{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/ht2g738700/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Jaclyn Reyes Oral History"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJaclyn Reyes is a Brooklyn-based designer of Filipino background. Her parents migrated to California, where she was raised, and after she graduated from Syracuse University in 2010 she moved to New York City to pursue her career in design. During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the month of March 2020, she founded the Meal to Heal partnership with National Alliance for Filipino Concerns. Essentially, she used her connections with local Filipino restaurants to help deliver meals to hospitals and health facilities with large Filipino staff. It was a way of supporting them during that challenging time. The reason why the focus was hospitals was because of the large number of Filipino people in the healthcare sector, and COVID was definitely a time to support them.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAnother part of the Meal to Heal partnership was the art aspect of it. As a way to also help the restaurants she partnered with, she made murals for some of the Filipino restaurants in Woodside, the most notable of which was outside the Amazing Grace restaurant on 69th Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Talks for the mural began in January 2020, but due to COVID the mural took on a different meaning. The mural was a symbol of greeting for those who frequented the area of Amazing Grace. The mural says, \"Mabuhay\", which is a common greeting in the Philippines, but also features the Kalamansi and Sampaguita plants native to the Philippines. Kalamansi represents grieving, but Sampaguita represents rebirth. So the mural took on a deeper meaning than just a welcome sign. It was a welcome to the area of Woodside known as Little Manila, but also a time stamp of the resilience of the Filipino essential workers, who fought hard in the hospital front lines to ensure the health and future of their patients. All front-line workers were working for the \"rebirth\" of the community, and Reyes didn't want anyone from her Filipino community to be forgotten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJaclyn Reyes and Rosalind Tordesillas recorded a follow-up interview in December 2021. 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Her parents migrated to California, where she was raised, and after she graduated from Syracuse University in 2010 she moved to New York City to pursue her career in design. During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the month of March 2020, she founded the Meal to Heal partnership with National Alliance for Filipino Concerns. Essentially, she used her connections with local Filipino restaurants to help deliver meals to hospitals and health facilities with large Filipino staff. It was a way of supporting them during that challenging time. The reason why the focus was hospitals was because of the large number of Filipino people in the healthcare sector, and COVID was definitely a time to support them.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAnother part of the Meal to Heal partnership was the art aspect of it. As a way to also help the restaurants she partnered with, she made murals for some of the Filipino restaurants in Woodside, the most notable of which was outside the Amazing Grace restaurant on 69th Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Talks for the mural began in January 2020, but due to COVID the mural took on a different meaning. The mural was a symbol of greeting for those who frequented the area of Amazing Grace. The mural says, \"Mabuhay\", which is a common greeting in the Philippines, but also features the Kalamansi and Sampaguita plants native to the Philippines. Kalamansi represents grieving, but Sampaguita represents rebirth. So the mural took on a deeper meaning than just a welcome sign. It was a welcome to the area of Woodside known as Little Manila, but also a time stamp of the resilience of the Filipino essential workers, who fought hard in the hospital front lines to ensure the health and future of their patients. All front-line workers were working for the \"rebirth\" of the community, and Reyes didn't want anyone from her Filipino community to be forgotten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJaclyn Reyes and Rosalind Tordesillas recorded a follow-up interview in December 2021. 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Okay. And then, I have some things I'm required to ask you. So I know I got your consent form over email and you scanned and filled out the form and everything, but I have to get it on tape as well. So do you agree to the terms and conditions outlined in the Queens Memory informed consent and copyright permission form that I shared with you over email?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=0.0,25.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I consent.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=25.0,27.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Thanks. So to start with, this is Rosalind Tordesillas with Jaclyn Reyes. We are recording on May 29 for the Queens Memory COVID-19 project. So, could you say your full name and spell it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=27.0,45.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: My name is Jaclyn Reyes, J A C L Y N R E Y E S.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=45.0,51.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And how old are you and what is your connection to Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=51.0,57.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I am 33 years old and I am currently an artist doing public art and programming in Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=57.0,65.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. But you don't live in Queens, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=65.0,67.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I do not.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=67.0,68.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. Where do you live currently?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=68.0,72.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I currently live in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=72.0,75.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay, great. So how, okay. Just double check if there's anything I missed, your age um, oh, and also I'm gonna ask you to later on send me a photo of yourself. So when we post it, we can, we can, uh, put a photo of you with the interview as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=75.0,96.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=96.0,97.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Alright. Okay. And let's see. Yep. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=97.0,104.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Is there a way for me to turn off me seeing myself?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=104.0,108.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Oh yeah, you can, well, you can turn off your camera, but then I won't be able to see you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=108.0,116.