Rendez-vous 125
Tuesday, January 15 2002
Vanessa and tracey are members of the Teenage Power Alliance/Easthampton of the YWCA of Western Massachusetts. They explain their quilt project in remembrance of tobacco victims. Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA
Thank you Vanessa and Tracey for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourselves?
Vanessa Rodriguez: Hi, my name is Vanessa A. Rodriguez. I am a fifteen year old that works in the Teenage Power Alliance/Easthampton of the YWCA of Western MA. I am an ex-smoker who had tried to help other people try to quit. I had things to say and didn't know how or who to say them to until I found this group. I've been working here for almost a year.
Tracey Levy: Hi, my name is Tracey Levy and I am the coordinator of the Teenage Power Alliance of the YWCA of Western MA. I grew up in the early 70's when chain smoking was the norm in parts of my family. I remember long car rides with open windows that never really helped and many attempts at stealing cigarettes to stop my parents from smoking.
