Interview with Jasmin Agosto

Interview with Jasmin Agosto

Trinity College

2019-06-12

Jasmine Agosto

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Brenda Piedras, Josselyn Zaldivar, Stephanie Ocampos-Cerda

Jasmin Agosto

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5.4 June 12, 2019 Interview with Jasmin Agosto 001 1:10:21 VoM Voices of Migration Watkinson Library and College Archives Oral History Projects We Acknowledge: Jasmine Agosto: Interviewee Brenda Piedras, Josselyn Zaldivar, and Stephani Ocampos-Cerda: Interviewers Karolina Barrientos, OHMS Metadata Synchronizer and Indexer Jasmin Agosto Brenda Piedras, Josselyn Zaldivar, Stephanie Ocampos-Cerda Video Interview with Jasmin Agosto 0 Kaltura video &lt ; iframe src=&quot ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/2366381/sp/236638100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/42684261/partner_id/2366381?iframeembed=true&amp ; playerId=kplayer&amp ; entry_id=1_ik9emftu&amp ; flashvars[streamerType]=auto&quot ; width=&quot ; 560&quot ; height=&quot ; 395&quot ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen allow=&quot ; autoplay * ; fullscreen * ; encrypted-media *&quot ; frameborder=&quot ; 0&quot ; &gt ; &lt ; /iframe&gt ; 8 Introductions and Family History I am Stephanie Ocampo and I'm from Trinity College Jasmine Agosto introduces herself and begins to express her identity and her family's history. She is of Puerto Rican decent born in Boston. Her mother was born in Puerto Rico and her paternal grandparents immigrated from Puerto Rico before her father was was born. artist ; Bayamon,Puerto Rico ; boricua ; Boricua College ; Boston, MA ; Bronx, NYC ; Brooklyn, NYC ; Carolina, Puerto Rico ; Hartford, CT. ; identity ; pansexual ; program manager ; pronouns ; Trinity College ; West Hartford, CT birth place ; Hartford ; Identity ; Latina ; Latinx ; New York City ; Puerto Rico ; queer http://boricuacollege.edu/ Boricua College Website 260 Educational and Community Experience in Elementary, Middle and High School Um and then can you talk about how you decided to go to Trinity. Jasmine shares her schooling journey from Boston, West Hartford and Hartford. She speaks on how she built her own identity and learned from and engaged with the city of Hartford. Her family lived in West Hartford but had connections all over Hartford such as the Hartford Seminary, Maria Sanchez School and churches throughout the area. She gives a quick history of the magnet schools in Hartford. Relationships she made with members of Hartford community organizations helped her form her identity and begin work in community organizing and outreach. Artist ; Assata Shukur ; Boston ; Church Community ; Community Organization ; Conard High School ; Connecticut ; Creative Writing ; Cultural Shock ; Diverse ; English Dominate ; Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts ; Hartford ; Hartford Seminary ; Hartford,CT ; identity ; Language ; Magnet Schools ; Malcolm X ; Malcolm X Grass Roots Movement ; Maria Sanchez School ; Milner Middle School ; Northend, Hartford ; Schools ; Segregation ; Sheff v O'neil ; Spanish ; Suburbs ; Trinity ; West Harford Arts ; Community Organizing ; Cultural Shock ; Education ; Hartford ; identity ; Integration ; Magnet Schools ; West Hartford https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/assata-olugbala-shakur-1947/ Biography of Assata Shukar https://freethelandmxgm.org Malcolm X Grass Roots Movement https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/x-malcolm-1925-1965/ Biography of Malcolm X https://www.hartfordschools.org/enroll/school-directory-2/maria-c-colon-sanchez-elementary/ Maria Sanchez Elementary School Website https://ghaa.crecschools.org/ Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Website https://conard.whps.org/ Conard High School Website https://www.hartsem.edu/ Hartford Seminary Website https://www.hartfordschools.org/enroll/school-directory-2/thirman-milner-school/ Milner Middle School Website https://sheffmovement.org Sheff Movement Website https://ontheline.trincoll.edu/challenging.html On The Line: Chapter 4 &quot ; Challenging the Power Lines&quot ; by Jack Doughtery and Collaborators. This chapter covers the rise of magnet schools in Hartford and importance of Sheff vs. O'Neil in regards to magnet schools. a. https://www.hartfordschools.org/enroll/school-directory-2/?w2dc_action=search&amp ; hash=e5d47824e4fcfb7ab0345a0c7faaa5d2&amp ; controller=directory_controller&amp ; include_categories_children=1&amp ; radius=10&amp ; what_search=art&amp ; field_type=4&amp ; use_advanced=&amp ; field_school_nickname=&amp ; submit=Search Directory of Hartford Magnet Schools 773 Experiences with Religious Institutions and Finding Her Spirituality Go Ahead. When you talk about religion, what religion are we talking about. Jasmine Agosto speaks on how religion has impacted her life and identity. Her father is a theologian and her family grew up in the United Church of Christ. As an adult now, she identifies as more spiritual than religious. Sankofa Kuumba, a non profit organization, has played a role in her identity and her