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: It's okay. I'll deal with it. It's fine.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=116.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. I've never, I've never tried that, but yeah, it is distracting there. Yeah. Okay. So, to start with, so you, you said that, you're working on an art project in, in Queens. How, how long have you been working on it? And can you tell me about the project?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=120.0,140.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Sure. So I started conceptualizing this project, in January of this year, actually. And the project was to make a mural in this very significant intersection in Woodside, Queens. So it's 69th and Roosevelt. And it's a very key spot for the Filipino American or just Filipino community because the restaurant that used to be on the southeast corner was Krystal's Cafe, which is, was around for a very long time. It's yeah, it's gone now, but there's a huge wall there. That was never, that was always just there. It was blank and everybody thought it was a great place to put a mural because not only was it big, but, because that intersection has a subway stop and a bus stop, um, and apparently there have been a lot of efforts to get a mural there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=140.0,203.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And a lot of people have failed for different reasons. I'm not really sure why, but, um, that was a priority for me and my partner Xenia, when we were conceptualizing art in Woodside to make that a key project. And so, January we met up with Amazing Grace, the restaurant that now is there, and pitched this idea of a mural. And my idea, as the person who became the mural artist, um, for that site, um, was a big welcome sign in Filipino, just so people know who's there and just to like really welcome people to the neighborhood. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=203.0,245.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So can you tell me more about that neighborhood and what's the significance to the Filipino community?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=245.0,252.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yeah. So Woodside is known as Little Manila for a lot of Filipinos who, live in the New York City area. And it's the place where a lot of the Filipino restaurants and groceries are, it's where you can send money back home to the Philippines. It's where you can send a balikbayan box, send to, send to your loved ones in the Philippines as well. So it's a big hub for Filipinos, even if, a lot of Filipinos don't actually live in that neighborhood. It's, the Filipino presence in New York City. So—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=252.0,289.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And you mentioned balikbayan box, could you explain for those who don't know what that is?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=289.0,294.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yeah. A balikbayan box. So, well I don't speak Tagalog, but I think balik means to return, maybe you can correct me on that, but basically it's just a care package. It's a huge cardboard box that you send home to the Philippines. So, it can be anything from like chocolates and candies to clothes to just generally American goods that, I guess historically was hard to get back at home. So back home in the Philippines, that is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=294.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. Can we back up, can you tell me some of your background, where were you born? Where'd you grow up? Um, and, uh, how you came to be connected to this neighborhood?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=330.0,342.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Sure. So I'm from California originally. I was born in Los Angeles. And I guess I would say I've always felt very connected to my Philippine roots. Not necessarily the Filipino American community, uh, if I can make that distinction. I spent summers back in the Philippines a lot when I was a kid and my family in the Philippines they're from the Bicol region, which is like Southeast Luzon. So my memories of the Philippines are rooted in the province, like in the rural parts. And, so I've always had a soft spot for Filipinos even though, like even, I don't really speak the language. I don't speak Tagalog, like I said. I don't speak Bicol either. But I've always tried to find other Filipinos that had the same experience as me and then, I came to New York for college.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=342.0,403.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Well, I went to school upstate New York at Syracuse University, and then, 2010 I graduated and moved to the city and, just tried to pursue a creative career. So, I studied art in college, but I've worked professionally as a designer for 10 years now. Then, yeah, when I came to New York, of course I'd want, wanted to find the Filipino community and soon enough I, you know, realized that it was in Queens and in Woodside. So I, since moving to New York City, I spent a lot of time in Woodside. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=403.0,435.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So about how often are you there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=435.0,437.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Oh, gosh. You know, it, it varies, it depends how frequently we eat our, all our Filipino groceries, but you know, at least once a month, you know, so just to stock up on things.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=437.0,453.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And did you grow up in a, in a very Filipino community? Like, were there a lot of Filipinos around?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=453.0,459.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yeah. I guess like the community that I would call home is, it's in the town Cerritos, um, California, so it's a small suburb, in the LA County, but it's like the border of Orange County and LA County. But, um, where I grew up, where I spent a lot of my time as a child in California, it really resembles Queens. Um, it wasn't just a lot of Filipinos. It was a lot of Taiwanese, a lot of Indians, um, and a lot of, uh, like, uh, Mexicans and Central Americans as well. So I think that's also why I spent a lot of time in Queens because, uh, yeah, like, uh, I get the whole diversity thing. It's not, it's not something I am conscious of it's because, well, how do I say it? I think that it just always felt like home and it's not like I'm actively seeking out because I'm aware of that diversity that I grew up with. It's just like, this is the closest to home that I, I feel, I hope that makes sense.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=459.0,523.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah, that makes sense. Okay. So then, um, alright, so now let's talk about, oh my gosh, why am I getting echoes again? Sorry. So weird. It just sort of comes in and then disappears. Um, so let's see. So now let's talk about the current time, um. This project has to do with COVID-19 and how it's affected New York and Queens in particular. Um, how did it affect your work in Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=523.0,553.