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141. Mohamed Shaker Oral History Interview
Mohamed Shaker Oral History Interview
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Mohamed Shaker was born in Singapore but his hometown is Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. At the time of this interview he was a junior studying History and Sociology. Shaker discusses his position as a community outreach coordinator for the Asian & Pacific Cultural Center; his goals of building community between Asian students on campus; creating more engaging cultural activities; working with the Queer Studies program for combined events; struggles with scheduling and event attendance; successes of planning events with other cultural centers; relationships with other cultural centers; speaking at the APCC ground breaking; ideas for future health minded events; his thoughts on the campus Solidarity March; the challenges of losing two major API faculty members; reasons for having cultural centers; the importance of sharing stories and history; and his excitement for the coming years and new center for the APCC. Link to Audio Recording: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_85amr7wl
142. Daniel Cárdenas Oral History Interview
Daniel Cárdenas Oral History Interview
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At the time of this interview, Daniel Cárdenas was a graduate teaching assistant at the Native American Longhouse. A first-year graduate student in College Student Services Administration, Cárdenas came to OSU from his hometown of Fair Oaks, California. Cárdenas discusses the challenges, responsibilities, and growth he has experienced working as a graduate teaching assistance in the Longhouse; the events of Native Heritage Month; the planning and challenges of opening and moving into the new Longhouse; the annual Pow Wow thrown by the Native American Student Association; relationships with other cultural centers staff; ideas for inter-cultural center collaboration; the Oregon One Percent for Art law and the art in the new Longhouse, including the art of artist Shirod Younker; the importance of honoring intersecting identities; the generosity of the local Native community; ideas about bringing in Native language speakers, visiting other longhouses and building ties with the nine tribes of Oregon; and OSU's impact on his personal racial, ethnic, and spiritual identity. Link to Audio Recording: http://media.oregonstate.edu/media/Oral+History+Interview%3A+Daniel+C%C3%A1rdenas/0_3w7pz01j
143. Hali’a Parish Oral History Interview
Hali’a Parish Oral History Interview
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At the time of this interview, Hali'a Parish was an office assistant at the Native American Longhouse. A junior studying Business, Parish came to OSU from her hometown of Kapolei, Hawaii on the island of O'ahu. Parish discusses her experiences and personal growth working on campus in the Native American Longhouse; her thoughts on the importance of diversity development in OSU and the local community; the joys and challenges of learning the Native American culture; the success of NAL participation in events such as Heritage Month, Connect Week, the annual Salmon Bake and the Grand Opening of the new Native American Longhouse; the September retreat in Salem for cultural centers staff; the opening of the new longhouse and the sense of community within; her ideas for Native Hawaiian activities, collaboration with the Polynesian Culture Club and Hui o Hawai'i, and outreach to the local population; her advice to future longhouse staff; and her experiences as a Native Hawaiian both in Hawaii and at OSU.
144. Carmen López Oral History Interview
Carmen López Oral History Interview
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At the time of this interview, Carmen López was an office assistant at the Native American Longhouse. A junior double-majoring in Human Development & Family Sciences and Spanish, López came to OSU from her hometown of The Dalles, Oregon. López discusses her experience working as an office assistant at NAL and learning about Native cultures; the NAL booth on Earth Day; the Salmon Bake event; the importance of salmon and camas to the tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the need to better communicate the meaning of salmon, camas, and dream catchers to event attendees; her experiences as a non-Native member of the staff; her feelings on missing the old Quonset hut; her advice for future non-Native NAL staff and any staff working in cultural centers they don't racially or ethnically identify with; the significance of the full name of the new Longhouse; her ideas about the NAL collaborating with the 4Cs; and the positive effect of OSU on her personal identity as Latina, Mexicana, and Chicana. Link to Audio Recording: http://media.oregonstate.edu/media/Oral+History+Interview%3A+Carmen+L%C3%B3pez/0_y35xr4l4
145. Mandi Suzuki Oral History Interview
Mandi Suzuki Oral History Interview
