.0396
878		1220.8237	And that was kind [of the-]	1221.6445
879	DCB_int_01	1221.2774	[Hm.]	1221.6278
880	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1221.9856	the unspoken rule.	1223.1234
882		1223.6973	Um, and then certain places you just did not go	1225.7193
884		1225.8194	like, you know, in DC in the nineties.	1227.4810
886		1227.9381	Um, I would say I lost probably seventeen friends to- to-	1232.2464
888		1232.4066	gun violence, to street violence.	1234.0657
890		1234.6963	And certain neighborhoods you just did not go in for any reason	1238.5853
892		1238.8604	at all.	1239.3842
894		1239.5177	It was just that dangerous.	1240.6763
896		1241.1668	And I ca- I do see a change, um,	1243.1120
898		1243.5491	in that which is a good thing,	1244.8552
900		1245.3509	as far as the crime in- in these neighborhoods where you can't even walk into a neighborhood without,	1249.9361
902		1250.3732	you know,	1250.9538
904		1251.0606	a person harassing you like, why are you here, who are you here to see?	1254.3466
906		1254.7416	So that whole	1256.2495
908		1257.1240	I guess, um,	1258.0882
910		1258.9065	era has kind of died off which is	1260.6315
912		1261.0186	a good thing, because DC was very very dangerous at one point.	1264.0644
914		1264.3293	It really was.	1264.9799
915	DCB_int_01	1264.9933	So do you feel like- You said you lost about seventeen [friends, and then] do you feel like there was every a time where you were like, oh my god this is it, I'm gonna die?	1271.6985
916	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1267.7159	[Mm-hm.]	1268.0279
917	DCB_int_01	1271.8107	[Or so-]	1272.1852
918	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1271.8875	[Uh-huh.]	1272.3413
919	DCB_int_01	1272.5348	and-	1272.7089
921		1272.8718	Tell me about it.	1273.2755
922	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1273.2521	Absolutely.	1273.9462
923		1274.0830	Um,	1274.6368
925		1275.4877	I was in a car	1276.3207
927		1276.6696	with some friends	1277.7907
929		1277.9175	and we were in a neighborhood, you know, just kind of hanging out.	1280.8537
931		1281.4184	And	1282.0624
933		1282.2993	all of a sudden,	1283.2107
935		1283.5238	you know, it was just like, gunfire.	1284.9585
937		1285.5791	And I'm thinking it's like maybe a- Cause it sounds like a firecracker.	1288.4319
939		1288.8064	But	1289.2569
941		1289.6473	not that many firecrackers.	1291.4523
943		1291.8494	And so I'm ducking, I'm like telling my girlfriend, you know, we need to duck. And at that moment,	1296.2095
945		1296.5615	I think kind of changed my life and the- and the course of my life	1299.7946
947		1300.2526	because I used to like hanging out like with bad guys. But	1303.1120
949		1303.2755	after that night	1304.5200
951		1305.0372	of experiencing that where I literally thought,	1307.6773
953		1307.9609	I don't know where these bullets are coming from, I don't know where they're-	1310.5972
955		1311.1707	who they're directed to,	1312.4384
957		1312.6963	but I know that I'm in the middle of it and I should not be, I really don't have a reason to be here, why am I here?	1317.0773
959		1317.4910	And so I started to question myself	1319.2659
961		1319.5872	and the direction that my life was going in, and it was kind of like a turn around point,	1322.9538
963		1323.4977	[uh, for me.]	1324.3706
964	DCB_int_01	1323.5143	[How old were you?]	1324.3706
965	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1324.7430	Like sixteen.	1325.4204
966	DCB_int_01	1325.8575	Mm.	1326.1346
967	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1326.4814	/Up/ like sixteen and-	1327.5324
969		1327.8461	Because it was cool to hang out in DC even though I was from Maryland	1331.0300
971		1331.4737	and know like /??/ right there on the District line, hanging out in DC was cool.	1335.8547
973		1336.1558	DC kids were cooler.	1337.7207
975		1338.2812	Um, they- they could stay out later, they dressed different. They had, you know, more freedom	1342.9566
977		1343.3870	than we did. And so hanging out in DC was like the thing to do, but it was just so dangerous in the nineties.	1349.3837
979		1349.7807	So it is a blessing	1350.9385
981		1351.1387	that I am still here and able to-	1353.0639
983		1353.4776	to talk about it because a lot of my friends are not.	1355.8403
984	DCB_int_01	1356.6983	So do you feel like-	1357.9101
986		1359.2207	<ts> Okay, so that was kind of the	1360.5821
988		1360.7130	like,	1360.9713
990		1361.2535	whoa moment. What do you feel like has been your	1363.2679
992		1363.7026	like, most	1364.3629
994		1364.5968	fondest memory growing up	1366.1091
996		1366.3994	in this area. Because, I mean, even though they have that-	1368.2979
998		1368.4147	you know we have the-	1369.0253
1000		1369.1487	the bad [memories, the scary] memories,	1370.7302
1001	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1369.8894	[Uh-huh.]	1370.2198
1002	DCB_int_01	1370.9538	there are still all the good ones that kind of like make you smile [and just-]	1374.3312
1003	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1373.9108	[Oh yeah], I'm smiling now, I'm thinking about the skating ring, I'm thinking about,	1377.4309
1004		1377.8146	you know, just going to the go gos and, um,	1380.6082
1006		1380.9051	hanging out with my friends and then,	1382.6935
