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Text Any textual data included in the document CLEVELAND: The ongoing debt crisis in Puerto Rico has Latino leaders on the mainland concerned to the point they're about to take some serious political action, including in Cleveland, the home of a large Boricua Community. The Hispanic Alliance and related groups are calling for a Day of Action this Saturday, May 28, 2016. The group will join approximately 60 local Latino faith-based leaders on Saturday, May 28, 2016 for a full day of group discussions, followed by canvassing the Cleveland Clark-Fulton neighborhoods encouraging voter registration and responsible civic engagement. A press conference is scheduled on May 28, 2016, from 9:00 to 9:30 am. at 3110 West 25th Street, Cleveland. Puerto Rico is in the midst of a severe economic crisis, with more than $70 billion of debt. Earlier this month the island government failed to pay a $399 million debt payment. The dire fiscal situation is causing many residents to flee the island, fearing draconian measures it may take to get back on track financially. "The financial crisis really does lead to a human crisis and environmental crisis and certainly a political crisis," said Juan Molina Crespo, executive director, Hispanic Alliance. "What that's creating is Puerto Ricans leaving the island, primarily for central Florida. Many of them are finding that central Florida really doesn't have the resources to accommodate this huge influx." But a similar situation is happening elsewhere, too. Crespo estimated 85,000 Puerto Ricans each year are migrating to other states, like Ohio, and communities like the west side of Cleveland and Lorain. "It not only puts a strain on the existing resources that we have, but offers us a challenge to make sure that the organizations and the infrastructure on the west side has the resources and can create the kind of resources to make them welcome to Cleveland and keep them in Cleveland, quite honestly," Crespo said. 11 percent of Cleveland's overall population is Latino. Of that, about 90 percent hails from Puerto Rico. More than 30,000 Puerto Ricans in one city is enough to tip an election one way or the other. All are U.S. citizens and eligible to vote state-side. While Cleveland and other communities are welcoming the repatriated Puerto Rican population. Latino leaders fear the long-lasting effects back on the island. "It isn't solving the problem. I think, in many ways, it exacerbates the problem. The ones that are leaving are young, highly-educated Puerto Ricans, many of them professionals-and when you lose that population, the primary taxpayers. What we're finding is the outflow of those Puerto Ricans really exacerbates the financial problem of Puerto Rico, because you'll have less taxes." Because the Puerto Rico crisis is happening during a presidential election year, Latino leaders are mounting a campaign to send a strong political message to political leaders. "I think the primary message is that in order for the Latino community in metropolitan Cleveland and throughout the state of Ohio, to impact the policy as it pertains to Puerto Rico, we have to be willing and able to let our voices be heard, primarily among elected officials, in terms of giving them the foundation and background of how all of this is tied together," said Crespo. "How we do that is through a massive voter registration." That drive is being mounted concurrently in cities across the Midwest and along the eastern seaboard-Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Cleveland, and Orlando, among others. The idea is to register Puerto Ricans to vote, get out the vote, and to continue that involvement in the cities "in a responsibly civic manner." The Hispanic Alliance will welcome a group of Hispanic delegates from Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and Florida on Saturday to bring awareness to the Puerto Rico crisis. The group will join approximately 60 local Latino faith-based leaders for a full day of group discussions, followed by canvassing Cleveland neighborhoods encouraging voter registration and responsible civic engagement. A press conference also is scheduled. The group also will travel to Lorain to meet with Latino leaders and elected officials at El Centro de Servicios Sociales. The day of action will finish with a presentation by nationally-acclaimed economist Dr. Edwin Meléndez of El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, NY. His presentation is entitled: "The Role of Community-Based Latino Churches in the Current Puerto Rican Social and Political Environments." As far as a political solution, Republicans in Congress have forged compromise legislation that would help bail out Puerto Rico, called the Promiso bill, or The Promise. A seven-member oversight committee would be selected by President Obama from candidates proposed by Republicans and Democrats in Congress. At least one of the seven members would be a resident of Puerto Rico. "It offers an oversight board that will really prioritize who gets paid and in what order and what amount," he said. "One of the problems, of course, with it is that it takes that kind of authority and oversight away from the Puerto Rican people that I don't think has yet been rectified." In fact, the bill bars Puerto Rico's governor or legislature from exercising "any control, supervision, oversight or review over the Oversight Board or its activities." It would also trump a bill enacted by Puerto Rico in April allowing the government to default on debt payments. The bill would give the control board authority to investigate what went wrong on the island, to demand reforms and to enforce credible budgets and fiscal plans. The board would have the power to subpoena records and hold hearings, something of potential concern to Puerto Rican officials past and present as well as the financial community. The board would not be able to declare "mission accomplished" and leave until Puerto Rico regains normal access to the capital markets, something that could take years. The board would also guide Puerto Rico through a court-supervised process of debt reduction. It would first sort through Puerto Rico's bewildering array of bonds and put similar creditors together in classes, honoring Puerto Rico's existing bond priorities. Each class would then get a settlement offer and have the chance to vote on it. The offers would come from the board, not the government of Puerto Rico. The bill also contains a so-called collective action clause, making it possible to impose binding settlements on holdout creditors who want more. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document LORAIN: Although he has never held elected office, Joel Arredondo, an activist who has long served the needs of Lorain's Latino community and community-at-large, was named president of that city's council on January 31, 2008. He joins Latino Dennis Flores on Council. And just a few weeks earlier on January 12, Arredondo was also sworn in as president of Lorain's venerable Mexican Mutual Society. The organization, which Arredondo's father and grandfather both helped organize in 1928, is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. The Mexican community in Lorain shares a similar history with that of Toledo. The founding familias emigrated from México after the Revolution and came to the industrial Midwest in search of jobs to support their families. "My father, Apolinar Arredondo Orozco, was born in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México in 1906," recalls Arredondo. "He migrated to Lorain in 1927 and was employed for 44 years at the U.S. Steel Corp. plant in Lorain until he retired in 1971. He served as treasurer of the Mexican Mutual Society (MMS), which was founded as a beneficial society to help transition recent arrivals from México to the United States, and he served in that post for 45 years. At one time they had their own baseball team and they even brought in a band director from México." Arredondo's mother, the former Eva Zaldivar, was born in Galva, Dlinois, near the Iowa border. Her parents had immigrated to Illinois from México in 1923. She moved to Lorain where her father taught her and four of her sisters to play musical instruments. They formed a small musical group that performed at churches and parties. Eva and Apolinar were married in 1942. "She was a homemaker, a musician and an interpreter," remembers her son. Eva and Apolinar were the proud parents of four daughters and three sons. Because their parents knew and realized the importance of education, all seven have made significant educational and/or career accomplishments. Their oldest, Regina, born in 1943, holds an associates degree from Lorain Business College. Patricia Arredondo, born in 1945, is now in the provost's office of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Joel, born in 1947, earned his Bachelor's Degree in history and Spanish with a minor in business administration from Kent State University in 1971. He works in automobile sales for Sunnyside Toyota. David, born in 1950, earned his Bachelor's Degree at Miami University of Ohio in 1973 and his Master's Degree at Universidad de México in 1975. For the last eight years, he has been Director of International Studies at Lorain County Community College. Cynthia, born in 1953, earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in secondary education from Kent State University in 1975. Monica Graham, born in 1957, is a real estate sales consultant for Smythe Cramer in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Their youngest child, Daniel Arredondo, born in 1963, earned his Bachelor's Degree at Bowling Green State University in 1986. He currently works in food sales in Woburn, Massachusetts. Joel and his siblings have commemorated the memory of their parents through naming a food program in their honor at the Community Foundation Board of Lorain. Joel sits as a member of the board and is vice president of their Hispanic Fund. Apolinar died in 2000 and Eva died in 2003. MMS's annual Cinco de Mayo Celebrations Because this will be the 80th anniversary of the Mexican Mutual Society, Arredondo expects this year's annual Cinco de Mayo parade and celebration to draw large crowds. Already an institution in Lorain, the parade will be held on May 3. Former Councilman David Flores is coordinating the event, says Arredondo. When Arredondo was sworn in as MMS's president on January 12, 2008, he was joined by Nancy Kruman (Vice President), Rita García (Treasurer), Rubén López (Auditor), Bill Ortega (Bar Trustee), and Dolores Tenorio (Health & Wellness). The Honorable Judge Gustalo Nuñez administered the oaths at the Club. The MMS hosts a variety of charitable events in addition to the Cinco de Mayo celebrations and serves-as does the Puerto Rican Home-as one of the Latino community sounding boards. Numerous social events include the upcoming "Oldies 50-60-70's baile on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. Coalition of Hispanic Issues and Progress Although the council presidency is the first political position Arredondo has held, he says "I have always been campaigning for people including Jim Smith's recent successful campaign for the Board of Education." Arredondo has a high profile role in the Coalition of Hispanic Issues and Progress (CHIP) and has served as president. The group holds their next annual meeting April 28-29, 2008, at the Lorain County Community College campus. Arredondo has also enjoyed high visibility through his business ventures. After working in management for the old Burger Chef Restaurant chain and working for the city of Lorain as a loan officer, he and his brother David organized International Hot Dogs in 1980-81. They continued their food industry ventures by operating Los Panchos, a successful restaurant in Sheffield Lake from 1982 until Joel left the business in 1986. Arredondo then chose another high-profile career as the senior salesman for the Spitzer Toyota franchise, from 1986 to 2002. When Spitzer relinquished his long-term business relationship with Toyota, Arredondo moved to Sunnyside in North Olmstead. His appointment as City Council president was made by Lorain mayor Anthony Krasienko, who is married to a Latina. Arredondo says the mayor personally called him and urged him to accept the position. Richard Romero, long-time Democratic Party activist and now a member of Krasienko's inner team as Deputy Service Director, praised Arredondo and his commitment to Lorain. "I had the honor of nominating him for the Distinguished Spanish Ohioan Award through the governor's office, which he received. I am excited about him becoming council president. He has been a leader in the Latino community for a long time, especially as a leader on school issues. He has supported different programs to benefit kids in Lorain city schools. He is always at the forefront when it comes to issues of cultural and educational leadership. "He is one of the best examples of a community leader that we have to offer. I am extremely proud of him and expect good things from his leadership," says Romero. Arredondo and his wife Joyce were married in 1982. She is a compliance manager with the Lorain Metro Housing Authority and was formerly a city planner for Lorain. Joel and Joyce have two children. Joel Andrew "Andy" Arredondo, 21, is in his third year at the University of Cincinnati, majoring in physical therapy. He is a graduate of Lorain South view High School, as is his sister, María Elysse Arredondo. She is 19 and in her second year at Bowling Green State University, majoring in Sports Management. She is a scholarship recipient in the under-represented students program. During the summer, she works at NASA in Brook Park, Ohio. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Just call him Señor Presidente: Latino Activist Joel Arredondo heads both Lorain City Council and Mexican Mutual Society" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alam Abrams Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived La Prensa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 8, 2008 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource newletter article https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/10afe59bf9b37d79243b10bc447c4d66.pdf 88c395e6dc81b7c5f0198e529a589f34 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico but I've lived in the United States since I was four years old. Either because I've been too busy or because I've lacked the funds, I've never revisited my country. In my home, we may only speak Spanish, eat arroz con habichuelas often, and even watch las telenovelas on the Univision Network, but this past week put me in greater touch with my Puerto Rican heritage. For this year's Lorain International Festival of June 21 - 28, 2009, the spotlight nationality was Puerto Rico. I'm still amazed how many Puerto Ricans of Lorain came together and took advantage of the opportunity to display our culture. Our culture. Something interesting happened. Father William Thaden, who was invited to the Breakfast event on June 22 and the June 24 gala event for the invocation and benediction, said he often found himself in "slip-ups" when referring to the Puerto Rican community. He would say "We," even though he's not Puerto Rican. He explained the Puerto Ricans had welcomed him so dearly that he now felt part of the community. Lorain City Council President Joel Arredondo mirrored his words when he said "I know I'm Mexican but living in Lorain everybody feels they are Puerto Rican one way or another," he said. Precisely the way the Puerto Rican community has embraced so many members of other ethnicities in Lorain emboldens the pride in my culture. The members of the Puerto Rican Cultural Committee were all strangers to me when I went for my first interview, but by the end of the week I felt so welcomed; they felt like friends-like my extended family. Música The music brought me to nothing less than awe. The Puerto Rican folkloric dances of plena or bomba and even the boleros sang by the trio "Los Tres Sonidos" left me speechless. I may not have grown up listening to the folkloric sounds of the island, but hearing ing the cuatros, the guiros, and the maracas moved me to a powerful feeling of reverence. I felt like those sounds were always a part of me. I wanted to soak up all the sounds. I wanted to savor every second of it. Carlos I. Montes, who was honored at the gala for his service in the Korean War while in the 65th Infantry, said the music of Puerto Rico is what he loves the most about the island. He said he also loves "el ambiente" and the great camaraderie of Puerto Ricans. I told him that I - even though I have no clue how-that I would visit Puerto Rico very soon. Montes advised me to visit the center of the island to get the full experience and witness the "jibaritos" work. That they are very humble but have great love and courtesy for others. I am also amazed at the story of the first generation of Puerto Ricans to arrive in Lorain. Eugenio "Gene" Rivera, a clinical social worker in Connecticut, explained that "genesis." My grandfather, Antonio Rivera, was one of those Puerto Ricans who traveled to Lorain after serving in World War II and constructed a small house in an area known as "El Campito." My grandfather also worked the steel mills at the Lorain plant My grandmother, María Rivera, attended the Sacred Heart Chapel - the religious foundation for the early Puerto Ricans. The early Puerto Ricans to settle in Lorain were hard working, family-oriented, and religious individuals, who took great pride in their heritage - much like the Puerto Ricans of today. Lorain Mayor Anthony Krasienko said at the gala " Our city is so enriched because of the Puerto Rican culture." I was enriched with the festivities that educated my community and honored my culture. And just like the numerous Puerto Ricans of Lorain expressed this past weekend repeatedly, I too am proud of my rich Puerto Rican heritage. 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Title A name given to the resource "More Puerto Ricans for Ohio" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York Times Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Dec 15, 1948 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Julia Rohde Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource New York Times (1923-Current file); Dec 15, 1948; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times pg. 43 https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/848bb8b0f2800f033862e7cebafd2665.pdf de403dd8983f21d6d0eba8d6c002f4b2 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs (OCHLA) hosted its Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Awards Gala on Friday, April 18, 2008, at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Columbus. Medely Ortiz was the Mistress of Ceremonies. She holds the title of Miss Ohio Belleza Latina; she is of Puerto Rican descent and originally from Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Ortiz introduced Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, who, as he did last year, welcomed the gathering, congratulated the award recipients, and discussed briefly political events including Senate Bill 260, which he opposes, as the bill is currently drafted. Entertainment was provided by a Grupo Caribe (Dayton), directed by Sulma Rodríguez, and Mariachi Nacional (Indianapolis). The table centerpieces were created by Mario Torres, a native of Sante Fé de Bogatá, Colombia. Award recipients The Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award has been a part of Ohio Latino Affairs for approximately 30 years, tracing back to the Distinguished Service Awards of OCHLA in the early 1980s. Each spring, commissioners award the "DHO" to Latinos in Ohio for their exemplary service and the "Nuestra Familia" Award to non-Ohioans or non-Latinos who have in some way made a beneficial impact to the Latino community in Ohio. The 2008 Distinguished Hispanic Ohioans are: Sonia Troche, Toledo (Sonia is the executive director of Adelante, Inc., a Latino Resource Center based in Toledo. She is of Puerto Rican descent and was a former resident of Cleveland prior to her appointment as Adelante's director some four years ago. She is the mother of 3 daughters.) Victor Leandry, Lorain (Victor is the executive director of El Centro de Servicios Sociales in Lorain. He is of Puerto Rican descent and is the father of one daughter.) Councilman Joe Santiago, Cleveland (Joe is the Cleveland City Councilman of Ward 14. He is of Puerto Rican descent.) María Cruz-Lucio, Findlay (María is a program supervisor with the Ohio Dept. of Jobs & Family Services in Findlay. She is of Puerto Rican descent and is originally from Lorain.) Wanda Canales, Wilberforce (Wanda is a diversity officer with the Office of Admissions at Central State University. She is of Puerto Rican descent and originally from Lorain.) Guadalupe Velásquez, Columbus (Guadalupe is the coordinator for the New American Initiative of the City of Columbus. She is of Mexican/Cuban ancestry and is originally from Lorain.) Gilbert Silva, Amherst (Pastor Silva is the Senior Pastor for the House of Praise in Amherst. He is of Puerto Rican descent and originally from Lorain. Jason Riveiro, Cincinnati (Jason is deputy director of LULAC, Cincinnati Chapter. His countries of ancestry are Venezuela and Colombia; he is a originally from Texas.) Juan José Pérez, Columbus (Juan is an attorney, practicing in Columbus. He and his law firm, Pérez & Morris, LLC, have sponsored for five years, El Día de Los Reyes. He is of Mexican descent and a former resident of Toledo.) Tony Ortiz, Beavercreek (Tony is the director of Athletic Training Education and Sports Medicine Services at Wright State University. He is of Puerto Rican descent.) 