36 research outputs found
James Higashida oral history interview
No full textOral history of James Higashida, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University Northridge.The Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project documents the lives of Japanese Americans who lived, or are currently living, in the San Fernando Valley. The participants are multi-generational, with many who experienced firsthand internment and prejudice during World War II. The narrators also shared stories of farming, family emigration from Japan, and the building of their lives and families in the San Fernando Valley both before and after the war
James Toman Interview, 19 July 2012
No full textJames Toman is a photographer and author who has written two books on the Shaker Rapid system. An authority on the subject, Toman continues to give talks and present slide shows on the Shaker line and owns a vast personal collection of around 2000 photographs that he has taken of the trains since the 1970s. In this interview Toman relates the history of the Shaker Rapid from its origins as a capital venture on the part of the Van Sweringen brothers all the way up to the present, relating stories of proposed transit projects that never came to fruition along with placing the public transportation system of Cleveland into a broader national context
James Toman Interview, 19 July 2012
No full textJames Toman is a photographer and author who has written two books on the Shaker Rapid system. An authority on the subject, Toman continues to give talks and present slide shows on the Shaker line and owns a vast personal collection of around 2000 photographs that he has taken of the trains since the 1970s. In this interview Toman relates the history of the Shaker Rapid from its origins as a capital venture on the part of the Van Sweringen brothers all the way up to the present, relating stories of proposed transit projects that never came to fruition along with placing the public transportation system of Cleveland into a broader national context
Clips and interviews, Changing Tides Conference. Interview with James Robertson
No full textInterview with futurist James Robertson, author of The Sane Alternative and the keynote speaker at the Changing Tides Conference. Discusses how many aspects of the organization of modern society are changing, breaking down; we are in a transformational period in history; human fulfillment must come as part of the larger community and the ecosystem; the changing nature of work/employment; the present world economic system, its origins, and its future direction
James Azala Interview, April 12, 2015
No full textPROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community
James Allen Higgins Interview, April 12, 2015
No full textPROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community
Nina Gibans Interview, 21 June 2006
No full textIn this 2006 interview, Nina Gibans, a poet, author, and active leader in Cleveland\u27s art community discusses her early life and the work of her husband, architect Jim Gibans. Growing up in Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Ohio in the 1930s and 40s, Gibans was the only Jewish girl in Laurel School. Her father was the head of surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Later on, as editor of the Sara Laurence College newspaper, Gibans had to deal with the censorship of the McCarthy era. Gibans met her husband on a trip to Cuba and followed him to San Francisco where he studied architecture. Returning to Cleveland in 1960, Jim Gibans eventually became a part of Herman Gibans Foder, an architectural firm responsible for building much of Cleveland\u27s public housing. Towards the end of the interview, Gibans gives her opinion on Cleveland\u27s lakefront development, critiques the attitudes of past city leaders towards development, and lists some of her favorite buildings
Caribbean Report 04-06-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)2. Dominica's Economic Citizenship Programme criticised its passport for sales as it runs into further criticism. Prime Minister Edison James, Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas, Grace Towne, Oriental Hotel Project and Anthony Martin, Critic of the Dominica Economic Citizenship Programme are interviewed (00:29-03:52)3. A failed grade for the OAS at its Panama Assembly. Larry Burns, Head of the Centre, Council on Hemispheric Studies and OAS spokesman Wesley Curtin are interviewed (03:53-08:35)4. Dominica's Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas is warning of the consequences of what he sees as racist politics in the Dominican Republic. Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas is interviewed (08:36-10:16)5. Despite a last minute appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Committee prison authorities in Guyana today executed condemned murderer Rodcliffe Ross. Colin Smith reports (10:17-11:46)6. A failed grade for the OAS at its Panama Assembly. Yvette Colllymore reports (11:47-12:57)7. How marijuana could give lows instead of highs. Author of a report on sexually transmitted diseases Dr Donald Simeon is interviewed and David Wood reports (12:58-14:24)8. Seconds after takeoff from French Guiana Europe's biggest and most expensive rocket was exploded by scientist (14:15:17
Timothy Hudak interview, 22 March 2017
No full textTim Hudak, author and publisher of eight books about high school football, talks about his experience in the writing and publishing industry. As a graduate of St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, he began by documenting local games and researching school football histories. He specializes in writing school-specific stories but expanded his research to trace the history of Cleveland\u27s high school football championship, The Charity Game. In the interview, Tim highlights the stories of local championship teams during the early and middle decades of the 20th century
Nina Gibans Interview, 21 June 2006
Get PDFIn this 2006 interview, Nina Gibans, a poet, author, and active leader in Cleveland\u27s art community discusses her early life and the work of her husband, architect Jim Gibans. Growing up in Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Ohio in the 1930s and 40s, Gibans was the only Jewish girl in Laurel School. Her father was the head of surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Later on, as editor of the Sara Laurence College newspaper, Gibans had to deal with the censorship of the McCarthy era. Gibans met her husband on a trip to Cuba and followed him to San Francisco where he studied architecture. Returning to Cleveland in 1960, Jim Gibans eventually became a part of Herman Gibans Foder, an architectural firm responsible for building much of Cleveland\u27s public housing. Towards the end of the interview, Gibans gives her opinion on Cleveland\u27s lakefront development, critiques the attitudes of past city leaders towards development, and lists some of her favorite buildings
