Builders and sustainers of the Independent Living Movement in Berkeley : oral history transcripts. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2000

448 Pages·2000·9.8 MB·English

by  Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office

University ofCalifornia Berkeley

Regional Oral History Office University of California
The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Oral History Series
BUILDERS AND SUSTAINERS OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING MOVEMENT IN BERKELEY
VOLUME IV
Janet Brown STUDENT MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE
BLIND AND FIRST NEWSLETTER EDITOR FOR THE CENTER
FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, 1972-1976
Phil Chavez PEER COUNSELOR AT THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT
LIVING, 1970s-1990s
Frederick C. Collignon UC PROFESSOR OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING:
POLICY RESEARCH AND FUNDING ADVOCACY
Hal Kirshbaum DIRECTOR OF PEER COUNSELING AT THE CENTER FOR
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Michael Pachovas BERKELEY POLITICAL ACTIVIST, FOUNDER OF THE
DISABLED PRISONERS PROGRAM
Raymond Uzeta INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS IN BERKELEY, SAN
"Ray"
FRANCISCO, AND SAN DIEGO: PERSPECTIVE ON
DISABILITY IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES
Interviews Conducted by
Sharon Bonney
Graham Johnson
Mary Lou Breslin
and Kathryn Cowan
1997-1999
Copyright 2000 by The Regents of the University of California
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It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows:
To cite the volume: Builders and Sustainers of the
Independent Living Movement in Berkeley, Volume IV, an
oral history conducted in 1997-1998, Regional Oral
History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley, 2000.
To cite an individual interview: [ex.] Michael
Pachovas, Political Activist, Founder of the
"Berkeley
Disabled Prisoners an oral history
Program,"
conducted in 1998 by Mary Lou Breslin in Builders and
Sustainers of the Independent Living Movement in
Berkeley, Volume IV, Regional Oral History Office, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
2000.
Copy no.
Jan McEwen Brown, 1997,