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

Footage of interview conducted in Spanish with Jorge and in English with Juan, who works as an organizer at Latino Workers Center. He explains that Taste Bud food delivery workers were being mistreated, being given no rights, inhumane working…

Footage from a racial solidarity protest held in front of the Washington Square Arch protesting against police brutality.

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 of a panel organized by NYU and CAAAV featuring Marilyn Young as the moderator, Risa Morimoto, Una Chaudhuri, Sudipto Chatterjee, Eric Tang (associated with CAAAV), and Cyrus Patel. Topic of panel was Asians in America. Each panelist speaks…

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,…

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…

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…

Footage shot for DCTV's documentary, Canal Street: First Stop in America

TV segments from multiple news channels covering news related to CAAAV and police brutality. Also present is footage from TV show Law & Order, interspersed with commercials.