2008 Nuestra Familia recipients were: Reverend William A. Thaden, Lorain; Mr. Tracy Nichols, Cleveland; and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Ohio, Columbus. The 31st OCHLA Board of Commissioners nominated the above award recipients and consists of: Richard Romero (Chair, Lorain), Blanche Aviles Casey (Interim Vice Chair, Dayton), Michael G. Florez (Secretary, Cincinnati), Phillip Barbosa (Toledo), Simon Rodríguez (Wood County), Mary Santiago (Lorain), Humberto González (Reynoldsburg), Chris Rodríguez (Whitehall), V. Anthony Simms-Howell (Cincinnati). Toledo native Ezra C. Escudero is the executive director of OCHLA since 2003, assisted by community liaison Lilleana Cavanaugh and administrative assistant Rosario Martínez. OCHLA is a state-supported organization that advises state government on issues affecting Latino Ohioans-it connects the diverse Latino communities across the state and builds the capacity of community organizations so they may better serve its fast growing Latino population. It hosts a Web site at www.ochla.ohio.gov OCHLA is hosting a statewide Latino Legislation Visit Day on May 6, 2008 at the state capitol in Columbus. This full-day event brings leaders from across the state to meet Ohio legislators to discuss important public policy issues and dialogue about needs and opportunities faced by Ohioans. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Spanish Club Sponsors Latin American Dance A dance festival, "Un Gran Baile y Fiesta," sponsored by the Spanish Club, will take place Saturday in MB auditorium from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. and will be open to the public, admission free. A Puerto Rican orchestra will play tangos and rumbas and refreshments will cost 35 cents. Tickets may be obtained form members of the Spanish Club and from faculty members of the Spanish department. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Text Any textual data included in the document NEW YORK CITY, NY: The National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) announced on January 25, 2017, that the Puerto Rican community in D/rain and Cleveland, Ohio will be the honored stateside community at the 60th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade, which will march up New York City's Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 11. 2017. Approximately 57,000 people of Puerto Rican descent reside in Lorain and Cuyahoga counties, accounting for over half (55 percent) of Ohio's total Puerto Rican population, which ranks 10th among all states in size. "We selected the Lorain and Cleveland community to shine a spotlight on a robust and resilient Puerto Rican community that can often been overlooked when compared to the larger communities in New York City, Chicago and Orlando," explained Louis Maldonado. NPRDP Executive Board Member. "This community has helped shape and add dimension to our collective history and achievement, and we are excited to help tell their story in this milestone year," says Maldonado. Puerto Ricans began migrating to Lorain and Cleveland in the late 1940s to work at the steel mills and other manufacturing-based businesses in the area. Their numbers grew significantly in the 1950s and 1960s, as local employers recruited workers from Puerto Rico, noting the strong work ethic and performance of their Puerto Rican employees. The Lorain/Cleveland Puerto Rican population has evolved and persevered, growing 11 percent bet ween 2010 and 2014 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. According to Maldonado and the NPRDP press release, "from a cultural perspective, the community has successfully preserved Puerto Rican traditions and values, driven by its geographic concentration, strong political organization, and the cultural institutions and churches that served to unify and empower the community. The Northeast Ohio Puerto Rican community takes pride in this rich cultural and political tradition." "Our community is honored to be recognized this milestone year, and we look forward to contributing to the next chapter in the Parade's long history of service to the Puerto Rican community," said local Co-Chair and Lorain Councilman Angel Arroyo II. "As we prepare to officially kick off our planning this Friday, we are both eager and excited to highlight our local institutions in Northeast Ohio." Editor's Note: The 60th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade will take place on New York City's Fifth Avenue, Sunday June 11, starting at 1 lam. The event will be broadcast live on WABC-TV (Channel 7 in NYC) and streamed online at www.abc7nv.com. The television broadcast will begin at 12pm through 4pm. For more information about the Parade, participant applications. Scholarship Fund, and other data, visit www.nprdpinc.org. La Prensa photos on page 1 illustrate the Puerto Rican pride and population via annual parades and festivals, as co-sponsored by various organizations in Lorain and Cleveland such as Puerto R ican Home (Hogar Puertorriqueño) in Lorain and the Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center in Cleveland. Visit: www.juliadeburgos.org/ Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 60th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade honors Lorain and Cleveland, June 11th Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived La Prensa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 26, 2017 Language A language of the resource English https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/b4c7501007f42a321027d5ee8eba87dc.PNG e35dbf9a0066fd9b81657ea267b37194 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Stephanie Shugert Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Alicia Marquez OHMS Object This field contains the OHMS Hyperlink (link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer) https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Marquez_Alicia.xml OHMS Object Text The field contains the OHMS Index and/or Transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable within Omeka 5.4 Alicia Marquez Latino Lorain Fall 2022 Oberlin College Library Alicia Marquez Stephanie Shugert 0 https://media.lib.oberlin.edu/media_objects/mw22v549p Avalon https://media.lib.oberlin.edu/ video &lt ; iframe title=&quot ; Alicia Marquez&quot ; src=&quot ; //media.lib.oberlin.edu:443/master_files/kw52j810t/embed&quot ; width=&quot ; 600&quot ; height=&quot ; 337&quot ; frameborder=&quot ; 0&quot ; webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt ; &lt ; /iframe&gt ; English 0 Introduction &amp ; Welcome I am Stephanie Shugert and I am interviewing Ms. Marquez to talk about her life as part of the Latino Lorain Veteran Historical Project. Thank you Ms. Marquez for agreeing to be interviewed today. Can you please state your name and birthday? Shugert introduces Alicia Marquez who is being interviewed for the Latino Lorain Veteran History Project, which is a collaboration between the Lorain Historical Society and Oberlin College. The interview takes place in the Lorain Historical Society. 30 Family Background Can you tell me a little bit about where you were born and where you grew up? Marquez discusses where she grew up in Lorain. She talks about her parent's background and how they moved to Lorain from Puerto Rico when her father was recruited to work for the steel mills in 1948. Her mother was a seamstress and worked in a factory in Cleveland. Marquez shares that she has four siblings and reflects on how she is the only surviving member of her family, and how diabetes played a role in her family's health. diabetes ; family ; Puerto Rico ; seamstress ; steel mill 249 Growing up in Lorain Can you talk a little bit about, well you already talked about how you can't complain about your childhood. Did you have any mentors or friends or role models that stand out to you in your childhood or throughout your life? Marquez talks about growing up in the projects and how she became close with her neighbors. She discusses how the racial diversity of the projects made the projects a multicultural space where food, recipes, and music were shared. She describes Lorain at the time as a &quot ; hustle and bustle&quot ; city that was very vibrant. Marquez also explains the importance of Sacred Heart Chapel for the Puerto Rican community as it was a space where people bonded and culture was preserved. Charleston School ; community ; culture ; Ford ; projects ; racial diversity ; Sacred Heart Chapel ; steel mills 466 Sharing Memories of Brothers as Musicians Can you talk a little bit about what you would consider your proudest moment or maybe a fond memory you have from growing up in Lorain? Marquez shares how her brothers started learning to play instruments, ultimately leading her two older brothers to start a band. They would practice on their front lawn in the projects, and the lawn turned into a dance floor as people from the neighborhood joined in and would dance along to the music. Marquez's brother Willie wrote the lyrics for the song &quot ; Lady Lorain,&quot ; and she considers this one of her proudest moments. bass guitar ; dance ; Lady Lorain ; Los Nombres ; music ; musicians ; pride ; projects 569 The Challenging Part of Interpreting for Parents Kinda going in the opposite direction here, but were there any challenges....you faced, either personally or your family, or just in your community in general, while growing up in Lorain? Marquez discusses how she would be a translator for her parents as a young child when they would have doctor visits and other important appointments. She expresses how this was challenging for her and her siblings as they feared they would not properly translate the documents for her parents. challenge ; doctor's office ; education ; interpreter ; legal documents ; paperwork ; Puerto Rico ; Spanish 707 Sharing Memories of Army Veteran Brothers I kinda want to get into your brother's experiences, specifically those who were army veterans. So can you tell me a little bit about them, and I know you mentioned some of your brother's names, but who are the ones who ended up going? Marquez shares how her oldest brother Johnny struggled with school and decided to drop out when he was 16 years old. He decided to join the army and lied about his age to enlist. He ended up doing two tours in Vietnam and caught malaria during his service. Marquez also discusses how her family would try to keep in touch with him while he was away and also when he returned. She describes how her brother never talked about the difficulties he was experiencing, and she says he returned as a different person. His drug addiction heavily impacted Marquez and their family, and she reflects on how she wished she could have supported him more. Her other brother Willie joined the army when he graduated high school, but he only worked as a recruiter and never saw any action. She shares how he followed in Johnny's footsteps and also how becoming a young father and husband influenced his decision to enlist. She also discusses how Willie was a bright person and how her family had high hopes for him in terms of pursuing a successful career. addiction ; army ; Cleveland ; family ; Oberlin College ; PTSD ; recruiting ; substances ; Vietnam War ; youth program 1050 Family Reactions to Brother Joining Army Do you remember your family's or parent's reactions were to (I think especially your brother Johnny) when he decided to go? Marquez discusses how shocked her parents were when Johnny joined the army as her father wanted him to pursue an education. She remembers how emotional and upset her family was initially. Once he was serving in the Vietnam War, Marquez's family would often put out a rosary for him and prayed for him often to come home. This was exacerbated by the fact that Lorain lost many young Latinos in the war, some of which were close friends and neighbors. Marquez says that her family was proud of Johnny, but also they were nervous about how controversial the Vietnam War was. fear ; loss ; praying ; pride ; rosary ; shock ; Vietnam War 1283 Role of Religion in Brother's Army Service You already talked a bit about how he was...when he did come home. You talked a bit earlier about the role of the Sacred Heart Chapel and religion in your family's lives. Do you think your brother Johnny, do you think religion played an influence in his service or how close was he to the church and that religious aspect? Marquez discusses how the church played a crucial in all of her family's lives. Her brother Johnny followed the church's guidance and strongly believed in his Catholic faith. Catholicism ; religion ; Sacred Heart Chapel ; service ; survival ; U.S. Army 1362 Formation of Los Nombres I want to transition into talking a little bit about your brother who was a musician. Can you remind which brother that was again? Marquez shares how her three brothers formed the band Los Nombres. Johnny played the bass guitar, Willie was the singer, and her younger brother Nelson was the drummer. They taught themselves how to play and piano and other instruments. They composed songs and were mostly self-taught overall. Their band was usually hired to perform for the Southerner's Club, a group of guys who would get together and host parties. The band would also perform in churches and host dances to raise money. This was an integral part of Lorain's social scene. music ; parties ; performances ; projects ; raising money ; self-taught ; singing ; social life ; Southerner's Club 1638 How Lady Lorain was Born I want to go back to when you talked about how your brother wrote the lyrics for &quot ; Lady Lorain.&quot ; Do you remember when he did that and the reactions from the community, or when did the song become popular? Marquez remembers how the Lorain International Festival was looking for a song to be featured during the pageant portion of the event. Willie was very excited and proud that he was asked to work on the song, and his parents also were very proud as it revealed their family's contributions to the community. city council ; international ; Los Nombres ; pageant ; pride ; vocals 1758 How Lorain Influenced Ms. Marquez So to reflect on what we talked about, how would you say your experiences growing up in Lorain influence who you are today and your memories of your family? Marquez shares how Lorain's diversity helped her get along with different types of people. She reflects fondly on Lorain and reiterates how safe it was for her. diversity ; family ; multi-cultural city ; Puerto Rico ; race ; safe 1877 Feelings about War &amp ; Military Going back to your brothers, did their military service affect your feelings about war or military in general? Marquez discusses her personal thoughts and feelings about the Vietnam War. She shares how the neglect of veterans makes her not support the military. She believes that although the Vietnam War was controversial and many people did not believe it should have occurred, those people should have nonetheless respected the men serving in it. addiction ; lack of veteran support ; malaria ; Vietnam War 2059 Concluding Thoughts What message would you like to leave for future generations who will view or hear this interview? Marquez discusses how people, specifically Latinos, should take pride in their culture and heritage and talk to their elders to preserve knowledge. She shares how she wishes people would get together more to keep their traditions going for future generations. elders ; ghost town ; home ; Latin culture ; parandas ; self-pride In copyright. video All rights reserved. 0 https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Marquez_Alicia.xml LL_Marquez_Alicia.xml Sort Priority This field should be added if you are using the Philly Theme with your OHMSPlugin Suite 0012 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alicia Marquez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-10-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/a668b3c6432ae816925431ca99c57be2.png 05143ce75a32e639635b6b8542c814dd Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website https://oberlinreview.org/16750/news/anabel-barron-sanchez-co-founder-of-loira/ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anabel Barrón Sánchez, co-founder of LOIRA Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lila Michaels Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Oberlin Review Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 14, 2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kahtia Moyotl Type The nature or genre of the resource Article https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/1cfd972edb0a3f86edd0be1a9c63258b.png 61057c5966580f52699f80320d660cc0 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Kahtia Moyotl Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Anabel Barron-Sanchez OHMS Object This field contains the OHMS Hyperlink (link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer) https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Barron_Anabel.xml OHMS Object Text The field contains the OHMS Index and/or Transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable within Omeka 5.4 Anabel Barron-Sanchez Latino Lorain Fall 2020 Oberlin College Library Anabel Barron-Sanchez Kahtia Moyotl 0 https://youtu.be/9V-bgWkaLTU YouTube video 0 Introduction Moyotl: So hi my name is Kahtia Moyotl, and I'm going to be interviewing Ms.Barron-Sanchez for our Latino Lorain Oral History Project. So thank you Ms.Barron-Sanchez for agreeing to have me interview you. Can you just state your age please? Kahtia Moyotl introduces Anabel Barron-Sanchez as her interviewee for the Latino Lorain Oral History project. Latino ; Lorain ; Oral History 39 Early Childhood Moyotl: So I'm just going to start off by asking you a little bit about how you grew up and where your life began basically. Barron-Sanchez: Okay, well I grew up between two countries, Mexico and the United States... Anabel Barron-Sanchez gives a brief summary of the beginning of her life journey, growing up in two countries, Mexico and the U.S. Specifically, Anabel speaks of living in Guanajuato, Mexico, as well as San Antonio, Texas. She discusses the feelings of loneliness that this unstable childhood experience has left her with as well as the financial difficulties her parents faced which prompted such a mobile lifestyle. Border ; Childhood ; Friendship ; Guanajuato ; Immigration ; Mexico ; San Antonio ; Texas 288 Family Employment Moyotl: So what did your parents do specifically, For work? Barron-Sanchez: Well my mom was a homestay mom, she never worked, she didn't know how to read or write... Here Anabel Barron-Sanchez describes her parents occupations growing up. Her mother was a stay at home mom who raised 8 children. Her father was a carpenter in Mexico but a landscaper in Texas. His labor was exploited in Texas by fellow Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, and paid $20 a day for his work. Ms.Barron-Sanchez describes how watching her father be exploited by his own people has shaped her view of immigrants and feuled her motivation for activism. Immigration ; Labor ; Landscaper ; Mexican ; Stay at home mom ; Undocumented 486 Involvement at Sacred Heart and El Centro Moyotl: I know that you do work to achieve that goal, to help other immigrants ; what specifically do you do or have you done? Barron-Sanchez: A little bit of everything ; I cannot put a title to it, to be honest... Anabel Barron-Sanchez has been involved with the immigrant services at El Centro and Sacred Heart Chapel in Lorain. She recounts how she used to drive undocumented immigrants and translate English to Spanish for them. She also delves into the pressing issue of inaccessibility to health care that undocumented immigrants face. El Centro ; Health Care ; Immigrants ; Lorain ; Sacred Heart ; Undocumented Immigrants 969 Coming to Lorain Moyotl: Who brought you to Lorain? Who came with you? How did you end up here? Barron-Sanchez: Yes, I was 19 years old when I came here to Lorain... Ms.Baron-Sanchez describes how she first found herself in Lorain with her ex partner and two young daughters. Her sister prompted the whole family to move here by explaining how there were a lot of job opportunities in Northeast Ohio. She explains how Lorain became her home through the unique community she found here. Lastly, she also describes how the undocumented experience has shaped her experience in Lorain. Latina ; Lorain ; Motherhood ; Northeast Ohio 1210 Motherhood, Employment and Machismo Moyotl: Where did you start your professional life here? What were your first jobs? Barron-Sanchez: Well my first job was flipping burgers... Anabel Barron-Sanchez goes into detail about her employment history as well as motherhood within Latino culture and how it has effected her professional life. She explains how motherhood is an unrecognized, full-time occupation specifically within Mexican culture. Lastly, she uncovers her ex partners alcoholism and abuse, leading to a transformation of her notion of family and motherhood as she took over the provider role for her family. Alcoholism ; Depression ; Employment ; Latinidad ; Lorain ; Machista ; Mexican ; Motherhood ; Single Mother ; Undocumented 1866 Getting Detained and Mental Health Barron-Sanchez: I remember thinking the day that I got stopped by the police officer in Sheffield Village was the worst day of my life... Anabel Barron-Sanchez describes the traumatic experience of getting detained by ICE after being stopped by the police while driving to work. She discusses the mental health issues she has experienced as a result of this event. Depression ; Detainment ; ICE ; Police ; Religion ; Spirituality 2137 Changes in 2020 Anabel Barron-Sanchez discusses some of the achievements shes made in 2020. 