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: So the, the project, this art project that my friend and I had pitched for Woodside, we, we knew that we were going to continue making art. But when the pandemic hit, um, we knew that we had to pivot because the Filipino community, um, is greatly impacted, or we knew that they would be greatly impacted because of, um, the amount of service, or I guess, healthcare, um, work that we do as Filipinos. And so this mural was initially supposed to be painted, um, by October. Um, and then, me as an artist, like with my work isn't considered essential. But I knew that I had something to say and something to express, and I knew that a lot of people in Queens were doing the essential work, were outside because they had to be, they had to take public transportation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=553.0,617.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: We, I mean, I saw news that a lot of people in the 7 train, um, had to just go to work wherever they were going. Um, and so I felt that taking up some space publicly, um, even we were already going to do it anyways. Um, it was really important and to try to put, um, something beautiful for people to see, because it wasn't feeling beautiful, um, when everything shut down and when you would hear the sirens everywhere. That's, um, why I painted it sooner than later. Um, yeah, I, I, there's a lot more there, but I'll let you ask me another question.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=617.0,659.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So was your work interrupted at all or did you—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=659.0,665.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yes. Well I guess, um, just generally, um, because our, the project that we had proposed was to do an art festival, which we, we can't do anymore because of social distancing, or maybe it will still happen, but it's not going to take the, um, the shape that we had initially intended for it. Um, but for a while, before I painted this mural, we just pivoted to doing mutual aid work and delivered meals from Filipino restaurants in that same neighborhood to, um, health care workers all over the city. And with that, I think that the pivot or the interruption, I guess, was just more to be present in the community and present to the needs of Filipinos that we were interacting with. And as artists, we were just trying to do that deep listening, as best as we could and let, let that inform the artwork that we want to help produce this year so that we can try to help make the meaning for people. Because I think when you're in a disaster situation, it's a lot of reaction, but, um, I think our job as artists is to kind of take it all in, help manage those emotions and, um, help people process what just happened. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=665.0,747.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So can you tell me about the original plans for the art festival and then how, how that changed?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=747.0,756.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: So originally we were going to, commission five public pieces of art in Woodside, Queens, and have a festival, um, in October for Filipino American History Month. Um, and so we already lined up all these artists that we were going to work with. Um, and one of those artists was me and the mural. Um, but, yeah, that's, that was the original plan. And then, um, now it's changed because, uh, we're like, well, maybe we can try to make art, whenever the artists are ready to say something. Like, there's no reason to wait till October to speak up or express anything that we think is important. Um, but yeah, the original plan was October, but now it's just out the window.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=756.0,804.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: But so then, so you said you had other artists participating in this, um, so now since COVID hit, their, their artworks also have changed, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=804.0,817.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yeah. Um, it changed. So, part of what we had, um, when we onboarded the artists, we are, we, we said that the condition of, um, us working together was that they had to partner with a local Filipino business. That changed because, um, some of the businesses that we wanted to partner with have been closed the entire pandemic, like beauty salons, um, like barbershops. Um, and so, yeah, that, that just changed, um, the artwork completely for a lot of the artists. And, um, one of the artists that we're working with, doesn't actually live in New York City. She lives upstate New York. And so she's a little bit removed from the pandemic. And I think that at one point, a lot of artists were feeling like they didn't have the time to process it yet, and then they didn't feel like they had any authority to speak on, on what people were feeling.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=817.0,875.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And something that I've been very, um, adamant about expressing to other artists is that your, your feelings and your, whatever you're experiencing is just as well, there's no right or wrong way to experience a pandemic. It's just, it's happening to everyone, you know? I think just trying to give people permission to be right and wrong at the same time, because we're, we're all like learning how to adapt and we just have to see where, I guess the situation will take all of us as we develop our projects more. So—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=875.0,917.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So is, is there a specific artist say that you can talk about who, who had this plan before the pandemic, and then now they've changed directions and this is what they're doing instead?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=917.0,928.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Geez. You know, not really. I mean, well, because we, we onboarded everyone with the intention of giving them the entire summer months to, to develop a project. So nothing was really set in stone. It just kind of jolted everybody and like, really like, what do we do? We're not relevant right now. Um, but I, all I can say for at least my personal experience, um, what was really hard was just trying to get hold of supplies, which is, uh, you know, not really anything to complain about. I've had to make a lot of adjustments to, um, my project. Um, so the concept never changed. It was just like changing the materials, like when something was sold out or I'm not able to come in for whatever reason I had to find another way. And, um, but you know, you make it work. So—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=928.0,984.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So now could you also, I know we talked a lot about Meal to Heal, but, um, but could you mention, um, you know, give an overview of, of that project that you pivoted to, um, feeding the healthcare workers?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=984.0,1000.