1008		1382.9605	you know,	1383.4376
1010		1383.5877	the band members in the go gos. It was kind of the it thing to- if you knew a band member. And that [means that]	1388.2665
1011	DCB_int_01	1387.9228	[Mm.]	1388.2631
1012	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1388.5200	they would shout you out, or it was kind of like a- um,	1390.9399
1014		1391.3369	an acceptance sort of thing.	1392.5615
1016		1392.8951	And I had that, and I was very popular	1394.6869
1018		1394.8604	growing up.	1395.3275
1020		1395.6178	So I'm just, you know, reminiscing in my head about	1397.8708
1022		1398.2011	just those little days where, you know, like I said, we may have walked to the swimming pool	1401.7279
1024		1402.2350	and hung out and had fun, and- and we weren't scared.	1404.7884
1026		1404.9385	You know, and we- it was actually just enjoying a childhood,	1407.3775
1028		1407.5043	so.	1407.7332
1030		1408.0982	There's definitely some good memories, um, as well as bad.	1410.9318
1032		1411.0620	And more- more good than bad.	1412.2231
1034		1412.6235	[More good than-]	1413.3253
1035	DCB_int_01	1412.7903	[Oh that's always] good.	1413.6654
1036		1414.1450	So,	1414.4820
1038		1415.4704	now let's fast forward a little bit. So you were in the Army.	1418.0963
1039	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1418.1130	Mm-hm.	1418.4300
1040	DCB_int_01	1419.1640	And then so- um,	1420.9165
1042		1421.1735	how-	1421.5238
1044		1421.8641	what was the path after that?	1423.3386
1045	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1424.1297	After Army was marriage. <laugh> I came home,	1426.9199
1047		1427.3002	actually my dad passed away and I came home.	1429.2722
1049		1429.4290	Um, I didn't re-enlist.	1430.4400
1051		1430.9171	Because as the oldest I just felt so responsible to come back and kind of be a leader to	1435.5991
1053		1436.0863	my younger siblings. Um, so I came back to the states,	1438.8431
1055		1439.3403	and, um,	1440.5048
1057		1441.0586	I got married.	1441.7326
1059		1442.5734	I married my high school sweetheart from /RD-NAME-4/ that played baseball. <laugh>	1446.0710
1061		1446.7483	And, um,	1447.4457
1063		1447.6892	we bought a cleaning franchise, I was a business owner	1450.3058
1065		1450.9599	for a while. And, um, enjoying married life and just,	1454.5067
1067		1454.9805	you know,	1455.5378
1069		1456.0182	kind of putting down my own roots.	1457.6272
1071		1458.8584	Um, and unfortunately that n- didn't work out.	1461.1862
1073		1461.7154	And then after that I was just kind of in a- a period of like a hiatus, just like, what're you gonna do, what do you wanna do?	1468.1149
1075		1468.5595	And I always would talk to my ex-husband about me either starting a non-profit	1472.6001
1077		1473.0672	or working for a non-profit. That's been like, my passion since	1476.8651
1079		1477.3155	I can remember, you know, just always being of service. Because like I said, that's	1481.2358
1081		1481.5271	coming from the neighborhood that I came from, joining the military, that's just what I've always done was give back.	1486.0357
1083		1486.7631	And, um, I felt that I really had a story to share	1490.0229
1085		1490.3632	with a lot of young girls. And then also to just show them that you can come from	1494.1888
1087		1494.5648	very humble beginnings but that doesn't mean that you have to be a product of your environment.	1498.8265
1089		1499.1568	And you can get out and, you know, you can join the military.	1501.8594
1091		1502.2131	Or you can get married, you don't have to just be, you know,	1504.9666
1093		1505.6606	a baby's mama.	1506.4313
1095		1506.5748	You know, you can be a wife. You can /?/ you can be a business owner.	1509.4843
1097		1509.8088	Even though all of these things didn't necessarily	1511.9342
1099		1512.2078	work for me,	1513.3489
1101		1513.6158	I was able to experience them. And I think that	1515.8513
1103		1516.5795	it makes me relatable.	1517.5772
1105		1518.4714	And then I got the job at the Boys and Girls Club, and	1520.4867
1107		1520.6902	here I am.	1521.2904
1108	DCB_int_01	1522.0716	So,	1522.5629
1110		1523.7307	<ts>	1523.8408
1112		1523.9342	um,	1524.4814
1114		1524.6349	what do- okay, so what do you do at the Boys and Girls Club? Do you [like it?]	1528.1054
1115	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1527.6687	[<laugh>]	1528.1016
1116		1528.3126	<laugh>	1529.0233
1117	DCB_int_01	1529.4304	<laugh>	1529.7574
1118	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1529.7407	Sorry.	1530.3488
1119	DCB_int_01	1531.0653	[Tell me how you really] feel, okay. [<laugh>]	1532.8670
1120	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1531.0853	[Um],	1531.6692
1122		1532.6402	[I] am the executive as- the executive administrative assistant to the regional vice presidents,	1537.6459
1123		1538.2831	/RD-NAME-1/ and /RD-NAME-1/.	1539.0088
1125		1539.1573	Um,	1539.5811
1127		1540.0415	I love my job.	1540.8531
1129		1541.5672	I like that I'm making a difference even if it's from the background and not necessarily right	1546.1683
1131		1546.5095	out front and directly interacting with the children because what I do is very important	1550.8437
1133		1551.2541	in terms of, um,	1552.7864
1135		1552.9799	grants that we receive and-	1554.6182
