Ariella Riapos

Mutual Aid Worker and Community Organizer

Ariella is a Bushwick resident and G-Rebls member of Comida Pal Pueblo. In this interview, they describe how mutual aid workers in Bushwick have come together during COVID, moving through this crisis with persistence and resilience. They also share that despite the frustrations they encounter in this work that their comrades still show up for the community, demonstrating the strength of New York. This interview is part of the Nos Cuidamos oral history project, which is a collaboration between Cities For People, Not For Profit and the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project.


Interview details

Interview Title:

Interview with Ariella Riapos

Interviewee:

Ariella Riapos

Affiliation:

Comida Pal Pueblo

Interviewer:

Cynthia Tobar

Interview Date:

October 2, 2020

Length:

33:53

Resource Type:

Recording, audio

Format:

Digital, mp4

Subject:

Mutual aid, Food insecurity, COVID, Community development, Community organizing

Rights:

Cities for People, Not for Profit: Gentrification and Housing Justice in Bushwick by Cynthia Tobar is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Digital ID:

Riapos_Ariella.mp4

Reference URL:

http://citiesforppl.org/interviews/interview-with-ariella-riapos

Bibliographic Citation:

"Interview with Ariella Riapos," in Cities for People, Not for Profit: Gentrification and Housing Justice in Bushwick, http://citiesforppl.org/interviews/interview-with-ariella-riapos