- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryCentral Americans in Southern CaliforniaCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 9 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews includes activists who were involved in founding and sustaining organizations in the Central American community in the 1980s. It examines the participants' activism and political persecution in Central America, their immigration to the U.S., and the ways they organized t...
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from El Salvador who worked with El Rescate and Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero. Participated in founding of the Department of Central American Studies at California State University, Northridge.
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