1137		1555.1120	and how our board members, um, fundraise for us. So it's a very important job, it's highly stressful.	1560.2256
1139		1561.5057	Um, I love my coworkers. I think my work environment	1564.5262
1141		1565.3369	makes me work harder.	1567.3923
1143		1567.7460	Because I'm not just working hard by myself, I can look to my left or my right and see a person working	1572.8818
1145		1573.3589	equally as hard if not harder.	1575.1940
1147		1575.6778	Um, and it- it gives you a reason to get up in the morning because it's like, you're not doing it alone.	1580.3813
1149		1580.8203	And if you ever are in a position where you're drowning, the organization that I work for	1584.9952
1151		1585.4423	we help each other.	1586.3832
1153		1586.9671	I mean, and it's like, we help each other until we get it right.	1589.4737
1155		1589.8441	It's not like, okay I'm just gonna show you this and then I'm going back over to do my thing. No, I'm gonna stay there with you	1594.4402
1157		1594.7931	until we figure it out together.	1596.1878
1159		1596.5515	And that's	1597.0286
1161		1597.3155	been very different for me, I've never worked in an environment where people cared	1601.0000
1163		1601.3236	so much about one another,	1602.6582
1165		1602.9252	just as much as they do about the mission, so.	1605.0191
1167		1605.4209	It's a- it's a great-	1606.3285
1169		1606.5328	a great work environment, like I said. Our mission is outstanding, I believe in what we do.	1610.8404
1171		1611.6812	Of course there are some changes, um, that I would like to see, but who wouldn't	1615.2922
1173		1615.7727	anywhere? But I think that one thing that I can say,	1618.3578
1175		1618.7731	is that we do identify problems that we have, and we try to collectively come up with a solution	1623.4810
1177		1623.9222	from- from all levels. And it's not just the leadership that are saying, hey this is what you're gonna do. Like, I feel that we do have an input	1629.3509
1179		1629.8355	in what goes on here. And that's just been very different than any other	1633.3150
1181		1633.7159	work experience that I've had, so.	1635.3650
1182	DCB_int_01	1636.0824	What do you feel like has been your most rewarding moment,	1638.5481
1184		1638.9185	and then what do you feel like has been your most challenging moment at work?	1641.9915
1185	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1642.7564	<sigh> My most rewarding moment was, um,	1645.1800
1187		1645.7526	a few months ago, maybe six months ago, they-	1648.3752
1189		1648.5128	we were doing res- restructuring our organization.	1651.0953
1191		1651.5324	And my original position was the administrative analyst,	1654.0816
1193		1654.2092	which kind of phased out.	1655.4604
1195		1655.8741	And I had to	1656.7683
1197		1657.0720	apply for another position.	1659.0279
1199		1659.5110	Um, and I want- I wanna say this was challenging and rewarding, this is gonna be both.	1663.0286
1201		1663.4657	Because, um,	1664.3766
1203		1664.6502	I was competing again-	1665.6612
1205		1665.7788	against a person that I admired	1667.6940
1207		1667.7907	and I respected	1668.7007
1209		1669.0419	and I had worked closely with	1670.3732
1211		1670.8370	in the past. And, um,	1672.4827
1213		1672.7964	she and I both	1673.9042
1215		1674.2745	interviewed for the same position. Um,	1676.4133
1217		1676.8070	I was	1677.3809
1219		1678.3226	offered the position,	1679.3303
1221		1679.7106	and she's moved on to do other things. Um, it was rewarding	1682.9071
1223		1683.2007	for me in a sense that	1684.7831
1225		1685.2235	they recognized the things that I had done in the past which is why they offered me the position.	1689.4610
1227		1689.9256	And it was just challenging because	1691.9475
1229		1693.1020	I wanted it but I wanted her to get it at the same time	1695.5677
1230	DCB_int_01	1695.5611	[Right.]	1695.8146
1231	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1695.7312	[and,]	1696.2793
1232		1696.4027	you know, it was just almost like	1698.3212
1234		1699.3456	just take it I don't want it sort of thing because I knew that she was just as deserving	1702.8999
1236		1703.2602	as I was. Um, so that was the most challenging thing that I've experienced here.	1707.0639
1238		1707.5344	And then	1708.2217
1240		1709.2869	it was humbling.	1710.0109
1242		1710.4447	It was humbling because it taught me that	1712.3098
1244		1712.7102	you can do stellar work but, you know,	1714.8591
1246		1716.2178	Anybody's job is- is- is- [is up for] grabs. Like, it's not-	1719.1774
1247	DCB_int_01	1717.6859	[Mm.]	1718.0029
1248	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1719.5944	my foot- my feet are not in cement here.	1721.5565
1250		1722.0176	And so that kind of made me	1723.6067
1252		1723.7093	step it up even more in terms of	1726.2500
1254		1726.4408	working outside of my job responsibilities and- and teaming up with other people	1730.5634
1256		1730.9004	and making myself a viable member,	1733.0266
1258		1733.5063	um,	1733.9200
1260		1734.1569	of my team.	1734.8109
1261	DCB_int_01	1736.2189	Um,	1736.5993
1263		1737.1498	okay so let's not talk about work anymore.	1738.9182
1265		1739.2193	Um, not that I don't like work, but	1741.0444
1267		1741.8686	work is-	1742.4558
1269		1742.6126	work is work.	1743.2332
1271		1743.3500	<laugh>	1743.9172
1273		1744.1408	[And-]	1744.3410
