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In this extract, Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Ortega talks about her first job in California, at the Sbicca shoe factory in El Monte.

In this extract, Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Ortega talks about the frequent raids carried out by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the shoe factories of El Monte, which resulted with many workers being detained and…

Attorney Edward Ortega shares his memories of his participation in the injunction filed against the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in 1978 to suspend deportation of allegedly undocumented workers.

In this curated clip, Landeros discusses diversity in the punk scene in SGV and Greater El Monte.

In this curated clip, Landeros discusses the punk scene and its relationship to the Greater El Monte area, including bands like Tangwich and YAPO.

In this curated clip, Landeros discusses the punk aesthetic of his teen years.

Apolonio Morales is a community organizer who works on immigration issues at the national level. Apolonio Morales has worked in several communities around the country in order to organize labor workers. The reason he got into politics was due to the…

Born in San Gabriel, California on July 11, 1980, Fernando Landeros remembers his upbringing in the South El Monte, Ca. Although his parents were originally from Aguascalientes, Mexico, Landeros spent the majority of his lifetime living in South El…

Public Chat the history of Ruben and the Jets, as this group was one of the last bands to perform at Legion Stadium in 1973. This item is a clip from the Legion Stadium Public Chat, the interview was conducted by SEMAP to discuss the history and…

Poem by Nettie Haight-Stingle, printed in El Monte from the Pioneer Days : History and Biographical Sketches.