2020 ; Homeowner ; Undocumented ; Visa 2344 Lorain Mentors Moyotl: I just wanted to ask if there are any people you can think of that you saw as the most influential to your journey here in Lorain to get you to that light at the end of the tunnel? Barron-Sanchez: Oh so many people! Ms.Barron-Sanchez lists the mentors shes met here in Lorain that have guided her professionally, as well as personally, specifically in her fight against ICE and deportation. She mentions Jose Mendiola, Deb Klein, Celestino Rivera and more. El Centro ; ICE ; Immigration ; Lorain ; Northeast Ohio ; Undocumented 2795 Undocumented Activism Moyotl: Can you also share some of your most proudest moments in Lorain as a community activist? Ms.Barron-Sanchez has done a lot for the undocumented community in Lorain as an activist. Here, she describes one of the proudest achievements she made as an activist, when she and some fellow activists from El Centro came to an ICE raid to help the children left behind when their parents were detained by ICE. El Centro ; ICE ; Immigration ; Northeast Ohio ; Raids ; Undocumented 3478 Challenges for Lorain today Moyotl: So you were talking about for the undocumented community, differences in Lorain. I was just wondering if you saw any great differences in your time being here for the larger community? In this last segment Ms.Barron-Sanchez states the biggest challenge Lorain faces today from her perspective, violence. This violence includes domestic violence, but also youth violence. She also discusses some of the city's reactionary measures to this increase in violence. Domestic Violence ; East Lorain ; Lorain ; Violence ; Youth Oral history interview with Anabel Barron-Sanchez for Latino Lorain Oral History Project. video 0 https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Barron_Anabel.xml LL_Barron_Anabel.xml Sort Priority This field should be added if you are using the Philly Theme with your OHMSPlugin Suite 0005 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anabel Barron-Sanchez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-10-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/217bbefcf67ab8c90538d29c6394e424.PNG 249ad611bbb93407ee1a11714aefea59 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. OHMS Object This field contains the OHMS Hyperlink (link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer) https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Baez_Antonio.xml OHMS Object Text The field contains the OHMS Index and/or Transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable within Omeka 5.4 Unknown Date Antonio Baez Latino Lorain Fall 2022 Oberlin College Library 0 https://media.lib.oberlin.edu/media_objects/r781wg04p Avalon https://media.lib.oberlin.edu/ video &lt ; iframe title=&quot ; Antonio Baez&quot ; src=&quot ; //media.lib.oberlin.edu:443/master_files/3r074t937/embed&quot ; width=&quot ; 600&quot ; height=&quot ; 337&quot ; frameborder=&quot ; 0&quot ; webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt ; &lt ; /iframe&gt ; 31 Birthplace and Early Life Please begin by telling me where you were born and where you grew up. So I was born here, in the city of Lorain Ohio, born in St. Josephs, 1984, to Maria and Jose Baez. Antonio Baez speaks about his childhood and early life in Lorain Ohio, recalling memories of his family, neighborhood and childhood friends. Family ; Financial struggles ; Neighborhood 471 High School and Young Adulthood Could you tell me a little bit about your time in high school, and then also when did you start thinking about the military or when did that become an option for you. So high school was pretty interesting, in all of school I was, every grade I was kicked out of school. Antonio Baez speaks about his teenage years and time in high school in Lorain. He recalls getting in trouble with law enforcement, problems with drugs and alcohol, and a short time in a juvenile detention center. He talks about meeting his girlfriend in high school, getting pregnant with their first child, and their decision to keep the baby and get married. Drugs and Alcohol ; Juvenile Detention ; Marriage ; Pregnancy 874 Military Enlistment Reverse a little bit, what caused me to join the military is my brother was in the military. I didn't really want to do it but after I had my son, I was like, you know, this would be a good chance for me to get out of this environment. Antonio Baez talks about the process of his enlistment and his decision making process. He describes the long hours he worked at the Elyria Foundry while completing his high school diploma. He talks about his decision to join the military, his experiences with recruiters, and consulting his brothers in the military for advice along with his wife and mother. Delayed Entry Program ; Elyria Foundry ; Enlistment ; Family in Military ; Recruiter ; Steel Mill 1319 Entrance into the Marines and Basic Training Well I'd love to hear about your initial moments in the military and these decisions that you made, the advice of your brother, how that helped you entering. Yeah, so, with his advice in mind, we were all pretty extroverted in terms of we never really cared about other people's decisions or opinions of us because of how we grew up. You know, everyone was always pointing their fingers, so all of us built this tolerance and reactive responses to stuff like that. So what that means, and I'm trying to explain it, is when I went to the recruiter, they did exactly what he told me they were going to try to do, like &quot ; hey, yeah, you can just do this, and because of your record you're not going to be able to do this.&quot ; And I'd already heard it from him, so I'm like, well that's not going to happen, this is what I want. That's more of that attitude, I'm going to do this, or I'm not going to do it, so if you want me there it is, other than that I gotta be at work at two. Antonio Baez recalls his first days in the military at basic training and the hardships that he endured. He talks about the environment and culture of boot camp and the ways enlisted members of the military are broken down so that they can be reformed into soldiers. Boot camp ; Cleveland MEPS ; Discrimination ; Drill Sergeant ; Military police ; Parris Island ; U.S. Marines 1981 Transition into the Military and First Base Assignment Well I'd love to move on to after basic training, what were your, where did you go first after you graduated basic training? So I graduated basic training, you have to go through and infantry school that teaches every marine how to be, just like we were talking about, every marine how to be an infantry person. So it doesn't matter if you're a book person, an accountant in the marine corp, you learn how to shoot your weapon, you learn battle drills, how to respond and attack enemy forces, how to move, how to low crawl, how to go through rooms, how to go through tunnels, how to use different weapon systems, and how to just be a marine. Every marine is a rifleman, that's their quote. Antonio Baez talks about his life after graduation from basic training ; in infantry school and as a military police officer on his first base assignment. He talks about his experiences responding to calls and incidents on base. He discusses the effects of PTSD that he observed in soldiers returning from combat and their families that remained on base. Camp Johnson ; Camp Lejeune ; Deployment ; Infantry School ; Military families ; Military police ; PTSD ; U.S. Marines 2552 Deployment to Kuwait and Iraq So when I finally get the opportunity to deploy, it was uneasy because I have children, I already had my son. So I'm like, man, what am I going to do with, where do I send her, does she go back with my parents? Because we moved to North Carolina together, do I send her home? Does she stay here? and then she becomes like all these other parents that have lost their mind because their husbands are gone. Antonio Baez speaks about his time in Kuwait and Iraq while deployed with the Marine Corp and his experiences in combat. He describes his interactions with locals and how he was taught to hate the local civilians by the military. Combat ; Deployment ; Iraq ; Kuwait ; Mental Health 2931 Position at the Pentagon So fast forward, returning home I was provided an opportunity. I'd seen an email come across on my military email that said they were looking for infantry or an MP to go work in DC for the office of legislative affairs. And that job entailed working for a one star general. And I was like, that will get me out of this grind the same thing all the time. Antonio Baez speaks about the time he spent working at the Pentagon for the office of legislative affairs and how he was offered this opportunity. He talks about the the generals and other officers he worked with and the levels of security clearance he was granted which made him privy to a great deal of classified information and conversations. Office of Legislative Affairs ; Return from deployment ; Separation from family ; Washington DC 3453 Life After Active Service Fast forward we decide to call it quits and move back home, and when I moved back home I had a void so I decided to join the reserves, the Marine Corp had just got hit, Brook Park had just got hit with a bad, while they were deployed they lost a lot of guys, a lot of guys were killed in that unit so the moral was... Antonio Baez speaks about his time in the reserves after leaving active service, and reflects on the impacts of military service on the rest of his life. 82nd Airborne Division ; Discipline ; Respect ; Service ; Suicide ; U.S. Army Reserves In copyright. video All rights reserved. 0 https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Baez_Antonio.xml LL_Baez_Antonio.xml Sort Priority This field should be added if you are using the Philly Theme with your OHMSPlugin Suite 0002 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Antonio Baez Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/552538bf80462fd7a53669d7d5da3e89.JPG b6bd333b77f3a0a05d770f78d72814b7 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Jane Rissover-Plotke Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Antonio Barrios OHMS Object This field contains the OHMS Hyperlink (link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer) https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Barrios_Antonio.xml Interview Keyword This field adds keywords to the Omeka Oral History item type. Keywords areincluded in the OHMS XML, this field in Omeka will allow for full data migrationbetween OHMS XML and the Omeka Record. This field does not impact theOHMS / Omeka integration and is optional if you do not need to map the“keywords” field in the OHMS XML to the corresponding Omeka record. Lorain Ohio Puerto Rican Puerto Ricans Politics Model Art Photography Interview Oral history OHMS Object Text The field contains the OHMS Index and/or Transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable within Omeka 5.4 Unknown Date Antonio Barrios Latino Lorain Fall 2020 Oberlin College Library Lorain Ohio Puerto Rican Puerto Ricans Politics Model Art Photography Interview Oral history Antonio Barrios Jane Rissover-Plotke 0 https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Barrios_audio_only.m4a Other audio 0 Introduction to interview with Antonio Barrios JRP: Hello, my name is Jane Rissover-Plotke and I am here with Mr. Antonio Barrios and I am going to interview him for our Latino Lorain Oral History Project. Thank you Mr. Antonio Barrios for agreeing to do this interview with me. Could you please state your name and age? Rissover-Plotke introduces Antonio Barrios who is being interviewed for the Latino Lorain History Project which is a collaboration between the Lorain Historical Society, El Centro de Servicios Sociales, and Oberlin College. The interview is taking place over Zoom due to the Coronavirus global pandemic. Barrios is 74 years old and currently situated in Lorain, Ohio. Antonio Barrios ; El Centro de Servicios Sociales ; Latino Lorain Oral History Project ; Lorain ; Lorain Historical Society ; Lorain, Ohio ; Ohio 37 Early life, recollections from living in Puerto Rico as a young child JRP: Could you tell me a little bit about your family and where you grew up? AB: Yes, definitely! Well, the family unit started out in Puerto Rico, it was just my older brother and myself and my mom. And my father left for the United States to work here at the Steel Mill. Barrios was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico and spent the first 4-5 years of his life in PR. His father was one of the &quot ; First 500&quot ; men who left Puerto Rico for the United States to work in the Steel Mill. This left himself along with his older brother and mother in Puerto Rico for about 2 years while his dad settled into Lorain and worked to save up money for plane tickets for the rest of his family to join him there. In order to qualify for the program with the Johnson Steel Company, the men chosen had to provide a copy of their police record if they had one, a recommendation from the Chief of Police, a recommendation from the mayor of their city, as well as a recommendation from their local priest or a moral character witness. His father along with the rest of the men sent to Lorain with him lived in the barracks on company property until about a year or two later they petitioned to be able to go out into the community and find their own lodging. He recalls living in a makeshift shelter with a tin roof, wooden sides, and cement floor in Barrio Obrero where he lived for the first 5 years of his life. They had very few things but his father would send money back to help support them in addition to her mother doing a variety of work to support their family. At this time--the early '40s and '50s--things were very hard for a lot of people in Puerto Rico and work was very hard to find. Barrio Obrero ; Johnson Steel Company ; Puerto Rico ; Santurce ; Santurce, Puerto Rico ; Steel Mill ; United States ; US Steel Corporation 274 The journey from Puerto Rico to Lorain, Ohio JRP: So, when you got to Lorain, how did things change for you and your family? It was a traumatic experience for Barrios to board and ride on the plane from Puerto Rico to Lorain, Ohio. He had never been anywhere besides his mother's house, and the huge, loud TWA Constellation Aircraft (the biggest 4-propellor airplane in existence) was terrifying for him as a 5 year old. He likens the experience of boarding the plane to Jonas going into the belly of the whale. He describes it as somewhat of a traumatic introduction to the United States, being uprooted from the only place he knew and boarding a monstrous contraption, only to arrive in a totally different place that did not feel familiar to him at all. He was mute and spellbound by it all, trying to do what his parents wanted him to do, without really understanding what was going on or why he was in a new location. Lorain ; Lorain, Ohio ; Plane ; Puerto Rico ; TWA Constellation Aircraft 398 Friends growing up JRP: Who were your friends, mentors, or teachers growing up? Growing up in Lorain, his friends were all kids from the other families that moved from Puerto Rico to Lorain. It was a very close-knit community. Him and his friends weren't born in Lorain so they were the &quot ; first kids on the block&quot ; . None of them could speak English so they navigated their new world together, protecting and looking after each other. Friends ; Learning English ; Second Language ; Self Preservation 459 Early memories and the reception of Puerto Ricans in Lorain by the previous residents JRP: Do you have an earliest memory that you remember? When his family arrived in Lorain, he can remember waking up in bed and looking up at the ceiling of the place where they were living. They lived in a basement and the ceiling was the floor of the people living above them, so there weren't any coverings and you could see the pipes and wires coming out from the ceiling. When the young Puerto Rican men were allowed to look for housing, there was a lot of resistance to the Puerto Rican people being in Lorain. The locals didn't quite understand that it was the Steel Company that brought them there, and that they hadn't known about Lorain prior and wanted to come there to &quot ; take their jobs&quot ; . At first things were mostly calm with the residents of Lorain, although they were being ostracized as the &quot ; Cesar Romero's&quot ; and the &quot ; Latinos in town&quot ; , but then things got ugly. They were painted as a &quot ; Brown wave of invasion&quot ; and people began to be very angry that they were there. Now that he has grown up and understands the full situation more, he resents this hatred that him and his family and friends faced. He is thankful that his father and the other forefathers that brought Puerto Ricans over to Lorain had the strength to prevail and provide himself and others with a better life. Antonio Barrios ; Brown wave ; Brown wave of invasion ; Lorain ; Lorain, Ohio ; Ohio ; Ostracization 628 Schooling in Lorain JRP: What was your schooling like in Lorain? Barrios started out going to public school in his neighborhood. He was terrified of school at first because he didn't speak the language, but luckily he was able to stick with some of the other Puerto Rican kids so they all tried to pick up the language and understand what other people were saying. He would get into difficult situations because he was having a hard time assimilating, so his father took him out of public school and put him in private school. He went to a Catholic school that was right down the corner by where they lived. This was also a traumatic experience for him because &quot ; nuns don't play and they will definitely use the ruler&quot ; , but in the end he had a better education than his peers. He's thankful for his father that he took this chance in moving to Lorain so that he could grow up in a better situation than they had in Puerto Rico and get a great education. But he does feel torn about this because he didn't get a chance to really sink into his roots in Puerto Rico. He is very thankful that they were able to bring their community with them. Assimilation ; Catholic