This collection explores what it means to both be raised and raise children in the neighborhoods served by Operation Shoestring, a nonprofit that provides year-round academic, social and emotional support to children in central Jackson from pre-K – 7th grade, while supporting and providing resources to their families. Interviews were conducted by volunteer community members with their family members, friends, and neighbors through a project led by Operation Shoestring’s Research and Data Coordinator Alison Turner.
Click below on the narrators name to listen to their interview on Youtube, or you can listen to the collection on Spotify and Apple podcasts here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/operation-shoestring. All transcripts are available upon request.
| Interview Number | Narrator Name | Interviewer Name | Interview Date |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.01 | Kimberly Cotton | Sophia Beverly | 5/25/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.02 | Shalaun Davis | Tyesha Davis | 5/25/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.03 | Porshia Jordan | Velika Michael | 5/25/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.04 | Kearani Miller | Gloria Thompson | 5/25/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.05 | Gloria Thompson | Kimberly Cotton | 6/1/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.06 | Velika Michael | Shalaun Davis | 6/1/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.07 | Tyesha Davis | Porshia Jordan | 6/1/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.08 | Sophia Beverly | Kearani Miller | 6/1/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.09 | Cynthia Thompson | Gloria Thompson | 6/19/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.10 | Emon D. Thompson Sr. | Gloria Thompson | 6/21/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.11 | Akira Ellis | Gloria Thompson | 6/20/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.12 | Patricia Townsend | Kearani Miller | 7/7/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.13 | Tamika Buckhaulter | Kearani Miller | 7/14/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.14 | Jerry Rhodes | Kearani Miller | 7/15/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.15 | Shelika Michael | Velika Michael | 7/27/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.16 | Cardell Moore | Velika Michael | 7/27/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.17 | Joel Williams | Velika Michael | 7/27/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.18 | Diedre Hobson | Sophia Beverly | 7/29/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.19 | Cathy Beverly | Sophia Beverly | 7/30/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.20 | Michael Watson | Sophia Beverly | 7/31/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.21 | Felica Woods | Porshia Jordan | 7/27/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.22 | Starra Cooper | Porshia Jordan | 7/31/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.23 | Shamecka Cooper | Porshia Jordan | 7/31/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.24 | James Turner | Porshia Jordan | 8/24/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.25 | Cobbriana Carter | Porshia Jordan | 9/7/23 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.26 | Cotina Henson | Porshia Jordan | 9/8/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.27 | Travion Collins | Porshia Jordan | 9/8/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.28 | Polly Williams | Kearani Miller | 9/16/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.29 | Lottie Smith-Erving | Kearani Miller | 9/16/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.30 | Vanessa Green | Alison Turner | 10/5/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.31 | James Hampton III | Anne Sanders | 12/2/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.32 | Jacquelyn Hampton | James Hampton III | 11/20/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.33 | Verna Mae Mannie Myers | James Hampton III | 12/16/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.34 | James Hampton Jr. | James Hampton III | 12/22/2023 |
| MWCOH.RCCJ.23.35 | Carmen Gettis Castilla | Asia Starks | 1/1/2024 |