“Change the world, no matter how hard you have to fight” JH Judy’s Political views and desire for political action are deeply entrenched in her being. She was raised to see herself as an extension of the world. Being alive to her is synonymous with being an active agent of change. She has instilled this…

CAMP MIDVALE

In 1910, Austrian and German immigrants who loved nature and the wilderness decided to start a group known as the Nature Friends of America. The group started after the success of a similar organization in Europe. The Nature Friends wanted to enrich the lives of the working people by providing them with outdoor recreation. In…

Judy’s Favorite Song

Little Boxes Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same. There’s a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one, And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. And…

Creating Change

“Change does not come by all of a sudden… marching around a place or protesting down in city hall, unless there is continuity afterwards, unless there you say okay we are going to continue and this is how we are going to continue”. In this video, Judy Hodges discusses her views on creating change through…

Cuba and Judy’s Hopes

“Oh, I would like to see the country succeed because eh my, my hopes, see my hopes are always to have a changing society where people have more than they have and you don’t see the extreme poverty and the extreme wealth. That’s what I always, I don’t know whether you’ll see that there either,…

Don’t Be Like The Cat

“You had to… for your own sanity; you had to do something to uh to change something. If you don’t do anything, you know, you’ll be like the cat.” This video ties together different snippets of our interview where Judy talks about her political views. In the first section, we find the quote from above….

Miles

J: “Oh you want me to tell you about Miles?” D: “Sure.” J: “And about you know always you see I have various things feelings about the school system and um the inadequacies of the school system and wha and you know, so I remember when David was growing up we had a very strong…

Fighting For What You Believe In

On August 7, 1987 Al and Judy Hodges sat with an oral historian at Camp Midvale and discussed their experiences at the camp. The interview is currently held at NYU’s Tamiment Library and Wagner Labor archives. This is a portion of the interview where Judy’s personality shines through. J: “Al and I worked behind the counter, we…

Political Action

Judy discusses how she attempted to integrate schools during the Civil Rights Movement

Wo-Chi-Ca

“Oh camp so fine, Wo-Chi-Ca mine, There’s not another camp like mine!” Wo-Chi-Ca camp was birthed in 1934 amidst World War II, McCarthyism, The Great Depression, and the Cold War. Wo-Chi-Camp is short for Workers Children’s Camp. It was an interracial co-educational summer vacation camp found in New Jersey.The emergence of this camp came from summer…

Teenage Judy

Judy discusses her younger years.

Judy’s Personality

Judy is a stoic and stern women. She was raised by two radical left parents who were concerned with rectifying the problems that existed in the world. Their political views were ingrained in Judy at a very young age. At seven years old, she was selling a left-wing newspaper and attending left-wing meetings. Her parents sent her…