school ; Community ; Education ; Nuns ; Private school ; Public school ; School 860 Making a home for themselves in Lorain on the &quot ; wrong side of the tracks&quot ; AB: Well in fact--another anecdotal story--when our forefathers were trying to get out of company property and out of the barracks, they had difficulty finding lodging because many of the residents refused to sell them homes or rent them properties. When the US Steel Corporation allowed the Puerto Rican men to get out of the barracks on company property, they had difficulty finding lodging because many of the residents refused to sell them homes or rent them properties. Instead they began to buy land at the &quot ; bad place across the tracks&quot ; . They got together and built homes for themselves. This is the true beginning to this area of Lorain called Campito, or the countryside. They were very entrepreneurial and determined to build a better future for their kids, and that's what they did. He describes them as hard-working people and very determined once they make their mind up to do something. He is very proud of them and of his father for having brought them to Lorain. Building homes ; Campito ; Homes ; Lorain ; Ohio ; US Steel Corporation ; Wrong side of the tracks 965 Working in Lorain and the beginning of Vine Ave. and South Lorain JRP: Yeah, that's a great story and he's a very strong man for being able to do everything that he did and so are all of the people that came with him. AB: Yeah! I mean that was incredible I think if I get my years right he retired with about 32 years of service to the US Steel Corporation. His father retired with about 32 years of service to the US Steel Corporation, and then Barrios went to work there after high school. Here is where he first saw that his father's courage and determination were something to admire because it was extremely challenging, laborious work. He learned that he had to go out of his comfort zone and do work that felt very scary and dangerous to him in order to succeed at this job. His and the other kids in the neighborhood's parents had built a community that was known as South Lorain. There always was a South Lorain, but when they tended to migrate closely with each other so when they moved into the area there was a street called Vine Ave., that had only Hispanic owners that owned the buildings and the businesses, so it helped him meld into the American society by having all of their parents, friends, and family be a part of those growing businesses. It was a very thriving community back then in their little apartment in Lorain. Ever since he was little, they had a work ethic that everyone in the family had to do something to help the family get along. Back then there was a lot of agriculture in Lorain. So when he was 8, him and a bunch of the other kids in the neighborhood would try to help out with farm work by going to the Office of the Farm Bureau. The kids would all head over at about 4 or 5 in the morning and line up for the farmers to pick who they wanted to work with them. For the first year or so, all of the farmers would tell him that he was too little and too young, and then finally he was allowed to go and help. He would pick tomatoes, strawberries, cherries as well so doing weeding. He's grown up ever since he was 8 years old, working and bringing something to help with the family's needs, so he thinks that without realizing it that was a very pivotal moment for him. At 8 years old he was bringing money and food to the family, which gave him a profound sense for making it on his own--going out there and helping yourself--and he's been doing that ever since. Community ; Farm ; Farm work ; Hispanic business owners ; Office of the Farm Bureau ; South Lorain ; US Steel Corporation ; Work ethic ; Working 1474 How Lorain has changed since Barrios first arrived AB: Now we have what we call &quot ; El Barrio&quot ; . El barrio was South Lorain, and that's where most of us--and I'm sure you're going to interview them--grew up in this neighborhood where everybody owned their own home--which is different and I have to say kind of tragic because they had an urban renewal program that kind of disintegrated our community, and although they said it was for the best, I have my feelings about that--because before, everybody owned their own home. Then there was &quot ; El Barrio&quot ; . El barrio was South Lorain, the neighborhood where most of the Puerto Rican migrants grew up. Here, everybody owned their own home, dissimilar to how things are now, ever since they implemented an urban renewal program that kind of disintegrated their community, something that he notes is tragic. Although the city said it was for the best, he feels a bit differently. Before, it was a true community where everyone wanted to do their best to keep the streets and public areas clean. They were poor but they still had clean clothes and food on the table. The change in the city has been traumatic and dramatic. When they first arrived, the city was bustling. The holidays were like a Christmas card. There were cars and people everywhere, the economy was going and there was So Much work. There was a common saying that you could quit a job in the morning and have another, well-paying job by afternoon. And all of the work was based on manufacturing. Originally in Lorain they were ship makers. Then they worked on Ford Automobile cars. There were so many different manufacturing jobs available throughout the years. He didn't live through the time when things in the city were really falling apart because he spent some time in Europe, but over time he would see less and less activity and more closed stores. Everything became a bit gloomy. Life became hard for the folks in Lorain. Unfortunately, manufacturing was dying out in the whole country, not just in Lorain. Economic downturn ; Ford ; Manufacturing ; Manufacturing work ; Urban renewal 1936 Proudest moments growing up in Lorain JRP: Do you think that you could share with me your proudest moment growing up in Lorain? One of Barrios' most proudest and fundamental aspects of growing up in Lorain was being 8 years old and a breadwinner for his family. He was also very proud of being an honor roll student in high school--he took to books and studying. The first in his family to enroll in college, he didn't end up completing his schooling. He studied Electrical Engineering at Lorain County Community College but didn't particularly enjoy the subject. Community college ; Electrical engineering ; Honor roll ; Lorain County ; Lorain County Community College ; Student 2048 Greatest challenges growing up and living in Lorain JRP: Yeah, I have another question I think we might have touched on it a little bit, but would you mind sharing with me some of the greatest challenges that you faced growing up and living in Lorain? One of the greatest challenges he faced living in Lorain was how poorly received the Puerto Rican community as a whole was in the area. On top of that, they were at a disadvantage because they didn't speak the language. Many times they were in public speaking their language, people would come by and intervene saying &quot ; You're living in America now, you should be speaking English&quot ; , and they would not even know what they had just said, just that they seemed to be angry. Life was tough for young Puerto Ricans--they had to be a part of some traumatic confrontations with the other youth in the area because they were the new guys on the block. But as determined and resilient people, they would sometimes get into physical altercations to prove a point with mean-spirited youth in order to protect each other. It was traumatic for them because they did not feel a part of this country yet. He did not know who he was or what he was doing. He was trying to--not knowingly--maintain his culture as a Puerto Rican. But here in America everybody is telling him not to speak Spanish and to instead speak English. He thinks that this is probably why him and a lot of his friends don't speak the language very well or at all, because they felt this force to amalgamate and make them only speak English. He has always thought that this viewpoint of the &quot ; melting pot&quot ; of America was misconceived and instead it should be more like a stew, with everyone retaining their individuality and culture, adding all sorts of flavors to the soup creating one amazing taste while each flavor remains identifiable. Despite all of the hostilities that were pointed towards them, they created a community. Now he thinks that Lorain has changed and come to realize that they didn't come to take anything--they came to give what they knew how to do and help the community move along. The US Steel Corporation had a need for good, strong workers, and they saw that in Puerto Ricans. So they went to Puerto Rico and recruited many men from there, and the men were happy to go to get out of the situation of abject poverty that they were experiencing in Puerto Rico at the time. The Puerto Rican youth then grew up and became who they are, and that is thanks also to the United States of America that they are here and able to continue and do things which would probably be a lot different had they stayed in Puerto Rico, but they don't know for certain. Even though they had these obstacles in their way, they stuck with it--they stayed and showed they were good, hard-working people and after some time he thinks the community just accepted them and now the Historical Society is one of the first institutions to now be interested in what they've done and what are their contributions to the community, and for that he is grateful to the Lorain Historical Society for helping to kick this off. Challenges ; Community ; Creating community ; Lorain Historical Society ; Melting pot ; Resilient ; Traumatic ; US Steel Corporation 2593 Impacting other people and his community in Lorain JRP: Another question that we kind of touched on before a little bit: I'm wondering what some of the most important institutions that you've been involved with in Lorain are? Barrios' finishing high school was really important to his family. Both of his parents were uneducated. His mother never went to school and his father was pulled out of school in 5th grade to take care of his mom so he did a lot of manual labor growing up--one of the reasons why he admires his dad so much. Even when he and his siblings were teenagers his father was still sending money to Puerto Rico to help his mom stay alive and be well--he even went so far as to buy her a house. His father accomplished a lot of things that people like him were not expected to be able to do. One of the accomplishments that Barrios is most proud of is getting an arts program started in the city of Lorain--the Lorain Arts Council. He spoke up at City Council and tried to convince the leaders of that time that the arts could transform the city. He notes that the arts weren't seen as something that people who didn't have money could be interested in, so he tried to explain to them that if you bring the arts in then you will bring people with money into the city of Lorain. He spoke up at City Council another time and petitioned for an ordinance to be put in place that would allow folks to live and work in the same place. It was approved and this further helped artists by allowing them to be able to work on their art in the same place where they live. The biggest honor of his life was to be on the committee that successfully petitioned for the 65th battalion to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their valiant work as soldiers. Then, upon further investigation he found that there were 4 local men who were also in this unit that did not receive the medal because they couldn't make the trip. So him and his friends came up with the idea to make bronze copies (painted gold) of the gold medals and award them to the 4 men in town. They got Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur to come down and award the medals to the men in person--they made a big thing of it and it was a really special event at the Lorain Historical Society. They also got a video from Senator Sherrod Brown talking about how he was happy to sign the petition and was proud of these men. Arts ; City Council ; Congressional Gold Medal ; Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur ; Lorain Arts Council ; Lorain Historical Society ; Manual labor ; Marcy Kaptur ; Petition ; Senator Sherrod Brown ; Sherrod Brown 3592 Time in Europe AB: One of the things that I think is outstanding is that I managed to survive on my own in Europe for 15, 20 years almost, really not knowing anything, and just being out there to see what the rest of the world was like. After leaving the military where he served in the Vietnam War, he decided to change his life and moved to New York. Suffering from PTSD, he had a breakdown after arriving in New York. He sought help at Bellevue Hospital, a place that he ended up leaving shortly after checking in, since, at the time, the hospital wasn't capable of giving him any tools to deal with his disorder--instead they just drugged up all of the patients. He then stayed at his aunt's house in New York until he was faced with the opportunity of moving to Europe. Barrios says that his adaptability is his biggest survival tool that has always helped him keep going wherever he finds himself. In New York he ended up being considered for a modeling job. When things started to not work out as much for him in the city, his agent Zoli--an icon in the fashion industry--suggested that he try modeling in Europe because back then Puerto Ricans did not have buying power in the states, and he might have a better chance of making a more livable wage in Europe. Barrios did not think he would actually go to Europe to pursue this modeling career, but he ended up getting a job as a flight attendant where he would fly back and forth to Europe. After that job ended, he took his clothes, a one-way ticket, and a hundred dollars and went to Europe. He managed to live there with great success for almost 20 years. He learned French and Italian during his time abroad. Barrios can speak Italian better than Spanish because he made a conscious effort to learn the language. With Spanish, the reason he can speak it is because his mother refused to learn any other language, but he never made a conscious effort to learn it--he would just speak with his mom. Bellevue Hospital ; Europe ; Flight attendant ; French ; Italian ; Language ; Languages ; Learning languages ; Military ; Model ; Modeling ; Modeling career ; New York ; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ; PTSD ; Puerto Ricans ; Spanish ; Vietnam War ; Zoli 4119 Coming back to Lorain and thoughts on how the city can flourish JRP: Yeah. So, you spent a lot of time abroad, and then... AB: Yeah! That's why a lot of things that happened in town I wasn't really privy to because they were happening while I was gone. Before Barrios left Lorain for his stint in New York and Europe, Lorain was still flourishing and manufacturing was king, but there were no steps being taken to be able to do something different. Although manufacturing is not currently a happening business in Lorain nor in the rest of the country, Barrios thinks there are many other things about Lorain that aren't being given enough attention. He lists the lakefront and the natural river as a couple aspects of Lorain that could be really amazing resources for helping Lorain to thrive. According to Barrios, Lorain is a total goldmine. A few things need to be changed but he says that if the city keeps pursuing tourism and the arts, Lorain will flourish. After 12 years he is still working at his art gallery and pushing that idea. Europe ; Lakefront ; Lorain ; Lorain Arts Council ; Manufacturing ; Natural River ; New York 4327 The transformation of South Lorain following the &quot ; urban renewal program&quot ; AB: When they decimated South Lorain--and that's the term I use...they call it urban renewal, I call it decimated--it all became housing! Low-income housing. Whereas before, everybody owned their own property. When the &quot ; urban renewal program&quot ; decimated South Lorain, what used to be individual houses became low-income housing. Vine Ave. used to be clean and tidy, completely full with Hispanic businesses and people ; they were becoming a strong political base. President John F. Kennedy even came to South Lorain to speak to the Puerto Rican community of South Lorain. South Lorain went from being a tight-knit community of Hispanic people to housing for low-income people--something that isn't necessarily bad but effectively drove the community all over the area instead of maintaining that singular, large group of Hispanic folks. Barrios also emphasizes that before the Puerto Ricans came to Lorain, the Mexican community was already established there years before that. They also have the first ethnic, Hispanic Social Club in the city of Lorain and the state of Ohio. Barrios' father told him that they owed a debt of gratitude to the Mexican people because they helped them out in the beginning when they were settling in. Hispanic ; Hispanic businesses ; Hispanic Social Club ; Mexican community ; Ohio ; President John F. Kennedy ; South Lorain ; Urban Renewal Program ; Vine Ave. ; Vine Avenue 4591 Important historical moments: notable industries and the impact of their losses. Thoughts on how to move forward JRP: I'm wondering what have been some of the most important historical moments in the city, according to you. Although a large chunk of Barrios' life was spent outside of Lorain, he still has quite a few notable historical moments that exist for him in the city. One of these is the creation of the shipyards. It helped to create the identity of the city of Lorain and also helped the different industries in Lorain. Another is the US Steel Mill. A third is the Ford Plant. The loss of these industries has impacted the mentality of the people in Lorain as well as the inability of anybody taking leadership and moving the city of Lorain in a different direction. Lorain also lost a lot of people at this time: there was a mass exodus. Barrios hopes that the city of Lorain sees the true value of the land that they own and the sea that they control, and that they build that waterfront and the river up to what other places have done. He says that they don't need a major invention but instead need the collective will to come together and decide that that is where they should be going. Barrios wants to encourage people to believe in and love their city enough to stay and create new and exciting things for the continued growth and benefit of their city. Ford Plant ; Industries ; Industry ; Leadership ; Lorain ; Mass exodus ; Ohio ; River ; Shipyards ; US Steel Mill ; Waterfront 5040 Challenges facing the people of Lorain today JRP: That brings me to my next question which is what do you see as the greatest challenge facing people in the city of Lorain today? Barrios thinks that identity is the biggest challenge facing the people of Lorain today. There are of course other problems such as financial and political issues, but he thinks that the deepest problem for the city of Lorain is an identity problem because they lost that manufacturing base and people are still clinging on to that manufacturing base instead of moving forward. Barrios thinks that the city of Lorain needs to find people with good ideas to help the city and then aid them in executing these ideas. Barrios says that the city of Lorain has to shed the shackles of the past and embrace the vision of tomorrow. Having traveled the world, he believes that the city of Lorain has a huge chance of becoming a destination point. Identity ; Identity crisis ; Lorain ; Lorain, Ohio ; Manufacturing ; Ohio 5599 Lorain's greatest strengths JRP: What do you see as Lorain's greatest strengths? One of Lorain's greatest strengths is that they've tried only to maintain the identity of the international city. This identity was, however, stronger in years past, but Barrios states that Lorain is still a beautiful melting pot of nationalities. He says that you do not have to lose your cultural background to become American. You can be many things at the same time. He says that he has no problem being both Puerto Rican and American, it is other people that have a problem with it. American ; Culture ; International City ; Lorain ; Lorain, Ohio ; Melting pot ; Ohio ; Puerto Rican 5884 How the city of Lorain fits into his future JRP: Do you see Lorain as continuing to be home to you and your family? Barrios thinks that for his family Lorain will likely continue to be home for them. He is not so sure about himself, however. He is trying to establish something and set some goals for himself, but once he does that he thinks there's a lot more out there in the rest of the world for him to explore. He's not saying that he will move away from Lorain, but he definitely wants to enjoy the rest of the world if that is possible. He is struggling, however, to make a base that will keep him in Lorain. Goals ; Homebase ; Lorain ; Lorain, Ohio ; Ohio ; Travel 5952 Showcasing some of the fun items in Barrios' room JRP: Well I have to ask about the vest on your chair and also the jersey you're wearing. Barrios' jersey is for a Puerto Rican baseball team. It serves as a symbol of Puerto Rico and their baseball history. The vest symbolizes a recent change in his life. It is from an organization that he belongs to--a motorcycle organization. It is a worldwide organization called LAMA (Latin American Motorcycle Organization). It says &quot ; Latin American&quot ; on the back, and has a USA and Puerto Rican flag on the front. He only bought his motorcycle 6 months prior to this interview, so he is the newest full member of the LAMA organization. There is an accompanying hat that goes with the vest. Barrios also has a Puerto Rican flag hanging behind him. Baseball ; Flag ; Hat ; Jersey ; LAMA ; Latin America ; Latin American ; Latin American Motorcycle Organization ; Lorain ; Lorain, Ohio ; Motorcycle ; Motorcyclist ; Ohio ; Puerto Rican baseball ; Puerto Rican Flag ; Vest 6278 Barrios' involvement in politics and his hopes for the future of politics AB: Actually I got involved in politics during, um...it was a freshman Congresswoman by the name of Betty Sutton who came to Lorain trying to become a Congresswoman and I had just finished a project that was brought in by Father Bill at Sacred Heart Church it was called &quot ; Reclaim Lorain&quot ; . Barrios describes how he has been involved politically in the past and got his ward of South Lorain's voting average by 50% percent, much more than the majority of neighboring wards. He also describes how he ran for office and didn't win, but he will probably do it again. He hopes that the younger generation will get even more involved in politics. Barrios thinks that Lorain is going to be OK, and that it is just a matter of some of the older voices dying down and some of the newer voices rising up, which hasn't happened yet. &quot ; You don't grow with status quo&quot ; . Barrios doesn't want to lose himself and who he is in what somebody else wants him to be or for another idle or title. He wants to remain who he is and grow. Look at him! At 74 years old he just started riding motorcycles! And there's more out there for him as well as for the city of Lorain. 