1274	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1744.1441	[Indeed.]	1744.5645
1275	DCB_int_01	1744.5011	<laugh> and you do it all day,	1745.6431
1276		1745.9767	every day.	1746.3638
1278		1747.0211	Um,	1747.4148
1280		1747.8218	so I know that you are now working on your college degree, right?	1751.2185
1281	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1751.2118	Mm-hm.	1751.5088
1282	DCB_int_01	1751.5563	So tell me a little bit about that.	1752.6607
1283	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1753.0611	Um, right now I'm going to school online for my associates degree.	1757.4220
1285		1757.7365	I've been going back to school for /about/ (laughing) three years now.	1760.1221
1287		1760.5125	It's just	1761.0564
1289		1761.4901	being a working adult	1762.5612
1291		1763.2860	and then	1763.9304
1293		1764.1002	I was married, I hadn't divorced yet. And then we had a business, it was just	1767.5769
1295		1767.7103	overwhelming	1768.5045
1297		1768.8523	for me to do all of that	1770.1702
1299		1770.3738	and focus on school.	1771.8819
1301		1772.4658	Um,	1772.8929
1303		1773.1631	if one thing that Boys and Girls taught me- I know that we- we're- we're going past the [work], but I [just wanna say]	1777.3247
1304	DCB_int_01	1776.4186	[/Hm/.]	1776.5829
1306		1776.8109	[/??/]	1777.2071
1307	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1777.5950	they taught me how to prioritize.	1779.6970
1309		1780.1374	And now, um,	1781.5788
1311		1782.4105	I think I'm more focused	1784.0821
1313		1784.4491	and I'm able to prioritize, I'm able t- to do project management. So going back to school this last time	1789.7117
1315		1789.9586	has been a lot easier on me	1791.5303
1317		1791.8972	than it has in the past because I'm able to	1794.0301
1319		1794.4205	like I said, prioritize my task and actually make time for school.	1797.9209
1321		1798.3710	I'm thinking that, hey /RD-NAME-2/ you're smart, you know, it's online, it'll be easy. No it is not.	1802.7995
1323		1803.1898	I think it's actually harder to go online than in the classroom because	1806.2473
1325		1806.6273	you have to be able to be focused,	1809.1264
1327		1809.4534	you have to be disciplined, you have to put in that time.	1812.0468
1329		1812.4138	You don't have a teacher in- or instructor in front of you,	1815.0263
1331		1815.3166	you're at home doing it. So the cell phone has to go off,	1817.7523
1333		1818.0701	the TV has to go off, the home phone has to go off, you may even have to	1821.5836
1335		1822.6046	eject people out of your space and like, look, I really- this is what I need to do, and commit yourself.	1827.4201
1337		1827.7838	And it's kind of hard to do that when you're in a home environment	1830.4038
1339		1830.6474	because there's so many distractions.	1832.2689
1341		1832.8395	I'm- but I'm gonna do it, I am really focused on	1835.6898
1343		1836.1702	getting /a/ degree	1837.1445
1345		1837.4748	because I think that	1838.5879
1347		1839.6403	I need it. And- and it's no way I can preach the importance of education to my family members,	1844.3290
1349		1844.7094	and to the children that we work with if I don't have it myself I just believe in leading by example.	1849.1011
1351		1849.9420	Um, and it's just time,	1851.0855
1353		1851.2899	it's really time,	1851.9539
1355		1852.2275	so.	1852.5323
1356	DCB_int_01	1852.6146	What are you getting your degree in?	1853.8658
1357	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1853.9767	Business administration.	1855.0578
1358	DCB_int_01	1855.8752	Gotcha.	1856.3323
1360		1856.5893	So, okay I know we said we were going away from work, but now that you brought that up. So is this your-	1860.7308
1362		1861.1946	um,	1861.8252
1364		1861.9586	I know you said you love your job, [is this] your be all end all? What- or what's your end goal?	1865.7058
1365	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1863.2032	[Mm-hm.]	1863.4668
1366		1866.8843	That-	1867.6970
1368		1868.2289	my- my book is still being written. Like, I'm not sure.	1871.0850
1370		1871.4629	Um,	1871.9066
1372		1872.0835	I love it here and I would like to grow in this organization,	1875.0998
1374		1875.3834	but it just really depends on where we are as a organization. I can't	1878.7541
1376		1879.1011	say what my- I would love to be /??/ actually. <laugh>	1882.6713
1378		1883.2260	To be a CEO.	1884.2603
1380		1884.4138	Um, but	1885.0211
1382		1885.3013	it just really depends on- on	1887.0197
1384		1887.7704	the organization and	1889.2623
1386		1889.5496	how we are with our restructuring, that really depends on my future here	1892.6493
1388		1893.1431	at the Boys and Girls Club. I would love to have a future here. I enjoy working in youth development.	1897.5950
1390		1897.9353	I actually would like to be more involved on the program side,	1900.5812
1392		1901.2193	um, as well as, you know, the support. But I would also like to be more involved	1905.3233
1394		1905.6403	with the kids. More involved, um,	1907.6764
1396		1907.9167	with the programming,	1909.0778
1398		1909.4114	the volunteer piece of it. I would like to kind of do-	1912.0373
1400		1912.6146	have a position where I'm kind of touching	1914.7208
1402		1915.0044	all bases at once.	1916.3357
1404		1917.0631	Um, because the children really make me get it. Like when I see them in the morning,	1921.1278