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Sure. So yeah, we, we, my friend is, and I, we launched Meal to Heal partnership with National Alliance for Filipino Concerns. So it's just a local, um, Filipino organization, or organization of activists. Um, and basically, Easter Sunday was the first delivery that we did. Um, but like I had said earlier, we came in with the intention of trying to support brick and mortar, um, restaurants specifically in Queens. But, um, but we, but we didn't always like follow that model. Um, we have a lot of debate about which businesses we tried to partner with because we are trying to figure out like, who, who needs the support right now, and everybody needs it. So that's, that's like not the easiest question to ask, but, um, as far as like what our original intention was for our project to be developing public art and to increase representation of the Filipino community, specifically in Woodside, we're, we're just targeting those specific restaurants.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1000.0,1067.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And, it felt very, um, it felt necessary, um, because at the time when we launched it, the epicenter of the pandemic was in Elmhurst Hospital, which is just down the street from where all those Filipino restaurants are. And so, um, yeah, that's where it started. Um, we are, we just finished our seventh delivery at this point and we committed to just doing 10. Um, and yeah, like it's been interesting because, um, every week the pandemic is different. Um, every week the frontline seemed to change and, um, as we've all come to learn, the epicenter moves. Um, and so, but yeah, like, uh, this has been really an educational experience for a lot of us who don't know a lot about healthcare, but it's been good for us to be better at what we're trying to do and to try to make these connections, um, not with just healthcare workers, but these business owners. And, um, I can say personally, I feel really close to these restaurants now when I go to paint in Woodside, um, a lot of the restaurant owners that we've worked with for Meal to Heal will know my name and will like treat me to a meal and, there's all these perks, but it just really feels like community now because we've done this thing together. So—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1067.0,1153.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Um, so can you talk about how, you know, have you had a chance to join the delivery?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1153.0,1161.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1161.0,1162.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Because when we last talked, you were still kind of marooned in Brooklyn.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1162.0,1169.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Well, actually so the one that happened last weekend, um, was in Brooklyn. And so I was able to support, support that one, and it was Memorial Day weekend last weekend, um, and at Kings County Hospital, one of the people who works in the emergency room there reached out to us and asked if we could do a delivery there, um, in honor of head nurse, Maria Guia Cabillon, um, and she died from COVID-19 at the end of April. Um, but there were a lot of articles written about her, how she was this amazing force in the emergency room and how, like, she meant a lot to a lot of people. And so, um, when I talked to all the other organizers from Meal to Heal, we felt very strongly about being a part of it. Um, even though it wasn't in Queens, but we had resolved to get the food from Queens and deliver it to this Brooklyn hospital.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1169.0,1234.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And then also give some business to a local, um, Brooklyn chef as well. And just try to be very intentional about who we're working with and who we're trying to draw attention to. Um, but yeah, I got to be part of it. Um, and it was really amazing because, um, just connecting with the people, having done all the organizing for the past almost two months now, just to see it and just to, I just felt like it didn't, I felt like I needed to be there, like show up physically to show that I care, because I am not necessarily a believer of just doing things online, you know, and it matters to have that human to human presence. Um, and it was very quick, but, yeah, it, I finally got to do it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1234.0,1289.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: How was that like, you know, for the first few deliveries where, you know, it, so was that the first one that was outside of Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1289.0,1297.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: We did one in Harlem at a nursing home. Um, so no, it wasn't the first one. It was the first one in Brooklyn.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1297.0,1305.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Alright. Um, so, but was, was the original intention to remain within Queens or—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1305.0,1315.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Well, so the original intention was to maybe do three deliveries. We, we didn't have really big aspirations of making it a, a full, like a huge operation. So we, we just wanted to do it in Elmhurst, and then maybe support a few businesses in Queens and then leave it at that. But then, um, people were really excited about it. And then we ended up having enough money to support 10 deliveries, and then we knew that it would keep growing if we didn't just kind of say, like, let's put a cap on it. 'Cause we, we just didn't have the capacity to do it. And then, um, thankfully there's so many people who were feeding healthcare workers and supporting all kinds of restaurant workers. Um, so that's, that's been great, you know? Um, but so after the first few deliveries and when it felt like it was getting a little too big for us, we were like, okay, well, let's, let's redefine what, who, who we want to support. And, um, let's really take into consideration what we think of when we think of the Filipino community. 'Cause, um, like, like I said earlier, not everybody who goes to Woodside lives, lives there, or not everybody who depends on the, you know, on Little Manila lives in Queens, like myself, you know, so that's why we expanded it, but we still try to keep it central, as central as we can to Little Manila.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1315.0,1398.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Um, could you talk about the, the connection of Filipino immigrants to, to healthcare, um, in a way, why did this become a mission for you guys feeding the healthcare workers?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1398.0,1416.