From freedomarchivesnews at freedomarchives.org Thu Feb 7 16:59:57 2019 From: freedomarchivesnews at freedomarchives.org (Freedom Archives Events) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 13:59:57 -0800 Subject: [Freedom archives news] Lupe Briseno and the Kitayama Carnation Strike - a new film from the Freedom Archives Message-ID: https://freedomarchives.org/lupe-briseno-and-the-kitayama-carnation-strike/ Lupe Briseno and the Kitayama Carnation Strike February 7, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greetings, We?re excited to release a short video we put together focused on Lupe Briseno and her leadership around efforts to unionize Chicana carnation workers in the late 1960s in Brighton, Colorado. Lupe was the catalyst for an eight-month strike with the backing of the National Floral Workers Organization (NFWO). They demanded better wages, benefits and working conditions. Although less known than the farm-worker struggles of the same period, this important piece of Chican@ history illustrates the importance of Chicana leadership in workplace struggles for dignity and justice. Watch the video and keep an eye out for additional teaching tools connected to Symbols of Resistance and the Chican@ Movement. -Nathaniel ps. Continued appreciation to the Symbols of Resistance film crew for their tireless work and commitment. View the film *HERE *. -- Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 863.9977 https://freedomarchives.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From freedomarchivesnews at freedomarchives.org Wed Feb 20 14:56:28 2019 From: freedomarchivesnews at freedomarchives.org (Freedom Archives Events) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:56:28 -0800 Subject: [Freedom archives news] Digging up the Past: What an internship at the Freedom Archives taught Kaila Rain Thomas about her family history Message-ID: https://www.usfca.edu/news/digging-the-past Digging up the Past: What an internship taught Kaila Rain Thomas ?18 about her family history By Sayantika Mandal MFA ?19 - February 19, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Growing up, history major Kaila Rain Thomas '18 often heard stories about her grandfather, a founding member of the Alabama Black Liberation Front ? a group affiliated with the Black Panthers. Little did she know that she?d unearth more from her family history while interning at a nonprofit in San Francisco. Last April, The Freedom Archives, a local nonprofit that preserves documents related to progressive movements in the U.S., came to USF to screen a documentary about the Chicano movement of the 1970s. Intrigued by the film, and having a few friends who have interned at the archives, Thomas decided to apply for an internship herself. A few weeks after landing the position, while working with some documents about the Alabama prison system in the 1970s, she came across a letter written by her grandmother. "I immediately recognized her handwriting," Thomas says. "I turned the page and found myself looking at a picture of my grandfather." The letter included poems her grandfather had written, including one about Thomas? mother as a little girl, and his obituary written by her grandmother. Archivist-in-training After finding the letter, Thomas felt The Freedom Archives was the place she was meant to be. "I chose to focus on African American history and minor in African studies so I could one day better understand my own family history," she says. ?My adviser, Professor Kathy Nasstrom , was excited about my internship, seeing me find my place in the history world." During her internship, Thomas also researched a personal project that explored the connections between the American civil rights movement and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. "There isn?t much conversation about how the two movements intersect, and I want to try and start that conversation," says Thomas. When the internship ended in December 2018, The Freedom Archives offered Thomas a part-time position as an archivist-in-training. "It?s a great opportunity to start a career in history, a field I love," she says. *Please support this valuable work!* -- Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 863.9977 https://freedomarchives.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The first Reading Room will focus on primary source materials used for our 2018 timeline project Resistance to Urban Renewal 1965-1977. *Please RSVP at the link below (Unfortunately we can only accommodate 15 people so please rsvp ASAP): * *https://goo.gl/forms/nP8Mk3CVZSLzTpsE3 * -- Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 863.9977 https://freedomarchives.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Although less known than the farm-worker struggles of the same period, this important piece of Chican@ history illustrates the importance of Chicana leadership in workplace struggles for dignity and justice. Watch the video and keep an eye out for additional teaching tools connected to Symbols of Resistance and the Chican@ Movement. -Nathaniel ps. Continued appreciation to the Symbols of Resistance film crew for their tireless work and commitment. View the film *HERE *. -- Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 863.9977 https://freedomarchives.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From freedomarchivesnews at freedomarchives.org Wed Feb 20 14:56:28 2019 From: freedomarchivesnews at freedomarchives.org (Freedom Archives Events) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:56:28 -0800 Subject: [Freedom archives news] Digging up the Past: What an internship at the Freedom Archives taught Kaila Rain Thomas about her family history Message-ID: https://www.usfca.edu/news/digging-the-past Digging up the Past: What an internship taught Kaila Rain Thomas ?18 about her family history By Sayantika Mandal MFA ?19 - February 19, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Growing up, history major Kaila Rain Thomas '18 often heard stories about her grandfather, a founding member of the Alabama Black Liberation Front ? a group affiliated with the Black Panthers. Little did she know that she?d unearth more from her family history while interning at a nonprofit in San Francisco. Last April, The Freedom Archives, a local nonprofit that preserves documents related to progressive movements in the U.S., came to USF to screen a documentary about the Chicano movement of the 1970s. Intrigued by the film, and having a few friends who have interned at the archives, Thomas decided to apply for an internship herself. A few weeks after landing the position, while working with some documents about the Alabama prison system in the 1970s, she came across a letter written by her grandmother. "I immediately recognized her handwriting," Thomas says. "I turned the page and found myself looking at a picture of my grandfather." The letter included poems her grandfather had written, including one about Thomas? mother as a little girl, and his obituary written by her grandmother. Archivist-in-training After finding the letter, Thomas felt The Freedom Archives was the place she was meant to be. "I chose to focus on African American history and minor in African studies so I could one day better understand my own family history," she says. ?My adviser, Professor Kathy Nasstrom , was excited about my internship, seeing me find my place in the history world." During her internship, Thomas also researched a personal project that explored the connections between the American civil rights movement and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. "There isn?t much conversation about how the two movements intersect, and I want to try and start that conversation," says Thomas. When the internship ended in December 2018, The Freedom Archives offered Thomas a part-time position as an archivist-in-training. "It?s a great opportunity to start a career in history, a field I love," she says. *Please support this valuable work!* -- Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 863.9977 https://freedomarchives.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The first Reading Room will focus on primary source materials used for our 2018 timeline project Resistance to Urban Renewal 1965-1977. *Please RSVP at the link below (Unfortunately we can only accommodate 15 people so please rsvp ASAP): * *https://goo.gl/forms/nP8Mk3CVZSLzTpsE3 * -- Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 863.9977 https://freedomarchives.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: maiidicoamiiepja.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 127988 bytes Desc: not available URL: