- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsChicano Movement
- Length:
- 16 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Founding member of the Brown Berets, and key organizer of the Chicano Blowouts. Member of La Vida Nueva and the movement to establish the Chicano Studies program at East Los Angeles College.
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- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsChicano Movement
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Chairman of the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee (EICC) during the Chicano Blowouts. Founder of the Hispanic Urban Center Board of Education and the Parent Institute for Quality Education.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Community Service Organization, commonly known as the CSO, was founded in 1947 as a civil rights advocacy group that boasted a multi-ethnic membership. Individuals selected for this oral history series resided in Los Angeles during the 1940s and joined the Community Service Organization durin...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder of the Chicano civil rights group the Community Service Organization. First Mexican American woman organizer and business agent for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), founding member of the California Democratic Council, and a political appointee of the Lyndon B. J...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Community Service Organization, commonly known as the CSO, was founded in 1947 as a civil rights advocacy group that boasted a multi-ethnic membership. Individuals selected for this oral history series resided in Los Angeles during the 1940s and joined the Community Service Organization durin...
- Biographical Note:
- Involved in voter registration and fund raising with the Chicano civil rights group the Community Service Organization. President of the El Sereno chapter of the Independent Progressive Party.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Community Service Organization, commonly known as the CSO, was founded in 1947 as a civil rights advocacy group that boasted a multi-ethnic membership. Individuals selected for this oral history series resided in Los Angeles during the 1940s and joined the Community Service Organization durin...
- Biographical Note:
- Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Southwest regional director of civil rights and fact-finding. Involved with the Chicano civil rights group the Community Service Organization.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 3.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Developed MCS after workplace exposure. Patient advocate.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Developed MCS developed after an exposure to formaldehyde in the workplace.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- Spanish
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences health issues related to chemical exposure. Active with California Domestic Workers Alliance. Advocates for domestic labor laws and rights, renter’s rights,...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Advocates for MCS through direct communication: writing letters to CEOS about changing their products and talking to bu...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). After years of having difficulties finding a place to live that didn’t trigger her MCS, she is now part of a vibrant va...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Queer and disabled writer. Works for Oregon Community Health Association. Lambda Fellow and the Creative Non-Fiction Ed...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Former artist, hairdresser, and retail worker. Active advocate for the MCS community, writing letters and articles to s...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). First exposed to dangerous chemicals as a factory worker in the 1980s. Housing that accommodates those with chemical se...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Former social worker. Advocates for better understanding of MCS, as the myriad of physical and emotional symptoms assoc...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Active in a local ministry. Takes a holistic approach to health, focusing on the physical and spiritual roots of illnes...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Canadian artist, whose artist books and sculptural works explore feminist and environmental themes as well as the experi...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). College-educated, Al-Anon peer counselor with an array of pink collar and blue collar work experience. Filed lawsuit con...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences chemical sensitivity, but uses the term "fragrance disability" to describe their condition. Executive personal assistant and events coordinator. Describes h...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with chemical injury and environmental illness. Puerto Rican-Jewish poet, essayist, and podcaster. Disability and accessible housing activist. Collaborating on t...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Activist blogger who writes about nickel allergy. Her blog, Nickely Challenged, features her writing on her journey of n...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- .75 hrs
- Language:
- Spanish
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Perez is an involved labor and voters rights activist, working with Mujeres Unidas (MUA), California Domestic Workers Coalition, and campaigning for California Senate B...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- Spanish
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences chemical sensitivities. Domestic worker and member of the Women’s Collective and United and Active Women (MUA), two activist organizations in San Francisco.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Chief of the Office of Viral Hepatitis Prevention for the California Department of Public Health.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Before her Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) became debilitating, Petit was a multilingual school teacher and Girl Guides of Canada volunteer.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Community organizer and lesbian, feminist activist.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and fibromyalgia. Environmental and disability activist.
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 2 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Chronic Lyme Disease, Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Sensitivity, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Disabled adoptee from El Salvador and writer.
