Emil Amok's Takeout - California's David Chiu on why the state will stand up to the feds and fight for immigrants' rights
Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media
Release Date: 03/10/2018
Ep. 105: Little Manila Rising For All; Exec. Dir.Dillon Delvo with Emil Guillermo
Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media
Dillon Delvo, executive director of Little Manila Rising, talks to Emil Guillermo about how the Stockton non-profit has expanded its mission to do more and to help more people in South Stockton. From preserving Filipino American history and historic buildings, the LMR's mission now includes public health initiatives and environmental efforts in community air monitoring. Beyond that, the non-profit has its eyes on owning and developing land and projects to benefit the broader South Stockton community. Delvo said Little Manila Rising just wants to do what other groups are doing around the state,...
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Ep. 104: Asian American Filipinos' Continuing Trauma Over the U.S. Colonization of the Philippines
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Emil Guillermo talks with Eleanor Wikstrom, an editor/writer with the Harvard Crimson, about her article on the open secret of the U.S. colonization of the Philippines and the role Harvard and higher ed elites played in educating the people on their own history from a white perspective. Wikstrom describes the impact of learning that history has had on her as a young American Filipina. Guillermo shares his story of Harvard (1970s) to show the generational impact of colonial history. More at www.amok.com
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Ep. 103: Environmental Justice Warriors: Little Manila Rising's Matt Holmes
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Little Manila Rising is a non-profit based in Stockton, Calif. focused on environmental justice. LMR fights for the people of their community to abate the pollution from the area's freeways and ports. It has begun to work with UC Merced on air monitoring. Matt Holmes, along with Dillon Delvo heads up the environmental effort. He talks to Emil Guillermo.
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Ep. 102: "Try Harder" Director Debbie Lum
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"Try Harder" director Debbie Lum talks to Emil Guillermo about Lowell High School and the college admissions process captured in the film's profile of five students. What are AAPI going through to get to the elite colleges of their choice? Emil, a Lowell alum, compares his experiences with those of the students in the film.
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Ep.101: Little Manila Rising Goes Door-to-Door to Get Out the Vaccine; Protects the Community by Fighting Misinformation.
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Amy Portello Nelson talks with Emil Guillermo about Little Manila Risings' "Get Out the Vaccine" drive. Modeled after the "Get Out the Vote" idea, the program goes door to door to give people good information about the virus and vaccines. And it's working, vaccine rates went from the low 30 percent range to more than 50 percent in the zipcodes canvassed. Now the plan is to keep going through the end of November. But it's not easy. Some are hesitant, and one resident even pulled a gun.
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Ep. 91: Little Manila Rising's Youth: From Stockton to Stanford And Back On a Mission
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Little Manila Rising is an non-profit organization in Stockton, Calif. servicing primarily the South Stockton community. After a recent youth conference, Emil Guillermo talked with Celine Lopez, a recent Stanford graduate, who hopes to use her senior thesis in Urban Studies as a foundation for policy-making in her hometown. Celine talks about how she rediscovered her pride and self-worth as a Stocktonian at Stanford and why she wants to return to the Central Valley.
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Ep.81: How Little Manila Rising, An Environmental Justice Advocate in Stockton, CA, Makes A Difference
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A Filipino American group called Little Manila Rising is part of a "people-powered" Green Revolution that's changing how the community gets involved in environmental justice. Recently, community members, empowered by state money through AB617, rejected a $5 million proposal from the Port of Stockton. The community stood up to the polluters. LMR's Dillon Delvo tells how and why it happened, and about how LMR transformed its mission to fight for environmental justice.
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Ep. 71: Do You Know Angelo Quinto? He's the Asian American/Filipino American George Floyd
Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media
Angelo Quinto died after a policeman had a knee to the back of his neck for 5 minutes. Emil Amok is Emil Guillermo, journalist, commentary, performing artist reads from the column he wrote on www.aaldef.org/blog about Quinto, the need for re-thinking policing, and what this means for Asian Americans. Prof. Dan Gonzales of SF State Univ joins in to comment on this, the recent rash of anti-Asian hate incidents in the U.S., and other news. For more go to www.amok.com #angeloquinto
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Ep.70: Phil Tajitsu Nash on E.O. 9066 and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans
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Japanese Latin Americans were left out of the redress settlement, but now they have standing to go forward to seek justice. Emil Amok Guillermo talks to Phil Tajitsu Nash, professor, lawyer, and activist about why FDR signed E.O. 9066 that incarcerated Japanese Americans in the first place. And about the case of the Japanese Latin Americans (JLAcampaignforjustice.org). Also discussed: how society allowed internment, and the solidarity movement for justice. Go to amok.com
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Ep.67: Farewell to Corky Lee-- My goodbye and my 2017 interview with Corky
Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media
Corky Lee died on Jan.27 of Covid. He was 73. Journalist and commentator Emil Amok Guillermo gives his farewell to Corky, a photojournalist who documented the Asian American experience and dedicated his life to what he called "photographic justice."
info_outlineEmil Guillermo: California Legislator David Chiu on the most Asian American state being sued by the Feds; calls Trump “the most xenophobic and racist president in modern history.”
Stormy Daniels, Kim Jong Un, and trade-war inducing tariffs? The Trump administration is a never-ending three-ring circus, where chaos is Trump’s best friend. How can the American public get a grip on any of the really big issues like gun control after Parkland, or the on-going Russian investigations, when our heads keep spinning daily?
For Asian Americans, the lesson during this ADHD presidency is to stay focused on our key issues, which for the moment remain immigration and DACA.
This past week, Mr. Art of the Deal didn’t even bother to push Congress on DACA and the Dreamers, letting his self-imposed March 5 drop-dead date pass. Without the votes in Congress, it was the only thing Trump could do. That and blame Democrats.
For now, the courts have also blocked the administration from ending DACA, and for the time being, the program lives on. Those who are eligible can still apply and even extend their protection.
But just so Trump isn’t seen as a total loser to his base, the lull in the immigration fight has given Trump’s beleaguered Attorney General Jeff Sessions a chance to score some brownie points with his boss.
Sessions showed up in Sacramento this week to file a lawsuit against the state over its sanctuary policies. The feds are particularly targeting three state laws that protect immigrant families and workers. California State Assemblyman David Chiu of San Francisco wrote one of the three laws, and told me the state is ready to defend them against the feds.
“Trump is engaged in an un-American war,” said Chiu in a phone interview Friday, indicating the state is prepared to battle in court.
Chiu said the laws were carefully crafted to honor federal law but also to protect the Fourth Amendment rights of immigrants in the state from ICE agents raiding workplaces without proper authority.
Chiu also clarified what “sanctuary” is a d isn’t.
He said that Trump wants to deputize local law enforcement to be ICE agents. On the surface it sounds like a good idea. But immigration isn’t the job of your local cop. Chiu said Trump’s plan would only raise distrust among immigrants, who consequently won’t report crimes for fear of deportation.
Chiu said that’s already happening in the Los Angeles area.
Chiu said that if the feds are able to get away with heavy-handed enforcement activities that trample on the rights of people in California, then ICE will make the tactics standard throughout the nation.
Chiu said in that sense, the fight in California is really a national one for the rights of immigrants.
As for his advice to those in the community who are in fear of more ICE raids like the recent ones that netted more than 245 people, Chiu was unwavering.
“We have your back,” he said. But he added that people need to know their rights if and when ICE shows up.
Listen to my phone call with David Chiu on this special edition of Emil Amok’s Takeout.
See more at http://www.aaldef.org/blog