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Well, just on the personal level, all of us who were organizers for Meal to Heal, all of our mothers were nurses or are nurses. Um, and I think because, um, those of us who created this effort have spent a lot of time in activist circles, we know the connection between imperialism and health care and, uh, we know that the Philippine immigration is deeply tied to this labor that, well there's the labor shortages specifically with, um, nursing. Um, and I think that like early on when, um, the organizers and I were talking, we can all reference our mothers as like the, the key people to why we're all here in the U.S. and that story, like, referencing our mothers, like, it's very common in the activist circles for my generation, you know, the millennial generation or the generation that was born here, right? Um, so it's not something we necessarily know academically, but just something we see in our day to day lives.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1416.0,1495.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So your, your mom is a nurse.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1495.0,1497.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yes, my mom's a nurse.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1497.0,1500.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And so she came here. I mean, she came to the U.S. when?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1500.0,1504.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Oh, gosh, eighties? I think it was the eighties right before I was born. I could be making that up. I really don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1504.0,1511.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Alright. So then, um, can, can you talk about sort of your personal experience of the pandemic? How, how has it changed your life in particular, besides the work?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1511.0,1532.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Um, well, before the pandemic, I was already working from home, um, I, I was working as a designer at the United Nations. Um, and then, yeah, I mean, my lifestyle wasn't very, didn't change much. I guess the only thing that changed was that my husband was home all the time. Um, and that was, that's fine, but, yeah, I guess for me, I don't think it's unique to me. Um, I was just deeply scared. Um, I was deeply scared for my family because, like I said, I know my, well, my mom's a nurse, but I also know a lot of other health care workers. Um, I was really worried about just generally the Filipino community. If I could bring it back to, um, Little Manila, I was really worried about those businesses not surviving and then, um, them being kicked out, you know. I remember reading earlier on when the pandemic was started, that grocery stores had shut down somewhere and then Amazon had bought them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1532.0,1609.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And that scared me. So, so I was thinking a lot about, like Naomi Klein and disaster capitalism, I, and from my own work, working as a intern at a think tank, at, I was working at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative where we looked at disaster resilience in Filipino community, communities. Um, I learned from that experience that when a disaster hits the, the most vulnerable people, if they don't have, um, their livelihoods back, then they're less likely to bounce back. And, um, I also learned that as soon as people get displaced, the people with more means will move in and won't let those people return. And so I guess, like, you know, the luxury that I had is that I had lots of time to think about it, you know, because I have steady income because I, it's my partner and I who have income, I already work from home, so it didn't affect me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1609.0,1673.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And I think this is probably why I was working really hard with the Meal to Heal initiative and wanting to, um, paint this mural. It seems really insignificant. Um, but I was like, well, it's the least that I can do because, I feel like quite frankly, I feel a lot of guilt about not having followed in my mom's footsteps sometimes because it's what she had wanted me to do. And I know that's not unique to me, but a lot of Filipino Americans, we were all told to be nurses. And I think it's a wonderful, um, you know, career, but it's not the life I chose. So, um, for me, I felt like the solidarity, um, that I could show was just use my talents as best as I could. And so that, my life changed in that I was really pouring myself into the work that I knew how to do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1673.0,1722.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And can, can you tell me, oh, sorry. Can I ask, uh, do you have kids?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1722.0,1736.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: No. Well, I have two pets.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1736.0,1737.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Okay. I thought I heard kids in the background.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1737.0,1749.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Oh, my neighbor has a kid upstairs. You're not imagining things. [laughter]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1749.0,1749.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So you seem to be like super busy with all these projects. 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I'm moving, I'm moving, I'm moving in the middle of a pandemic, yeah. So that's a big project too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1774.0,1785.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Still within Brooklyn.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1785.0,1788.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Still in Brooklyn, just a bigger space, so, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1788.0,1792.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Alright. And, um, you mentioned your husband. What is your husband's occupation?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1792.0,1797.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: He works as a developer, like a web developer for the Department of Sanitation, um, here for the city. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1797.0,1807.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Okay. So that's something he can do from home as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1807.0,1811.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: That's what he's doing. So well, um, I think most of the people at his office except for the, the, the waste collectors, um, are working from home, but yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1811.0,1822.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. And your family, are they here as well? Or they're elsewhere? I mean, you're like, you're, are, are both your parents still alive?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1822.0,1833.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yes, and they're in California.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1833.0,1836.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. They're in California. So how have you been keeping connected with them?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1836.0,1841.