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Demonstrations/Mobilizations including Dolores Huerta
Date: 7/26/1991Call Number: CV 307Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Segments from demonstrations and mobilizations in San Francisco including an interview with Dolores Huerta.
Election Night-11/8/94-No 187-Women's Building-SF
On the eve of the Prop 187 decision, Latino-American analysts held a discussion about labeling immigrants as scapegoats for economic problems, and the racist and divisive patterns that supporters of Prop 187 hope to perpetuate in domestic policy. Analysts speak of the importance of youth movements to secure an equitable future and an united and politically educated Latino community in the face of repression.
Sacramento Immigration- Mujeres Unidos, ABX70
Members of Mujeres Unidos speak out against ABX 70, which prevents illegal immigrants from attending college. Lawmakers don't want class seats to be taken from US citizens by illegal immigrants while activists say the campaign against immigrants is cruel and increases anti-foreign sentiment. Immigrants themselves feel they are being used as scapegoats for domestic problems, and that they are being denied an opportunity for education.
Real Dragon
Date: 7/21/1973Call Number: CD 831Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Update on United Farm Workers (UFW) movement, increasing militarization and violence at the border, surveillance technology, Milton Scott and prison update.
La Chicana en el Movimiento
Date: 5/22/1972Call Number: CD 833Format: CDProducers: Irene (Bernice) Ramirez, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
From East LA to the Bay area and beyond, Las mujeres de la Raza speak out.
Discuss the La Raza Unida Conference. Ideas include: education in la familia, welfare, labor and immigration, male/female roles, abortion, drug abuse, teacher/student relationship.
Maria Elena Gaytan speaks powerfully about situations facing today’s Chicanas, and addresses the need for the community to mobilize. She talks in specific detail about the Mexican economy and the US hand involved, Chicanos v. Mexicanos, outsourcing, border policies, voting protocol for La Raza Unida, and the Dixon Arnett Law.
Immigration Prop 187 Passage Press Conference 11-9-94 SF
Press conference given the day after the passage of Prop 187. Organizers of the anti-Prop
187 movement speak to the press about their disappointment with California’s decision and their
next steps which include class action lawsuits against numerous California politicians. Key points of
opposition include challenging the educational provisions, overriding health care entitlements, and
challenging the structure of Prop 187. Q and A with the press follows the statements by lawyers and
community activists.
Maria Cristina La Paz
Tape includes an introductory song, and five poems in Spanish.
RISE Student Protest of Prop 187
Date: 10/12/1994Call Number: CV 319AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Student rally at UC Berkeley protesting Prop 187. Event culminates in a march to the Federal Building in Oakland. Student marchers speak on topics including racism, the difficulties Prop 187 will pose for undocumented students and the importance of youth mobilization against Prop 187.
Californians of Mexican descent; Program #1: How, when, and why they came, Reel 1 of 2
Date: 5/1/1963Call Number: CE 641Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Details a brief history of California from the conquest of Spain until the early 1900s. Discusses missionaries, the development of pueblos (mission settlements), and immigration from US to Mexico in the early 1900s. Interviews from Californians about family immigration narratives.
Californians of Mexican descent; Program #1: How, when, and why they came, Reel 2 of 2
Date: 5/1/1963Call Number: CE 642Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discussion of the reasons for immigration from Mexico to US following the years after the onset of the Mexican Revolution; includes discussion of Bracero Program, Operation Wetback, and immigration narratives.
