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Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
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Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 3/14/1985Call Number: JH 188Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraProgram: Pajaro LatinoCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Members of AMNLAE (Associacion de Mujeres Nicaraguenses Luisa Amanda Espinoza - the women's organization of the Sandinista revolution) discuss contra abuses in an event at the SF Women's Building. CHRICA (Committee for Health Rights in Central America) protest at San Francisco CIA office against contra kidnapping of health workers in Nicaragua. Ray Hooker, a Nicaraguan educator and a member of the Nicaraguan National Assembly from the country's Atlantic Coast, speaks in San Francisco against US aid to the contras. Hooker was captured by the contras and held for 40 days. Report on El Salvador FMLN guerrilla forces. Report from FMLN Radio Venceremos on labor abuses, including mass firings of workers, and workers' protests.
International Women’s Day 1995 International Women’s Day 1995
Date: 3/5/1995Call Number: JG/ 087BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Judy Siff of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee who speaks of the creation, destruction and recreation of International Women's Day. It is a day when women recognize women who are in struggle around the world. Siff advocates visiting women in prison and describes the situation of Laura Whitehorn, an anti-racist political prisoner accused of resistance conspiracy and sentenced to 15 years of prison. Readings from Margaret Randall's 'Sandino's Daughters Revisited,' a book of interviews and commentary about Nicaraguan feminism following the defeat of the FSLN in 1990. The book describes how the Sandinista movement brought women into public leadership but within its male-dominated power structure. Following are excerpts of an interview with Michelle Nageles, a feminist activist at the University of Central America who envisions a newfound solidarity amongst women in Nicaragua.
Interview with Anabel Torres on Nicaragua Interview with Anabel Torres on Nicaragua
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: JG/ 115BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview with Anabel Torres, the executive director of CANTERA. Torres explains that CANTERA, the Center for Popular Education and Communication, was established in Nicaragua to encourage the formation of people in an integral manner and the strengthening of individual and collective identities of Nicaraguans. CANTERA strives to improve the quality of life of rural and urban Nicaraguans, most frequently women, by encouraging collaborations between communities and providing information as a means for freedom.
Interview with Anabel Torres on Nicaragua Interview with Anabel Torres on Nicaragua
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: JG/ 115BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Anabel Torres, the executive director of CANTERA explains that CANTERA, the Center for Popular Education and Communication, was established in Nicaragua to encourage the strengthening of individual and collective identities of Nicaraguans. CANTERA strives to improve the quality of life of rural and urban Nicaraguans, most frequently women, by encouraging collaborations between communities and providing information as a means for freedom.
Woman to Woman Campaign Woman to Woman Campaign
Date: 8/1/1987Call Number: V 417Format: UmaticCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Short segment of a larger project depicting a popular assembly in Nicaragua where women critique the new constitution, emphasizing the need for a stronger and feminist commitment to reproductive rights, family structure, and work.