{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://nphm.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/g73707zs9k/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Fischer, Sunny"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/548/original/OHA_Mark_2.0_Transp._copy.png?1752767076","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Narrator(s)"]},"value":{"en":["Sonia Fischer (Full Name)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Refer to as"]},"value":{"en":["Sunny"]}},{"label":{"en":["Narrator Pronouns"]},"value":{"en":["she/her"]}},{"label":{"en":["Interview Summary"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eSunny was born in the South Bronx where she lived  in  a two-bedroom apartment with her two sisters, grandma, father who was a mailman, and her mother who was ill with cancer. When she was 5 years old, Sunny Fischer’s family moved to Eastchester Projects (name changed later to Eastchester Gardens) in the North Bronx.  She remembers the apartment being brand new, full of light.Her mom died a year after they moved there and she was raised by her Yiddish speaking grandmother and then, later, after her father remarried, by a loving stepmother. She remembers the accepting and warm community, her working class neighbors, and attending free cultural events across the city. The second apartment she lived in, after her father remarried, was west-facing, and in the evenings they’d watch the sunset as a family.  Sunny reflects fondly on her education that started in a community school in the development, the teachers that influenced her, and ultimately attending city colleges in New York, as did her sisters. She said, “We were lucky, New York City was a city that seemed to want us to make it - good schools, free museums, a lot you could do just being in New York.” She moved to the Chicago area in 1971 and started working ten years later in the fields of social work and philanthropy. Sunny also discusses her involvement in the founding of the National Public Housing Museum, the challenges and pushback that the museum has faced, and the need to tell stories, confront stereotypes, and shape public policy. Sunny Fischer currently serves as the chair of the board.\u003c/p\u003e (summary)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Public Housing Affiliation"]},"value":{"en":["Former Resident"]}},{"label":{"en":["Public Housing Locations"]},"value":{"en":["Eastchester Gardens"]}},{"label":{"en":["Content Warnings"]},"value":{"en":["Gun Violence","Sexual Violence","Substance (drugs or alcohol) use and/or addiction and/or trade","Death"]}},{"label":{"en":["Themes/Topics"]},"value":{"en":["NPHM Museum Founding","Community (Overarching)","Family","Religion and/or Spirituality","Education","Housing and/or Public Policy","Positive Experiences in Public Housing","Memory","Loss and/or Grief"]}},{"label":{"en":["Decades Covered"]},"value":{"en":["1940s","1950s"]}},{"label":{"en":["Life Dates"]},"value":{"en":["1944 (Birth)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Race/Ethnicity"]},"value":{"en":["White"]}},{"label":{"en":["Additional Identities"]},"value":{"en":["Jewish"]}},{"label":{"en":["Biographical Context"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e I now live in south Evanston, IL, in a house that is a kind of Tudor, on a tree-lined street where each house is different. I have a small garden with flowers and rabbits and bees and butterflies that make me smile every day. We're only five blocks from Chicago and one block from a trauma hospital, so we hear and see the city's sirens, buses, traffic, fire crackers daily. Keeps us balanced.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ee) What do you do when you need to reconnect to your heart? \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhat a lovely question.  When I need to reconnect to my heart: I try to visit NYC; I call best friends who know me; I read poetry and sometimes try to write poems. I bring up memories of my parents, grandma, sisters and brother, all who died years ago. I plant more flowers.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Interview materials available"]},"value":{"en":["Audio—.wav","Audio—.mp3","Transcript—polished PDF","Finding aid—rough PDF"]}},{"label":{"en":["Oral Historians"]},"value":{"en":["Alexis Judeh (Interviewer)","Sharon Lanza (Post-Production by)","cosmo (Post-Production by)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Interview Date"]},"value":{"en":["2017-07-31 (Recorded)","2025-11-24 (finding aid last updated)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Method of Interview"]},"value":{"en":["in-person"]}},{"label":{"en":["Recording Location(s)"]},"value":{"en":["Chicago, IL (Both)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Audio Quality Notes"]},"value":{"en":["intermittent sirens and background noise, see transcript for clarity"]}},{"label":{"en":["Additional Notes"]},"value":{"en":["From Sunny; Not sure if this was included, but the projects had a girls' youth group I belonged to--it provided art, music, dance and leadership programs. Along with the library, the school housed in the development for K-2 kids, the playground, the trees--Eastchester gave me a strong start in life."]