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He had organized the temporary ID cards for Mexican immigrants. https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/645cc0810dcc26df9af334675a5095fd.pdf bb95c30089ab3dc396f1025bab9d6ba2 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document January 7, 2018: 70-year Antonio Barrios of Lorain OH has done what many of us only dream to do-travel the world and settle in places like France and Italy to see the sites and absorb the culture. But the pangs of home eventually got the better of him- his grandkids, a more settled life. But Barrios is bringing his own past to the present to help his hometown and its inhabitants. His recent efforts only bring all of those to light, making a difference for those he knows and some he may never meet. The former model, photographer, and Vietnam vet is combining all of those. The Lorain Arts Council executive director recently received a grant from the Lorain Community Foundation to help his fellow Vietnam veterans reclaim their lives through art. Six military veterans are being paid a small stipend to help create a series of murals on the backs of buildings to promote Lorain to tourists and increase community pride. At the same time, the program gives veterans a chance to gain proficiency in job-related and life skills. The vets also help to operate the arts council's community art gallery in a recently-purchased building. "We're just giving them an opportunity to reconnect with their community, doing little projects to beautify Lorain," he explained. "We're doing artwork and putting it on the windows of the empty buildings. They feel quite good about doing something to actually help and give back. People have a lot of misgivings and misunderstandings about veterans. I find helping others is the best way to help yourself." The Puerto Rico-born arts leader even organized a benefit concert in early December at a local high school, with the proceeds going to hurricane relief on the island territory. The effort raised about $2,000. Barrios estimates 60 to 70 families have fled to Lorain to wait out rebuilding. "That's taxing the system here with the immediate influx, so I'll keep trying to help by doing different events," said Barrios. He's also working with El Centro to provide referrals to agencies willing to help those Puerto Rican families currently staying with relatives. Barrios even spends his Sunday evenings broadcasting a bilingual radio show, never spending that time relaxing or getting ready for the work-week like most people. Instead, he's helping other Hispanics relax or stay connected to their communities. Barrios is the "anchor" host in a series of Spanishlanguage shows that run 2 to 10 p.m. on the "Cool Cat Oldies" radio station. His show runs the last three hours of the programming. In addition to interviews about community happenings, Barrios plays jibaro, which he described as "old school Puerto Rican hillbilly" music. "In Spanish, that's somebody from the countryside," he said. The show can be found on 1380 AM and is simulcast on 89.9 FM. Barrios also is experimenting with broadcasting part of the show via social media on Facebook Live. He is hoping to convince the radio station owners to allow them to start web-streaming their programming permanently. Unlike the other show hosts, Barrios interviews people in both English and Spanish, hoping to attract younger Hispanics to listen. He has noticed many of Lorain's Puerto Rican families are now in their second and third generations, so Spanish is spoken a lot less often. "This is just a way to keep the culture alive. Obviously, the older guys love my show. They're always telling me they listen all the time and love it," he said. "But it's just something to not forget where you came from. That doesn't mean you can't be American. We have Puerto Rican Americans, too. If you like the music and it touches you, doesn't matter if you didn't understand the words or not. The emotion is the whole object of the communication (of the songs)." Barrios has been involved in the arts council since his return to Lorain, but became its executive director several years ago. His biggest passion the whole time was establishing a bigger presence for the arts community in his hometown, after watching other, smaller communities make the arts an important, vibrant part of their identity. "There was no place where the arts were permanently based. We came into this building on Broadway and the rest is history. We've been here seven years," said Barrios. "Last year we opted to buy the building." The first floor contains a community art gallery. Barrios hopes to establish a multicultural arts center on the second floor, which would house classes and workshops. The back of the building could eventually be home to a bistro to help fund ongoing programming. Outdoor entertainment on weekends has proven popular, which is prompting the idea of a permanent bistro. There may even be upstairs space available to use as artist lofts to hone their craft, make and create. "These are just ordinary people with jobs and families and homes. A lot of times they don't have the space to be able to sit quietly and not be bothered to create their art," Barrios explained. "We have several smaller rooms in the back we could dedicate for that kind of activity, day studios." Barrios was born in Puerto Rico, living in a small, working class neighborhood in Santurce made up of mostly sugar cane workers. His father came to Ohio to work in the steel industry, then moved the rest of the family to Lorain when he was four years old. Barrios led a rough-andtumble childhood, living as one of Lorain's first Puerto Rican families that settled in a Spanish-speaking neighborhood. He learned English mostly on his own. After graduating high school, Barrios joined his father in the steel mills for a short time, attended college for a couple of years, then enlisted in the Marines and served during the Vietnam War. Barrios came home for a short time after the war, then, moved to New York City. He joined a program for veterans who were given menial jobs to allow them to reconnect to civilian life. His job sweeping floors at a highfashion store led him to sales, and eventually a modeling career. "This was after the Vietnam War had me thinking differently, wanting to see the rest of the world," he admitted. "I was never thinking of being a model. Things happen, fell into place. I took a leap of faith, left for Europe with a one-way ticket and $100 that was in my pocket. I slept on a lot of couches, in spare rooms before I met people and learned things." Barrios spent 18 years living in Europe and working as a model. He first moved to Paris at the encouragement of friends and lived there for three years, then fell in love with the Italian countryside. He also lived in Munich, Germany, as well as Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland. "The train system there is so economical and easy to move from country to country," he said. "It was so easy to move around Europe and that's what started the wanderlust, the adventurer. That interest, that curiosity is what took me all over the world." Barrios added a GQ magazine spread to his modeling credits while living in the fashion capital of Milan. He also spent some years in Florence and Rome. To supplement his modeling career, Barrios developed an interest in the other side of the camera. He ended up studying photography while living in Italy and honed his craft. That also led him to learn the film industry as well. "I spent eight years, fondly, in Italy itself. I never even thought of that craziness at the time. I'm just a country boy from here in Ohio. I had some friends in New York who were pushing me to do it and I thought they were crazy." Barrios developed a love for art while working in Europe, especially since major art museums like the Prague and the Louvre were so accessible. "It was enjoyable and beautiful to look at. A lot of times when you were walking around the city and unemployed, you could just go into a museum and look at all of the wonderful masterpieces and forget about everything," he said. "For me, it was always a pleasure and I've grown to love art in that sense." Barrios owns a photography and video business called FrameWorks. But he admits the arts council and new arts center take up most of his time, so his business has lagged a bit as a result. 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Text Any textual data included in the document By La Prensa Staff With the prospect of losing a Latino voice on Lorain City Council, a community activist is stepping forward to run for an available seat in the May 7, 2019 primary to ensure representation remains in place. Antonio Barrios recently announced he'll seek a city council seat. The Lorain resident of Puerto Rican descent has been very active within the Lorain County Democratic Party, serving as a member ofthe party's central committee. As 2nd Chair of the county party, Barrios also serves on the executive committee. Although he is running for an at-large city council seat, much of his political experience is based in his own neighborhood-serving as the 5th and 6th Ward area leader and as precinct committee person in the 5th Ward. Those roles are instrumental in grassroots get-outthe-vote campaigns for Democratic candidates. He started 15 years ago with a group known as Reclaim Lorain, after seeing some inner-city wards get neglected in favor of more affluent areas of the city. "I want people to understand-I'm not the Wizard of Oz," he said. "I'm not coming in with a magic wand and abracadabra and all of a sudden everything's fixed. But I'm coming in with a passion and love for this town I grew up in. I was here in its heyday. I know what it was and can be. We can retool and remodel ourselves and do other things differently. We're right on the brink of making that leap." Barrios, 71, recently launched a Facebook page for his candidacy under a theme of "knocking down walls to unite the people, " a direct reference to repeated attempts in Congress by President Trump to get funding to build a wall along the Mexican border to control immigration. "Now is the time to create unity and I believe that all residents together, can make changes happen for the good of all citizens of this international city," Barrios wrote on his Facebook page. "In this moment of chaos and confusion, it is of dire importance that cooler minds prevail and that we focus on knocking down the walls that have been created to divide the people. We must make room for healthy dialogue which will be the best path for communication and uniting the people." Longtime Lorain City Council President Joel Arredondo recently lost a bid to be appointed as a Lorain County Commissioner, which is considered a fulltime elected office. The Lorain County Democratic Party central committee instead chose Sharon Sweda for the appointment from a six-candidate field. She recently ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Ohio Senate. According to Barrios, one in five Lorain residents is Latino. He believes the elected political representation should reflect the makeup of the community, so their voice is heard on issues. There are two other Latino Lorain city councilmen, but Angel Arroyo is not running for re-election. Barrios and another Latino candidate, Ray Carrion, if both are elected, would increase the Hispanic influence in city politics. Barrios is running for at-large seat because he wants to see more sections of the city get attention. For example, he believes the momentum of the current downtown development should be moving at a faster pace. "We should be putting more assets and whatever we have as resources into making that the place of destination. We should be working a lot more on that," he said, while emphasizing the arts could be a catalyst for more businesses to locate there and increase tourism. As executive director of the Lorain Arts Council, Barrios is very active in the northern Ohio arts scene. He was instrumental in the unveiling last September of a large veterans' mural in the downtown area, a five-month project designed to help veterans cope with their post-war struggles and find their purpose through art. Veterans went through instruction in painting, water colors, and drawing-then created wooden paddles depicting various "stories." Barrios also hosts the weekly "Sabor Latino" radio show on WDLW Kool Kat Oldies 1380AM and 98.9 FM, a three-hour program focusing on current issues facing the Latino community. Interspersed in discussion and interviews is throwback "Jibaro" music. Barrios even finds time to be a small business owner with FrameWorks, which focuses on photography and video. Barrios has served as president of the Puerto Rican Culture Committee and vice president of the Coalition for Hispanic/Latino Issues and Progress (CHIP), an advocacy group working to ensure there is growing Latino influence in the political and economic landscape ofnorthern Ohio. Barrios was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, but moved to Lorain at the age of four with his mother and siblings. His father preceded the family to northern Ohio as part of the first group of 500 Puerto Rican men brought to Lorain to work in the steel mills. He grew up in a lowincome, working-class neighborhood ofmostly sugar cane workers before his family settled in Lorain. Their life stateside started in the basement of a friend's house. He worked as a young boy picking produce in the fields, while his family sent him to Catholic schools through the eighth grade. He moved to public school and graduated from Lorain Admiral King High School, then attended Lorain County Community College for an associate's degree in computer technology and Cleveland State University, where-when time permits- he is working towards obtaining a bachelor's degree in film and digital media. 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I am Skye Jalal and I'm interviewing Arvin Morell to talk about his life as a part of the Latino Veterans Oral History Project. Thank you Mr. Morrell, for agreeing to be interviewed. Can you please state your name and birthdate? Jalal introduces Arvin Morell who is being interviewed for the Latino Lorain Veteran History Project, which is a collaboration between the Lorain Historical Society and Oberlin College. The interview takes place in the Lorain Historical Society. Latino Lorain Oral History Project ; Lorain Historical Society 0 33 Early Life Can you begin by telling me where you were born and where you grew up? Arvin Morell talks about growing up in South Lorain. He was born to parents who arrived from Puerto Rico on work assignment in 1951. He speaks about his father, who worked for Ford Motor Company, and his mother who was a stay-at-home parent before working for Dalton Sewing Factory for 10 years. He talks about growing up with 4 brothers and 1 sister, and the importance of spending time outdoors in their upbringing. He also talks about how his parents instilled a value for going to church in him at a young age. This value is still important to him today. Puerto Rico, early life ; Ford Motor Company ; Dalton Sewing Factory, ; childhood ; parents 0 182 Religion and Children Absolutely. I'm no longer in, in the Catholic church, but I belong to a House of Praise International, what they consider born again Christian. I've been serving the Lord actually this year will be 32 years. I accepted Jesus Christ when I was 30 years old. Mr. Morell is no longer a part of the Catholic Church, and is now a member of the House of Praise International. He speaks about how both of his sons, Seth and Justin, were raised in the church. Mr. Morell shares a childhood memory of Friday trips to the grocery store with his mother. On these days she would allow him and his brother to pick out special treats such as pop tarts and cereal, and visit restaurants such as Burger King, McDonalds, and the Casey’s hamburgers on 21st street in Lorain. Children ; religion ; Christianity ; Catholicism ; House of Praise International 0 345 Decision to Enlist How did you first begin to think about military service? Mr. Morell talks about his family’s connection to the Ford. Both his father and older brother worked for Ford for many years, and he assumed during high school that he would work there as well. However, layoffs began at Ford in 1979, a year before he graduated high school in 1980. This left him to find alternative plans. His friend, Jack Lowe, had joined the Marine Corps in 1979 so Morell figured that he would as well. &#13 ; Arvin Morell and his friend from “up the street”, Angelo Capello, joined the military together as a part of the Buddy System. Morell talks about the comfort of going into bootcamp with somebody who he grew up with. He also talks about coming from a military family himself. His oldest brother, Tony Morell was drafted into the Vietnam War. Another older brother, Ray Morell, went into the Air Force in 1979.