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Mandi Suzuki was born in Honolulu, Hawaii; her hometown is Waipahu, Hawai'i on the island of O'ahu. At the time of the interview she was a fifth year studying General Science, Pre-Physical Therapy. Suzuki discusses her fond memories of working at the Asian & Pacific Cultural Center for the past three years; her current position as external coordinator and the role of providing a guidance support network for support staff; developing relationships with other organizations and departments on campus; the difficulties of increasing student attendance to educational events; the successes of the APCC staff; the joys of seeing the staff become more culturally competent; goals of helping her staff find their place in the world; the benefits of the location of the new center; advice for future staff; her personal growth in cultural competency and awareness; and the impact of the APCC on the community. Link to Audio Recording: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_2gg6jqzl
146. Mariah Huhndorf Oral History Interview
Mariah Huhndorf Oral History Interview
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At the time of this interview, Mariah Huhndorf was an activities coordinator at the Native American Longhouse. A junior General Science major studying to become a physician's assistant, Huhndorf came to OSU from her hometown of Kenai, Alaska. Huhndorf, a native Alaskan with an Athabaskan mother and Yupik father, describes her experiences at Oregon State University, both as a student and as an activities coordinator at the Native American Longhouse. She discusses Longhouse events, such as the Alaska Winter Games, which she coordinated; the challenges and solutions that NAL staff have experienced with communication; her suggestions that staff learn more about events hosted at the NAL by other groups and work to make it clear that the NAL welcomes all visitors, native or not; what the new Longhouse means to her; how OSU and the NAL have affected her own identity as a native Alaskan; the importance of sharing stories; and the "culture shock" she felt coming to Corvallis, with a population of about 54,700, from her hometown of Kenai, Alaska, with a population of about 7,000. Link to Audio Recording: http://media.oregonstate.edu/media/Oral+History+Interview%3A+Mariah+Huhndorf/0_frg7uz6g
147. Nadia Alradhi Oral History Interview
Nadia Alradhi Oral History Interview
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At the time of this interview, Nadia Alradhi was an activities coordinator at the Native American Longhouse. A senior in Public Health, Alradhi came to OSU from her hometown of Estacada, Oregon. Alradhi, a member of the Karuk Tribe of Northern California, describes her experiences as Activities Coordinator at the Native American Longhouse (NAL) and Secretary of the Native American Student Association (NASA). She discusses planning NAL activities; bringing events to OSU dorms; the challenge of advertising the NAL as available for non-natives as well as natives; NASA Pow Wow planning and Jim Thorpe's 5k Dash for Diabetes; the challenges of learning more about other native tribes; the Transforming Columbus Day event in collaboration with the Centro Cultural César Chávez; interacting and collaborating with other cultural centers; the addition of
148. Yoko McClain Memorial Essay
Yoko McClain Memorial Essay
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Ken McClain's essay "My mother, Yoko Matsuoka McClain" - Originally contributed to Gubijinnso (a bulletin published by Kyoto Soseki Association), no. 9. Added to the collection with the permission of Tanji Itsuko, the editor and publisher of Gubijinnso.
149. Lee Po Cha Oral History Interview
Lee Po Cha Oral History Interview
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Lee Po Cha was born in Xayaburi, Laos, on July 11th, 1963 to Laotian parents. He self-identifies as Laotian American, Hmong American—ethnically as Hmong and nationality-wise as Laotian. He grew up there until the mid-seventies when he and his family, consisting of his parents and 4 siblings, moved to Thailand before moving to Portland, Oregon, in 1978 after being sponsored by the Metropolitan Baptist Church. Cha attended Portland State University to study business administration. He began working for IRCO in 1981 and helped to establish the Asian Family Center in 1994. He currently holds the position of associate director at IRCO where he works to assist the executive director on government relations and to oversee that all of the programs are running smoothly., The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) was established in 1976 to serve immigrants and refugees in Portland, Oregon. IRCO's mission is to promote the integration of refugees, immigrants, and the community at large into a self-sufficient, healthy, and inclusive multiethnic society. Through its five primary locations – IRCO Main, Africa House/Skill Center, Asian Family Center, Senior Services Center, and the International Language Bank – the organization provides programs and services related to training and employment, health and aging, English language learning, naturalization and social adjustment, community development, early childhood, parenting and youth development, education and interpretation and translation.
150. Page 12 - Centro Cultural César Chávez (4Cs) Album 15
Page 12 - Centro Cultural César Chávez (4Cs) Album 15
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