1406		1921.5082	when they come through the office.	1923.1999
1408		1923.5735	Um,	1924.0707
1410		1924.2509	it's just like, this is why I'm doing it. It's a constant reminder of	1927.5950
1412		1928.0921	why am I stressed out? Okay and I see those smiling faces and it's like,	1931.3671
1414		1931.6956	we're doing it because you wanna give them	1933.3147
1416		1933.6817	better opportunities.	1934.9896
1418		1935.4267	Um, so	1936.1241
1420		1936.3343	if I could have a position here where I kind of	1938.8843
1422		1939.1545	touched on all of those- all of those- all of those pieces at once,	1942.6691
1424		1943.0283	I think that that'd be the ideal position for me.	1945.1145
1425	DCB_int_01	1946.2122	Yeah I do like like you said the flexibility of it and- and, you know, we have to go beyond what's ris- listed on our job [description cause]	1953.7404
1426	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1953.2265	[Mm-hm.]	1953.6837
1427	DCB_int_01	1954.1308	I know even us, we have	1955.5363
1429		1956.2103	things that are not listed on our little bullet points. We are in the other duties as [assigned.]	1960.4210
1430	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1960.2475	[Yup.]	1960.5519
1431	DCB_int_01	1960.6746	[That's their favorite category.]	1962.0067
1432	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1960.7213	[/inaudible/]	1961.8855
1433		1962.4672	And it's gonna be there, on every job description.	1964.5309
1434	DCB_int_01	1964.6894	[Mm-hm.] Because that's- that's gonna be-	1966.3710
1435	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1964.6927	[Know that.]	1965.1673
1436	DCB_int_01	1966.5879	You might have seven things but really we want you-	1968.5573
1438		1968.7942	/?/ other duties as assigned. This gonna be your major bullet [point right here], this is what we want you to do.	1972.9716
1439	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1971.1865	[Mm-hm.]	1971.8004
1440	DCB_int_01	1973.4654	Um, and I- I will say that I know that you are a team player and, um,	1977.9906
1442		1978.2375	I know one thing that we have talked about is the whole mentoring piece. And this is actually k-	1981.8952
1444		1982.0054	kind of helpful, cause I can kind of get a sense of who you are [and how-]	1985.2852
1445	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1984.7947	[Mm-hm.]	1985.1329
1446	DCB_int_01	1985.5330	and how we want to- to grow. And I think- So,	1988.3324
1448		1988.4758	I'll ask you this question even though this has nothing to do with growing up in DC,	1991.5502
1450		1991.8499	what do you feel like is the area that you want to like, grow the most.	1995.5836
1451	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	1996.0006	Public speaking.	1996.7180
1453		1997.1117	Um, I think that I have,	1998.3337
1455		1998.7641	excuse me,	1999.1812
1457		1999.9353	very good ideas, but	2001.5669
1459		2001.7504	sometimes when it comes to articulating those ideas,	2004.9179
1461		2005.4615	um, I fumble and stumble.	2007.2866
1463		2007.4768	and I don't want to- /that-/ I want to be at a place where	2010.0001
1465		2010.3571	I'm communicating effectively.	2011.9920
1467		2012.4825	And I think that	2013.4701
1469		2013.6703	the reason why I m- reached out to you as a mentor is because I see you do that	2016.8976
1471		2017.0411	on a- on a daily basis.	2018.4491
1473		2018.9529	And	2019.5402
1475		2020.1207	I read somewhere, I think it was Oprah,	2021.8825
1477		2022.3537	or somewhere that successful people have mentors.	2024.7394
1479		2025.2399	And if you see a person that's doing something	2027.4754
1481		2028.2670	the way that you wanna do it,	2029.4114
1483		2029.9186	reach out to 'em and say, hey, you know,	2031.7437
1485		2032.0040	I wanna know how you do that,	2033.2460
1487		2033.6064	and I wanna do the same.	2034.6541
1489		2035.1445	And I think that it's important as women	2037.2733
1491		2037.6770	that, you know,	2038.7872
1493		2039.2285	we can do that to one another. Especially African American women, that we can pull one another up.	2043.2499
1495		2043.7470	Or where, you know, I may have a strength	2045.6723
1497		2045.9734	and that's your weakness that we can work together and team together, you know what I'm saying, to- to-	2049.9806
1499		2050.0907	to make that be your strength as well.	2051.6990
1501		2052.4272	And	2052.9944
1503		2053.7184	like I said that would be one area that I can say I am lacking in.	2056.9692
1505		2057.4562	Um,	2057.8466
1507		2058.1002	I c- I write very well. <laugh>	2059.9920
1509		2060.2723	I do my job well, but	2061.6989
1511		2062.1207	m- sometimes my job requires me to speak,	2064.4672
1513		2064.8309	my job requires me to instruct.	2066.8662
1515		2067.3300	And I don't think that at this point, the point where I am now I'm doing that as effectively as I should be.	2072.6460
1517		2073.4668	And I really want to.	2074.3710
1519		2074.9249	So, one thing that I'm gonna do is join a toast masters club.	2078.0220
1521		2078.1388	I found a toast masters club,	2079.4634
1523		2079.9372	um, that's in my area, it's actually on Largo.	2082.1093
1525		2082.5306	And it's like the fees are ridiculously low.	2084.3924
1527		2085.1665	And I went on the website and actually reached out to them.	2087.6118
