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1. Interview of Hope Mendoza Schechter

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Community 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...

2. Interview of Marian Graff

Topic:
Social Movements
Latina and Latino History
Community 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.

3. Interview of Harvey Schechter

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Community 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.

4. Interview of Diane Donoghue

Topic:
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
Biographical Note:
Founder of Esperanza Community Development Corporation and member of the Sisters of Social Service.

5. Interview of Bill Watanabe

Topic:
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the Little Tokyo Service Center and founder of the Asian Pacific Community Fund.

6. Interview of Joan Ling

Topic:
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
2 hrs. 45 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the Community Corporation of Santa Monica and treasurer of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles. UCLA lecturer in the Department of Urban Planning.

7. Interview of Jeff Dietrich

Topic:
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
7.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
Biographical Note:
: Founding member of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker. Co-director of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker soup kitchen. Author of Broken and Shared: Food, Dignity and the Poor on Los Angeles' Skid Row.

8. Interview of Paul Zimmerman

Topic:
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing and the West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation.

9. Interview of Robin Cannon

Topic:
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
Biographical Note:
Founder of Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles and of Communities for Accountable Reinvestment. Co-chair of the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice.

10. Interview of D'Artagnan Scorza

Topic:
Community History
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Narratives of Justice oral history series documents issues related to the criminal justice system in California through interviews with a variety of people who seek to reform that system. It includes interviews with individuals who provide services to at-risk youth; individuals engaged in com...
Biographical Note:
Founder and executive director of the Social Justice Learning Institute in Inglewood, California.