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.
Documents
Prop. 187 Protest 11/9/1994 taped by Sammy Leigh Webster
Interviews with protesters during a march in San Francisco against the passing of California Proposition 187. Gauging their reactions to the proposition, which would have required those who seek social services to have their immigration statuses verified. With this proposition the state hoped that without social services, undocumented people would leave California.
Henry Cisneros Speech
Date: 5/2/1990Call Number: CV 018Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Henry Cisneros delivers a speech on the merging of Latin and American culture for immigrant populations and how that merging will prepare people for positions of leadership. *Note: This tape contains only part 2 of speech.
500 Years of Chicano History
Interview with Elizabeth Martinez in 1992 about her book "500 Years of Chicano History". Themes are "what is Chicano?" and positive images of Chicanos.
California Latino Alcohol and Other Drugs Coalition Conference (Part 1)
Conference informing the Latino community about the problems of alcohol and other drugs. The participants explain the effectiveness of policymaking beginning at the grassroots level.
Guillermo Gomez-Peña "New World Border"
Guillermo Gomez-Peña performing "New World Border" with Coco Fusco on KGNU in Boulder. Gomez-Peña's performance piece relates to shifting political, economic and cultural landscapes that continue to confound and possibly eliminate borders.
Guillermo Gomez-Peña and David Schein "Border X Frontera"
Call Number: CV 061BFormat: Cass BProducers: MOCA, Sushi GalleryProgram: MOCA Territory of Art IICollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Radio performance by Guillermo Gomez-Peña and David Schein in 1986 for public radio. Mexican and US narratives on borders and crossing borders. San Diego and Tijuana, US and Canada are compared.
Guillermo Gomez-Peña Performance and Interview 1991
Date: 11/8/1991Call Number: CV 064AFormat: Cass AProgram: Cal PerformancesCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Guillermo Gomez-Peña stages a performance art piece focusing on shifting and paradoxical cultural, social and economic borders in the 1990's. Legacy of Columbus for the 1992 quincentenary. Performance followed by interview with Chuy Varela on immigration, divisions among Latinos, and economic support for multiculturalism and art.
The Warrior For Gringostroika
Date: 11/5/1993Call Number: CV 065Format: Cass A & BProducers: Radio BilingueProgram: Noticiero LatinoCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Review and overview of the performance art work of Guillermo Gomez-Peña and the music of Jaime Lopez. Both segments are primarily in Spanish.
Elizabeth Martinez; Maquila Workers
Date: 12/6/1993Call Number: CV 066Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: La Honda BajitaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview by Chuy Varela with Elizabeth Martinez in 1993 about her book "500 Years of Chicano History In Pictures." They discuss
Latino and Chicano identity and politics. Varela goes on to interview workers from maquilas in Tijuana, Mexico about their struggles to unionize, and the working conditions in the factories.
Watsonville Elections #1
Chuy Varela interviews candidates and voters in Watsonville, CA about the election taking place. Focuses on the Chicano and Latino voting in the historic elections.
