Amanda Hollowell oral history interview, July 15, 2017

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Amanda Hollowell oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Erica Hague. In this interview, Amanda Hollowell discusses her experience organizing the Women's March in Savannah, Georgia on January 21, 2017. She talks about recruiting speakers for the march, interacting with law enforcement, dealing with other people who worked on organizing the march, and promoting the march in the media. Hollowell talks about other forms of political activism and advocacy in which she is and has been involved, including numerous political campaigns. She also describes her relationships and interactions with her son and her mother. Hollowell expresses her hopes for the future, including the hope for more Democrats and women to be elected to public office in Georgia.

Dates

Creation: July 15, 2017

Creator

Hollowell, Amanda, 1979- (Interviewee, Person)

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Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Amanda Hollowell was born in 1979 in Palm Springs, Calif. She currently lives in Savannah, Ga. She attended the University of California, Berkeley. Hollowell works full-time as an educator on organ donation and part-time for Georgia's WIN List, an organization that tries to elect progressive women in Georgia. She is the proud mother of a teenage son.