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eEach oral history interview is considered to be co-created, ‘joint work’ among the oral historian, narrator, and, in this case, the Museum. In joint works, the creators are considered joint copyright owners, who have “an equal right to register and enforce the copyright” (Rich Stim, Stanford Libraries, “Copyright Ownership: Who Owns What?”). Standard copyright law grants a number of exclusive rights to each of the copyright owners, including: the rights toreproduce, distribute, adapt, perform, and displaythe work(s), privately and publicly. NPHM manages these components using Creative Commons Licenses. All interviews are shared withAttribution and Non-Commercial 4.0 International licenses (CC BY-NC 4.0 Deed), meaning that they can be reproduced, distributed, performed, and displayed for the general public if the user credits the co-creators (Attribution) and does not make money from the usage (Non-Commercial).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease contact the NPHM Oral History Programs Manager if you'd like to download a copy of any of the interview materials (audio file, transcript, or finding aid contents).\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Preferred Citation"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eWhen using an interview from the NPHM Oral History Archive, use the narrator's full name the first time you reference them. Use the narrator's \"Refer to As\" name in additional mentions of their name.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease use the following formatting when citing the interview in academic settings:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography Example\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePegues, Janetta Sue. Interviewed by Francesco De Salvatore. National Public Housing Museum Oral History Archive, [insert URL/DOI], recorded June 18, 2018, accessed June 2, 2024: pp. 10-15.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography Format\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[NarratorFullName in Last First Middle order]. Interviewed by [InterviewerFullName in First Middle Last Order]. National Public Housing Museum Oral History Archive, [insert URL], recorded [write out full date of interview], accessed [write out full date of most recent access]: pp. [pages of transcript cited].\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootnote Example\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJanetta Sue Pegues, interviewed by Francesco De Salvatore, National Public Housing Museum Oral History Archive, [insert URL], recorded June 18, 2018, accessed June 2, 2024: pp. 10-15.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootnote Form\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[NarratorFullName in First Middle Last Order], interviewed by [InterviewerFullName in First Middle Last Order] National Public Housing Museum Oral History Archive, [insert URL], recorded [write out full date of interview], accessed [write out full date of most recent access]: pp. [pages of transcript cited].\u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eSunny was born in the South Bronx where she lived \u0026nbsp;in \u0026nbsp;a two-bedroom apartment with her two sisters, grandma, father who was a mailman, and her mother who was ill with cancer. When she was 5 years old, Sunny Fischer\u0026rsquo;s family moved to Eastchester Projects (name changed later to Eastchester Gardens) in the North Bronx. \u0026nbsp;She remembers the apartment being brand new, full of light.Her mom died a year after they moved there and she was raised by her Yiddish speaking grandmother and then, later, after her father remarried, by a loving stepmother. She remembers the accepting and warm community, her working class neighbors, and attending free cultural events across the city. The second apartment she lived in, after her father remarried, was west-facing, and in the evenings they\u0026rsquo;d watch the sunset as a family. \u0026nbsp;Sunny reflects fondly on her education that started in a community school in the development, the teachers that influenced her, and ultimately attending city colleges in New York, as did her sisters. She said, \u0026ldquo;We were lucky, New York City was a city that seemed to want us to make it - good schools, free museums, a lot you could do just being in New York.\u0026rdquo; She moved to the Chicago area in 1971 and started working ten years later in the fields of social work and philanthropy. Sunny also discusses her involvement in the founding of the National Public Housing Museum, the challenges and pushback that the museum has faced, and the need to tell stories, confront stereotypes, and shape public policy. Sunny Fischer currently serves as the chair of the board.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eEach oral history interview is considered to be co-created, \u0026lsquo;joint work\u0026rsquo; among the oral historian, narrator, and, in this case, the Museum. In joint works, the creators are considered joint copyright owners, who have \u0026ldquo;an equal right to register and enforce the copyright\u0026rdquo; (Rich Stim, Stanford Libraries, \u0026ldquo;Copyright Ownership: Who Owns What?\u0026rdquo;). Standard copyright law grants a number of exclusive rights to each of the copyright owners, including: the rights toreproduce, distribute, adapt, perform, and displaythe work(s), privately and publicly. NPHM manages these components using Creative Commons Licenses. 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