Adela Perrez, Cordinadora General, de la Plaza General Comunitaria Casa ...

Andrea Donado and Dora Valdez of Interfaith Community Organization

Coming out of the Shadows with Mitchell Jimenez Hernandez

I produced this video as the proud daughter of an
undocumented worker, Anthony Alvarado, who came to the US in 1920 when he was 3
years old. Unlike Donald Trump's racist lies about Mexican undocumented students
and workers they were not sent by Mexico to the US.  Like my father and my immigrant family, they
ran away from Mexico's corrupt government that breeds poverty, hunger, and
starvation wages.  They came here to study,
work and contribute to the US.  My father
did by volunteering and fighting in WWII for this country, becoming a citizen,
working hard, raising a family, owning a small business, and paying his taxes
before he died in 2007.  The annexation
of half of Mexico by the US in 1850 is one of the reasons Mexico is so
poor.  When we cross the border, we are
crossing into a land that was once our own. 
The true illegal aliens are Donald Trump and his racist followers who
blame the victims of their corporate empires in order to obfuscate their
rapacious grab for money and power. Ultimately the Dreamers are the future.
They, like all the majority of documented and undocumented immigrants before
them, will enrich the country and give it more than they take.

A Room of Her Own by Sandra Cisneros

My interview with Sandra Cisneros about "A Room of Her Own" alter dedicated to mother. It was unveiled on October 30, 2015 at the Museum of Latin American Art, in Long Beach for the Day of the Dead Fundraiser Event.

Claudia Sanchez Vigil

       Claudia Sanchez collapsed in April,
2015 after working 14 hours as a Renaissance Hotel dishwasher.   She suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell
into a coma.  The Renaissance hotel owned
by Sunstone Hotel investors, denied all her claims for worker's
compensation.  On September 23, 2015
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), Stand With Women Against
Abuse, her coworkers, and community leaders held a vigil in front of the
Renaissance urging the hotel to "do the right thing" and pay her
Workers' Compensation claim. Produced by me, Marlene Alvarado

Raise the Wage Demo in front of Long Beach, CA City Hall

As a retired member of the working class, I support an increase in the minimum wage, so I decided to make this video of a rally in front of Long Beach, CA City Hall to raise the minimum wage.  Ernesto Garcia of Justice for Port Truck Drivers and Coalition to End Wage Theft was the moderator.  Long Beach city Council members Lena Gonzalez, Dee Andrews, Robert Uranga, and Rex Richardson talk about why they support an increase in the minimum wage.  While Carlos Quintero with Justice for Port Truck Drivers, hotel worker Francisco Abdual, and restaurant worker Chando Kem spoke of experiencing wage theft, having no breaks, and working long hours for low wages.

June 2015 New York

Art As Activism Exhibit at the NY Historical Society Museum 6-26-2015

Riding on the Mendocino Skunk Train

In
May 2012 my husband and I went on a car trip to Northern California.  We took a ride on the Skunk Train. It was so
named because when it was built people thought the smoke smelled like a skunk.  This is a short video of the guide on the
train talking about the Redwoods we pass and then video of the train ride
itself.

Aquifer Exemption Workshop protest March 24, 2015