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs
- Language:
- Spanish
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Member of California Domestic Worker’s Alliance and Grupo Almas, a women’s collective in Santa Rosa, California.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Advocate for fragrance-free spaces.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- .75 hrs
- Language:
- Spanish
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Member of the California Domestic Workers Coalition (Coalición de Trabajadores), an organization that advocates for the rights of domestic workers such as caretakers an...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- .75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Canadian citizen. Self-advocate for workplace accommodation.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experience Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Nigerian immigrant. Public health researcher at Duke Global Health Institute. Research highlights access issues of affor...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Experienced mold exposure in the workplace. Storyteller and self-advocate.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Advocate and educator on chemical sensitivity, fragrance, and increasing medical understanding of MCS.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Writer and musician. Outspoken about the challenge of navigating fragrance-free hygiene as a woman.
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Long term experience with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Former president and board member of the Environmental Health Network of California.
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Medical doctor specializing in internal medicine and environmental health. Chemical sensitivity and disability advocate and ac...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Professor of Legal Studies, University of Houston-Clear Lake in Texas. Lives with Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS). Childhood lung cancer survivor. Mold ex...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- .75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Lyme Disease and experiences chemical sensitivities. UCLA student. Advocate for people living with for Lyme Disease and chronic illnesses, and activist for ...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- Spanish
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with chemical sensitivities and eczema. Born in Guatemala. Worked as a nurse before migrating to Los Angeles, California. Worked in various factory jobs, assisted...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Gender queer artist and activist. Having experienced houselessness, they advocate for developing accessible social housing.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- .75 hrs
- Language:
- Spanish
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Member of the Women’s Collective in San Francisco, an organization that advocates for the rights of domestic workers such as caretakers and house cleaners.
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Diagnosed with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Run support group for people with MCAS in East Bay, California.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Chronic Lyme Disease. Has experienced Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Author of "Intentional Healing: One Woman's Path to Higher Consciousness and Freedom from Environmental and Other Chronic Illnesses." Experiences Multiple Chemical Sens...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 3 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Visual effects illustrator living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and asthma. Home health aide and participant in Master Gardener program.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Lyme Disease. Storyteller. Gender non-conforming. Narrates experiences of chemical exposure and illness from the perspective of genetics.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Experiences Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Associate professor, Department of Native American Studies, University of California, Davis. Environmental activism who...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Makeup artist, stylist, and activist in Canada. Creative director and board member at Fashion Takes Action. Cabinet memb...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Poet and professor of poetry at Brock University, whose writing has a focus on poetry and science. Author of four books, including "Anatomic" and "The Polymers," which ...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- Spanish
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Activist organizer and leader at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). Part of the Fair Food Program education team. Hosts daily radio shows on the CIW’s low-power ...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series.Lives Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Medically retired from career with City of Los Angeles due to chemical exposure after working in chemical testing for many y...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Dr. Oliver has an MD, MPH, and MS. President of Occupational Health Initiatives, Inc. Professor in the Occupational and Environmental Health Division of the Dalla Lana ...
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science professor of medicine. Education and health activist.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- California State University, Fullerton, professor of linguistics and expert on ebonics.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 2.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and president of Mothers in Action.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder and executive director of Parents of Watts.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 12 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of Heal the Bay, Unpave LA, and the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council. Involved in California Water Impact Network (C-WIN).
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 9 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of Los Angeles Eco-Village. Executive director of Cooperative Resources and Services Project.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Vice president of environmental health for the American Lung Association of California. Governor's appointee to the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board and the California Air Resources Board.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 6.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of TreePeople. Co-organizer of Los Angeles Million Tree Campaign. Involved in Los Angeles urban forest and urban watershed initiatives.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder and executive director of Eco-Home Network. Founding member of the Eco-Cities Council.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Early member of the Friends of the Los Angeles River and author of Down by the Los Angeles River, a guide to river walks. Member of Bus Rider’s Union; advocate for bike lanes; resident of Los Angeles Eco-Village.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 8.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of Coalition for a Safe Environment, which fought port pollution in Wilmington, California. Participant in THE (Trade, Health, Environment) Impact Project, an organization focused on the community health impact of the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of Wetlands Action Network, an organization that opposed Playa Vista land development at the Ballona Wetlands. Co-founder of the Ballona Institute and manager of the Coastal Law Enforcement Action Network (CLEAN).