1529		2088.1669	So I'm gonna go to one of their meetings in February and just kind of see what it's all about and	2092.1408
1531		2092.5311	if it's something that would be helpful to me, but.	2094.5406
1533		2095.0811	You know, I'm- I'm really proactive about making myself a better me.	2098.7555
1534	DCB_int_01	2099.3361	Mm.	2099.6297
1535	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2099.6297	And sometimes you have to go outside the box to do that.	2102.0154
1536		2102.5926	You know, you have to tap into resources you're like,	2105.0884
1538		2105.2527	/well who/, that person? Yeah, that person.	2107.2480
1540		2107.5482	Exactly that person,	2108.7227
1542		2108.9129	so.	2109.1431
1543	DCB_int_01	2109.1164	The person that you would think not, or the person you're like, mm I really don't wanna deal with them, but they have some- they have that nugget or that kernel that I really [need.]	2116.4310
1544	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2116.2275	[Mm-hm.]	2116.8051
1545	DCB_int_01	2116.9215	And you're just like, alright let me suck it up,	2118.5573
1547		2119.1812	deal with it.	2119.7184
1549		2120.8462	Knock, knock, knock, (knocking) excuse me.	2122.2609
1550	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2122.5011	Right? [Exactly.] <laugh>	2124.1769
1551	DCB_int_01	2123.0383	[Um],	2123.5455
1552		2124.2770	and so actually what I'm going to do now is I'm gonna give you an assignment,	2127.8326
1553	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2128.0307	[Okay.]	2128.3276
1554	DCB_int_01	2128.1474	[I'll] e-mail it to you,	2129.2051
1555		2129.4996	that I want you to prepare for, um,	2131.3714
1557		2131.4949	we're gonna meet tomorrow.	2132.4525
1559		2132.6159	We'll- I'll be in the office all day.	2133.8819
1560	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2133.9139	Me too.	2134.2509
1561	DCB_int_01	2134.4077	So we'll just	2135.0525
1563		2135.4295	kind of	2135.7996
1565		2136.1435	steal away and go somewhere. But [I'll prepare] an assignment-	2138.3957
1566	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2137.4782	[/Okay/.]	2137.7506
1567	DCB_int_01	2138.7494	um, prepare an assignment for you for tomorrow, um,	2141.5621
1569		2141.9167	so that you can	2142.6140
1571		2142.9110	uh, get ready. And that'll be our first	2145.3400
1573		2146.3209	piece.	2146.8456
1574	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2147.1092	Okay.	2147.3928
1575	DCB_int_01	2147.8533	Um,	2148.3838
1577		2149.2079	And then I guess- /Okay/ so let me go back	2150.8428
1579		2151.4734	to-	2151.9573
1581		2152.1708	I know, we- we have been [everywhere.]	2153.6923
1582	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2153.1484	[We kind of all over the place.]	2154.7608
1583	DCB_int_01	2153.8266	[<laugh>]	2154.4038
1584		2154.7942	But that's okay because sometimes I think it's just, you know,	2157.2799
1586		2158.5445	nobody is	2159.9559
1588		2160.5273	just one person or one	2162.1655
1590		2162.3824	dimension right?	2163.0797
1591	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2163.0764	Mm-hm.	2163.4568
1592	DCB_int_01	2163.4267	People have so many	2164.8402
1593		2165.1818	aspects.	2165.8522
1595		2166.0368	You were a wife, you were an employee, you are a student.	2169.6369
1597		2169.9339	You're not just,	2170.9516
1599		2171.0250	oh,	2171.2963
1601		2171.4696	I'm just- I just work for the Boys and Girls Club. You have a life outside of that.	2174.8962
1602	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2174.8962	Mm-hm.	2175.2619
1603	DCB_int_01	2175.2366	Your life doesn't stop	2176.3482
1604		2176.5245	just in this one year. You	2177.9534
1606		2178.2837	have had thirty-three years of-	2179.8786
1608		2180.3423	you know, of [things], so.	2181.9706
1609	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2180.8462	[/Planning/.]	2181.3527
1610	DCB_int_01	2182.6679	<ts>	2182.8081
1612		2182.9916	It- it's- it's more so even though we're all over the place I think it- it's really good because	2186.8606
1614		2187.4835	you've helped me kind of understand more about /RD-NAME-2/ and- and you've given me like, some great stories about like, DC that I had no clue.	2194.5716
1616		2195.1284	Like I really honestly had	2197.0177
1618		2197.2246	no clue,	2198.0821
1620		2198.5559	um,	2199.0987
1622		2199.4134	some of- some of the things that-	2200.9557
1624		2201.1759	like the life.	2202.3036
1626		2202.4805	And I knew go go music was big but I [didn't know h-]	2204.5159
1627	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2204.1055	[/Oh yeah/.]	2204.5292
1628	DCB_int_01	2204.6660	And I- I had no clue about Union Station, like [that Union Station was]	2207.6456
1629	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2206.5045	[Wow.]	2207.6669
1630	DCB_int_01	2207.7598	the [place to hang out.]	2208.7708
1631	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2208.1035	[/??/] but I'll- if I find some old pictures-	2210.3957
1632		2210.6860	I wanna go dig around and see if I can find some old pictures because	2213.9967
1634		2214.4905	pictures are- are /what they say/ worth a thousand words. And if you could just see us at the go gos and at Union Station and it's just like,	2221.0177
1636		2221.6383	I get it.	2222.2122
1637	DCB_int_01	2223.4901	Like I had no clue.	2224.4044
1639		2224.5879	[Hon- like-]	2225.1618
