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Megan Fountain

May 26, 2026

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Summary:

This interview with Megan Fountain was conducted on May 26th, 2026 at 212 Warren Street in Hudson, New York. First time visitor of Hudson, Fountain's interview was documented while participating in the 2026 Oral History Summer School Intensive. Megan Fountain is passionate about activism and empowering communities.

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Some subjects that come up in this interview are worker justice, police violence, campaigns, deportations, demonstrations and rallies in New Haven, student movements, administration and power dynamics at Yale, Judaism, the Mending Minyan Synagogue, community organizing, a childhood in Jamaica Plains, Boston, literature, family, and community.

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Anna Riedlinger
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