&#13 ; Ford Motor Company ; U.S. Marines ; layoffs ; Buddy System 0 500 Early Military Service And where did you do basic training? Mr. Morell talks about going into basic training at Parris Island, right out of high school at age 18. His service lasted for four years, from August 15th 1980, to August 14th, 1984. He speaks more about the experience of going into the military with Angelo Capello, a friend from Lorain who he already knew. He says that this eased the experience of leaving home for the first time. &#13 ; Morell talks about how the military shaped him, specifically about how it taught him discipline. He says that the Marine Corps turned him “from a boy into a man.” In an anecdote about shaving his head, he explains how the military “wants you to be one person” and the importance of being responsible for the whole community. Parris Island ; enlistment ; discipline ; U.S. Marines 0 719 Engagement and Early Marriage Right. I have some questions now about your time in service. Arvin talks about his relationship with his now-wife Glenda, throughout his time in service.The two of them were highschool sweethearts, and got engaged at age 19 during his second year of service. Marrying Glenda allowed her to travel with him, when he wasn’t stationed overseas. &#13 ; He proposed to her by payphone while stationed in Naples, Italy. He talks about the difficulty of being separated from her, the letters that the two of them would send to each other while he was away, and how he spent their first wedding anniversary stationed in Beirut, Lebanon. He shares that he kept the coins from the payphone he used to propose, and had the three of them put together as a 25th wedding anniversary gift. The three coins symbolize himself, Glenda, and God together as one. spouse ; letters ; high school sweethearts ; Naples, Italy ; Beirut, Lebanon 0 932 Military Travel What was the most challenging part of your service? Mr. Morell talks about his experiences traveling while in the military. He shares that he appreciated being able to see places that he would have never seen otherwise. However, it was still difficult to be brought away from his wife. He was surprised to find Spanish spoken in different places around the world. His favorite place to visit was Naples, and he found himself able to communicate with the Italians through Spanish. His wife would either stay in Lorain, or Camp LeJeune in North Carolina while he was overseas. Travel ; Camp Lejeune ; Naples ; spouse ; Spanish 0 1082 Military Jobs and Military Discharge And what was your role, working with the ships? Mr. Morell explains his job in the military as a field wireman switchboard operator, and the process of connecting the switchboards for military communications. He talks about his decision to leave after fulfilling his obligation of four service years. He discusses not wanting to go overseas for a third time as being a main factor is his decision to leave the military. military jobs ; overseas deployment ; military communications ; discharge 0 1224 Returning to Lorain and a Career with the U.S. Postal Service Did you come back to Lorain after? Mr. Morell talks about returning back home to Lorain following his service. He discusses working at the Post Office for 32 ½ years, as a letter carrier in the towns of Elyria, North Ridgeville, and Oberlin Ohio. He talks about how the discipline and punctuality learned through the military became a part of his everyday life, and work as a postal carrier. He also talks about how his original family values of “discipline” learned by his parents, were continued through his time in the military. He says that the military “molds you into what they want you to be.” In an anecdote about “sea-rats” or sea-rations, he explains how the military taught him to become adaptable in different environments. civilian life ; U.S. Postal Service ; discipline ; c-rations (c-rats) 0 1459 Feelings About the Military How has your military service impacted your feelings about war, and the military in general? Morell talks about living in the Beirut building, a year before the 1984 bombing. He shares how his military experience affects his feelings about athletes kneeling for the flag at sporting events. He says that he flys the flag proudly everyday, and that to him it means “freedom, democracy, liberty, and justice for all.” To him, the American flag means that everybody is equal, though it may not always be that way in real life. He shares how he still is willing to sacrifice his life for the country, regardless of those who may not think of him as an American. athletes kneeling ; American flag ; citizenship ; democracy ; freedom ; liberty ; justice ; equality ; racism ; discrimination ; Hispanic ; patriotism ; Beirut bombing (1984) 0 1637 Closing Thoughts What message would you like to leave for future generations, who will view or hear this interview? Morell shares his message for the upcoming generation: “We live in a wonderful country.” He shares how the Marine Corps made him the person he is today, and his great respect for all people who serve in the military. He talks about his positive experiences with the VA system. He discusses the importance of the VA, and of presidential support for veterans. He talks about his life as a one of service, both in his military time and in working as a postal carrier for 32 years. He says that his name, Arvin, means “friend of the people.” He says that he loves God and that he loves people. U.S. Marines ; VA programs ; postal carrier 0 1854 Sharing Photos and Souvenirs I had a couple souvenirs that I'll share. Okay. Arvin Morell shares a series of photographs and souvenirs from his time in service. He shares several images from his time in Beirut, Lebanon, and talks in more detail about living in Beirut before the 1984 bombing. He shares a commemorative jacket that he had commissioned after his service, embroidered with the astrological signs of himself and his wife, and all of the locations he traveled to. He talks about his two sons, who currently work at the post office and as an air traffic controller, and three grandchildren. 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Lorain All Rights Reserved Type The nature or genre of the resource image https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/78b9e356d46baf974769a195e53095a8.png a02662854eb977daee8d96d854518c39 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Gina Perez Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Celestino Rivera OHMS Object This field contains the OHMS Hyperlink (link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer) https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Rivera_Celestino.xml OHMS Object Text The field contains the OHMS Index and/or Transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable within Omeka 5.4 Celestino Rivera Latino Lorain Fall 2020 Oberlin College Library Celestino Rivera Gina Perez 0 https://youtu.be/jY1mZw1CBRA YouTube video 0 Introduction to interview with Celestino Rivera. Ok, so my name is Gina Perez and I am a professor at Oberlin College and I am here today interviewing Celestino Rivera. And I am doing this as part of the Latino Lorain Oral History Project that is a collaboration between the Lorain Historical Society, El Centro de Servicios Sociales, an Oberlin Collge. Pérez introduces Celestino Rivera who is being interviewed for the Latino Lorain History Project which is a collaboration between the Lorain Historical Society, El Centro de Servicios Sociales and Oberlin College. The interview is taking place via zoom due to the coranavirus global pandemic. El Centro de Servicios Sociales ; Latino Lorain Oral History Project ; Lorain Historical Society 61 Early life growing up in Lorain, Ohio. Ok, great! So let's begin talking about your early life, and if you could tell me a little about your family and where you were born and where you grew up. Rivera discusses what he describes as his different experiences growing up Puerto Rican in Lorain, including losing his Puerto Rican heritage and culture. As the son of a contract laborer who came from Puerto Rico to work in the steel mill in Lorain in 1948, he describes labor recruitment to Lorain and how he was born in the city in 1949 after he father sent for his mother in Puerto Rico. When Rivera was 5 his mother grew ill and he and his siblings were sent to a Catholic orphanage called Parmadale in the city of Parma, an experience that was frightening because he was separated from his brothers and sisters. After 6 years of living there, he lost his Spanish and lost his connection to his Puerto Rican heritage, but was then reunited with his father in a boarding house in Lorain, only to be separated from his father and siblings again and placed in a foster home in Lorain until he turned 17 years old. Sacred Heart Chapel, the local Catholic Church, played an important role in his life, from the foster family that he grew up with to his friendships with other young men who were mentored by priest from Sacred Heart. He also discusses what it was like to grow up with a Puerto Rican foster family that lived in an African American neighborhood and how that shaped him for the rest of his life and how he struggled with anger and feeling distanced from his Puerto Rican culture and his own birth family. 500 men ; African American neighborhoods ; boarding house ; Catholic schools ; company barracks ; foster home ; Joining the military ; labor recruitment from Puerto Rico ; Lorain High School ; Lorain, Ohio ; loss of heritage and culture ; National Tube Company ; Parma, Ohio ; Parmadale orphanage ; Puerto Rican heritage and culture ; Puerto Ricans ; Sacred Heart Chapel ; South Lorain ; speaking Spanish ; U.S. Steel ; white students 684 Military service I have one question: when you say you didn't fit in, did that change when you joined the military? So why did you join the military at 17 and how did joining the military make you maybe feel like you fit in or did you continue to feel like you didn't feel like you fit in anywhere? Rivera discusses the ways joining the military at 17 changed everything for him. After not doing well in school, enlisting in the military provided him the structure and discipline he says he needed and he served from December 1966-November 1969. In the military he earned his high school diploma. And while he considered re-enlisting, he also wanted to return to Lorain to be with his brothers and sisters. He speaks at length about his brothers and sisters and the kind of work they now do in Lorain. While in the military, he also became interested in becoming a police officer. Equality ; GED (General Equivalency Diploma) ; High school ; Military ; Structure and discipline ; Vietnam War 1160 Race, ethnicity and residential segregation in Lorain. So one thing you keep on saying is you talk about riding your bike around to connect with your brothers and sisters and to get away from home and school. And you also said you grew up on the African American side of town. Can you tell me a little bit about--was Lorain segregated and what was it like to be a kid riding your bike around town in those years? Rivera discusses how the city of Lorain is truly an international city, but it was segregated based on race and ethnicity. He also discusses the ways the city had many churches, clubs, and businesses catering to different ethnic and racial groups in the city. Residential segregation existed in the city, but he also describes different kinds of interactions among people across ethnic and racial lines. He also discusses the different kinds of jobs working and middle-class families. Growing up Puerto Rican and living in an African American neighborhood had an important and enduring impact on Rivera. Admiral King High School ; Campito ; ethnicty ; Ford plant ; International City ; Lexington Avenue ; Lorain High School ; Mexican businesses ; Middle-class families ; Puerto Rican Home ; race ; residential segregation ; Ship yard ; Steel plant ; Vine Avenue ; West Side 1496 Mentors and friends growing up You talk about how you didn't feel like you didn't fit in anywhere and how even though you were an A student you were in and out of school. Did you ever have any mentors or people who reached out to you who tried to show you you were smart and that you should stay in school? Or was there a mentor who told you that maybe the military was a good thing for you? So who were your mentors or did you have any mentors growing up? Rivera recalls how his truant officer, Mr. Gloriosso, was an important mentor to him and who remained a life-long friend to him. Sacred Heart Chapel with Brother Ciprian and Father Lawrence and were also important people who helped take care of him and his friends during their adolescence. He also talks fondly about his friends, most of whom also served in the military eventually, but who were regarded as a rough crowd when they were younger. Mentors ; Sacred Heart Chapel ; Truant officer 1732 Thinking of becoming a police officer So, I want to ask you about how you decided to become a police officer, but before that I want to--because I can't resist, you're talking about these friends who were a little different and then Mr. Gloriosso and how he approached you and how he could have led to your getting a police record, but he didn't. So do you think those experiences growing up affected the fact that you went into policing and how you approached being a police officer? Rivera talks about how as a young boy he thought he wanted to be writer, not a police officer. He was a big reader and would write lyrics and songs. He also discusses how his experiences in Vietnam shaped his what he thought he could do when he returned home. He was always interested in in helping people and also was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and how his experiences might allow him to help others. After reading an article in the newspaper about Oberlin Police Chief Rob Ferber he wrote a letter asking for advice. The Police Chief suggested enrolling in the Police Science program at Lorain County Community College and he was convinced what he wanted to do. Rivera also talks about how visiting Puerto Rico after his father died and how that allowed him to connect to his birth family and how that had a profound impact on him and made him want to return to Lorain to help his community. He describes how there was an adversarial relationship with the police and his belief in transforming institutions from the inside. He also discusses the Civil Rights Movement in Lorain after he returned to Lorain in 1969 and the tensions between the police and community members in Lorain. While at LCCC he also worked at Ford which was hard and so he decided to work at U.S. Steel where he could work in the evenings and go to school in the mornings. He also discussed how much he loved LCCC and the great teacher he had. Black Power and Chicano Movement ; career as a writer ; Civil Rights Movement ; Lorain County Community College ; Oberlin Police Chief ; police officer ; Police Science Program LCCC ; police-commnunity relations ; Puerto Rico ; Student activists, University of Puerto Rico ; transforming institutions from inside ; Vietnam War ; wanting to help people 2408 Early years as a police officer Tell me a little bit about when you were a young police officer, what that was like. Were you--did you have to go to the military academy or was the Lorain County Community College the training you needed? Rivera talks about his early years in the Lorain Police Department and some of the challenge the Lorain Police Department faced. He also discussed the tense relationship between the police and the people in Lorain. He considered other options, such as the Los Angeles Police Department, but he wanted to stay in Lorain, even with all its problems. He joined LPD in 1971 when there was one African-American and one Puerto Rican an one Mexican American police department and discussed how the department changed its practices from being tough and adversarial to better relationships with the the community, especially as younger police officers joined. As a city that experienced high levels of crime, he describes how he also had a similar approach to policing that was nation-wide. But as he continued in the department and advanced in the ranks, his approach to policing changed. He discusses the ways he and others in the FOP (the Fraternal Order of Police) began to build relationships with organizations like the NAACP and local churches to improve relations between the police and the community. challenge for minority officers ; Changing the culture of the police department ; Civilian Review Board ; Community Policing ; Crime in Lorain ; Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) ; Lorain County Community College ; Lorain Morning Journal ; Lorain Police Department ; NAACP ; Narcotics ; Police Academy ; police brutality ; Police culture ; Police Union ; Police-community relations ; Professionalizing police force ; racial profiling ; Veterans and policing 3607 Transforming police-community relations in Lorain So, what were those conversations like with the NAACP and what kinds of concrete changes did you all make to try to have a different approach in policing? Rivera discusses the challenges of transforming the Lorain Police Department and the different strategies they used to improve policing and relations with the community. Some of the important changes included hiring more African American police officers, sensitivity training, and other resources to train officers better, as well as the creation of the Citizens Advisory Board for the Use of Force. The creation of Use of Force Policy was also another important change that helped transform the police force as well as developing stronger relations with organizations like the Nord Center to train officers around mental health issues. Rivera became police captain in 1983 and police chief in 1994. African-American officers ; Citizens Advisory Board for the Use of Force ; Immigation and policing ; Mental health and policing ; Nord Center ; Police training ; SWAT team ; Use of force policy 4011 Becoming police chief of Lorain Police Department So when did you become police chief?...And how did that happen? Rivera becomes police chief in 1994 and explains that for the first 20 years of being a police officer, he didn't have a great desire to become police chief and enjoyed being a police captain. But that changed when he was encouraged by fellow officers to take the police chief exam. Shortly thereafter he became police chief after the long-time chief retired, and a younger chief served until he grew ill and had to resign. Once Rivera became chief, he focused on training his officers, even with the challenges that limited their resources for training. He discusses how he wanted to build better relationships with communities in Lorain, including the African-American and Latino communities, as well as the business communities and City Hall. Rivera also reflects on how the different positions he held over the years developed respect between him and fellow officers which was key to strengthening police-community relations and how his role serving on various boards of community organizations was also key to building trust. Rivera also talks about the importance of building strong relationships with local schools by supporting school levies, developing safety plans for schools, providing school resource officers and offering funding and implementing afterschool programs. Afterschool programs ; City Hall ; Coalition for Hispanic Issues and Progress (CHIP) ; Community Foundation ; El Centro ; Gensis House ; Police Chief ; Relationships with schools ; Relationshp-building ; Respect of fellow officers ; school levies ; School resource officers 4532 Most challenging moment in career So we are almost at an hour and half, so I have two other questions for you: Could you share with me, maybe the most challenging experiences you've had in your role in the police department or as police chief or challenging moment? A specific instance? Rivera explains how when he first joined the police department, it was not the kind of police department he wanted to be a part of because it was so aggressive and enforcement-oriented. It was also tough for him as a Puerto Rican/Latino officer dealing with issues that were centered in his own community, such as closing down bolita, culturally-specific open gambling in the Puerto Rican community. He also discussed some of the challenges of supporting police who struggle with the stress of the job. Bolita and Puerto Ricans ; Open gambling ; organized crime in Ohio ; reputation of corruption ; Sucide and police ; The numbers and African Americans 4813 Proudest moment as police chief How about the thing you're most proud of in your time as police chief or working for the Lorain Police Department? Rivera discusses how when he received the Bronze Star, that was the first time he felt any sense of pride since he had failed out of school and didn't feel proud of himself. But within the police department, after 49 years, he feels truly respected and cherished by the community. He ends with reflections on the Hispanic communities in Lorain and their resilience that builds on the legacy of Puerto Ricans who arrived in 1947 and Mexicans who came in the 1920s. While Lorain used to be a thriving economic