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Title
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Debbie Warren oral history interview 1, 2016 June 21
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Interviewee
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Warren, Debbie (Debbie Carol)
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Interviewer
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Wright, Christina
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Place of Publication
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Publisher
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J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Date of Interview
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2016-06-21
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Physical Description
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1 audio file (1:25:01) : digital, MP3
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Object Type
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Audio
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Genre
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spoken word
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Language
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eng
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Interviewee Biography
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Debbie Warren was a 61-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) offices in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Tennessee in 1955. She received her Master’s Degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky and was employed as the CEO and founder of RAIN.
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Abstract
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Prior to the 1992 founding of Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rev. Debbie Warren dedicated her life to service within the Baptist Church. In this first of three interviews, Rev. Warren discusses her early years as an ambitious young Baptist attempting to find her calling within the narrow window of opportunity afforded to women. She explains how she was fortunate to come into contact with progressive Baptist leadership that eventually led to her acquiring her Master's degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky and her ordination in Pendleton, South Carolina. While overcoming gender barriers, Rev. Warren also battled with internal conflict regarding her lesbian identity. By the late 1980s, Rev. Warren arrived in Charlotte to take part in a chaplaincy internship at Carolinas Medical Center. She describes how her work at Charlotte's major hospital and her friendship with Henry Finch, a former Baptist minister who was involved in early AIDS work, led her to found RAIN in Charlotte. Rev. Warren details the history of RAIN and describes how the organization worked with faith congregations to support people with AIDS in a mutually beneficial way. She explains what set Charlotte's RAIN organization apart from other RAIN organizations within the United States, and she reflects on the congregations in Charlotte who were early partners.
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Digital Object Notes
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MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on a Marantz PDM 670 digital recorder.
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Subjects--Names
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Warren, Debbie (Debbie Carol)
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Subjects--Organizations
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Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Myers Park Baptist Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
Carolinas Medical Center
RAIN (Charlotte N.C.)
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Subjects--Topics
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Clergy
Chief executive officers
Faith
Baptists
Sex role
AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity
AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Care
Gay activists
Gay men--Relations with lesbians
Lesbians
Sex discrimination against women
Lesbian clergy
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Subjects--Geographic
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North Carolina--Charlotte
Tennessee
Kentucky--Louisville
South Carolina
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Subjects--Genre
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Interviews
Oral histories
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Coverage--Dates
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1950 - 2020
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Digital Collection Title
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Charlotte LGBTQ+ oral histories
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Rights
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This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Debbie Warren.
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Internet Media Type
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audio/mpeg
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Related Interviews
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Debbie Warren oral history interview 2, 2016 July 13, (url); Debbie Warren oral history interview 3, 2016 September 26, (url): J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Related Materials
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RAIN Records (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/509 ), J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Identifier
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QH-WA0019
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Handle URL
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2357