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Cesar E. Chavez Blvd.: Uncovering Anti-Immigrant History in Oregon
Memory and Public Space: An Educator UnConference
  • Cynthia Carmina Gomez, Portland State University
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Subjects
  • Cesar Chavez (1927-1993),
  • Latin Americans -- Oregon -- Social conditions,
  • Advocacy,
  • Community organization,
  • Racism against Hispanic Americans
Abstract

Cesar E. Chavez Blvd.: Uncovering Anti-Immigrant History in Oregon: Cynthia Gómez discusses the 2007 campaign to rename a Portland, Oregon street after the Mexican American civil rights leader and the fierce opposition it encountered. Gómez's 22-minute presentation, based on her Oregon Humanities article Process and Privilege, followed by a 35-minute conversation with a co-chair of the renaming committee, Oregon's Consul of Guatemala Marta Güembes. Gómez is a member of the Portland Art Museum Teacher Advisory Council. This video is part of the 2021 Memory and Public Space Educator Unconference.

Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36448
Citation Information
Cynthia Carmina Gomez. "Cesar E. Chavez Blvd.: Uncovering Anti-Immigrant History in Oregon" Memory and Public Space: An Educator UnConference (2021)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cynthia-gomez/18/