Angela Battaglia

Former Assistant Executive Director for Housing and Community Relations, Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council

Angela Battaglia recounts her experiences in organizing and establishing senior housing development initiatives in Bushwick on behalf of the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizen’s Council. Angela shares her early memories of growing up in Bushwick in the 1960s, about how she became involved in public service efforts in the neighborhood in the 1970s and about her time with RBSCC as Assistant Executive Director for Housing Services and Community Relations.


Interview details

Interview Title:

Interview with Angela Battaglia

Interviewee:

Angela Battaglia

Affiliation:

Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizen’s Council

Job Title:

Assistant Executive Director for Housing Services and Community Relations

Interviewer:

Cynthia Tobar

Interview Date:

May 10, 2016

Length:

1:24:06

Resource Type:

Recording, video

Format:

Digital, mp4

Subject:

Community organizing, Affordable housing, Activism

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:

Battaglia_Angela_mp4

Reference URL:

http://citiesforppl.org/interviews/interview-with-angela-battaglia

Bibliographic Citation:

"Interview with Angela Battaglia," in Cities for People, Not for Profit: Gentrification and Housing Justice in Bushwick, http://citiesforppl.org/interview/angela-battaglia-interview