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Title: Another rally?
Date: 1972/1975
Description: Flier promoting a rally to be held on April 27th, organized by the Black Employees of the Library of Congress, against their employer's claim that working at the Library of Congress fosters an environment of pride for nearly all library employees.
Subject: Discrimination in employment; Employee rights; Racism in the workplace
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0041
Type: fliers (printed matter)
Collection: Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70870
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Title: Attention!
Date: 1972
Description: Flier publicizing a meeting of black employees of the Library of Congress on June 29th, 1972 to discuss, empower, and support the rights of black employees, including topics of a Government Employees Against Racial Discrimination task force, racism, discrimination, wages, and affirmative action.
Subject: Discrimination in employment; Employee rights; Racism in the workplace
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0043
Type: fliers (printed matter)
Collection: Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70872
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Title: Bob Smith Interview, March 27, 2016
Date: March 27, 2016
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: Bob Smith spoke about his employment history and educational background. He spoke extensively about the conditions that the homeless experience on the street in Washington, DC. He especially spoke about the conditions that are experienced when the weather is severe and how dangerous it could be. Bob also spoke about how difficult it was to make a living while trying to deal with discrimination. He expressed his frustration with elected leaders on their lack of attention on the issue of the homeless. He spoke about the lack of support that homeless experience on the street and how there are very few places to turn to help. Finally, he expressed that he hoped this project would improve the conditions of people living on the street. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: employment discrimination
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1523
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Title: Carlton Johnson Interview, March 25, 2015
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: Carlton Johnson talks about his background, especially in electronics, for which he went to trade school. He also has held a variety of jobs in sales, but mostly in CCTV and Surveillance work and communications. His worst job was as a day laborer, and he believes they ought pay more. Through this job, though there was no on-the-job training, he gained a connection that allowed him to apprentice and work gainfully for a number of years in contracting. He says that he’s never had difficulty making ends meet, and that the best way to work through financial woes is through sales, and that money is therefore attracted to him. While he identified no barriers to finding jobs to apply for, he says that he has been outright talked out of jobs because of discrimination on the part of employers. He concludes that his children are going to be successful, one owing to their skills with electronics and the other as one of the brightest minds in Fairfax County. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: employment discrimination
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1524
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Title: Joan Thomas Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Joan Thomas
Description: Joan Thomas has lived in the same house on Varnum Street since 1949, and in the Petworth neighborhood since 1945. The Petworth she initially encountered was significantly different that the Petworth of 2019—she recalls the segregated establishments and schools and, in particular, the date when every white family on her street, save one, moved out rather than remain in an integrated neighborhood. Her recollections include the integration of the neighborhood, her local/national political activism, and her hopes for the future of the Petworth community.
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Racial segregation; White flight; CGentrification; Racial discrimination; Red Cross; Gray Ladies (Red Cross); Georgia Avenue (Washington, D.C.); Black-owned businesses; Political activism; Local businesses
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2008
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Title: Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Task Force meeting agenda- April 5, 1989
Date: 1989-04-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Meeting agenda for the Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Task Force, including handwritten notes.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Gays -- Violence against; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Persecution of queer people; LGBTQ+ discrimination
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_collaborations_0006
Type: agendas (administrative records); notes (documents)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98310
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Title: Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Task Force meeting notes- August 1988
Date: 1988-08-01
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Handwritten meeting notes for the Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Task Force that cover fundraisers, reports, and future events.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Gays -- Violence against; Special events -- Planning; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+ events; Persecution of queer people; LGBTQ+ discrimination
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_collaborations_0002
Type: minutes (administrative records); notes (documents)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98306
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Title: Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Task Force memorandum
Date: 1989-03-16
Creator: Jean, Lorri L.
Description: Memorandum including a summary of the issues addressed at the previous task force meeting and a reminder for the next meeting.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Gays -- Violence against; Hate crimes; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Persecution of queer people; LGBTQ+ discrimination; Anti-LGBTQ+ violence
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_collaborations_0005
Type: memorandums
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98309
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Title: Letter from Antonio Acevedo to Judith Arandes
Date: 1993-02-01
Creator: Acevedo, Antonio
Description: Letter from Antonio Acevedo, associate director of the Department of Human Rights and Minority Business Development, to Judith Arandes, coordinator for ENLACE, informing ENLACE of the department's current recruitment of bilingual individuals for a mediation training.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); District of Columbia. Department of Human Services; Discrimination in employment; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Mediation; Translating services; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0079
Type: letters (correspondence)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98407
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Title: Letter from Oscar Olivera and Griselda Silveira to the Coalition of Gay and Lesbian Latinos
Date: 1993-05-25
Creator: Olivera, Oscar; Silveira, Griselda
Description: Letter from Oscar Olivera and Griselda Silveira to ENLACE. Olivera and Silveira are writing from Uruguay, expressing solidarity for ENLACE's work and explaining the challenging economic and political situation that gay men and lesbians face in Uruguay.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Gay men -- Uruguay; Lesbians -- Uruguay; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+ discrimination
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0131
Type: letters (correspondence)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98459
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Title: "One in Ten 'miscommunication' angers Latinos"
Date: 1996-06-07
Creator: Johnson, Wendy
Description: The Washington Blade newspaper article regarding the exclusion of Letitia Gomez and Tomas Gomez as parade marshals in DC's Lesbian and Gay Freedom Festival and a corresponding printed apology from Lois Wesly, president of the One-in-Ten organization.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Gay community -- Washington (D.C.) -- Newspapers; Latino communities -- Washington (D.C.); One In Ten; Race discrimination -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Intersectionality
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_newspapers_0011
Type: articles
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98693
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Title: Packet regarding the oppression of gays and lesbians in Puerto Rico from Amigas y Amigos de los Derechos Humanos
Date: 1993-06-14
Description: Note and press release from the organization Amigas y Amigos de los Derechos Humanos in Puerto Rico asking for information and help in fighting anti-sodomy laws in Puerto Rico's constitution.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Sodomy -- Law and legislation -- Puerto Rico; Gay rights -- Puerto Rico; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+ discrimination; Sodomy laws
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_correspondence_0042
Type: notes (documents)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98370
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Title: Regina Chow McPhie Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr; Regina Chow McPhie
Description: Native Washingtonian Regina Chow McPhie discusses her family history in DC's Chinatown and reflects on the necessity of perserving Chinese heritage in the area. She talks about how her family was involved in Chinatown from its earliest days, and how her grandfather helped start the Lee Family Association. She says that her grandfather and other immigrants were relegated to domestic work, such as the laundry business, due to racial discrimination and a hatred of the Chinese. Regina talks about how Chinatown has significantly diminished. She remembers visiting Chinatown and connecting with thousands of other Chinese in the 60s and 70s, whereas now only about 300 Chinese live in the area. While she admires the DC government's efforts to preserve Chinatown, she thinks they can do more, perhaps with money collected from parking tickets. She says now that Chinatown is struggling to exist. Regina sees a dichotomy between the older and younger generations in terms of the importance of preserving heritage. She views this as extremely important: "if you don't have your heritage, you don't have your history. You don't exist."
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinese New Year's Day parade; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinatown (San Francisco, CA); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinese Americans; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese heritage; Chinese culture; Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association; Transcontinental Railroad; Racial discrimination; Domestic workDomestic work; Anacostia Community Museum; Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum; Dr. Samir Meghelli; Harry Chow (community activist); Penny Lee (documentary producer); Wah Luck House; Mary E. Surratt Boarding House; Chinese laundries; Chinese-owned businesses; Local businesses; Chinese immigrants; immigrants; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese culture; family associations; Lee Family Association; Affordable housing; Gentrification; Urban development
Country: United States
Collection: Lunar New Year Festival 2020
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2038
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Title: Victor Rodriguez Interview, November 11, 2021
Date: November 11, 2021
Creator: Maddie Tinsley; Victor Rodriguez
Description: Victor Rodriguez’s interview was conducted on November 11th, 2021, using the Their Story platform. The interview starts with Victor Rodriguez discussing his experience growing up as a Mexican American, his parents’ experiences immigrating to the United States, how his heritage affected how he was treated with school, and his changing relationship with his Mexican American identity. Throughout the interview, Rodriguez talks about how having mentors who shared or understood his cultural heritage was a significant part of his journey to pursue medicine. When discussing his experiences in medical school, Rodriguez talks about the lack of diversity awareness in medical schools and his work to advocate for himself and other Latin American medical students. Rodriguez also discusses his experiences working in minority communities and his desire to combat health disparities. When talking about the effect of Covid-19 on his medical education, Rodriguez talks about how he feels he missed out on an important learning experience by not being allowed to see Covid patients. The interview concludes by returning to the discussion of health disparities in the United States and Rodriguez’s perspective on how increasing diversity within the medical field might be one of the best ways to continue combating those disparities.
Subject: medical students; medical school; public health; medical residency; COVID-19; Mexican-American culture; immigration; community advocacy; ethics in medicine; barriers to medicine; language barriers; discrimination in the medical field; discrimination; psychiatry
Country: United States
Collection: Victor Rodriguez Interview, November 11, 2021
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3650
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Title: Violence against lesbians and gay men in the Washington metropolitan area survey report
Date: 1988-01-01
Description: Report published by the Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Task Force, of which ENLACE was a member organization. The report shares the results of a survey of more than 400 members of the DC gay and lesbian community concerning violence against the community and the responses by the police department and criminal justice system. The report includes accounts of violence, background on anti-gay and lesbian violence, the statistical results of the survey, personal comments from respondents, an copy of the survey itself, and a call to action.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Gays -- Violence against; Victims of crimes surveys -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Persecution of queer people; LGBTQ+ discrimination
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_collaborations_0003
Type: reports
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98307
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Title: Wanted "the Torch"
Date: 1971
Description: Poster publicizing a sit-in on April 22, 1971, organized jointly by the Students for a Democratic Society and the Maurice Gordon Tenants for Health and Safety, against Boston landlord Maurice Gordon. Gordon's buildings were of subpar conditions and caused the death of eight tenants at his 50 Peterboro Street building on March 31, 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Subject: Demonstrations -- United States; Discrimination in housing; Landlords
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_P_0040
Type: posters
Collection: Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70792
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