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Interview with Selby
Call Number: SS 035Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Selby, one of the youth activist who was arrested in the Soweto South Africa uprising.
Juventud: Latino Youth
Date: 4/28/1973Call Number: RP 066Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez, Bernice Ramirez, Isabel Alegria, Andres Alegria, and Lillian del SolCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez, Bernice Ramirez, Isabel Alegria, Andres Alegria, and Lillian del Sol produce Programming by and about Latino Youth
Military Myths
Call Number: V 083Format: VHSProducers: ROOTS (War Resisters League)Collection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Youth-produced informational video on alternatives to military service, “real stories” of former service-people, and the existence of racism, sexism, and homophobia in the military.
Peace by Piece: Youth Take Action
Date: 5/14/2001Call Number: V 055Format: VHSProducers: Green Fire ProductionsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A compilation of the stories of six remarkable young people from Oregon who have transcended violence, racism or stereotyping in their own lives and who made a decision not only to help themselves, but also to help others break the cycles of anger and violence.
Saths Cooper on South African issues and Steve Biko.
Saths Cooper, president of South Africa’s Professional Board for Psychology, speaks about Steve Biko, leader of the Black Consciousness movement. He speaks about Apartheid and colonization’s influences on South Africans. He claims that the west usually ignores the exploitation and wrongs of colonization on South Africa, and instead concentrates only on anti-Apartheid movements. The struggle is both at the national and social levels. The struggle means repossession of land and social transformation. Whites own most of the land in South Africa, but constitute only 15% of the population. Cooper also talks about how the youth have taken the lead in the revolution because they have vested interest in their futures, so they fight against resignation to the law. He says, “The youth have become the collective consciousness of a people denied on a political, social, and economic level.” He speaks about racial and economic hierarchies in South Africa, and about Steve Biko’s influence and student organization influence. He lastly speaks about how AZAPO (Azanian People’s Organization) follows Black Consciousness ideologies, while other organizations in South Africa follow AZAPO’s ideology, and he claims that Biko had to be killed when he did (1977) because people were unified under UDF (United Democratic Front - a South African umbrella organization of banned black organizations) and they realized they had a common enemy, so they needed to strike together. Therefore, the government killed Biko because of his strong influence and threat to the psychological impact of Apartheid. Cooper’s talk is followed by a question and answer session, and continues to Side B.
Green Guerrillas - Volume 1
Date: 6/6/2006Call Number: V 257Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The "Green Guerrillas" are local young people who knew relatively nothing about digital media, green building, organic food, or renewable energy at the start of the summer. Through twenty hours per week of hands-on instruction with an all-volunteer staff and limited equipment, the Green Guerrillas learned how to use computer and video technology to build entrepreneurial job skills, convert a diesel engine to run on vegetable oil, and make a music video for a local hip hop group.
Green Guerrillas - Volume 2
Date: 8/1/2007Call Number: V 266Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Green Guerrillas presented "a year in review," highlighting the latest in sustainable style, the community's response to racism in the Ithaca City Schools, the hottest and fastest fuel-efficient whips, and the modern impact of 500+ years of genocide and slavery on both sides of the prison wall in communities of color.
Featuring M1 of dead prez, the 122nd exonerated death row prisoner Harold Wilson, the MOVE Organization, the West Philadelphia High School Electric Vehicle Team, Dine Punk Rock Band BLACKFIRE, and Ithaca's Peoples Garden Project, the Blockumentary challenges pollution and prisons, while demonstrating the Green Guerrillas' commitment to sustainability and social change.
The Green Guerrillas Blockumentary v.2 premiered in Ithaca in August 2007.
Stop the Rail to Jail
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: CD 322Format: DVDProducers: Burns InstituteCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Juvenile Justice Accountability toolkit by the Burns Institute.
Cambie el Sistema, Cambie el Futuro!
"Talkback" - Graffiti
Date: 2/18/1997Call Number: CV 038Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Discussion and call-in show about graffiti. Topics include: Who is doing graffiti?, legality, differences between gang tags and graffiti, responsibility for your art and forms of expression. Speakers include Brooke Levin from the City of Oakland, Police Officer Oceno from Oakland, Michael Walsh, Artist/Author of the book "Graffito", and the Artist "Manifesto".
California Latino Alcohol and Other Drugs Coalition Conference (Part 2)
Begins with a speech by Sylvia Castillo on educating and empowering the community to become effective activists and policymakers. Followed by Jerry Tello who tells many stories to present cultural values to help strengthen the bond within the Latino community. Also a short interview with one of the conference coordinators and a short discussion of Ross Perot.
