Interview with Yolanda Ayubi, August 20, 2014
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- 2014-08-20
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Nazka Serrano and Amanda Villanueva interview Yolanda Ayubi on August 20, 2014. Ayubi shares how her childhood was filled with rich traditions, cultural environments from Lebanese, Colombian, Jewish, Greek, Turkish and French backgrounds. Ayubi a native from Bogotá, Colombia came to West Bend, Wisconsin on an exchange program to learn about American culture living in a privileged community, she quickly learned about the social, class, and racial disparities with Latins in the U. S. Ayubi’s experience in television production, she learned of the inequities and lack of access to Latins and African Americans related to media. A life-long learner she used her education, voice, and organized the Milwaukee Hispanic Coalition working on voting, immigration, women’s rights, family rights, and cultural programs for the community. The Yolanda Ayubi Presenta Television show was the beginning of an era to highlight the contributions of Latino/as in Milwaukee.This video interview was c
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Ayubi, Yolanda
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Oral histories (document genre)
Hispanic American women -- Political activity -- Wisconsin
Hispanic American women -- Wisconsin -- Interviews
Women political activists -- Wisconsin -- Interviews - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
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- moving image
- Language
- English
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- Ayubi, Yolanda. Interview with Yolanda Ayubi, August 20, 2014. 2014-08-20. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/17. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
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- Ayubi, Yolanda, (2014-08-20) Interview with Yolanda Ayubi, August 20, 2014. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/17
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- Ayubi, Yolanda. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/17>.