Olga Oukacine, Full Interview
Collection: This recording is part of the 30th Ave - A Year in the Life of a Street Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Olga Oukacine
Date: Time Period: 1974 - 2011; 2011-02-04; Interview recorded: February 4 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:07:36
Creator: Olga Oukacine interviewed by Annabel Short
Identifier: aql:18670 oukacine_olga_full
Description: Olga Oukacine is Dominican and came to NYC in 1974. She lived in Corona then moved to Astoria seven years ago (around 2004). She talks about how the RAICES senior center in Astoria receives up to 80 people a day; some are in their nineties. The center organizes activities, and what participants enjoy most is dancing. Many, when they first come, are depressed, but the center has a friendly atmosphere that helps them feel better. She started working at RAICES branch in Corona as a volunteer and is now Program Director at the Astoria branch.
Creator :
Olga Oukacine interviewed by Annabel Short
Date :
Time Period: 1974 - 2011; 2011-02-04; Interview recorded: February 4 2011
Summary/Description :
Olga Oukacine is Dominican and came to NYC in 1974. She lived in Corona then moved to Astoria seven years ago (around 2004). She talks about how the RAICES senior center in Astoria receives up to 80 people a day; some are in their nineties. The center organizes activities, and what participants enjoy most is dancing. Many, when they first come, are depressed, but the center has a friendly atmosphere that helps them feel better. She started working at RAICES branch in Corona as a volunteer and is now Program Director at the Astoria branch.
Subject :
Senior centers
Rights :
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Astoria, Queens, NY Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.; Total running time: 0:07:36
Identifier :
aql:18670 oukacine_olga_full
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
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