Item Details

creator

Zaelke, Caroline

Byer, Rebeccah

date

2020-09-17T14:26:16Z

2020-09-17T14:26:16Z

2020-07-14

2020-09-17 (issued)

description

Rebeccah Byer is the owner and an instuctor at the Olio in Winston-Salem. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Wake Forest Center for Entrepreneurship. The Olio is an organization dedicated to fostering appreciation of the arts by inspiring learning and facilitating enjoyment within the community. They aim to achieve their goal by creating an environment that encourages entrepreneurship and sustainability through education, hands-on learning, and sustainable glass recyling programs. Byer, owner of the Olio, describes her initial thoughts on COVID-19 as being very concerning since their glassblowing business relies on workshops and classrooms that traditionally happen in person. In this interview, Byer discusses the effects and planning that went into closing the Olio due to the pandemic. Instead of focusing on workshops, the Olio shifted their revenue source to retail opperations. She also touches on the idea of community involvement and the ongoing issues of racial strife and inequalities both in Winston-Salem and across the United States.

format

audio/mp3

Oral histories

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/97014

language

en_Us

relation

Special Collections and Archives

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

Office of Civic and Community Engagement (RG22.6)

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subject

Coronavirus infections--History--Sources

COVID-19 (Disease)--History--Sources

Wake Forest University--History--Sources

COVID-19 Student Interviews

Office of Civic and Community Engagement

Social justice

Winston-Salem (N.C.)

Small business

Hot shops (Glass blowing and working)

title

COVID-19 Student Interviews - Byer, Rebeccah

type

Sound