spirituality. Ancestors ; Cultural Arts of the African Diaspora ; Denominational ; Heaven ; Hell ; New Testament ; Pentecostal ; Queer ; Religion ; Sankofa Kuumba ; Spirituality ; Theologian ; Theology ; UCC ; United Church of Christ ; Willamsburg,Brooklyn ; Youth Group Church ; Religion ; Sankofa Kuumba ; Spirituality ; Theology ; United Church of Christ https://www.ctucc.org/ United Church of Christ Website https://vimeo.com/42312817 Urban Legends: Sistah Nandi - A Mini Documentary on Sistah Nandi and Sankofa Kuumba https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1994-09-01-9409010250-story.html Sept 1994 Hartford Courant Article on Sankofa Kuumba &quot ; Children Learn Dances, Rhythms of Africa&quot ; 1099 Community Organizing and Educational Experiences while at Trinity College. I didn't answer your question about Trinity. Jasmine Agosto shares her journey to Trinity. Her education at the Hartford Academy of the Arts lead her to activist and artists in Hartford. Her decision to attend Trinity stems from her desire to continue working and organizing in the Hartford Community. She goes on to share her experiences at Trinity and how Temple of Hip Hop and Trinity College's International Hip Hop festival grounded her and helped her through her college career. Academics ; Activists ; American Studies ; Artists ; Charter Oak Cultural Center ; Community Organizing ; Educational Studies ; Hampshire College ; Hartford Community ; High School ; Identity ; Temple of Hip Hop ; Trinity College ; Trinity International Hip Hop Festival Community ; Cultural Center ; Hartford ; Hip Hop ; Trinity College ; Trinity International Hip Hop Festival https://www.trincoll.edu/ Trinity College Website https://www.instagram.com/trinityhiphop/ Trinity Chapter Temple of Hip Hop Instagram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_International_Hip_Hop_Festival Trinity International Hip Hop Festival Wikipedia Page http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4950692.stm Trinity International Hip Hop Festival 2006 BBC Article https://charteroakcenter.org/ Charter Oak Cultural Center Website 1441 After Trinity: Careers and Graduate School So, Can you talk about the work that you do here at the History Center. Jasmine Agosto shares her career path and educational experience after graduating Trinity. She was an executive assistant at Sankofa Kuumba for three years and later worked for Young Productions. Throughout that entire time she was also a substitute teacher at Hartford Academy of the Arts. Jasmine Agosto later went to New York University for graduate school. Afterwards, she worked for the Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library. &quot ; Sistah Nandi&quot ; ; Academy of the Arts ; American Studies ; Artists ; Arts in Activism ; Brazil ; Brooklyn ; Brooklyn,NYC ; Business Plan ; Careers ; Colored Women's League ; Community Action ; Creative Writing ; Cultural Arts ; Education Community Outreach Manager ; Education/Instruccion ; Educational Studies ; Executive Assistant ; Graduate School ; Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts ; Hartford ; Hartford History Center ; Hartford on Film ; Hartford Public Library ; Hartford,CT ; New York University ; New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study ; Non-Profit Organizations ; NYU ; Salvador, Bahia ; Sankofa Kuumba ; Substitute ; Trinity College ; Visual Arts ; Young Studios ; Youth Activisim Academy of the Arts ; Art ; Career ; Hartford ; Hartford Public Library ; New York University ; Non-Profit Organizations ; Sankofa Kuumba ; Trinity College https://www.trincoll.edu/ Trinity College Website https://gallatin.nyu.edu/ New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study https://volunteer.unitedwayinc.org/agency/detail/?agency_id=29120 Present Colored Women's League https://vimeo.com/42312817 Urban Legend: Sistah Nandi: Mini Docuementary about Sistah Nandi and Sankofa Kuumba https://hplct.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/? Hartford History Center Website https://www.hplct.org/ Hartford Public Library Website http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0129 Salvador Bahia, Brazil and its connection to the Slave Trade https://ifetayo.org Ifeyato Website - The Organizers of Global Axe Conference https://ghaa.crecschools.org/ Greater Hartford of the Academy Website https://ontheline.trincoll.edu/mobilizing.html On the Line Chapter 4 &quot ; Challenging the Power Lines :Mobilizing Against Racial Steering and Redlining&quot ; by Jasmine Agosto, Vianna Iorio, Jack Dougherty, In this section of On The Line, the authors discuss Edducation/Instruccion. https://www.journalinquirer.com/living/in-living-color-sankofa-kuumba-a-colorful-energetic-tribute-to-the-african-american-experience/article_9277d458-2061-5efe-b322-3edfdce0eeda.html In Living Color: Sankofa Kuumba, a colorful energetic tribute to the African American experience, Journal Inquirer article Feb 20, 2010 2251 Experiences while working at the Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library And, so now I have been two and half years as the Education Community