Interview 056 with Leslie Gilliam

Black America and Covid by Sonja J Killebrew

Episode notes

Listen to Black American Leslie Gilliam — originally from Wilmington, Delaware and now living in Los Angeles, California — share about living with her two kids (10 and 4) and working as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“It was incredibly stressful…Online school was hell. But we managed.” Leslie shares about her two children going to school online during the pandemic.

On the summer of 2020, Leslie recalls: “I would go see my mom in the mask… Then George Floyd happened… and I remember seeing that.. and like going to my mom's house and watching that on the TV, you know, talking to her about it, and crying about it, 'cause I watched the video. She didn’t. But I couldn't hug my mom, because of all, you know, because we were just so uncertain, about how it's [Covid-19] transmitted… So, I couldn’t hug he ... 

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