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Jesse Jackson: Voter registration campaign (Part I)
Date: 9/26/1988Call Number: CV 013Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
During a voter registration rally at U.C. Berkeley, several students along with professors speak about issues affecting their commuity and greater nation. Jackson gives a very inspirational speech on the importance and power of registering and voting. He mentions the problems with Reagan's current administration, while touching upon issues of healthcare, foreign policy, and homelessness and how Dukakis will bring the change America wants, not Bush.
Jesse Jackson: Voter Registration Campaign (Part II)
Date: 9/26/1988Call Number: CV 014AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
This is a continuation of Jackson's voter registration speech at U.C. Berkeley on September 26, 1988. He ends his speech by reminding the youth that their vote counts and that the power is in the students' hands to make a difference around the world. He has students come up to register to vote.
In an interview with Jackson he expresses his support for Dukakis and his disapproval of Bush's political positions.
Luis Talamantez: Pelican Bay State Prison
Date: 11/18/1993Call Number: CV 016Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Chuy Varela interviews Luis Talamantez, a prison rights activist working against prison injustices. Throughout the interview Talamantez describes the torture and violence inflicted upon Black and Latino Pelican Bay prisoners. He highlights the lack of prisoners' rights and the brutality of prison guards. By participating in the Pelican Bay Information Project Talamantez hopes to put an end to these atrocities.
Public Enema - digital
Date: 11/13/1990Call Number: CD 587Format: DVDProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A short documentary about youth who clandestinely post political art throughout Pittsburgh, PA. The creative works are photocopied and distributed to challenge people's thinking about art and politics.
Produced by Claude Marks (then living as Greg Peters while he was living underground and as a fugitive), with Paul Martello and Ping.
Digital of Camera Original 1, Master and copy
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!
High School Walkout in Hayward
Date: 4/22/1994Call Number: CV 037Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Speeches from high school students, teachers, the school district superintendent and community members throughout the Bay Area at the 1994 high school walkout in Hayward. The students and community activists are protesting for improvements in school facilities, disciplinary policy, funding and ethnic studies.
Mothers in Prison, Children in Crisis
Date: 5/26/1998Call Number: PM 324Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On the OutsideCollection: Prisons - Women
Rally for women in prison in San Francisco's U.N. Plaza including: medical neglect of women in prison,discriminatory drug laws, Human Rights Watch's study that found that sexual exploitation and abuse of women by guards is an institutionalized and largely ignored practice, news of Mumia Abu Jamal, and women's rights coalitions about the need for more recovery centers and other treatment facilities.
"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".
East L.A. Gangs
Interviews with gang members, mothers of gang members, and police. Discussion about why urban poor youth join gangs, gang life and culture, crime, attempts at peace making, how to be someone other than a gangster, and feeling of powerlessness.
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.