center, now it faces economic challenges that are being met with rebuilding efforts. Even though he didn't feel part of the Latino community growing up, he feels great pride being part of the community now. Bronze Star ; Economic decline ; Economic revitalization ; Faith ; housing discrimination ; Latino success ; Little Chicago ; Lorain pride ; Resilience of Hispanic communities ; Vietnam War 5198 Reflecting on relationship with Latinos in Lorain I have another question now: So tell me more about that--you talked a lot about the relationships of African Americans and policing, but what about the Latino community and how that's changed and what you feel your role has been as a police officer and police chief in supporting Latinos in the city. Rivera discusses how when he first became a police officer and worked in narcotics, he felt the need to get rid of the scourge in his community and how that changed to being more of an advocate for the community. He described the South Lorain Project that involved offering translation for Spanish-speakers and other efforts to make Latinos feel part of the community. Partnerships with El Centro were also key, as well as being explicit about including Latinos in programs like Citizens Police Academy and the Use of Force Advisory Board. He also discusses on the significance of the shift from the Puerto Rican community to serving the needs of the undocumented in the city who were afraid to report crimes to the police and how he instructed his officers not to cooperate with ICE except under specific circumstances. He ends focusing on how the past two years have seen more optimism and pride and new businesses in downtown Lorain as well as the energy of Latinos in South Lorain, including the leadership of Councilman Rey Carrion. With Latinos making up at least 30% of the population, he ends by talking about their role in this new energy and revitalization of Lorain and the new sense of hope. Part of this hope and pride is reflected in the Hispanic Veterans Memorial in Oakwood Park that has been there for 40 years and they hope will be renamed to the Ohio Hispanic Veterans Memorial. This is one of many efforts to preserve Latino history in Lorain. advocating for Latinos ; Borinkeneers ; Citizens Police Academy ; Councilman Rey Carrion ; Downtown Lorain and revitalization ; El Centro ; Hispanic Veterans Memorial, Oakwood Park ; HOLA ; ICE ; Laitno veterans and service ; Laitnos and policing ; Lakeview Park ; language interpretation ; Latino inclusion ; LOIRA ; Lorain Historical Society ; Ohio Hispanic Veterans Memorial ; South Lorain beautificaton projects ; South Lorain Project ; The Lighthouse ; undocumented community ; Use of Force Advisory Board Oral history interview with Celestino Rivera for Latino Lorain Oral History Project. video 0 https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Rivera_Celestino.xml LL_Rivera_Celestino.xml Sort Priority This field should be added if you are using the Philly Theme with your OHMSPlugin Suite 0019 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Hannah Behroozi Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Cindy Ortiz OHMS Object This field contains the OHMS Hyperlink (link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer) https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Ortiz_Cindy.xml OHMS Object Text The field contains the OHMS Index and/or Transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable within Omeka 5.4 Cindy Ortiz Latino Lorain Fall 2022 Oberlin College Library Cindy Ortiz Hannah Behroozi 0 https://media.lib.oberlin.edu/media_objects/6682x3973 Avalon Https://media.lib.oberlin.edu/ video &lt ; iframe title=&quot ; Cindy Ortiz&quot ; src=&quot ; //media.lib.oberlin.edu:443/master_files/hd76s0082/embed&quot ; width=&quot ; 600&quot ; height=&quot ; 337&quot ; frameborder=&quot ; 0&quot ; webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt ; &lt ; /iframe&gt ; 25 Family History and Growing up in Lorain, Ohio Let's start with some questions about your early life. Can you begin by telling me where you were born and where you grew up? Mrs. Ortiz was born in Lorain, Ohio, and lived there until she got married. Both sets of her grandparents were from Puerto Rico and moved to New York, but they moved back to Puerto Rico when they found that the mainland wasn't what they were hoping for. Both of her grandfathers then found jobs at Ford and moved to Lorain, where they sent for their families. It was then that Mrs. Ortiz's parents met. Her parents were married in Lorain, where they raised Cindy and her younger sister. Much of Cindy's life revolved around her Catholic faith and Puerto Rican identity. Catholicism ; culture ; faith ; grandparents ; music ; parents ; Puerto Rico ; role models 381 Meeting Victor and Early Marriage So, kind of turning to your family then, can you talk about how and when you met your husband? Cindy and her future husband, Victor, went to the same church with their families when they were growing up. They started dating in high school, when their two-year age gap wasn't as significant. Victor joined the Navy and left for boot camp the day after Cindy graduated from high school. Once the two got married, they lived in Virginia Beach while Victor was finishing submarine school. They then moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where Victor was stationed. Later, they lived in Washington for the remainder of Victor's military service. Charleston, South Carolina ; Desert Storm ; U.S. Navy ; Virginia Beach 761 Early Military Service So when you were in Virginia Beach, was that the first time you lived someplace different from where you grew up? Although she was a little homesick, Cindy enjoyed living in Virginia Beach. She loved getting to explore the places where Victor was stationed. Since they drove from place to place instead of flying, Cindy got to see parts of the country that were new to her. diversity ; homesickness ; travel 939 Life During Deployment What were some of the most challenging things about being a military wife? While Victor was away, Cindy worked retail jobs to pass the time and make some money. While she was working, Cindy often met other military wives. She always got especially excited when she got to work with someone who was Hispanic because she found that she didn't encounter many other Puerto Ricans once she left Lorain. friends ; military wives ; time apart ; work 1040 Moving on from the Military and Coming Back to Lorain Do you recall when you and your husband decided not to continue with the military service? When the military was downsizing and offered Victor the opportunity to leave with honorable discharge and benefits, he and Cindy decided to move on to a new chapter in their lives. They returned to Lorain to be closer to their parents and family. Once they were back in Lorain, they bought a house and began to have children. Cindy started working in the billing department at The LCADA Way, a nonprofit that helps people who struggle with substance abuse. children ; home ; honorable discharge ; work 1150 Family Vacations and Puerto Rican Heritage How did your experiences in general as a military wife (and family) change you? Cindy's experiences while Victor was in the service made her want to show her kids that there are so many places to explore outside of Lorain. She took her kids on a family vacation each summer, and they went to Puerto Rico a couple of times. As she got older, Cindy realized how much of her family's life was based on Puerto Rican culture, and she shared those traditions with her kids. culture ; family ; motherhood ; Puerto Rico 1257 Service: in the Military and Beyond How has your husband's military service impacted your feelings about war and the military in general? Cindy sees the military as a positive force in her and her family's lives. She knows that many people take the military for granted, but she recognizes that it provides Americans with many freedoms. Cindy also sees service as something not limited to the military but accessible to all. She and her family do volunteer work and group activities in their community to help others. Catholicism ; faith ; freedom ; law enforcement ; service ; volunteer 1472 Closing Thoughts and Looking Back Is there anything we haven't spoken about that you would like to talk about? It can be in relation to military service or just your life in general. Cindy fondly looks back on the time Victor spent in the military as an amazing experience. She and Victor now encourage their kids to go on adventures and find their own way just as they did. Although neither of their older kids had been interested in military service, Cindy and Victor would have encouraged them if they had considered it. adventure ; children ; travel In copyright. video All rights reserved. 0 https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Ortiz_Cindy.xml LL_Ortiz_Cindy.xml Sort Priority This field should be added if you are using the Philly Theme with your OHMSPlugin Suite 0015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cindy Ortiz Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-11-05 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video https://latinolorain.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/70cd783df5db97568d6803fd9c9aabe5.pdf efe6ebfb1f94de7ed201709dfd85c6aa Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Maggie Rivera-Tuma, 35 Vice president, community development consultant for northern Ohio, PNC Bank "I've learned throughout life to shoot higher than you think you're worth. Shoot for the moon. If you miss, you'll land among the stars." Recalling a childhood spent in poverty, Maggie Rivera-Tuma said she never thought she'd become the successful banker she is today. Rivera-Tuma grew up poor and spent a few years homeless. She lived all across the country — not by choice — and attended 23 different elementary schools before finding some stability in Elyria, where she lives with her own family today. After high school, Rivera-Tuma took a part-time teller job with PNC Bank. Her drive and thoughtfulness didn't go unnoticed, and she progressed through the ranks. Now, she's a vice president and community consultant for Northern Ohio for the bank, a role that lets her help those who've come from backgrounds like hers. "Never in a million years had I dreamt I'd end up in banking. I just sort of fell into it," she said. "But I feel my journey has taught me and invigorated me to be in this position to connect with the community in a meaningful way." Rivera-Tuma works closely with people, nonprofits and other organizations in the local low-income community. As a working mom who sits on five boards, including the Hispanic Business Center and the Cleveland Housing Network, she's motivated by helping people who struggled like she once did. It's qualities like that which not only make her an asset in the bank's community development efforts, but inspires her colleagues, said Rivera-Tuma's mentor at the company, PNC COO Kristen Baird Adams. "What impressed me most about Maggie is she does not forget where she came from, and took a really tough situation and with a whole lot of determination and a little grit and a lot of passion, created and paved the path to where she is today," Adams said. "She's building an amazing career and has a lot of runway ahead of her." Rivera-Tuma is used to creating her own opportunities, wanting to be "at the top of every chart." When she moved into more-management based roles at the bank, she said she learned to tailor her behavior and hone a leadership style that allows her to work more effectively with others. While she's ultimately driven by a yearning to help others, her other passion is her family. "My ultimate goal in life is to lead my child in a place where they have a strong platform to build on to go farther than I ever could," she said. — Jeremy Nobile Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Crain's Cleveland Business - Forty under 40 Subject The topic of the resource Maggie Rivera-Tuma Description An account of the resource As a member of Crain's Cleveland Business Forty Under 40 in 2017, Maggie Rivera-Tuma is highlighted in this short biography focusing on her rise to a business and community leader after experiencing adversity and a period of homelessness during her childhood. 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Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Miriam Entin-Bell Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Ed Garza OHMS Object This field contains the OHMS Hyperlink (link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer) https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Garza_Ed.xml OHMS Object Text The field contains the OHMS Index and/or Transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable within Omeka 5.4 Ed Garza Latino Lorain Fall 2022 Oberlin College Library Ed Garza Miriam Entin-Bell 0 https://media.lib.oberlin.edu/media_objects/0g354f27r Avalon https://media.lib.oberlin.edu/ video &lt ; iframe title=&quot ; Garza, Ed&quot ; src=&quot ; //media.lib.oberlin.edu:443/master_files/2b88qc23w/embed&quot ; width=&quot ; 600&quot ; height=&quot ; 337&quot ; frameborder=&quot ; 0&quot ; webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt ; &lt ; /iframe&gt ; 31 Early life in Lorain: Childhood, Family Values, Adolescence I was born in Mansfield Ohio, uh, August 18th 1950, and we lived there about a year or so and then moved up here directly, to Lorain, and that's where I was raised. Mainly in South Lorain area, then the West Side, then all over Lorain, what are you gonna do... Mr. Garza speaks about his early life in Lorain, gives background on his parents and siblings, and describes some of the family values imparted on him. His parents are both from Texas, his father working on railroads in Pennsylvania and in shipyards, and his mother cooking and at one point owning a restaurant in South Lorain. He describes his siblings, five brothers and two sisters, and reflects on his early life and how they were raised. Mr. Garza recounts first jobs at a carwash and doing neighborhood errands, and talks about his father's value of hard work to earn a living. He mentions his parents' divorce and how it affected him as a young adult, citing this as one reason he made the decision to go into military service. Finally, he speaks about his first girlfriend, framing it as a formative moment in his life. Family ; Girlfriend ; Railroad ; South Lorain ; Texas Coming of Age ; Family Values ; First Jobs ; Work 351 Pressure to Enlist, Fatherhood, First Love Next thing I know [sigh] I went and told my mom about that, she just stood there, sat there looking at me... she said what you need to do is go into service and take care of business. Mr. Garza describes the situation of his first girlfriend's pregnancy and the reactions of those around him, mainly his mother. He speaks about how she told him to go into service to 'take care of business.&quot ; He briefly describes his path into service, basic training, and returning to Lorain on leave. He explains that on leave, he attempted to see his girlfriend, but she was no longer living in Lorain and had put their son up for adoption. He then tells a more current story about reconnecting with both his first girlfriend and son. Finally he speaks on a few pastimes, such as playing sports, learning guitar, and swimming in Oakwood Park, that were memorable in his early life. Fort Knox ; Oakwood Park ; Uniform Adoption ; Basic Training ; Fatherhood ; Guitar ; Service ; Sports 555 Formative Moments, Mentors, and Friends I never knew anything about well he's different, she's different, or this and that, it didn't even enter my mind. I spoke to whoever I wanted to, got along good, you know just I started seeing the world changing when I came back from 'Nam. We knew about the protests going on, we would hear it on the radio... Mr. Garza talks about what life was like before and after he was stationed in Vietnam. He tells a story about anti-war protesters in Lorain, and a conflict he had with them while in uniform after his return. He then speaks about several friends and role models in his early life including Chief Rivera, his father, and many friends from his time in service. He then tells a story about a good friend who was killed during training at Fort Knox. He reflects on his fathers values towards work and family and how he has realized those values in his life. Finally he lists some jobs he had after returning from Vietnam including police and security work, being a bounty hunter, and working at the courthouse in Elyria. Bootcamp ; Chief Rivera ; Fort Knox ; San Fransisco ; Vietnam Change ; Family Life ; Father ; Protest ; School ; Work 878 Process of Enlisting and Relationship to Military Service My older brother Al, he was in the Air Force for six and a half years, you know. Matter of fact we were in service at the same time together, but he was in the Air Force and I was in the Army, the Army wears green, the Air Force wears blue. And uh, then there was my brother Ernest, he was in Marine Corps, there was my brother Rich, Richie, he passed away a month after he retired, he was in the Marine Corps, my brother Gill he was in the Army, and my brother Henry also. Mr. Garza explains his family's history with military service and lists the branches his brothers were involved in. After saying a little about each of his brothers, he talks about the role of military service in his community, the draft, and his path towards enlistment. Calling back to the initial story about his first girlfriend's pregnancy, he describes his mother's reaction to his request that she sign his enlistment papers, due to him being a minor at the time. U.S. Air Force ; U.S. Army ; U.S. Marines Brothers ; Draft ; Recruiting 1057 Experiences with Basic Training and Combat Oh yeah, back then 'cause you know, we're talking the late 60s, middle 60s... and by the time '69 rolled around I was already combat coming back home. Didn't take long did it. It takes one day to get killed, you know that, and one second. Mr. Garza recounts his experiences with training and combat during his time in the military. Topics include his relationship with his platoon, reactions after combat, the challenges they faced, and his feelings against war. He then goes into more detail about his training at Fort Knox, mentioning some friends and pictures from that time, and learning new military technology during the war. He concludes with discussing the reality of combat compared to training. Fort Knox ; Glory ; M16 ; Patrol ; Platoon ; Vietnam Combat ; War 1345 Leaving Home Well I would go to Texas, you know, when I was younger, fifteen, sixteen. I used to drive down there, when I was sixteen, I couldn't do it now though, too long. Two and a half days to get there right, to Texas, you think? Mr. Garza speaks about trips to Texas when he was younger, before he went into service. He details his family connections to Texas, saying that he has family that fought in the Alamo. He tells a story about his great-great grandfather who was a captain in a cavalry unit, the history of his surname, and his ancestor deserting his post due to ideological differences with President Santa Anna. He then talks about recent trips to Texas, where he met his oldest son and other relatives. Alamo ; Son ; Texas Family History 1549 Assignments During Service, Reunion I guess my scores came out pretty good, where I could work specialist, a finance specialist. At fort Benjamin Harrison I would take care of all the military's paychecks. So nobody wanted to bother me back then, because I hold your paycheck up. Mr. Garza describes his path during service, his M.O., and a chance reunion between him and his brother. He explains the role of Finance Specialist, saying that his main duties involved dealing with other soldier's paychecks at Fort Benjamin Harrison. He then states that he was moved to Fort Lewis, in Washington state, where he dealt with in-processing of soldiers returning from Vietnam. He recalls them looking unshaven, tired, angry, and disgusted, and that at the time he did not understand why. He then tells the story of a chance reunion with his brother Al, who was in the Air Force stationed in Alaska, and highlights a night out after they were finished with work. Finance Specialist ; Fort Benjamin Harrison ; Fort Lewis, Washington ; Incoming Troops Processing Brother ; M.O. ; Reunion 1757 Receiving Orders of Deployment to Vietnam I think, when I was stationed in Fort Lewis, I got orders to go to 'Nam. I was t'ed off that day, I was mad...I got pictures of me when I was standing on the porch of my uh, barrack where I was at, and my buddies said 'Hey Garza' and took a picture of me. 