Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Julie Heitland

• Main Author: Heitland, Julie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: UNI ScholarWorks 2014
• Subjects: Heitland; Julie > Interviews; Postville Immigration Raid; Postville; Iowa; 2008; Public Affairs; Public Policy and Public Administration; United States History
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/5; https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_oralhistory/article/1004/type/native/viewcontent/Heitland_J_101414.mp3; https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_oralhistory/article/1004/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Transcript.pdf

Julie Heitland moved to Postville in 1994 after completing her master’s degree at the University of Northern Iowa. At the time of the interview she worked as the librarian at the Postville School and recounts some of the adaptations the library, school, and community underwent as Postville saw demographic changes throughout the 1990s and 2000s. As a member of St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, Julie is deeply involved in the annual Holy Walk, an event open to the public that occurs in December. In the interview, Julie discusses her role in planning the Holy Walk, teaching confirmation, and participating in religious traditions that were relatively new to Postville like the Posada. Julie was present in the school the day of the raid and in the aftermath at St. Bridget’s. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/1004/thumbnail.jpg