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Three Women Workers Project members pose with a poster that reads, "KALAYAAN AT PAGKAKAISA / FREEDOM AND UNITY, FOR ALL DOMESTIC WORKERS / FILIPINA DOMESTICS UNITE." The Women Workers Project (WWP) at CAAAV was also known as Kalayaan at Pagkakaisa ng…

This illustration by Jee Mee Kim depicts a police officer holding a kneeling person by the neck and beating them with a baton. Handcuffs and a gun holster are visible on the police officer's belt. The kneeling person is facing away from the police…

This sketch appeared on the front page of CAAAV's Winter 1996 issue of 'The Voice.' The illustration accompanied the article "Giuliani's Police Makes War on Our Communities." The article included updates on the campaign for justice for Yong Xin…

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

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…

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…

Video opens with an advertisement. Report by Gabe Pressman of Channel 4 News, as part of a series on police brutality. Kim Huyn, Chinese-American 17 year old, boarded the bus in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn to commute to her high school, when the bus driver…

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…