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Carmen Canchola

Description:: Alejandra tells the story of her grandmother's immigration from Morelia, Mexico to the US
Creator:: Canchola, Alejandra
Contributor:: Waslin, Michele
Created:: 2024-12-12
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Last Updated:: 2025-01-30

Shirley Tian

Description:: Shirley tells the story of her migration to the US from China with her parents.
Creator:: Tian, Shirley
Contributor:: Waslin, Michele
Created:: 2024-11-25
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Last Updated:: 2025-01-30

Description:: Interview 36 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Mardi Steinau, an early activist with the Lesbian Resource Center, the Lesbian Feminist Organizing Committee and A Woman’s Coffeehouse. She started Duck Press, a typesetting organization run by a lesbian collective. She and others started the Lesbian I...
Creator:: Steinau, Mardi
Contributor:: Vecoli, Lisa
Created:: 2024-07-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2025-04-21

Description:: Interview 35 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Elissa Raffa, an activist and an organizer in the lesbian feminist community on the 1980s and early 1990s. She was a member of A Woman’s Coffeehouse Collective, involved in programming among other responsibilities. She was an early reader for Womyn’s B...
Creator:: Raffa, Elissa
Contributor:: Vecoli, Lisa
Created:: 2024-07-07
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2025-04-21

Description:: Nancy Pearson is a human rights activist, trained social worker, and trainer of human rights advocacy tactics currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Pearson is the Training Manager at New Tactics in Human Rights, a program of the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT). After earning a bachelor's of science degree ...
Creator:: Pearson, Nancy
Contributor:: Frey, Barbara (Interviewer)
Created:: 2024-07-02
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Last Updated:: 2025-04-24

Hiroko Songer

Description:: Emelia tells the story of her grandmother's immigration from Japan to the U.S. and her love of sewing.
Creator:: Slyter, Amelia
Contributor:: Horner, Kimberly
Created:: 2024-05-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Last Updated:: 2024-06-25

Oscar Mondragon

Description:: Kimberly tells the story of her father crossing the southern border into the U.S. and his hard work to provide for her family. The shoes of her father provide imagery for her story.
Creator:: Mondragon, Kimberly
Contributor:: Horner, Kimberly
Created:: 2024-05-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Last Updated:: 2024-06-25

Description:: Edward tells the story of his parents immigrating to the U.S. on student visas. Although they didn't initially plan to stay permanently, they built a life in the U.S. after completing university.
Creator:: Zhang, Edward
Contributor:: Horner, Kimberly
Created:: 2024-05-09
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Last Updated:: 2024-06-25

Khushi Bhatt

Description:: Khushi describes learning how to embrace both her Indian and American identities and her efforts to help others with embrace their complex identities as well.
Creator:: Bhatt, Khushi
Contributor:: Horner, Kimberly
Created:: 2024-05-09
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Last Updated:: 2024-06-25

Description:: Kaisen describes experiencing Chinese food in the U.S.
Creator:: Mo, Kaisen
Contributor:: Horner, Kimberly
Created:: 2024-04-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Last Updated:: 2024-06-25