Interview with Father Rosazza

Segment Synopsis: Father Peter Antonio Rosazza introduces himself as well as providing background information on growing up in New Haven Connecticut. He also goes on and speak about his admission to Dartmouth College and receiving a scholarship during the time of 1952. Father Rosazza also speak on his transition from college into becoming a priest.

Keywords: College; Dartmouth College; Ordination; Travel; churches; scholarship

Subjects: Cultural Awareness; Democrats; Industrial; New Heaven; Theology studies

Segment Synopsis: Father Rosazza talks about being a priest at Sacred Heart church and goes in detail about the meaningful work he has done for the community. He mention his different travels like going to Mexico as well as how he learn both Spanish and French. Through his work, he also mention a discovery he made about the relationship between languages and cultures. He emphasized on the importance of learning the culture over learning the language.

Keywords: Adjustment; Cuernavaca; Hartford; Spanish; Teaching; Words; french; learning; poetry; traveling

Subjects: Cultural Difference; Hispanics; Ivan Illich; Lisa Ponte; Maria Sanchez; Puerto Rican; Sacred Heart Church; culture; languages

Segment Synopsis: Father Rosazza describes his relationship with Catholic priest Father Las-Heras and his important role in the contribution to the community overall upliftment. Father Rosazza also touches on the issue faced in education with the underrepresentation of different ethnic groups and how the church. He later adds how they tackle the discrimination with the help of community leader Maria Sanchez while promoting adversity and forming a community in Hartford that pushed for the kids in the community overall success.

Keywords: Catholic; College; Dynamic ministries; Formation; Letter of Recomendations; Poverty; Togetherness; collective; individualism; principles

Subjects: 1960; Bilingual Education; Catholic; Education; Empowerment; Father Las-Heras; Leaders; Maria Clemencia Colón Sánchez; Nationality Representation; Robert Bellah; community

Segment Synopsis: Father Rosazza break down in details the settlement of Puerto Ricans into Hartford. He also speaks on their transition into the "slums" part of Hartford while working as farmers with minimal pay.

Keywords: Church; Hartford; field; legislature; minimal; neighborhood; slums; tobacco; undeveloped; wage

Subjects: Jobs; cohab; domestic; farming; financial; housing; renovation

Segment Synopsis: Father Rosazza speaks on the failure of hospitals and other emergency department to protect and care for the hispanics resident of Hartford do to the language barrier. He then goes on to talk about how church with the help of Maria Sanchez and others push to add Spanish interpretative in Hospitals and other departments.

Keywords: Healthcare; Spanish; Women; community; fire department; residents

Subjects: 1980; Hospitals; Interpretation; Julio Lasada; Languages; Maria Sanchez

Segment Synopsis: As the years went on, changes occur to diversify hospitals. Father Rosazza reflects back to a visit at the Hartford Hospital where now almost 75 percent of the resident doctors spoke Spanish and how surprised he was seeing the difference from then versus now.

Keywords: charities; doctors; language; nurses; race; receptionist; representation; spanish; women

Subjects: Diversity; Hartford Hospital; Institute For Hispanic Family; Rosado; Sarah Romani

Segment Synopsis: Father Rosazza discussed how the settlement of the Puerto Ricans was impacted by the West Hartford Mayor due to his dislike of the Puerto Ricans settlement in Hartford.

Keywords: German church; Hartford Mayor; Injustice; baptism; family; paster; settlement

Subjects: Puerto Ricans; Racism; Sarah Romani; Sarah Sanchez

Segment Synopsis: The catholic school as well as Mariah Sanchez had an impact on the community in helping kids graduate and teach life while working towards bringing many together as one. Father Rosazza also speaks on the Marion Grant, wife of Mayor of West Hartford Ellsworth Grant from 1969 to 1969. He touches upon her change of of heart towards the Hispanic community.

Keywords: Catholic; Hartford Courant; Hispanics; Mayor; Missionary; Uniting; hartford

Subjects: 1969; Community; Ellsworth Grant,; Hartford Courant; Mariah Sanchez; Marion Grant; Religion; West Hartford; education

Segment Synopsis: Father Rosazza speaks on his personal connection to the Puerto Ricans in the Hartford Community. He further explain how welcoming they were to him and he adds how they brought the best out of him.

Keywords: Kindness; warmth; welcoming

Subjects: Connecticut; Hartford; Puerto Ricans

Keywords: Latina

Subjects: Leadership; Maria Sanchez; Political figure

Segment Synopsis: Father Rosazza speaks on the social injustice that occurred in Connecticut. He further explains the harassments and false arrests faced by Latinos from the East Heaven Police department. Father Rosazza later talks about a case study that was open to investigate the East Heaven Police department to tackle the injustice that occurred and uphold the justice of the issue.

Keywords: False Accusation; Harassment; Latino; Police; Police Brutality; targeting

Subjects: East Heaven; East Heaven Police; Injustice; Justice; Police Brutality; Profiling; Refugee; crime scene profiling; geo- graphical profiling; racial profiling