7 10 805 https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/3375f4fba6d25f7c4b34748e020e1fc1.jpg 6b52776300b3644634abb8b1dff87b40 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Group Musical Performance Description An account of the resource Three male musicians performing onstage. The men from the left and the middle are playing hand drums, while the one from the right uses an instrumental metal scraper while seemingly dancing. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Camila Aguirre Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1189 CAAAV Benefit Event https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/23a20d5373b99b3cbb0586812d637cb8.jpg a5c508cbd326ee851da581900909b943 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "The United States is charged with colonization of sovereign peoples" Racial Justice Day 2001 Description An account of the resource Two women sitting with their backs turned to the camera amid a demonstration for Racial Justice Day. In the back of the older woman, a pasted red sticker reads, "THE UNITED STATES IS CHARGED WITH COLONIZATION OF SOVEREIGN PEOPLES; RACIAL JUSTICE DAY; 8.31.01. NEW YORK CITY." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 31, 2001 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Camila Aguirre Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1206 Demonstration Racial Justice Committee Racial Justice Day Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/8d3a3f189bff6674ee0073811c080142.jpg 52cd0e10ffdc1e70dae7c2395a85f64e Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Youths holding a CAAAV Banner During a Demonstration Description An account of the resource A group of youths is holding a large white CAAAV banner that reads "CAAAV. ORGANIZING ASIAN COMMUNITIES" during a demonstration. Two young men holding hand drums and a police officer are standing beside them. Behind them, there are more people, and, among them, an unreadable red sign can be seen. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1251 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Camila Aguirre Anti-Asian Violence and Representations CAAAV Youth Demonstration Youth Leadership Project https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/074a555037699e3e9b3b5a7847476294.jpg 6f81b1aea0a2317ca3913e8000d9ed59 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Home Rule for Tenants Description An account of the resource A group of Chinatown Tenants Union members at a demonstration against rent increase holding banners and signs that read from left to right "L.E.S. SAYS NO TO RENT INCREASE," "0%," "NO RENT INCREASE," "UNITED TENANTS (obscured)," "HOME RULE FOR TENANT (obscured)," "NYC Deserves to Have Home Rule Over Our (obscured)," and "50% OFF MY RENT NOW." The texts are written both in Chinese and English. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 27, 2006 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Camila Aguirre Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1253 Chinatown Chinatown Tenants Union Demonstration Tenant Advocacy https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/9a31213b2c32fa214cac4a7474fe5ec8.jpg 5ab486db706bea7a2919e3de4ca00173 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Demonstration Against New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani Description An account of the resource "Ghouliani, Racist," "Giuliani=Racist Police," "A corporate stooge and fascist for crimes against constitution and civil rights violations," these are some of the outcries that can be seen lifted towards the skies against former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. This image captures a demonstration in Chinatown that happened in March 1999 where 21 immigrant vendors, along with allies, protested against their eviction from Dragon Gate Market. The vendors were only able to resist for two months until the City Parks Department, who determined them to be unprofitable, came in with bulldozers and demolished their stalls, fruits of a lifetime of savings for most of them, effectively removing them. Such an event resulted from Giuliani's action against this community that was considered an obstacle towards his goal of privatizing public spaces and restructuring the vending industry into a leasing system[1]. The latter was only one of the many components of the "revanchist"[2] policies implemented from 1994 to 2001 during Giuliani's term. "Quality of life" was the title of his policing campaign that seemingly intended to improve the lives of all New Yorkers. It was built upon criminologists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling's "Broken Window Theory," which argues that disorderly conduct will eventually culminate in bigger crimes[3]. In implementing this theory, Giuliani decided that the quality of life in New York City could be improved by targeting minor offenses to prevent greater ones. The results were targeted and violent measures of social control, the prioritization of private businesses, who received even more power than they already had from the government, and the trumping of civil rights of low-income people of color, immigrants, and other groups. Consequently, all of CAAAV's communities directly suffered the repercussions that manifested from“broken windows policing” in the form of police brutality, police homicides of people of