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I texted my mom just to check up on her, but, um, it was just really funny because, uh, the pandemic hit California at a different time. So I think she thought it was, um, in the beginning, I think she thought I was overreacting. Um, and then like, it was like two weeks after I sent that initial text, like, oh, now it's like actually hitting us hard, but, um, you know, but yeah, it's been mostly through text messaging, so—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1841.0,1868.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah. It's, so what is it like, do you have other relatives in other places who are experiencing the pandemic differently? Or other people close to you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1868.0,1877.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yeah. My sister, she's in Portland, Oregon. And, uh, it's been interesting to hear her experience because she just had a baby two Saturdays ago. So being pregnant in a pandemic in Portland, Oregon, it was, it was interesting because, um, I, at one point here in New York, I knew there were, um, limiting the, the people who can be in the labor delivery room. Um, and then thankfully that wasn't the case for my sister. And, um, I think for them, it was a little bit scary, because her partner's a nurse. I think, yeah, like what mostly affected her was not being able to see people she loved, um, leading up to the, to the birth of my niece.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1877.0,1925.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: When did she give birth?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1925.0,1931.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Two Saturdays ago.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1931.0,1932.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Oh, nice. So it's, so normally, would you have joined her for—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1932.0,1937.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: We're going to, we were planning to just see each other until like later this year, because she wanted to kind of have her time with her kid. But you know even now, I still don't think we're going to see each other, probably til next year. Um, so it's sad. 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Um, but I think what helps me stay grounded is just focusing on the people I'm trying to support. Um, whether that be like my friends or whether it be the people who live in Woodside. Um, and I will say that painting the mural, um, all of last week was incredibly grounding. Um, because I think, I really value the news. I'll say this. I'm an avid news reader, but I think that I've observed that the like pandemic content has become highly politicized. And, I just feel that like behind a screen reading all these things, not experiencing the world and not interacting with people, it's really hard to get a sense of where my empathy should lie, and not because I'm incapable, but because like I, everything's going, this is coming through a filter.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=1987.0,2053.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And so working on the mural has been really grounding for me because at the intersection, it's the major intersection where day laborers wait, um, for a job. And, um, talking to the, the restaurant owner of Amazing Grace, I asked him like, how has this intersection changed since the pandemic started? He said, there's double. Easily double the number of people in this intersection now. And then, and then he would go on to say like, I do my best to give these folks coffee, you know, just something. And then the same people there they're waiting for work. And then like, they're the ones who are looking at me painting this mural. And then it feels like really strange and jarring to be, to be doing that. And, like being able to talk to them a little bit about what that mural means to them was really interesting. Um, and then observing just the day to day life of folks on that intersection. It's just been really, really grounding. So for me, I don't feel entitled to a lot of emotions that, about things that I can't control, because I see people living their lives and, and just, you know, I feel like just, just having the human connection with people on the street, has really meant a lot. And, then it just keeps me focused, I guess.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2053.0,2153.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So can you share some of those reactions that you get to your mural?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2153.0,2157.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Well, um, generally a lot of happy, you know, energy. People, um, for some of the folks who don't speak English the, the few words they would say is like beautiful or, you know, very good job. And that's been great. And one man even prayed in front of me for the mural, which is really nice. 'Cause I know the intention behind that. And then like, interestingly, I've heard, I talked to people who were just telling me about their life, before they became adults, like how they used to love art, but then they couldn't do art because they had to provide for their families. And, but they would engage me and like, like as if we were at an art museum and we would talk about the color, or talk about the work plan, like what stage I was at with the project. And that was fantastic, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2157.0,2212.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And then there were a lot of questions that I got was how much it costs and, um, which is weird for me because I've, I went to art school. I acknowledge I've mostly worked in elite spaces where you don't talk about money, you know, and then I also came up in an industry where you're expected to do unpaid, um, you know, internships. And so the, the blatant question of, how much is this, how much is that? Uh, it was, it was interesting contrast as an artist because that is something you just don't hear people talk about when, in the context of art. Um, and so talked about that and then people thought I was crazy for doing it for free. And, and I was like, no, no, no, I, I got a grant and then this is the least that I can do, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2212.0,2262.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I mean, I heard some sad stories as well. One man, came up to me and, you know, he asked me like, what does \"Mabuhay\" mean? And I said, well, it means welcome, but it also means long live. And then he asked about, um, the imagery on it. Um, and on the mural, you'll see that in addition to the, the letters, there's the kalamansi plant and then there's also sampaguita. And the kalamansi, which is a kind of citrus fruit, is used in a lot of cuisine, but in the Philippines, I had read in some provinces at a funeral, they offer it, um, as a form of condolence. And so to me that, that resonated with that neighborhood, but also with the moment.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2262.0,2301.