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Cultural Assets for Latino Community Building in East Palo Alto
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Cultural Assets for Latino Community Building in East Palo Alto
Article written by the Wildflowers Institute in San Francisco, CA about the elements that go into building a strong and happy Latino cultural community.
Influx of Minorities Adds to Peninsula Mix - San Jose Mercury News
newspaper
Influx of Minorities Adds to Peninsula Mix - San Jose Mercury News
Article about population growth on the peninsula and the growing number of Latinx or Hispanic people in EPA. Includes interview with EPA librarian Martina...
African American and Hispanic Communities in East Palo Alto
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African American and Hispanic Communities in East Palo Alto
A report from the Wildflowers Institute in San Francisco, CA about change to EPA's ethnic and racial population, and some background on the city's...
Activist law project serving poor to close - San Jose Mercury News
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Activist law project serving poor to close - San Jose Mercury News
Article about East Palo Alto Community Law Project, founded by Stanford Law students in 1984, closing its doors. Includes the benefits for law students to...
Champion of the poor to close doors - Palo Alto Weekly
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Champion of the poor to close doors - Palo Alto Weekly
Article about East Palo Alto Community Law Project, founded by Stanford Law students, closing its doors after 18 years. Discusses the organization's...
Pamphlet and Info Packet for Community Legal Services in EPA
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Pamphlet and Info Packet for Community Legal Services in EPA
Pamphlet and info packet for Community Legal Services in EPA on the occasion of a 2009 fundraiser at the Four Seasons Hotel of Silicon Valley. Includes...
Tongans are Learning and Remembering - Peninsula Times Tribune
newspaper
Tongans are Learning and Remembering - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about Lavinia Finau-Leger and her efforts to share news of happenings in her native Tonga with other Tongan Bay Area community members. Discusses the...
Tongan cop seeks help - San Jose Mercury News
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Tongan cop seeks help - San Jose Mercury News
Article about the Chief Inspector of the Kingdom of Tonga visiting East Palo Alto. He came to ask community leaders to help prevent Tongan young people from...
'Unrestricted Area' Meant E. Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News
newspaper
'Unrestricted Area' Meant E. Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News
Article about the tradition of redlining and blockbusting in East Palo Alto as the community shifted from a white and Asian agricultural area to a mostly...
Fighting for Justice - Palo Alto Weekly
newspaper
Fighting for Justice - Palo Alto Weekly
Front page article about Community Legal Services of EPA and the cases they take on to serve the elderly, immigrant, and poor members of the community....
Pamphlet for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
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Pamphlet for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
Pamphlet for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) with information about legal services related to housing and immigration as well as...
East Palo Alto Area: Home Prices Rise Steadily - Palo Alto Times
newspaper
East Palo Alto Area: Home Prices Rise Steadily - Palo Alto Times
Article about a steady increase in property prices in the East Palo Alto area. The estimated increase of 30% for residential properties could be attributed...
Joyce M. Myles Interview
oral-history
Joyce M. Myles Interview
Interview of Joyce Myles by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: the 60th anniversary of the Ravenswood High...
Mayor Applauded as Peacemaker - San Jose Mercury News
newspaper
Mayor Applauded as Peacemaker - San Jose Mercury News
Profile of Mayor Gertrude Wilks that covers her childhood, move to East Palo Alto, interest in education, source of her strong black pride, political...
Growing Minority Takes Political Stage - San Jose Mercury News
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Growing Minority Takes Political Stage - San Jose Mercury News
Article about the Latino community becoming more politically involved and visible within San Mateo County. Includes interview with Nelson Santiago, an EPA...
Emily L. Hamamoto Interview
oral-history
Emily L. Hamamoto Interview
Interview of Emily Hamamoto by Meda Okelo. Topics include: arrival in Palo Alto at age five; raised in Palo Alto; became first Asian-American teacher in RCSD...
City will consider funding for law clinic - Palo Alto Weekly
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City will consider funding for law clinic - Palo Alto Weekly
Article about East Palo Alto possibly funding a new law clinic, Community Legal Services, which replaced the East Palo Alto Community Law Project. Stanford...
Janet Thomas Interview
oral-history
Janet Thomas Interview
Interview of Janet Thomas by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: her migration as a child from Texas in 1946...
East Palo Alto's Latino Future - Palo Alto Weekly
newspaper
East Palo Alto's Latino Future - Palo Alto Weekly
Article about the rapidly growing Latino population in East Palo Alto. Discusses the popularity and influence of the St. Francis of Assisi Church, Latino...
Delores Erving Bradford Farrell Interview
oral-history
Delores Erving Bradford Farrell Interview
Interview of Delores Erving Bradford Farrell by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: migration from Malvern...
