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This interview was conducted by Meral Agish the Queens Memory Community Coordinator.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this interview Curtis Turney-Rentas talks about growing up in Far Rockaway, how it has changed with new development, what his life was like as a teenager, and being away at college and not with his family during Hurricane Sandy.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTurney-Rentas also discusses how when he initially went away to Delaware State University, he wanted leave Far Rockaway behind. But, through the education and work he had done at school, he decided that he wanted to come back to Far Rockaway and change things for the better. He started by organizing “Community Clean-ups”, food drives and events mostly alone with the support of his mother and a few friends. Sometimes he was discouraged, as people in the community were not always supportive. He then started the Far Rock Greek Council, a fraternal organization that does good works for the community. The Far Rock Greek Council started with about 11 people and now has 60 members, and growing, all doing volunteer work in the community. It was originally a part of NPHC (National Pan-Hellenic Council) which is for Black fraternities and sororities, but it was changed to the Far Rock Greek Council, and now includes Latin fraternities \u0026amp; sororities and other social fellowships.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCurtis Turney-Rentas also talks about community service during the pandemic in Far Rockaway, one of the hardest hit areas during the COVID-19 shut down, and how his organization helped to give out PPE and distribute food to address the growing need for food in the neighborhood. He also discusses coordinating with other organizations (Queens Defenders) during the BLM protests that started after the George Floyd killing, to do things like voter registration, promote the filling out Census 2020, distribute food, and organize with poets and speakers for marches in Far Rockaway. He mentions networking, thanks collaborators, and talks about how he keeps going with the work he does.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCurtis Turney-Rentas: (42:21) “I would say my mom first and foremost is my biggest inspiration. Um, and you know, I don't know who has a bigger heart than hers. She definitely passed it down to me and, and, you know, she always tells me, um, we gotta, we gotta look out for each other, even if people don't want to get looked out for”\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/search/browse/45282"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2020-10-13 (created)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Type"]},"value":{"en":["Audio"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Curtis Turney-Rentas (Interviewee)","Meral Agish (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["Interview conducted as part of the Queens Memory COVID-19 Project."]}},{"label":{"en":["Coverage"]},"value":{"en":["1990's-2020 (temporal)","Far Rockaway, Queens, NY; Dover, DE (spatial)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull interview Summary\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAn interview with 28 year old Curtis Turney-Rentas, a graphic designer, community activist, and founding member of the Far Rock Greek Council, who was born and raised in Far Rockaway, Queens. This interview was conducted by Meral Agish the Queens Memory Community Coordinator.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this interview Curtis Turney-Rentas talks about growing up in Far Rockaway, how it has changed with new development, what his life was like as a teenager, and being away at college and not with his family during Hurricane Sandy.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTurney-Rentas also discusses how when he initially went away to Delaware State University, he wanted leave Far Rockaway behind. But, through the education and work he had done at school, he decided that he wanted to come back to Far Rockaway and change things for the better. He started by organizing \u0026ldquo;Community Clean-ups\u0026rdquo;, food drives and events mostly alone with the support of his mother and a few friends. Sometimes he was discouraged, as people in the community were not always supportive. He then started the Far Rock Greek Council, a fraternal organization that does good works for the community. The Far Rock Greek Council started with about 11 people and now has 60 members, and growing, all doing volunteer work in the community. It was originally a part of NPHC (National Pan-Hellenic Council) which is for Black fraternities and sororities, but it was changed to the Far Rock Greek Council, and now includes Latin fraternities \u0026amp; sororities and other social fellowships.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCurtis Turney-Rentas also talks about community service during the pandemic in Far Rockaway, one of the hardest hit areas during the COVID-19 shut down, and how his organization helped to give out PPE and distribute food to address the growing need for food in the neighborhood. 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