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Footage from march against police brutality.
Speakers include Altagracia Mayi (spanish), CAAAV organizer. Organizations involved include NCPRR and CAAAV.

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…

Footage of protest against police harassment of Chinatown street vendors. John Yong, attorney for the vendors, gives interviews to multiple TV news crews.

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…

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…

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…

Joanne Lum gives a guided tour of some of the objects held by the Chinatown History Museum. Footage shot of other material in the museum along with casual conversation with Lum. Also footage of a formal interview with Lum about her work with the CSWA…