Activist Women's Voices: Oral History Project
Linking Communities and the University

  Ethel Velez is President of the Tenants' Association of the James Weldon Johnson Houses (173 East 112th St.) This association is an organization with the goals of education and economic development for its members - the residents of the James Weldon Johnson Houses. The Tenants' Association deals with the physical problems of the apartments in the Johnson Houses, sponsors programs for children, adults and senior citizens and strives to make the voices and needs of Johnson Houses residents heard and understood by bureaucratic structures and to politicians.

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