Reisinger, AndrewIndia, 22.0, 79.0United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Beardsley, Pam2017-03-07Pam Beardsley was born in New York and spent much of her early childhood on Long Island. She attended American University in Washington, D.C. where she majored in Asian studies and became involved in anti-war activism. She moved to Atlanta in 1971, where she became involved in the Great Speckled Bird, largely as a type-setter. Beardsley became a Tibetan Buddhist in the 1990s, and eventually moved to India in 2001.Beardsley describes her childhood and relationship with her parents. In describing her formative college years, Beardsley describes a series of events that shaped her worldview and led her to participate in political activism. Upon moving to Atlanta in 1971, Beardsley began working for the Great Speckled Bird as a typesetter. She talks about how her experiences protesting nuclear energy ended her activist career. Lastly, she describes her interest in Tibetan Buddhism, and her present-day life in India.video/mp4engAtlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Libraryhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Great Speckled Bird CollectionSocial Change CollectionUnderground newspapersPolitical activistsPolitical participationBuddhistsHippiesPam Beardsley oral history interview, 2017-03-07MovingImage