The Brooklyn College Listening Project
An oral history and community interview initiative at Brooklyn College, CUNY, where students interview family, neighbors, friends and strangers about their lives, their experiences and their perspectives on the world.
Recent Stories
Trinisha Williams
Listen to Trinisha Williams and you can hear her excitement about being a midwife and helping women give birth to their babies.
Tat Bellamy-Walker
A lot has happened since Tat Bellamy-Walker was interviewed for the BCLP in 2018. Bellamy-Walker graduated from the Craig Newmark School of Journalism (CUNY), got started on their journalism career and completed their gender transition.
Armelis D’Orville
Armelis D’Orville a 29-year-old freelance photographer on the rise, born and raised in Corona, Queens, developed a passion for the art of photography while taking a 35mm film, black and white course at Queensborough Community College.
Rayson Chen
Rayson’s Chen’s parents, immigrants from China, had big dreams for their first child. They expected Rayson to become a doctor, lawyer, CEO. Instead, he wanted to become a high school history teacher. That didn’t go over well.
Hassan Iqbal
Hassan Iqbal never intended to become a cab driver. When he was a teenager in Lahore, Pakistan, he dreamed about becoming a doctor or an engineer. “But then I put my dreams in the back and said, ‘I have to make money for my siblings, my family.’”
Rayan Itani
Rayan Itani grew up in a house bursting with different languages. Her mother is Lebanese and her father is Mexican. She grew up speaking Arabic, French, Spanish and English. It was a linguistic whirlwind.