Adam Christopher Riggs interview conducted by Michael Robert Bussel, 2014-10-29
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Adam Christopher Riggs describes his experiences as a home health care worker and his activism with Service Employees International Union Local 503. In wide-ranging conversation he talks about the qualities needed for his job, maintaining a proper distance while remaining compassionate, black humor, and lobby legislature for support of home health care.
Recorded at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 503, Eugene offices, Eugene, Oregon, October 29, 2014.
Taking Care--Documenting the Occupational Culture of Home Care Workers, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2014-2015 (AFC 2014/021: 01220) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
In English.
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