color, the loss of free quality education, record unemployment and substandard employment, the lack of safety net for homeless and unemployed, the criminalization of public and market spaces, inadequate housing, and poor health care. The ghoul that is systematic racism now had Giuliani's face, and it was disguised under the moniker of "Quality of Life." That being said, CAAAV has been helping and defending Asian Americans against this monster since 1986, and that time it was no different. Through the mobilization of their different programs, CAAAV divided to counterattack the ghoul. For instance, the Racial Justice Committee advocated for police brutality survivors and organized youths to battle racist law enforcement in Chinatown. For its part, the Youth Leadership Program campaigned against the corporatization of health care for the poor, coordinated community events, and organized southeast Asian workfare mothers. Finally, the Women Workers Projects focused on Asian immigrant women who worked in the informal sector, offering them legal advocacy and English classes. Organized effort was and is CAAAV's main weapon. While the war against the ghoul, who since then has had other faces and disguises, continues, they remain unwavering, becoming stronger and wiser for and thanks to the Asian American communities they serve. Notes 1. “Community Organizing,” The CAAAV Voice 10 10, no. 3 (1999): pp. 7-8, 7. 2. Vivian Truong, “From State-Sanctioned Removal to the Right to the City: The Policing of Asian Immigrants in Southern Brooklyn, 1987–1995,” Journal of Asian American Studies 23, no. 1 (2020): pp. 61-92, 71. 3. Ibid. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 1999 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Camila Aguirre, Written by Camila Aguirre Sarubbi This was completed as coursework for HIST-GA 3901 Community Archives, taught by Maggie Schreiner, in the Archives and Public History MA program at New York University. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1323 Demonstration Police Brutality Racial Justice Committee Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/f8345b8c23f4cc99c9daec53a0f0b34e.jpg d14c57dec1f2a73dbe9a93e226dabbc4 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Has America Gone Mad? Description An account of the resource A large group of people at a Palestine support demonstration. Most of them are holding signs, banners, and posters, some of which read from left to right "HAS AMERICA GONE MAD?," "JUSTICE NOT WAR," "NO TO WAR," "NO ENDLESS WAR," "NOT ANOTHER VICTIM (obscured)," "Stop This War NOW," "FREE PALESTINE," and "NO WAR ON IRAN." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 2002 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Camila Aguirre Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1436 Demonstration Palestine Support Rally Racial Justice Committee Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/8126c9196eaea9f7c3608939bdd1b676.jpg ea66c91c14b76666a8857d1ff8229ddf Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Asian Youth Holding CAAAV Banner Description An account of the resource Group of smiling Asian youths carry large, yellow CAAAV banner and other signs during a demonstration. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Berman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1225 Demonstration Solidarity Work Youth Leadership Project https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/466e0ad9153b192d8407132bdd35b0c4.jpg 758c12063603ff2170843f85fba99994 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Demonstration for Justice in New York City Description An account of the resource Focus of the photograph are three Asian individuals participating in a demonstration, two of whom are wearing signs. Other individuals and signs can be seen in the background, including a prominent one from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Berman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1529 Demonstration Racial Justice Committee https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/2ce6daebf1e0828093a4d265ec2da52f.jpg 9db5d708409a91a51971ef9aa677fd2e Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Group in a Park Description An account of the resource One member of the group is taking a "selfie" or self-portrait of themselves standing in front of the group. The rest of the group is conversing among themselves. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 2000-2010 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Marissa Ajamian Grossman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource “Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities.” Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_972 Youth Leadership Project https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/7bd6ee6aaa5befcc381b3b6f72b1f91f.jpg ad878a3896113491e274fa8145fa1ae3 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Street in Chinatown Description An account of the resource This image depicts a crowded sidewalk and empty roadway in Chinatown. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1986-1995 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Marissa Ajamian Grossman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource “Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities.” Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_980 Chinatown