1640	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2224.6012	[Yeah.]	2225.0453
1641		2225.4087	Yeah.	2225.8224
1642	DCB_int_01	2226.1536	And it's so funny because we have our annual formal,	2228.4658
1644		2228.6894	our senior ball at the Union Sta- at Union [Station.]	2231.2163
1645	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2230.9082	[Really?]	2231.4253
1646	DCB_int_01	2231.5722	Mm-hm.	2231.9945
1648		2232.2703	Um, each year they deck it out with lights and everything, and I'm just like-	2235.9072
1649	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2236.5879	Mm, Union Station.	2237.3686
1651		2237.4829	[<laugh>]	2237.8094
1652	DCB_int_01	2237.4829	[Union S-] right, like,	2238.5806
1653		2238.8843	I mean, it's beautiful, it's, I mean, absolute g- like, transform the place. But I'm thinking like, why would they do Union Sta- But now I kind of understand the back story that Union Station was	2246.5292
1655		2246.7961	not simply just a	2248.2575
1657		2248.5779	place of [transportation.]	2249.8195
1658	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2249.6631	[Right.]	2250.2103
1659	DCB_int_01	2250.3504	But it's like, a place of	2251.8719
1661		2252.9997	activity [and life] and- and socializing.	2255.8633
1662	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2253.8138	[Oh yeah.]	2254.2108
1664		2255.8199	Mm-hm.	2256.4134
1665	DCB_int_01	2257.1712	Totally changed my viewpoint	2258.3857
1667		2258.5192	about Union [Station.]	2259.4610
1668	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2259.0964	[I forgot] one little piece	2260.1841
1669	DCB_int_01	2260.1942	Mm-hm.	2260.4444
1670	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2260.3910	that I wanted to give you.	2261.2518
1671		2261.5121	Um, and this just ties back into the community	2263.6919
1673		2264.1288	that I grew up in.	2264.9662
1675		2265.2165	Uh, my grandmother is really	2267.3294
1677		2267.4929	really heavily into politics, local politics,	2270.0421
1679		2270.4324	um, in the county and in the state.	2272.2175
1681		2272.6855	And one other thing that I wanted to mention is that I am a member of my Civic Association	2277.1999
1683		2277.7504	and that	2278.4477
1685		2279.4829	there's a lot of young folks on our Civic Association, you know, in the neighborhood where- where I live.	2284.0774
1687		2284.5645	And they give back as well, they have that same spirit of- of community service.	2288.6693
1689		2289.0263	You know, we door knock, we- we	2290.9849
1691		2291.2418	pick people up and drive them to the polls if they don't have a ride to- to vote,	2294.5959
1693		2295.1898	um, and make sure that they're registered to vote.	2296.9916
1695		2297.1426	That's the first thing that we give our seniors before they graduate from high school	2300.5826
1697		2301.0831	along with a college application is voter registration card. I mean, it's just something that you do.	2305.7117
1699		2306.0954	It's expected of you. And last year-	2308.5512
1701		2308.7180	well,	2308.9937
1703		2309.5421	yeah before last,	2310.4538
1705		2310.7074	I was an election judge, um,	2312.3457
1707		2312.8128	in my area, in my district.	2314.2142
1709		2314.5245	And I think we had maybe	2316.3271
1711		2316.4572	seventy percent of our voters were first time voters.	2319.4501
1713		2320.3910	So that just ties into	2322.0835
1715		2322.4872	us being so community driven and like a family and just certain things are expected of you and you just do it without- without thought.	2329.7484
1717		2329.9920	So I wanted to add that-	2330.9730
1719		2331.2632	that piece to,	2332.0273
1721		2332.4077	um, tie it to my community and	2334.2870
1723		2335.2379	<ts> um, family life.	2336.1914
1724	DCB_int_01	2336.9396	And that's so in- And I-	2337.9439
1726		2338.1341	Because DC is	2339.4554
1728		2339.7298	the political capital of the nation.	2341.7017
1730		2342.1622	Um, how do you-	2343.4968
1732		2343.7170	You know, and so I know	2344.7881
1734		2345.4195	I wasn't here the first time Obama got elected but how was the city? How was,	2349.7038
1736		2349.9839	I mean, even just leading up to the election and	2352.4795
1738		2352.9877	just the pulse of the city and then when he got elected,	2356.0407
1739	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2356.3376	[It w-]	2356.6409
1740	DCB_int_01	2356.3443	[and being] so heavily involved?	2357.8558
1741	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2358.0168	it was	2358.5006
1743		2358.9143	absolutely	2360.0154
1745		2361.2866	amazing.	2361.9773
1747		2362.1241	And I have a story. (laughing)	2363.4287
1749		2363.9167	Um, there was	2365.0010
1751		2365.5482	a- a older lady, and I wanna say maybe	2368.1574
1753		2368.3443	she was	2368.9415
1755		2370.1035	ninety-seven or something, she was	2371.8719
1757		2372.1188	way up there in age. And- um,	2373.9239
1759		2374.3076	and so I'm helping her,	2375.4529
1761		2376.1602	in her chair and helping her up to the polling station so that she can vote. And	2380.3810
1763		2380.8281	she just started crying and she's like,	2382.5339
1765		2382.9844	this'll be my last vote-	2384.1855
1767		2384.3457	time voting, I'm sure.	2385.7537
1769		2386.3777	And I'm sick	2387.4387
1771		2387.8966	but	2388.3771
1773		2388.5873	I got out of my bed	2389.7718
1775		2389.8719	to come	2390.5359
