by Veena Hampapur | Mar 12, 2024
VEENA: Hi everyone, this is Veena. Today we’re doing something a little different – we’re sharing a play called “Changing Lives, Changing L.A.” It was created from transcripts from the UNITE HERE Local 11 Oral History Project and was originally performed before a live...
by Veena Hampapur | Feb 15, 2023
Antoinette DeOcampo-Lechtenberg: Well, I can smell the dirt. Smell the dirt. I like to feel dirt. I can tell if dirt is good to plant in. I can tell what nutrients it needs. Saba Waheed: From the UCLA Labor Center, this is Re:Work. I’m Saba Waheed. Veena Hampapur: And...
by Veena Hampapur | Aug 18, 2022
S: From the UCLA Labor, we bring you Re:Work. I’m Saba Waheed V: And I’m Veena Hampapur V: When we think about college, there’s – a certain whimsical image, a time of self-discovery and carefree fun before you step out into the “real” world. S: But now, with...
by Veena Hampapur | Aug 17, 2022
G: Everyone supports the big team. Someone should support the small team. If there is a fight between an elephant and a goat, for sure the goat will die. It is, however, better to support a goat. Someone is behind it too. Look, the kind of mind I have, I like the...
by Veena Hampapur | Aug 17, 2022
Veena Hampapur: In Part 1 of this series, we introduced you to Kim Durdin, a Black midwife in South LA. In this episode, her business partner, Allegra Hill, shares her story and journey into birth work. Saba Waheed: From the UCLA Labor Center, we bring you Re:Work....
