Abstract
Duane Drotar shares his experience growing up in the Buckeye-Woodland neighborhood, then living on the Near West Side for many years. Drotar highlights how the Near West Side was an example of "richness" in terms of offering a setting for being in community with people of diverse backgrounds. Drotar's background in psychology and theology has shaped his role as an outreach worker in various agencies and community non-profits throughout the years in the Cleveland area. He discusses his choice to live next door to St. Herman's House of Hospitality (Franklin Boulevard and West 44th Street), which provided meals and overnight lodging for homeless people and resisted efforts by some in the community to close it down. Drotar also shares his work as director of the 2100 Lakeside Men's Shelter as well as with other organizations and initiatives to support and empower the homeless.
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Interviewee
Drotar, Duane (interviewee)
Interviewer
White, Bali (interviewer)
Project
Near West Side Housing Activism
Date
7-17-2024
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
84 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Duane Drotar interview, 17 July 2024" (2024). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 544010.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1275
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