Jeremie Ballenger Oral History Broomfield Out Loud

Name/Title

Jeremie Ballenger Oral History Broomfield Out Loud

Entry/Object ID

2024.6.54

Scope and Content

Oral history interview with Jeremie Ballenger for Broomfield Out Loud, interviewed by Marrty Dormish on July 18, 2023. Subject matter: Resident of Broomfield for about 27 years Westlake Middle School Difficult home life Front Range Mobile Home Park Horizon High School Working full time in high school Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon Applebee's Moving from place to place as a young person Relationship with mother Worked in restaurants for nearly 20 years Experiencing homelessness Eldorado Trading Company COVID-19 Experiencing incarceration The Refuge FISH Employed by the Refuge through the Broomfield Workforce Center Struggles with health problems Difficulties of living unhoused Stereotypes of people experiencing homelessness Mental and emotional challenges Support systems in Broomfield: FISH, the Refuge, the Broomfield Library Broomfield Community Center Daily routine living unhoused Sleeping in vacant places Challenges of sleeping outside in the summer versus winter Code Blue Status (now called SWAP) Experience during the Marshall Fire Finding support and relying on community ties Maintaining hope and positivity

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Recording, Audio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Recording

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Jul 18, 2023

Archive Notes

Interviewer: Marrty Dormish Interview Date: July 18th, 2023 Interview Length: 47:37