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And then the, sampaguita is a national flower of the Philippines. It's a jasmine, it's a form of jasmine plant, um, very fragrant. Um, that's a symbol of renewal and, and purity. And so, um, I explained all those things and that my intention was not just to let people, remind people like what it means to live, but also what it means to honor the people who have passed, you know. Um, and then he is, uh, went on to tell me that he had lost somebody and I probably spent like 10 minutes talking to him on the sidewalk. And, um, he sounded like he was from an Eastern European country. Um, and then he worked as a, he currently works as a doorman, but also does, he paints houses as well. So he's saying, \"Oh, I paint too.\" And then there was that connection there. Um, but then, yeah, when I told him I was Filipino and I was doing this for the Filipino community, but also just for Woodside, um, you know, he, he was telling me about the people that he loved, including Filipino people in his life, when he moved to America and living in that neighborhood.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2301.0,2371.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: But then it went on to, to a bit of tragedy because he, he said my American dream isn't real. It just didn't happen. And there's no work. And, um, I wasn't able to have the family that I wanted. And I mean, I shouldn't be telling his story for him, but for me, I felt that as, as hopeful and as positive and as bright as I wanted this mural to be, I mean, I, it was important for me to really listen and see what, um, the conditions in which people are trying to live their lives in this pandemic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2371.0,2409.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So, as you mentioned, the mural is the word \"mabuhay\", and then it has some kalamansi, um, the plants, the fruits as well, and, and some sampaguita blossoms woven through the words, right? So, okay. Just so listeners can have an idea of what, what it looks like. Um, but so when you, you said this was, this design was, you know, that was the original design for the pandemic, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2409.0,2444.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Not quite. I changed the design. The concept was a welcome sign. It changed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2444.0,2450.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Oh, okay. So, so the sampaguita and the flowers that came in, that was inspired by the pandemic?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2450.0,2457.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Initially it was going to be Mabuhay, but then different scenes of Filipino life that weren't unique to the Philippines or the U.S., so that people don't create this binary of like here versus there, because I don't think [pause]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2457.0,2477.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah, I guess maybe our internet connection got interrupted, but that's, that's happened before, so yeah. I'm glad you got back. So, sorry, you were saying, uh, the design originally was supposed to have scenes of Filipino life.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2477.0,2496.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Filipino life that weren't, um, unique to any specific locale. And then it was interesting because I, I think in just generally in the Filipino community, anything, the thing that signifies Filipino is the flag and that's something I really try to avoid, because I think we're more than, you know, the flag. Um, but yeah, like when the pandemic hit, I was talking to my partner Xenia about it and how it just didn't, it didn't feel right. At least in the moment. And I was thinking about it to be, thinking about like these nostalgic things, when I felt we needed to be really present to the moment. Um, and so that's when she had also talked about, well, you know, like what we need in this neighborhood is, is also more greenery and, you know, to green that space, this is when we're brainstorming.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2496.0,2558.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And then, um, and that's when I kind of put those ideas together that like, okay, let's plant that seed with the greenery in this mural. And then hopefully it can inspire other people to start putting trees out or putting some plants out. And, um, because I know at least for me personally, because like I had said I spent, a lot of my significant memories of the Philippines are in the province. I think plants when I, when I think of the Philippines, um, and not, not the flag. So, that's why we did it, you know, that way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2558.0,2596.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So have you, besides the people you talked to on the street, have you gotten other reactions to the mural?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2596.0,2601.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yeah [unclear] well, they're the ones whose opinions matter most to me. [laughs] Um, I mean, I've shared it [unclear] I was working on this project, um, like some of my close friends, I shared it with them. But yeah, it's been mostly positive. People have been really excited about it and really supportive. So, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2601.0,2627.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: And then, so for a long time, you couldn't make it all the way out to Queens to work on this, right? What was it like when, you know, the first time you finally got out there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2627.0,2640.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: It was exciting actually, because I wanted so much to be there because, um, with the Meal to Heal, I've been talking to all these people on the phone. And then they knew my name. They, they just, they never saw me. So, um, that, that first time when I went to start like surveying the wall, I made a point to say hi to everyone. It was just nice to just see these folks, but, um, I mean, the, the intersection looked like as it usually does. Except for the day laborers multiplying in numbers, but yeah, it felt exciting. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2640.0,2683.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Oh, so you didn't notice much change on the, on the street, on that intersection in terms of the businesses or people walking around, or—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2683.0,2694.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yes, I noticed it, but I knew to expect it because of all the footage that my friends had done of Woodside. But yeah, no, I was primarily focused on that, that corner. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2694.0,2714.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So you noticed that, had you noticed those day laborers before? You knew that before, you know, before this, that, that was kind of the main intersection for them to wait for work?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2714.0,2725.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I didn't know that, but I did know that it was a big transportation hub because of the subway and the bus stops over there. Um, but working with my, my friend Xenia and talking to the restaurant owners, um, that was them explaining, um, what I was saying to you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2725.0,2748.