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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![Latino Alcohol Policy and Advocacy Action in California: Keynote Presentation by Jerry Tello](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Jerry Tello uses storytelling and humor to talk about issues such as alcohol and drugs in the Latino community.
![Day of the Dead](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CV 272AFormat: Cass AProducers: Juila HuttonProgram: Crossing Over: Death & Dying in AmericaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Explains the roots and significance of Dia de los Muertos - a fusion of Spanish Catholicism and Native American traditions - which honors deceased ancestors. Making altars and gathering families together is seen as a powerful way to reconnect with loved ones and as a consoling way to approach death.
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