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Report by Gigi Stone of NY1. Footage of the CAAAV Demonstration at the Wackenhut Detention Center, a private immigration detention facility in Queens. CAAAV member Jane Bai is interviewed, who speaks out against the inhumane treatment of the…

In a documentary-style video, the Chinese Staff and Workers' Association (CSWA) showcases striking Asian workers at the Silver Palace Restaurant in Chinatown. The workers organized into a union, but those who had joined were fired and it was not…

Interview with National President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and Director of the UCLA Labor Center, Kent Wong, in which he explains how Prop 187 is harmful to minorities and undocumented immigrants.

Footage of speakers from a rally organized by CAAAV with other racial justice organizations. Speakers include family members of people killed by police and staff of the participating racial justice organizations. There is also footage of the…

Footage shot for DCTV's documentary, Canal Street: First Stop in America. Video has no sound.

Footage of a church service and subsequent community meal and event held at the Rainbow Center. Speeches made mostly in Korean. Speech in English in P5. Also Korean musical, dance, and comedy performances.

The Rainbow Center was a community…

Footage from rally and march from 1 Police Plaza to Chinatown. Includes a contentious discussion about race between a protestor and a police officer.

Speakers include Saleem Osman(?), Yong Xin Huang's sister, Altagracia Mayi, Anibal Carrasquillo…

On May 26, 1994, Saleem Osman, a community organizer and CAAAV advocate, was beaten and arrested by two plainclothes police officers after attempting to settle a conflict between a white truck driver and a Pakistani cab driver. CAAAV immediately…

Footage of sitdown interview with two women, Christina and Lynne, about their experiences with SPAM while each grew up in the Philippines and Hawaii.

Interviews with people of color from all walks of life discussing the presence of the processed meat SPAM in their lives and cultures. In Asian and the Pacific Islands, SPAM, as an American food, is a delicacy and a status symbol, a fact that,…