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![Latino Gang Conference](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/27/1993Call Number: CV 155Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
"Why gangs exist" by Dr. Armando Torres Morales. A presentation about the broad definition of a gang and the subjectivity of its qualifications. He also mentions gun control and the enhancement of legal penalties for gang members or suspected gang members. Side B is Natalie Salazar, the Civilian Director for the LA County Sheriffs Department. Her presentation "Community Projects" is about combating gangs. She discusses tagging and drugs and how they can lead to gang activity, bringing a law enforcement perspective to the issue.
![Latino Gang Conference Part 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/27/1993Call Number: CV 163Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
"Latino Gangs and the Media" with panelists Dr. Larry Trujillo, Joseph Rodriguez, Jesus Chuy Varela and Tomas Roman. Panelists bring photo-journalism, grass-roots organizing and personal experience to the discussion.
![Latino Gang Conference Part 3](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/28/1993Call Number: CV 165Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
"Southern California Latino Gangs" with Daniel Guzman about family, tagging, and law enforcement.
![Latino Gang Conference Part 4](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/28/1993Call Number: CV 166Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Daniel Vasquez, warden of San Quentin, and Lt Richard Mandeville, correctional Lt at San Quentin talk about prison gangs, prison violence and the Northern vs Southern California rivalry.
![Latino Gang Conference Part 5](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/29/1993Call Number: CV 167Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
State Attorney General Daniel Lungrun gives law enforcement perspective on general statistics and possible solutions for gangs and crime in California. Followed by public interviews about the conference.
![Carmen y Cecilia: Gangs in the Mission](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/8/1993Call Number: CV 218BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Both women work for social justice organizations in the Mission neighborhood in San Francisco and discuss the dangers, causes and consequences of young Latinos joining gangs. The underrepresenation of Latino voices in the school districts, the closing of schools in the area, and the lack of recreational space for young people are discussed. They also talk about parents who are less literate than their children, warning signs of gang-related activity and workshops that groups like Padres Unidos hold to better educate parents.
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