Angah Miessi Interview
oral-history
Angah Miessi Interview
Interview of Angah Miessi by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migrating from the Ivory Coast in Africa in 1980 at 23 for grad school to EPA in 1983; EPA culture...
Gloria Cormier Interview
oral-history
Gloria Cormier Interview
Interview of Gloria Cormier by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: migration from Los Angeles to Carlton...
Luis Vizcardo Interview
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Luis Vizcardo Interview
Bi-lingual interview of Luis Vizcardo by Meda Okelo. Topics include: born in Lima, Peru; moving to EPA in 1999; attending Canada College to learn English;...
Fran Cooper Frierson Interview
oral-history
Fran Cooper Frierson Interview
Interview of Fran Cooper Frierson by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: her family moving to EPA; schooling...
Ida Chan Interview
oral-history
Ida Chan Interview
Interview of Ida Chan by Dianne Otterby. Ida Chan, born Ida Mock in East Palo Alto in 1933, discussed the following topics: her parents arriving in East Palo...
David & Nancy Tangitau Interview
oral-history
David & Nancy Tangitau Interview
Interview of David and Nancy Tangitau by Sisilia Afungia. Topics discussed include the Tongan community in EPA, the Weeks Poultry Colony, housing, crime and...
Ella M. Wiggins Beecher Interview
oral-history
Ella M. Wiggins Beecher Interview
Interview of Ella Wiggins Beecher by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: moving from Merced to EPA in the...
Nate Branch Interview
oral-history
Nate Branch Interview
Interview of Nate Branch by Sharifa Wilson. Topics discussed include Branch's journey to EPA; attending Kavanaugh School, Green Oaks Academy and Ravenswood...
William "Will Roc" Grifffin
oral-history
William "Will Roc" Grifffin
Interview of William "Will Roc" Griffin by Kalamu Chache. Topics include: arriving in EPA in 1962, growing up in the Gardens neighborhood, schooling in EPA,...
Saundra Webster & Chester Prince Interview
oral-history
Saundra Webster & Chester Prince Interview
Interview of Saundra Webster and Chester Prince by Jesse Norfleet about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: attending Ravenswood High School together,...
Race, Ethnicity and Inter-minority Suburban Politics: East Palo Alto, 1950-2002 - Collective Roots
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Race, Ethnicity and Inter-minority Suburban Politics: East Palo Alto, 1950-2002 - Collective Roots
This is a Masters thesis by Mike Berman in History at Stanford University. Berman taught at the East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy.
Mel Harris Interview
oral-history
Mel Harris Interview
Interview between Mel Harris by Sharifa Wilson. Topics discussed include Harris' involvement with Malcolm X & the Black Liberation Movement, the Black...
Deidra Wright Interview
oral-history
Deidra Wright Interview
Interview of Deidra Wright by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: born in SF; followed her sister who moved to...
Anthony Cortez Interview
oral-history
Anthony Cortez Interview
Interview of Anthony Cortez by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Cortez growing up in EPA, being Filipino in EPA, small business owner, father migration...
Kenia Najar Interview
oral-history
Kenia Najar Interview
Interview of Kenia Najar by Juan Mendez and Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include the Latinx community's immigration into EPA, adjusting to high school,...
Luis Guzman Interview
oral-history
Luis Guzman Interview
Interview of Luis Guzman by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Guzman coming to EPA as a child but growing up with time split between EPA and Zacatecas,...
Ken Jones Interview
oral-history
Ken Jones Interview
Interview of Ken Jones by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include Ravenswood High School, Nairobi College, the Black community in EPA, the EPA public works...
David Rages, Sr. Interview
oral-history
David Rages, Sr. Interview
Interview of David Rages, Sr. by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include Rages' journey to EPA, Operation Sneak Out, attending Belle Haven Elementary and...
Ofelia Bello Interview
oral-history
Ofelia Bello Interview
Interview of Ofelia Bello, the Executive Director of Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) since 2019, by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include her...
Shirley Mitchell Neal Interview
oral-history
Shirley Mitchell Neal Interview
Interview of Shirley Mitchell Neal by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Her family moved from Los Angeles to Alberni Street...
Renee Glover Chantler Interview
oral-history
Renee Glover Chantler Interview
Interview of Renee Glover Chantler by Sydney Jackson and Sharifa Wilson. Topics include: going to Stanford University, coming to EPA in 1980, housing issues...
Bob Hoover Interview
oral-history
Bob Hoover Interview
Interview of Robert "Bob" Hoover by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Hoover's journey to EPA, the influence of Ed Becks, EPA's Community House for...
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