Bronx News 12 Report on Youth Leadership Project Demonstration Against Welfare Reform
Title
Bronx News 12 Report on Youth Leadership Project Demonstration Against Welfare Reform
Description
Bronx 12 Evening Edition news report before YLP Welfare demonstration on August 23, 2000. The demonstration ended in a successful shut down of a major North-Bronx welfare center and over 80 CAAAV members participating.
The video opens with shots of the CAAAV office, short break with ads and weather, and the reporter describes the Youth Leadership Project’s plans to march and demonstrate for social justice to mobilize against welfare cuts and discrimination against Asian people in the welfare system. The YLP self-published a report to disseminate to welfare centers during the march; the report demanded better treatment and more accommodations, specifically translation services, for the Asian community in the Bronx.
YLP Director Eric Tang is interviewed, explaining that Welfare reform has hurt immigrants, not helped them, and has led to more discriminatory practices for those navigating the system. YLP organizer Thoul Tong is also interviewed, describing how his mother had to take him and his siblings out of school in order for them to translate for her at the Welfare office, because she couldn’t understand the staff.
The march and demonstration occurred a few days after the Bronx 12 report. More information on the demonstration can be found in CAAAV Voice Fall 2000.
The video opens with shots of the CAAAV office, short break with ads and weather, and the reporter describes the Youth Leadership Project’s plans to march and demonstrate for social justice to mobilize against welfare cuts and discrimination against Asian people in the welfare system. The YLP self-published a report to disseminate to welfare centers during the march; the report demanded better treatment and more accommodations, specifically translation services, for the Asian community in the Bronx.
YLP Director Eric Tang is interviewed, explaining that Welfare reform has hurt immigrants, not helped them, and has led to more discriminatory practices for those navigating the system. YLP organizer Thoul Tong is also interviewed, describing how his mother had to take him and his siblings out of school in order for them to translate for her at the Welfare office, because she couldn’t understand the staff.
The march and demonstration occurred a few days after the Bronx 12 report. More information on the demonstration can be found in CAAAV Voice Fall 2000.
Creator
Bronx News 12
Date
August 2000
Contributor
Cataloged by Tess Derby.
Rights
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Format
Video
Language
English
Identifier
AV2_16.mp4
Original Format
VHS
Duration
2:39
Files
Citation
Bronx News 12, “Bronx News 12 Report on Youth Leadership Project Demonstration Against Welfare Reform,” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/2521.