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Nov 29 Class

by | Nov 23, 2016 | Fall 2016 Daily-Class

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Bobby Ampezzan

Managing director of Arkansas Public Media

http://arkansaspublicmedia.org/people/bobby-ampezzan

http://arkansaspublicmedia.org/what-arkansas-public-media

Update on Project

Interviews completed:
Bankers:
Johneese Adams, Arvest (need news stories)
Susan Lipscomb, Wells Fargo (need news stories)
Hispanic Community:
Julia Valenciana, Re/Max
Iris Vega, 95.7 FM LaZeta (needs uploading to Google site)
Mary Sanchez interview (needs uploading to Google site)
Asian Community
Dr. Seong Kang (need news story)
Dr. Eujoo Cho (need news story – needs uploading to the Google site)
Pending:
Marshallese interviews
–Patsy Roycroft (she works to identify homeless Marshallese children in the Rogers school district) –meeting her Wednesday at 9 a
—Carmen Gum
—Third person?
Asian Community interview #3
TBA
—Hmong family interview. Pending.
—Asian Market owner – Declined to talk
–Chinese Association of Northwest Arkansas. no reply
—Real estate agents
–Hmong Association, Inc. of Northwest Arkansas and Northeast Oklahoma:
–Randy Capps, MPI Director of Research, U.S. Programs who took part in research for “A Profile of Immigrants in Arkansas”: interviewed but work did not have any light to shed on housing market or why Asian populations settle in NWA
–Bonnie Wong, president of Asian Women in Business: She emailed back saying that they did not have a presence in Arkansas so they would not be able to help.
–UA sociology department general email: No response to far. try phone call.
–UA Asian studies: no response so far. Walk over to department.
–Hindu Association of Northwest Arkansas. Phone, knock on door
–Northwest Arkansas Filipino American Association, phone, knock on door
Credit Counseling of Arkansas
Bill Roberson, the CCOA director of operations. Midnight Tuesday

Homework, Due 11:59 pm Wednesday

–Additional Interviews, need a 250 word story / transcript. Can be phone interview. Photos / charts / pro audio not required.

Flores, Lyster, Billmyre, Messina: African-American community.

NAACP: https://www.facebook.com/Little-Rock-NAACP-Civil-Rights-Organization-723502647715341/
Caree Banton, University of Arkansas assistant professor of African American studies and history
Black Lives Matter conference in Fayetteville:  D’Andre Jones, organizer
St. James Missionary Baptist Church

Black Lives Matter Community Conversation Planned

http://www.4029tv.com/article/black-lives-matter-marches-in-fayetteville-fort-smith/4959806

Dobrin, Thomas, Pratt: Native American community

Dick Todd with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Dick has done considerable research on your topic of interest. His email is: dick.todd@mpls.frb.org. Mention Wells spoke to Ian Record of the National Congress of American Indians when you contact him.

Also: Patrice Kunesh, Co-Director, Center for Indian Country Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Taylor Pray, Eley, Ward: Asian community and Native American community

–Continue work on Asian community contacts
–UA Asian studies: no response so far. Walk over to department.
–Hindu Association of Northwest Arkansas. Phone, knock on door
–Northwest Arkansas Filipino American Association, phone, knock on door
–Bonnie Wong, president of Asian Women in Business – call back and ask for help

–Check the list of these Native American lending conference speakers. Divide the list up with Ginny, Julia and Haleigh.

Look at the presentations. Call them up (except for the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank people, which Isabel and David and Taylor are handling)
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/indiancountry/events/all-events/mortgage-lending-in-indian-country

Suggestions:
Miriam Jorgensen, Director of Research, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona | Presentation [PDF]
Juel Burnette, Branch Manager, 1st Tribal Lending
Jeff Bowman, CEO/President, Bay Bank
Sharlene Round Face, Division Chief, Real Estate Services DOI, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Steve Barbier, Relationship Manager, NeighborWorks America
Fern Orie, Executive Director, Wisconsin Native Loan Fund
Elsie Meeks, Board Member, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Marvin Ginn, Executive Director, Native Community Finance

 

Trupp, Monk and Ball: Marshallese and Native American community

—Coordinate with Taylor Pray, Quincy and Ashton on calling people on this list
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/indiancountry/events/all-events/mortgage-lending-in-indian-country

Additional Marshallese contacts

Dr.Grace Donoho, Ed. D.– not Marshallese, but she is very active in that community.
Commissioner, Arkansas Minority Health Commission
Facilitator, Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee
Facilitator, Gaps in Services to Marshallese Task Force
grace.e.donoho@gmail.com

 

Note: I am doing a 1 pm interview with Joanna Donohoe, Partner, Seven Sisters Community Development Group, LLC in my office. Join me, record and write it up if you have time to do so.