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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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 Jimmy Wu

Topic:
Social Movements
Community History
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:
Creative writer and a case manager at InsideOut Writers, an organization that serves at-risk youth through using creative writing as a catalyst for personal transformation.

8. Interview of Brian Biery

Topic:
Social Movements
Community History
Community Activism
Length:
2.6 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 community organizing at the Flintridge Center, a Pasadena-based organization providing programming and services for the formerly incarcerated and those most susceptible to heading towards the path of violence and incarceration.

9. 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.

10. Interview of Diandra Bremond

Topic:
Community History
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
2.25 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 trauma-informed youth development at the Brotherhood Crusade.