Nov 3, 2020
Ida McCray has left San Francisco.
In this podcast, Ida, who
was born and raised in The City, takes us back to around the time
of her birth. Her dad was in and out of trouble and her mom put Ida
in Catholic school. An only child, she loved books but school never
excited her. She got into her own trouble as a teenager, and found
herself in and out of Juvenile Hall.
After graduating high school at 16,
Ida got involved in the movement of those days and converted to
Islam. This came after roughly a year and a half of her life locked
up on a petty theft charge.
Please join us Thursday for Part 2, when Ida will continue sharing the story of her life.
We recorded this podcast outside of Ida's home in the Excelsior in October 2020.
Photography by Michelle Kilfeather