Abstract The Coalition for Women's Economic Development was the first microenterprise development organization in Los Angeles and an early leader in the field of microenterprise development within the United States. The group's training and lending services initially focused on helping impoverished women become self-sufficient business owners and expanded over time to include men and low-to-moderate-income entrepreneurs. The Coalition for Women's Economic Development...

Abstract In the early 1970s, one of the leading national Chicana activist organizations, Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional (CFMN), was created in Southern California. The focus of CFMN was to raise awareness of political and social issues that affected Latina women on a national level. CFMN felt that the role and well-being of Latinas were being left out of discussions taking place from the wider context of the Chicano movement. The Comisión Femenil San Fernando Valley...

Abstract Founded in 1947 by Fred Ross Sr., Edward Roybal, and Anthony Rios, the Community Service Organization (known as the CSO) was a grass-roots civic-action organization led by its membership. The goal of the organization was to empower community members to become civically engaged to improve their lives and fight for social justice. The CSO began in East Los Angeles focusing on the Latino and Mexican-American communities, and then expanded with Chapters across California. The collection...

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The Cooperative Nursery School Movement of Southern California Oral History Project consists of eight interviews representing a cross-section of parents, teacher, and directors who were closely associated with the co-op nursery school movement beginning as early as 1947. These oral interviews document first-hand accounts of local developments and provide insight into the educational philosophies and practices that helped to shape its significance as a national movement.

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The University Archives and Campus History Collections at California State University, Northridge solicited submissions from the campus community to share their experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to create the CSUN Covid-19 Community Archive Collection.

Abstract The California State University, Northridge Freshman Seminar (U100) program includes a Community-Based Learning component. The shift to online learning at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 meant that existing in-person relationships for this purpose were no longer viable. Special Collections and Archives collaborated with U100 faculty to provide a viable online option to fulfill this requirement. Professor Reza Sayed created an assignment for students...

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The collection consists of articles by Charlene Day on gender identity and crossdressing, book and movie reviews authored by Charlene Day, still images of a computer program created by Day, a video recording including still photographs and moving images of Charlene Day, and materials related to the Alpha Chapter of The Society for the Second Self (Tri-Ess) which was a support group for heterosexual crossdressers and their significant others.

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Bill Einreinhofer is an Emmy Award winning producer, director and writer who has produced several television programs related to China and Old China Hands. The collection contains videos from the production of three television shows related to China, most notably So Very Far From Home, a documentary about people interned in Japanese-run internment camps in China during World War II.

Abstract El Rescate is a non-profit 501(c)(3) founded in 1981 by members of the Santana Chirino Amaya Central American Refugee Committee (SCARC) and the Southern California Ecumenical Council. El Rescate was the first agency in the United States to respond with free legal and social services to the mass influx of refugees fleeing the civil war in El Salvador and has continued providing services for nearly 45 years. The Human Rights Department of El Rescate was established in 1984 to document...

Abstract Michael “Mike” Emery was a journalist, author, and professor of journalism at California State University, Northridge. The collection consists of photographs, audiovisual materials, papers, and mass media reporting of conflicts, politics, and the press in several geographic areas, specifically locations in Central America, the Middle East, the Balkans, Asia, and the United States. Emery’s teaching resources and publication records on the history of newspapers, media criticism, and other...