The Disruptors: Cal State LA’s Undocumented Working-Class Youth Activism Digital Archive

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Our project explores the local campaign efforts and groundwork on behalf of California State University students, whose activism accelerated the fight for migrant rights at the turn of the 20th century. Through oral histories, videos, photographs, and archival materials, we document how undocu-leaders introduced new ideas of undocumented subjectivity and high-risk activism. These stories shape a racial justice campaign that was strengthened by women of color and queer youth leadership, some of whom had never participated in political activism.

This research project was funded by Cal State LA’s University Library Special Collections and Archives, Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, Erika J. Glazer Family Dreamers Resource Center, Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Awards, College of Ethnic Studies, and Department of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies.

Curators:

  • Gloria Sosa

    Graduate Student, American and Ethnic Studies, University of Southern California

  • Manuel Ibarra

    Graduate Student, Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Cal State Los Angeles

  • Tania Trejo Mendez

    Graduate Student, Latin American Studies, University of Florida

  • Joaquin Perez

    Graduate Student, Linguistics, North Carolina State University

  • Azalea Camacho

    Head of Special Collections and Archives

  • Beth Baker

    Professor, Anthropology, Cal State Los Angeles

  • Rafael Ramirez Solorzano

    Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida

  • Luz Borjon

    Ex-Coordinator of Dreamer Resouce Center, Cal State Los Angeles