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Executive director for the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice. Plaintiff in Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in Action, an environmental case related to the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Jurupa Valley, California.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-coordinator of the Campaign against Utility Service Exploitation (CAUSE) and other public interest campaigns focusing on water in Southern California.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Justice Committee's Working Group on Ports and Goods Movement. Participant in THE (Trade, Health, Environment) Impact Project, an organization focused on the community health impact of the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founding member of No Oil Inc. and instrumental in the successful passage of a ballot proposition preventing oil drilling in Santa Monica Bay.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 5.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Poet, journalist, and filmmaker. Founder of Friends of the Los Angeles River.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLabor Movement
- Length:
- 6.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founding officer of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and president of the United Public Workers Local 246. General manager for GM at Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 434.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Advocate for Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. Executive director of T.H.E. (To Help Everyone) Clinic. Executive director of the National Health Law Program, staff attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and director of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health an...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Advocate for Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. Executive director of South Central Multipurpose Senior Citizen Center.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Black Congress and the Long Beach Community Improvement League.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Founding member of the Brotherhood Crusade. Manager of the Vera Davis McClendon Youth and Family Center.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Mental health specialist and psychiatrist. Medical director of the Community Mental Health Center in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and executive director of the Watts Summer Festival.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryChicano Movement
- Length:
- 24 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of Hijas de Cuauhtemoc, Encuentro Feminil, and La Feminista, publications focused on issues relating to feminism and the Chicana community. Created a Chicana studies curriculum at California State University, Northridge, served as assistant professor in their Chicano studies department.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryChicano Movement
- Length:
- 10 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder of the Brown Berets who protested against unfair conditions in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Founder of the cultural nationalist group, La Junta.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryChicano Movement
- Length:
- 10 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Founding member of the Brown Berets, and key organizer of the Chicano Blowouts. Became the second Latina member of the LA School Board.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsChicano Movement
- Length:
- 10 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of Católicos por La Raza protests. Involved in the sanctuary movement in Los Angeles, the resettlement of refugees from Central America.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Playwright, director, and performer with environmental activist theater groups Earth Water Air Los Angeles (EWALA) and Frogworks.” Author of Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Project manager for the Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma. Participant in THE (Trade, Health, Environment) Impact Project, an organization focused on the community health impact of the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founded Santa Barbara’s Community Environmental Council in response to the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara. Founding director of Santa Barbara Citizens for Environmental Defense and the Environmental Defense Center.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Artist and environmental activist, executive director of 18th Street Arts Complex, and founding member of performance groups Earth Water Air Los Angeles (EWALA) and FrogWorks. Involved in protests against Playa Vista land development at the Ballona Wetlands.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAmerican Indian HistoryEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 3.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Tribal chairperson of the Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel. Instrumental in protecting tribal burial sites within the areas of the Ballona Wetlands in Los Angeles and the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Outreach coordinator for the South Bay Center for Counseling. Activist in the area of port pollution and clean air and member of the Community Partners Council and Cesar Chavez Mother's Brigade.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Community organizer for Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy. Organizer for the Long Beach Clean Trucks Program and member of the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability at UCLA.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Executive director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and co-chair of the Desal Response Group.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of Concerned Neighbors in Action. Plaintiff in Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in Action, an environmental case related to the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Jurupa Valley, California.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsChicano Movement
- Length:
- 15 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Chicano Moratorium Committee, and involved in the creation of the Chicano Studies Department at California State University, Northridge.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsChicano Movement
- Length:
- 25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Mexican American activist and co-chair of the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsWomen's IssuesArt
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Women’s Activist Lives in Los Angeles is a series of interviews done by graduate research assistants under the auspices of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. The series addresses the diverse ways in which women’s social movement activities affected public policy and transformed civic institut...
- Biographical Note:
- Performance and video artist. Involved in the Women’s Building, a center for feminist art in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Women’s Activist Lives in Los Angeles is a series of interviews done by graduate research assistants under the auspices of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. The series addresses the diverse ways in which women’s social movement activities affected public policy and transformed civic institut...
- Biographical Note:
- Activist for labor, children, and women’s rights. Executive director of Centro de Niños, a bicultural, bilingual children’s center.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsUCLA and University of California HistoryDisability Rights and Independent Living MovementUCLA Administration
- Length:
- 8.2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and executive director of the Westside Center for Independent Living and disability services coordinator for the city of Culver City. Special assistant to the chancellor and ADA/504 compliance officer at UCLA.
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