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        Archaeology of Change: Mapping Tales of Gentrification in New York City Chinatown
        Archaeology of Change: Mapping Tales of Gentrification in New York City Chinatown
        Archaeology of Change: Mapping Tales of Gentrification in New York City Chinatown Oral History Collection by Museum of Chinese in America An online archive collection of interviews (2007-2010) conducted by...
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        Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance!
        Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance!
        Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance Oral History Collection at the Museum of Chinese in America These interviews with Chinese American performers take an intimate look at the popular nightclub era of...
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        Frank Avila-Goldman
        Frank Avila-Goldman
        Lower East Side Community Hero nominated by Andrea Gordillo Frank Avila-Goldman proudly joins a long list of lower east side community advocates fighting for subsidized housing residents on the waterfront....
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        Shawn Garcia
        Shawn Garcia
        Lower East Side Community Hero nominated by John Blasco Shawn Garcia – District Leader in the Lower East Side (74AD) Born and raised in New York City in a Puerto...
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        Debra Jeffreys-Glass
        Debra Jeffreys-Glass
        Lower East Side Community Hero nominated by Ryan Gilliam, FABnyc & Downtown Art A native of Philadelphia, Debra came to NY to seek her fortune in the motion picture business...
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        Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
        Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
          GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side) is a neighborhood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1977. We’re dedicated to tenants’ rights,...
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        Great Struggle For Cheap Meat
        Great Struggle For Cheap Meat
        by Downtown Art A street musical / rock opera based on the 1902 Kosher Meat boycott led by Lower East Side women.  The strike by Jewish immigrant women to protest...
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        Gloria Lippmann
        Gloria Lippmann
        Part of The New York Memory Project coordinated and compiled by artist and interviewer Antígona González in collaboration with FABnyc and The People’s LES   Notes from the Interviews: Interview...
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        Sam “Goody” Jacques
        Sam “Goody” Jacques
        Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Louis, Basketball Player & Mentee Sam “Goody” Jacques was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan where he attended/volunteers at many grassroots...
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