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Sylvester Monroe Interview
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: JG/ 143Format: Cass A & BProgram: Between the LinesCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Author of Brothers: Black & Poor, A True Story of Courage and Survival discusses his semi-autobiographical book. He examines larger media narratives of Black men and their “invisibility” in the 1980s, and debunks stereotypes by describing men’s personal experiences with poverty, social isolation, and institutional racism, following them from their youth in the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago through their adult lives.
Enough is Enough - The Story of All of Us or None
Date: 1/1/2003Call Number: V 473Format: VHSProducers: Eve GoldbergCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Recounts the beginning of the national organizing initiative by and for former prisoners and their families.
Fights and organizes against discrimination that prisoners experience as a result of their felony convictions - including lifetime welfare bans, restricted voting rights, denial of financial aid, and employment.
Enough is Enough - The Story of All of Us or None
Date: 1/1/2003Call Number: V 474Format: VHSProducers: Eve GoldbergCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Recounts the beginning of the national organizing initiative by and for former prisoners and their families.
Fights and organizes against discrimination that prisoners experience as a result of their felony convictions - including lifetime welfare bans, restricted voting rights, denial of financial aid, and employment.
Rosary for Cesar Chavez
Date: 4/28/1993Call Number: CV 276Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Organizers and allies of the United Farm Workers reflect on their memories of Cesar Chavez. Includes personal stories about him and discusses the principles which he instilled in others.
Cesar Chavez Tribute in San Francisco
Date: 6/26/1993Call Number: CV 277Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Speakers recount Cesar Chavez's life and legacy and encourage allies to organize a California holiday honoring him. Carlos Santana performs.
Judy Gerber: El Salvador Report-Back
Date: 7/20/1990Call Number: JG/ 145AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Gerber shares her impressions of the political and popular climate in El Salvador during her visit at the time of the Civil War (1979-1992). She discusses the government’s propaganda campaign and their coercive enlistment of young men into the military, the poor living and working conditions, and the importance of efforts to demilitarize the country.
Ann Marie Mann & Cindy Lutenbacher on Nicaragua
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 145BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The activists met with many groups in Nicaragua after the election of Violeta Chamorro and the Contra government. They explain how people feel as though they are still in wartime because of economic crisis and increases in hunger and disease. The activists lament the abandonment of many Sandinista institutions and massive firings under the new regime, but they say there is no sense of defeat among the people, who declare, “Not one step back.”
Mother's Day Commentary
Date: 5/7/1982Call Number: FI 153Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Poetry, music, and commentary on Mother's day, with emphasis on women of color and the impact of poverty.
Corazon Aquino at Moscone
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: CV 286Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines, speaks to a large Filipino-American audience at Moscone Center asking for support to overcome the high poverty rate after the 14-year dictatorship of the Marcos Regime.
Trade Secrets: The Hidden Costs of the FTAA
Date: 1/1/2002Call Number: V 539Format: VHSProducers: UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research, EducationCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
On the FTAA from the perspective of workers. Narrated by Mike Farrell, it covers the NAFTA Chapter 11 cases on UPS, and Methanex' attack on California's environmental laws banning MTBE from gasoline, and how the FTAA will affect us. There is also a set of fact sheets and a great interactive role-play on the impacts on the public and private sectors of the FTAA