1777		2390.6960	and vote for Obama.	2391.8605
1779		2392.2575	And then I saw a lot of young people	2393.9600
1781		2394.2603	who were /our/ first time voters. And then	2396.1755
1783		2396.5325	my husband at the time, you know, he had never voted,	2398.8448
1785		2399.1517	but he voted for Obama.	2400.3404
1787		2400.7441	And he was actually involved in- you know, with the outside, we call it working the polls where	2405.1893
1789		2405.4996	you're handing out literature to help people understand who they're voting for giving 'em /backgou-/ background information,	2410.3910
1791		2410.7280	transporting people back and forth. He was so heavily involved in it because	2414.2322
1793		2414.5792	he really believed in what Obama stood for.	2416.9983
1795		2417.4187	And I think that he	2418.6507
1797		2419.1011	energized this whole city.	2420.7194
1799		2421.2366	Um,	2421.5969
1801		2421.7270	especially with young people that	2423.2452
1803		2423.6531	who were like, oh my vote doesn't count, you know, they're-	2425.9286
1805		2426.0788	you know, it doesn't matter if I vote or not, you know, they're gonna do what-	2428.7614
1807		2429.0483	He really	2429.8770
1809		2430.2303	made people believe that	2431.7985
1811		2432.1555	your vote will count	2433.2132
1813		2433.3600	and	2433.8572
1815		2434.2676	I'm gonna do what I say I'm gonna do.	2435.6998
1817		2436.1235	And I think that it was just excitement like, wow, you know, our first African American president.	2440.9782
1819		2441.3753	And then, you know, he and his family and how they represent black love, it was just kind of like,	2446.1374
1821		2447.0717	thank you. Like we finally have a image that is so positive and people can actually see	2452.1341
1823		2452.4878	us being us instead of what they may see on the news or,	2455.6550
1824	DCB_int_01	2456.0354	[Mm.]	2456.3824
1825	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2456.1255	[you know], a video game or video, music video. You're actually seeing us,	2460.1369
1826		2460.3404	how we are as a family.	2461.6250
1828		2461.9620	And what I found so funny was when Michelle brought her mother (laughing) <laugh>	2465.0216
1830		2465.5630	to the White House.	2466.3638
1832		2466.7008	And that's typical of- of- of African Americans and how we're so	2469.8171
1834		2470.0707	family oriented.	2470.9883
1836		2471.1451	I woulda did the same thing.	2472.0635
1837	DCB_int_01	2472.1269	[Mm-hm.]	2472.4795
1838	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2472.3271	[Like], we're going to a new city, I need my mama.	2474.1622
1839		2474.5425	So, (laughing)	2475.2065
1841		2475.6603	he just really energized the whole city and he made it hot and sexy. He made DC like-	2479.8085
1843		2480.3190	we've had more celebrities come here now	2482.2676
1845		2482.5178	since Obama has been in office than ever	2484.4171
1847		2484.7608	ever before.	2485.5256
1849		2485.9553	I mean, he made it like, a new hot spot.	2487.9372
1851		2488.1808	So,	2488.5645
1853		2488.6913	thanks Obama.	2489.3353
1855		2489.5254	<laugh>	2489.8558
1856	DCB_int_01	2490.1869	And then my last kind of fun question just cause you kept talking about the Redskins, and then I'll just have you, um,	2494.7747
1858		2494.9224	do a couple things for me.	2495.8699
1859	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2495.9300	Okay.	2496.2637
1860	DCB_int_01	2497.8185	So,	2498.5644
1862		2499.1965	this whole thing, they fired the coa-	2501.5254
1864		2501.8132	Okay, you already know where I'm going, what're your thoughts?	2504.4224
1865	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2505.5202	I- I'm on board with it. I say fire everyone from the-	2508.6040
1867		2508.8275	<laugh>	2509.1979
1869		2509.6584	from the top to the bottom.	2510.7635
1870	DCB_int_01	2510.8895	Mm.	2511.1498
1871	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2511.2733	We have not been to the Super Bowl since Doug Williams.	2513.7799
1873		2513.9133	However,	2514.8075
1875		2515.2112	I think the Redskins have the most loyal fans in the NFL because we show up	2519.5496
1877		2519.9467	every game.	2520.8682
1879		2521.2313	We buy tickets, we buy the jerseys, you know, we're Redskin fever. But	2525.5488
1881		2525.9100	I just really would like to see them	2527.7390
1883		2528.4858	give us back what we give them.	2529.9144
1885		2530.2342	And I think that a new coach is a great start.	2532.4490
1887		2532.5706	And I have my fingers crossed, I say it every season, this is gonna be our year.	2535.7370
1889		2536.0206	So I'm gonna say that again, this is gonna be our year. (laughing)	2538.2737
1891		2538.6741	But we'll see.	2539.3214
1893		2539.4915	We'll see. I'll still support 'em either-	2541.0564
1895		2541.1865	either way.	2541.6636
1896	DCB_int_01	2541.8505	You'll go all the way.	2542.6146
1897	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2542.4903	<ts>	2542.5478
1898		2542.6613	All the way.	2543.5588
1900		2543.9896	[We do.]	2544.2799
1901	DCB_int_01	2544.0030	[Mkay.]	2544.3533
1902		2544.9606	From	2545.3677
1904		2545.5011	fifteen L's to fifteen [W's, whichever] way it [goes.]	2548.5039
1905	DCB_se2_ag3_f_01	2547.2670	[Yup, it-]	2547.7675
1907		2548.1612	[whichever] way it goes, I'm- I'm'a be a Redskin	2550.2858
1908		2550.8872	fan for life.	2551.9895