'You look like you're mad' and I showed him what I had... 'Oh man you're going to 'Nam?' and I said 'Yep, I got my orders.' Mr. Garza describes receiving his orders for deployment in Vietnam, returning to Lorain on leave, the process of traveling to Vietnam, and briefly speaks about what life was like while he was stationed there. He explains how he reacted when he received his orders, and how he was allowed 2-3 weeks of leave before his assignment in Vietnam began. During this time, he returned to Lorain and visited his mother, who was extremely upset to find out about Garza's deployment. He then describes the process of arriving in Vietnam, giving descriptions of the flight and the ground transportation it took to arrive in the rural Cu Chi Province. He then recounts a few pastimes he had while he was not on patrol or in combat, such as listening to music and admiring the scenery. However, he describes the majority of his time in Vietnam as challenging, and had few positive memories about the experience. Agent Orange ; Cam Rahn Bay ; Cu Chi Province Home ; Leave ; Music ; Orders ; Travel ; Uniforms 2050 Challenging Parts of Service and Career Influence &quot ; When you're in combat getting shot at everyday how are you going to have time to write home? Even if they give us half a day, we're too tired to write home.&quot ; &quot ; I learned a lot from the military. I liked looking sharp...combat is not good for anybody. I'll tell you right now the reason this stuff goes on is because the politicians. That's no lie, I'm just telling you like it is.&quot ; Mr. Garza says hand to hand was the most challenging part of service. He didn't want to kill people, but he had to otherwise he &quot ; wouldn't be here&quot ; . He didn't have time to write home during service, but he learned about the &quot ; gig line&quot ; --keeping his uniform buttons, shirt, and belt buckle aligned. Mr. Garza enjoyed having a straight gig line and attributes this to going on to work for security, the court, and the police. Career ; Combat ; Law Enforcement ; Writing Home 2278 Vietnam Discharge and Tunnel Rat Interviewer: &quot ; Do you remember the day that you came home?&quot ; Mr. Garza: &quot ; I felt like a tired old man.&quot ; &quot ; Not just me but anybody, even you ladies, if you were being shot at every day for 365 days, that's no good. It messes your mind up, your body, your feelings, your health, everything.&quot ; Mr. Garza left Vietnam in 1969. He remembers being in the field and having lost three or four friends and getting mad at his platoon leader and saying he wanted to go home. It was complicated to leave friends in the service behind when he left. When he got to Bien Moi airbase on his way home he was offered cash if he re-enlisted. Mr. Garza talks about how being shot at everyday for two years messes up your body, mind, and health. He recalls being a tunnel rat--being tied to a rope and lowered into tunnels in the ground for two and a half weeks and looking for Vietnamese soldiers--as a particularly terrible experience. Mr. Garza realizes that this interview is taking place exactly 53 years after he came home from Vietnam. Bien Moi Air Base ; Discharge ; Mental Health ; Physical Health ; Renlisting ; Tunnel Rat ; Vietnam War 2697 Veteran Discrimination and Experiences in Lorain &quot ; I remember coming home in my class As, that's the uniform itself and I had my duffel bag...waiting for the cab I was sitting in the corner, I see one coming over the hill, he saw me and kept going. You know why he kept going? The uniform, he didn't want no part of me.&quot ; &quot ; As I got older I realized he's just some guy that wants to protest the war. Don't take it out on me. I was just doing my job. Like a cop, like anybody else. If you do your job too good sometimes they don't like it. It's not my fault I made it back alive. God brought me home, I didn't. I was scared every day.&quot ; Mr. Garza talks about returning to Lorain after service and being treated badly because of status as a Vietnam veteran. He was not picked up by a cab at the bus station because he was wearing his Class A uniform. He visited his buddies in his uniform and they were trying to hassle him. They called him names: doper, rapist, murderer, baby killer. He remembers going to his mom's restaurant when he was home in Lorain and drinking. She was a &quot ; short lady&quot ; who worked all her life. When Mr. Garza was 21, he took a trip to California and played with Carlos Santana. Discrimination ; Drinking ; Uniform ; Vietnam War 3018 Discipline and Racial Segregation in Service &quot ; When we go back to main branch we would go back in there and wash up and shower up and relax until you go back out on patrol again. But when we're there everybody individually they stick to their own corners. Mexicans here, Latinos here, Italians here, whites over here, negros here. I don't know why but then when it's time to go back in combat again we marinate real good. You got to otherwise you won't make it. You leave your own self thoughts behind in combat. You either work as a unit or you're not going to make it. Go all Americans.&quot ; Mr. Garza talks about how the military taught him about discipline and how to stand up for himself. He says everyone has their individual likes and dislikes and explains how different racial and cultural groups self-segregated at the military base when not on patrol, but came together across racial and other differences in identity to fight together in combat. Mr. Garza says that politicians these days need to come together in this way and &quot ; go all American.&quot ; He learned to survive in the military--be quiet when you got to and speak up when you got to. Combat ; Discipline ; Politicans ; Politics ; Racism ; Segregation 3237 Reflections on the Politics of War &quot ; Can you imagine what the kids nowadays they see going on they think it's okay for them to be out there when they get older it's no good. if this keeps up we're not going to have no more world. Why not? because these morons from different countries are going to blow it up. We got to put a stop to it. This is why we are a great country--because we don't take no crap from nobody.&quot ; Mr. Garza says that the USA lost a lot of wars, and got beat in Vietnam because of politics. He says that we, as Americans, have got to stay together as a strong unit or else we will fall apart. Talks about being an altar boy with his brother at the original Sacred Heart chapel on Vine Avenue and getting caught sneaking wine from the Priest's office. He offers a message from his experience in the military: be kind to each other. Mr. Garza critiques the United States Government for being run by politicians who think about themselves instead of &quot ; us&quot ; . He hopes for a world better for the youth for his granddaughter and for the interviewer. Altar Boy ; Drinking ; Politicans ; Politics ; Sacred Heart Chapel 3577 Reflectings on Peace, Politics, and Faith &quot ; I pray for God to keep our country intact. Keep everything in peace. Enough of this nonsense already--beating each other up, mugging the old folks, you know putting their lives out. There's no need for that. Who wants to go to war? I came back when I was nineteen years old and I already felt like a tired old man.&quot ; Mr. Garza urges everyone to take care of themselves in terms of their health, keep the faith if you believe in God, keep the peace. When asked if by peace he means no war he says, &quot ; yeah, who wants to go to war?&quot ; He was nineteen years old when he came back from war and he felt like a tired old man. He came back from the service and slept all day because he was so tired. He urges everyone to be who you are, what you are, but don't push around nobody else. You don't have to rob nobody, don't hurt nobody. Anti War Movement ; Faith ; Mental Health ; Politicans ; Politics In copyright. video All rights reserved. 0 https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Garza_Ed.xml LL_Garza_Ed.xml Sort Priority This field should be added if you are using the Philly Theme with your OHMSPlugin Suite 0010 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Julia Rohde Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Elba Armstrong-Rivera OHMS Object This field contains the OHMS Hyperlink (link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer) https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Rosario-Armstrong_Elba_1.xml OHMS Object Text The field contains the OHMS Index and/or Transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable within Omeka 5.4 Elba Rosario Armstrong Part 1 Latino Lorain Oberlin College Library Elba Rosario Armstrong Julia Rohde 0 https://youtu.be/ARMd5Oq-fzM YouTube video 0 Introduction Alright, so my name is Julia Rohde and I'm a fourth year student at Oberlin College. I am interviewing Elba Rosario Armstrong today for the Latino Lorain Oral History Project. Latino Lorain Oral History ; Lorain, Ohio 60 Early Childhood in Lorain Can you tell me a little bit about where you grew up and what you remember about your childhood and your family? Elba discusses how she was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico, and then moved with her mother and two sisters to Lorain, Ohio when Elba was just three-years-old. They joined her father, who was already living in Lorain and working at the steel plant. 1950's ; Ciales ; Immigration ; Lorain City Schools ; Lorain, Ohio ; Migration ; Puerto Rico ; Steel Plant 183 Lorain City Schools and English Immersion And I attended Lorain City Schools on the East Side... Elba discusses her experience attending Lorain City Schools without knowing any English at the time. Bilingual ; English ; Immersion ; Lakeview Elementary School ; Lorain City Schools ; Lorain High School ; Lorain, Ohio ; Spanish 457 Memories of Lorain City Schools Could you share some memories you have being in school in Lorain? Elba discusses memories of friends and teachers in the Lorain City Schools and notes that there were not many Hispanic students in the schools she attended. Education ; Hispanic Students ; Lorain City Schools ; Puerto Rican Culture ; Spanish ; Teachers 614 Family's involvement with Hispanic community in Lorain My parents...we didn't live in South Lorain and that's where the majority of the Hispanic population lived, in South Lorain. But my father worked at the steel plant... Elba explains that she didn't &quot ; grow up&quot ; in the Hispanic community because her family didn't live in South Lorain ; however, Elba and her sisters found Hispanic community through Sacred Heart Chapel. Church ; Hispanic Community ; Puerto Rican ; Religious Community ; Sacred Heart Chapel 703 Challenges and family history of migration to Lorain Did your parents ever talk to you about some of the challenges they faced moving to Lorain and not speaking any English? Elba discusses how her mother travelled from Ciales, Puerto Rico to Lorain, Ohio with her three daughters, not able to speak any English at that time. She also describes how her parents learned English once in Lorain and the many family members she had in the city. Familial Migration ; Hispanic ; Immigration ; Lorain, Ohio ; Migration ; Puerto Rico ; South Lorain ; Spanish 861 Lorain as a thriving, industrial city And what was Lorain like as a city when you were growing up? Elba describes Lorain as a thriving city with different industries and ethnic communities. Downtown Lorain ; E 29th Street ; Industrial ; Industry ; Lorain, Ohio ; Puerto Rican food ; Shipbuilding ; South Lorain ; Spanish theatre ; U.S. Steel 1004 Family involvement in Lorain city politics And you had mentioned that your uncle owned a restaurant. Could you tell us about that? Elba describes the restaurant that her uncle owned in South Lorain and details how her uncle and father got involved in Lorain local government. family business ; Henry Cabot Lodge ; local government ; Lorain City Council ; politics ; Puerto Rican food ; Rockefeller ; South Lorain ; voting 1197 Elba's various teaching and administrative jobs in Lorain schools As you mentioned, you would eventually go on to become a teacher as your mom, it sounds like, encouraged you to do. Could you talk about the process of becoming a teacher and then maybe your first few years on the job? Elba describes the different roles she had in the Lorain City Schools and explains that her role as a teacher was when she was first able to get deeply involved with the Hispanic community of Lorain. bilingual ; bilingual program ; elementary education ; first grade ; Hispanic community ; Hispanic students ; Lincoln Elementary School ; Lorain City Schools ; parochial schools ; principal ; public schools ; Puerto Rican Home ; Puerto Rican teachers ; second grade ; South Lorain ; Spanish ; Spanish Language Arts ; Spanish-speaking teachers ; teacher recruitment ; teaching 1603 The importance of Spanish-speaking faculty in Lorain City Schools When I took these positions, I always though of how can I best help the students...in what capacity could I help them better, and parents as well. Elba discusses the value of having teachers who spoke Spanish and understood the culture of the student body. She explains that this helped the parents of students get involved and feel comfortable in the schools. African American teachers ; Bilingual education ; desegregation ; family involvement ; Lorain City Schools ; parent-teacher relationships ; Puerto Rican culture ; Puerto Rican teachers ; school community ; Spanish ; Spanish-speaking teachers ; teaching 2060 Recruitment of Puerto Rican teachers and bilingual curriculum And you had mentioned that they were actively recruiting teachers from Puerto Rico. Could you talk a little bit more about that? Elba discusses the bilingual program and the recruitment of Spanish-speaking teachers, as well as her involvement supervising and teaching in the program. bilingual education ; bilingual program ; curriculum ; elementary education ; foreign language ; foreign language pedagogy ; Puerto Rican teachers ; Spanish ; teacher recruitment ; team teaching 2364 Desegregation of the Lorain City Schools And how long were you working in the schools? Elba was principal of Lakeview when the Lorain City Schools had to desegregate. She discusses how the school system implemented magnet schools in order to desegregate. bilingual program ; busing ; Coalition for Hispanic Issues and Progress ; desegregation ; desegregation consent decree ; gifted program ; Hawthorne Elementary School ; Lorain City Schools ; magnet schools ; montessori program ; school consolidation ; school reorganization ; segregation ; student tracking 2947 The Coalition for Hispanic Issues and Progress (C.H.I.P.) It's hard to imagine that you had time to do work with other organizations outside the schools given how much you've already talked about and the different positions you held, but I would love to hear about some of these other organizations you were also involved with. Maybe we could start with C.H.I.P.... Elba discusses the establishment of C.H.I.P. and her role in the revival of the organization. She would eventually serve as President of C.H.I.P.. advocacy ; C.H.I.P ; Cleveland Clinic ; Coalition for Hispanic Issues and Progress ; community organizing ; discrimination ; employment discrimination ; Hispanic professional organization ; Hispanics ; labor ; LCCC ; legal ; Lorain County Community College ; Lorain, Ohio ; public health ; social services ; Spanish ; workplace discrimination 3476 The Hispanic Fund Do you want to know some of the other organizations? Elba discusses her role with the Lorain County Community Foundation, establishing the Hispanic Fund which would support different Hispanic projects and organizations in the city. community foundation ; community organization ; Hispanic community ; Hispanic fund ; LCCC ; Lorain County ; Lorain County Community College ; Lorain County Community Foundation ; Lorain, Ohio 3794 Lorain County Community College (LCCC) and the minority incentive plan Well, of course, you know, I participated at Lorain County Community College with the program for students...Hispanic students...for grants, scholarships to be able to go to school.... Elba discusses her involvement at LCCC helping Hispanic students earn scholarships and working with the college to diversify the student population. Early College Program ; Hispanic students ; LCCC ; Lorain City Schools ; Lorain County Community College ; minority incentive plan 3899 Lorain International Festival In our previous conversations you had mentioned being involved with planning the International Festival, specifically when Puerto Rico was the center. Elba discusses her involvement in planning the annual Lorain International Festival when Puerto Rico was the spotlight and notes that Lorain was known as the International City. coqui ; gala ; International City ; International Festival ; Lorain, Ohio ; parade ; Puerto Rican community ; Puerto Rican culture ; Puerto Rico 4202 The city of Lorain over the years I'm wondering if you could tell me a little bit about how you think Lorain has changed from growing up there, and then working in the schools and through these organizations, to today? Elba describes how Lorain has changed throughout her life. community ; ethnicity ; history ; International City ; Lorain, Ohio ; urban development 4477 History of Latinos in Lorain Do you feel that people in Lorain today are familiar with the city's history? Elba discusses her involvement with the Lorain Historical Society's project to do the history of the Latino community of Lorain. El Centro ; Hispanic Fund ; Latino community ; Latino history ; Lorain Historical Society ; Lorain history ; Oberlin College ; Oral history 4558 Elba's proudest moment in Lorain I have probably a tough question for you just because you've had so many amazing experiences in Lorain and been involved in so many organizations. I'm wondering if you can pinpoint what your proudest moment has been in Lorain? Elba discusses some of her proudest moments, included being awarded the Ohio Distinguished Hispanic by the governor, being a part of moving the Hispanic population &quot ; in the right direction,&quot ; her role as an educator, and being Hispanic. community organization ; education ; Hispanic ; Hispanic community ; Hispanic pride ; Lakeview Elementary School ; Lorain, Ohio ; Ohio Distinguished Hispanic ; Puerto Rico ; Sherrod Brown ; teaching 4825 Community Center in South Lorain There was another thing we did. It was started...Father Bill, our priest at Sacred Heart and Cel--because of some things that had been occurring in the city--we were closing schools, of course, because we were building brand new schools. And I was the director of the development of the new schools... Elba discusses the creation of a community center in the old Lincoln Elementary building in South Lorain. community center ; education ; Father Bill ; Hispanic community ; Lincoln Elementary ; Lorain City Schools ; Lorain Police Department ; Lorain, Ohio ; Sacred Heart Chapel ; school development ; South Lorain ; South Lorain Hispanic Coaltion 5050 Elba's motivations for her community engagement and connection to Puerto Rican roots I thought of just one more question before we wrap up. You've clearly devoted so much time and energy to Lorain through all of these organizations, and I am curious why you have throughout your entire life, it seems, felt the need to do that and where you are coming from when working with all of these organizations... Elba explains how her family's history of humanitarianism in Puerto Rico influenced her own community engagement and philanthropy in Lorain. Cialis, Puerto Rico ; coffee farm ; community engagement ; humanitarian ; immigration ; migration ; philanthropy ; Puerto Rican culture ; Puerto Rican farm ; Puerto Rican pride ; Puerto Rico ; service ; Spanish ; tobacco farm Oral history interview with Elba Rosario Armstrong for the Latino Lorain Oral History project. video 0 https://oberlincollegelibrary.org/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=LL_Rosario-Armstrong_Elba_1.xml LL_Rosario-Armstrong_Elba_1.xml Sort Priority This field should be added if you are using the Philly Theme with your OHMSPlugin Suite 0024 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elba Armstrong-Rivera Part 1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-10-26 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource video