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