Outreach Manager at the Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library. Jasmine Agosto shares her experiences while working at the Hartford History Center. She speaks about her passion projects that she is able to do. She also shares negative experiences such as facing elitism and white supremacy in the history field in Connecticut. She shares her passion for oral history and what needs to be changed in the field. She also goes into what she wants to work on in the future. Archive ; Black ; Brown ; Career ; Community ; Connecticut History Conference ; Curriculum ; Education ; Elitisim ; Goals ; Hartford Public Library ; Historian ; History ; Library ; Oral History ; Passion Projects ; Storytelling ; White Supremacy Career ; Community ; Hartford History Center ; Hartford Public Library ; Historian ; Oral History ; Passion Projects ; White Supremacy https://hplct.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/? Hartford History Center https://www.hplct.org/ Hartford Public Library 2523 Career Goals and La Sala Femme Can you talk about your career goals and can you also talk about La Sala Femme? Jasmine Agosto shares that working at the Hartford History Center has given her independence and stability but is seeking to grow from those experiences and work towards bigger and greater goals. In the long run she wants to establish venues and communities that are supportive and affirming for many marginalized communities in Hartford as well as in the East Coast. Sage Seeker Productions is her own production project that later led into her passion project of La Sala Femme. La Sala Femme is a space for women and queer people of color to express themselves through the arts. Art ; Be a Boss ; Business ; Business Owner ; Career ; Choreographers ; Code-switching ; Community ; Contracts ; Cultural Affirming ; Curator ; Diversity ; East Coast ; Goals ; Hartford ; Hartford History Center ; Healing ; Identity ; Independence ; International Artists ; Justice ; La Sala Femme ; LGBTQ+ ; Libations ; Live-Sets ; Local Artists ; Music Artists ; Networks ; Producer ; Queer ; Queer Affirming ; Racism ; Safe Space ; Sage Seeker Productions ; Social Media ; Sponsers ; Tour ; West Coast ; WOC ; Women of Color Art ; Business ; Career ; Community ; Goals ; Hartford ; Hartford History Center ; Identity ; Independence ; La Sala Femme ; LGBTQ+ ; Queer ; Racism ; Safe Space ; Sage Seeker Productions ; Venue ; Women of Color https://hplct.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/? Hartford History Center Website https://www.instagram.com/sageseeker0/ Jasmine Agosto: Sage Seeker Productions Instagram https://www.facebook.com/sageseeker0/ Sageseeker Productions Facebook Page https://powerfullatinasrising.org/la-sala-femme-creating-queer-spaces-amid-covid-19/ La Sala Femme Creating Queer Space Amid COVID-19 by Diana Aldrete. This article is about Jasmine Agosto and her production of La Sala Femme Series. https://www.courant.com/the-thread/hc-thread-la-sala-femme-preview-20190828-esxcclmtfvgd5kuo72voymzovu-story.html Jasmine Agosto Aims to Create an Inclusive Performance Space for Local Artists Through Her La Sala Femme Event in Hartford. 3410 Importance of Art in the Community I guess I want to ask how do you think art is important in the community. Jasmine Agosto shares the connections she has made between art and activism and how it has uplifted the community and has been a mechanism of healing and joy. She speaks on the importance in creating spaces for people of color and marginalized communities in order to break cycles of oppression. Activism ; Art ; Community ; Community Activism ; Community Organizing ; Hartford ; Heal ; Inter-generational Trauma ; Joy ; Liberation ; Mental Health ; Organizing ; Police Brutality ; Racism ; Relax ; Safe Space ; Self-Care ; Sexism ; Space ; Violence Activism ; Art ; Community ; Community Activism ; Community Organizing ; Hartford ; Joy ; Liberation ; Mental Health ; Oppression ; Safe Space ; Violence 3649 Youth's Role in the Community How important do you think it is for Youth to advocate for there social well being in Hartford and in general where do you see Hartford in the future. Jasmine Agosto shares how she feels about Hartford youth and the role they play in Hartford's future. She speaks on how relationships between community elders and youth will guide Hartford into a better place. Community ; Empower ; Future ; Hartford ; Inter-generational ; Leaders ; Mentors ; Open-minded ; Youth Community ; Future ; Hartford ; Youth 3858 What Hartford's Future Should Look Like That was the first question right. Here, Jasmine Agosto shares that she wants the Hartford Community to develop a Solidarity Economy and in Connecticut overall. She speaks on how Hartford should develop self sufficiency away from larger corporations. Art ; Artists ; Capitalism ; Community ; Equity ; Future ; Growth ; Hartford,CT ; Independence ; Labor ; Solidarity Economy ; Thriving ; Wealth Art ; Community ; Future ; Hartford,CT ; Independence ; Wealth To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. 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