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- Topic:
- Social MovementsCommunist PartyFilm and Television
- Length:
- 36 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
- Biographical Note:
- Novelist and screenwriter. One of the Hollywood Ten, who were imprisoned and blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLabor Movement
- Length:
- 9.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Labor leader and arbitrator. Organizer for the Cap and Millinery Workers International Union and the United Shoe Workers of America.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsCommunist Party
- Length:
- 42 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Chair of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsFilm and TelevisionCommunist Party
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
- Biographical Note:
- Film and television producer. Known for breaking the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist with the production of Spartacus.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsFilm and TelevisionCommunist Party
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
- Biographical Note:
- Son of the screen and television writer Dalton Trumbo, who was one of the Hollywood Ten, who were imprisoned and blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsCivil LibertiesSleepy Lagoon Case
- Length:
- 24 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLGBT Movement
- Length:
- 17.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of the Mattachine Society, an early gay rights organization and Radical Faeries, a gay spiritual movement.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLabor Movement
- Length:
- 15.4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Director of the western region of the United Automobile Workers and advisor to Robert Kennedy.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsCommunist PartyLabor Movement
- Length:
- 14.6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Labor organizer and executive committee member of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsJournalismCivil LibertiesSleepy Lagoon Case
- Length:
- 12.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Author and editor of the Nation, known for writing on California politics and culture.
- 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 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:
- 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:
- 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 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 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:
- 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:
- 2.5 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:
- 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:
- 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 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:
- 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:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryEducationSocial MovementsUCLA FacultyWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 7 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:
- UCLA professor of higher education and senior scholar at the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute.
- 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 MovementsWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 6 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:
- Pioneer of women’s oral history and director of the California State University, Long Beach Oral History Program. Anti-war and anti-Zionist activist. Co-founder of the Westside Women's Center.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 3 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:
- Feminist activist in anti-rape work, women’s sexuality, and feminist theology. Co-founder of the Rape Crisis Hotline and Women Against Sexual Abuse. Co-founder of the Califia Community. California State University, Long Beach educator in the Women’s Studies Program.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 7 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:
- UCLA Osher Institute instructor in gender studies and life transitions.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLGBT MovementWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 3.25 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 LGBTQ rights and teacher's issues. June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives board member.
- 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:
- 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 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 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- Educator in the area of greywater systems and Greywater Action founder. Author of The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape. Resident of Los Angeles Eco-Village.
- 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:
- 3.5 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:
- Principal in DakeLuna Consultants, an urban design consulting group. Stream restoration specialist for Heal the Bay, founder of Urban Semillas, and creator of youth-oriented educational courses on watershed issues known as “Agua Universities."
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 7.25 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:
- Founder of Committee to Bridge the Gap. Director, Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 2 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:
- Associate professor of sociology at Loyola Marymount University (LMU.) Founder of LMU’s African American Studies Department.
- 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 MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryChicano Movement
- Length:
- 9 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 United Mexican American Students (UMAS) organization at California State University, Los Angeles. Chicano studies professor, helped implement Chicano studies program in higher education.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- UCLA and University of California HistorySocial MovementsUCLA FacultyWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 11.5 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:
- UCLA professor of anthropology, chair of gender studies, co-chair of Islamic studies, and co-director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies. Co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies.
- 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:
- 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:
- 1.25 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 1.25 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:
- 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 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- .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:
- 1.5 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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. MA, organic chemistry. Indoor air quality professional and organic chemist at May Indoor Air Investigations LLC. Author of several books. Board member of the Massachuse...
- 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. Experienced lead poisoning as the result of environmental racism. Environmental activist with East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice.
- 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. Jewish man living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Fragrance-free building advocate. Founder, Environmental Illness, Thrive. Activism brought fragrance-free sp...
- 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:
- 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:
- Journalist, photographer, and editor for La Raza, a Chicano-movement newspaper. Ran for office as a candidate of the first and only Mexican American political party, La Raza Unida Party.
- 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:
- Community HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 3.75 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:
- Writing program director at InsideOUT Writers.
- Topic:
- Community HistorySocial MovementsCommunity 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:
- Director of the ACLU of Southern California's Jails Project.
- Topic:
- Environmental IllnessSocial Movements
- Length:
- 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. Novelist and former health communications officer in the provincial Ontario health ministry. Policy writer with strong publication record.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsCivil Rights Movement
- Length:
- 15.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Activist and organizer. Work with the Congress of Racial Equality, Newark Community Union Project, Students for a Democratic Society, as well as its Weathermen faction. Other work includes labor organizing and work in environmental justice. Currently director of the Labor/Community Strategy Cen...
- 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. Born in Montreal, Canada, Solona is a software developer who is living with MCS and is extremely avoidant to mold. Solona has written to government officials and partic...
- 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 Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).
- 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. Developed Multiple Chemical Sensitivities in 1992. Due to subsequent exposure to pesticides is predominantly housebound.
- 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. A man living in Sacramento, California, and a retired technology strategist. Chalmers is living with MCS and considers himself “an armchair activist.”
- 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. From Peru, Martha Garrido is a Latina woman and a care worker living in San Francisco. She is a member of the California Domestic Workers Coalition. She describes the h...
- 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:
- 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. Linda Coco is an anthropologist and law professor who currently resides in Florida. Because of the lack of care and accommodations for her chemical sensitivities, she h...