Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
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![Interview with Jim Gonzalez](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/24/1989Call Number: CV 040AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview with Jim Gonzalez on issues concerning the Latino community such as the grape boycott, INS raids, immigration rights, affordable housing in San Francisco, sponsorship for Latino community events and police brutality, specifically the beating of Dolores Huerta.
![David Ilchert Interview - INS](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/30/1992Call Number: CV 195AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
INS director speaks about immigration law, employers duties to verify the employment eligibility of workers The day laborers in San Rafael are also discussed.
![San Rafael Day Laborers](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/18/1992Call Number: CV 196AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Latino day laborers in San Rafael speak as they stand on street corners looking for work. About their experiences coming to and working in the US, encounters with the INS. Also interviewed are two shopkeepers in the area.
![Canal Community Alliance](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/18/1992Call Number: CV 196BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Tom Wilson and Melissa Martin from the Canal Community Alliance speak about the San Rafael day laborers and the Canal district of San Rafael. They outline city plans to set up a job center for the day laborers, INS raids, racism in the neighborhood.
![Immigrant Rights: A Civill Rights Issue For the 90's - Part 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/25/1990Call Number: CV 269Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About xenophobia and racism against immigrants across the world (in the US, France, Italy, and England) and the attacks on civil rights. The fight for multi ethnic unity in the face of anti-immigrant mobilizations and opposing attempts to pit different ethnic groups against one another. The 1986 Immigration Reformation and Control Act is discussed, which introduces I-9 Forms and grants some immigrants amnesty. INS abuses on the borders are also addressed.
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