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So when you say day laborers, like what, what kinds of jobs are they looking for?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2748.0,2750.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I assume, like construction work. Um, but I, I really don't, I don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2750.0,2763.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Alright. Um, so there's kind of this, uh, question of the week or theme of the week that they do with Queens Memory, but this, this week, it's the theme is caregivers. Um, are, are you a caregiver for anyone in your life?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2763.0,2783.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: No.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2783.0,2784.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: No kids, no elderly? Yeah. Okay. Um, is there someone close to you that you, that you, um, think of when you hear about caregiving?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2784.0,2798.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I think of my Yaya. Yaya in the Philippines is basically caregiver, like a nanny. She was there my whole life. I think of her because, um, and, and in this moment where we're thinking about what that work means, to care for people, um, yeah, she's, she's not documented, um, but she's still doing the work that she knows how to do, you know. She's still, in the Philippines she was a midwife, and then this is the kind of work she still does now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2798.0,2839.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So where is she now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2839.0,2842.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: In California. Yeah. And, she helps my mom who's an OB-GYN, so they, I think of that care labor a lot because of her, because of just what my mom does, like helping mothers. So, um, yeah, that's what I'm thinking of. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2842.0,2869.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: So you, you've seen a lot of babies and kids.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2869.0,2873.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: Yeah. We would go to the hospital, she'd be finishing up work and we would be annoying her. She was like, go look at the babies. So we'd just go look at the babies. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2873.0,2884.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Um, okay. So, uh, let's see. Um, I don't know. I think, I think we've covered a lot and I don't wanna keep you too long. Um, is there anything else you feel you want to share that, you know, to add to the Queens Memory archive for, you know, people years from now to hear about this time in our lives?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2884.0,2909.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: [unclear] Um, gosh, that's such a hard question. I mean, I just, like, I hope that, uh, the communities will, the histories will be fair. Um, however this time is written about, I hope that nobody gets erased and that's the main reason I'm doing this. Um, because I don't know what it's going to be like for in the future, but right now in this moment where you get easily distracted and can easily look at all the bad things, like, I hope that, um, the work that me and my friends and my partners are building are just showing that we were really resilient during this time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2909.0,2971.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Yeah, that's part of the, I guess part of the energy behind some of the work that you do has to do with preserving Little Manila as well, right? Um, can you talk about sort of what the threats are to the community? Like when you talk about being erased—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2971.0,2992.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: I wish I knew more about Woodside history to speak on it, but the thing is there isn't any scholarship done about it. And I know that Filipino Americans are just, um, the Philippine diaspora tends to over-assimilate, um, to wherever we end up. And, uh, I think that's deeply rooted in our colonial history. And, um, there's a lot of, I hate to say, but I think there's some self hatred, you know, and I think those, that insidiousness, is that right? Okay. Anyways, it's insidious, um, that sort of attitude about who we are and how we function in the world. And, um, and I think it erodes, um, those spaces and this kind of came up as a personal dilemma for me when we were trying to select restaurants actually for our Meal to Heal project. Like the question of authenticity is, is a really painful one for a lot of Filipinos, um, specifically Filipino Americans, because, I didn't have the choice but to be born here. I didn't have, I didn't get a choice to, to not speak Tagalog or Bicol.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=2992.0,3070.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jaclyn Reyes: And then, uh, but yeah, like, because I don't have that. I feel like there, there's part of myself that I don't have access to. Um, and I, I recognize the preciousness of community and to know where you come from. And I do, I'm reminded by my parents, um, and by my family and by the, the whole community like that, we're indebted to those people, to our roots, to the people who made sacrifices to come here. And, um, yeah. So when I think of like that question of authenticity, um, like who, who should I feel most indebted to? Uh, it just, Little Manila just seems to represent that, because there are a lot of Filipino, there's a lot of Filipino talent out there and that, that makes me really, really happy, you know, um, that we're all over the place, and doing things. Um, but, I think that we're looking forward sometimes we forget to look behind and, um, help those who aren't as quick to adapt as a lot of us are. Um, and yeah, I think, yeah, the, the brick-and-mortars, the immigrant-owned businesses are, are the most vulnerable. And yeah, like I said, with the regarding disaster, I've seen what disaster has done in the Philippine community, in the Philippines. So, um, I just didn't want us to be vulnerable to this, the same things again, so—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=3070.0,3164.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713/transcript/65433/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rosalind Tordesillas: Okay. Alright. Thank you so much, and let me just take a minute to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything we need to do. Um, so I already asked you for a photo and I will, um, let's see, uh, hmm. Uploaded, tracking document. Um, let's see. Okay. I think we're good. Oh, actually, yeah, because, um, you know, because I was working on that, uh Meal to Heal story, it kind of got sidetracked on this project, and then now I'm working on a story also. So, so then, um, yeah, so you're the first official interview for, so I'm going to try and do more. Um, but if, actually let me stop the recording, then we can chat a bit more.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/78088/file/226713#t=3164.0,3227.304"}]}]}]}