School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) Oral History Project: Interview with Neena Gada

Titles: School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) Oral History Project: Interview with Neena Gada (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Neena Gada was born in India and immigrated to the U.S. as an adult. She is one of the founding members of SILC. She has served as a teacher, administrator and board member. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal background; founding of SILC; purpose and goals of SILC; first day; organizational structure; tuition; student and staff recruitment; managing an all volunteer organization; teaching materials; experiences as a teacher; rewards and challenges of teaching; school board; enrollment; secularity; outreach activities; maintaining ties; important visitors; discipline; special events; Festival of Nations; programming for adopted children; parental perspective; SILC experience and trips to India.

Dates

• 03/15/2000 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Gada, Neena
• interviewer: Sonifer, Polly

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 88
• Accession Number: AV2002.159.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) Oral History Project' <OH 88>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 47 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:41:40 running time

Subjects

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