Great Wall Institute: The Process of the Great Wall of Los AngelesMain MenuResearch of the DecadesResearch1960s Illustration DevelopmentIllustration DevelopmentPlaylists of the DecadesPlaylistssparcinla.org185fc5b2219f38c7b63f42d87efaf997127ba4fcGreat Wall Institute - Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)
12022-07-28T22:52:14+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49La Operación - The Subversion and Portrayal of Female Agency in Latinx Reproductive Rights6Widespread sterilization operation led by the United States during the 1950s and 60s in Puerto Rico. La Operación is a documentary from 1982 that shows the widespread sterilization operation led by the United States during the 1950s and 60s in Puerto Rico. Ana María García directed the film which highlights how the United States pushed for increased female sterilization in Puerto Rico. She mixes in the documentary a blend of interviews with women from different socioeconomic and racial backgrounds but the interviews are not the only focus of her work; she also incorporates scenes showing a sterilization procedure in addition to other historical and contextual parts.plain2023-08-12T01:21:28+00:001960account from the documentary displays the same message as the propaganda above, that there are prosperity and good living associated with sterilization, based on the belief that too many kids lead to a perpetual state of destitution. These false beliefs led many women to give up their agency over their bodies and cave into getting sterilized—except they did not know all the time what they were signing up for.sparcinla.org185fc5b2219f38c7b63f42d87efaf997127ba4fc
1media/Mothers of East Los Angeles_thumb.jpeg2022-07-21T00:48:05+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491980s Mothers of East Los Angeles1In the mid-1980s, a group of primarily Chicana mothers organized to fight the proposed construction of a state prison in East Los Angeles. Victorious in that effort, the Mothers of East Los Angeles have continued to take on many issues affecting their environment, such as air quality and industrial site placement.media/Mothers of East Los Angeles.jpegplain2022-07-21T00:48:05+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-22 at 1.09.20 PM_thumb.png2023-03-22T20:09:39+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491980s Reproductive Rights1Attorney Gloria Allred and Norma McCorvey, 'Jane Roe' plaintiff from Landmark court case Roe vs. Wade, during Pro Choice Rally, July 4th, 1989 in Burbank, Californiamedia/Screen Shot 2023-03-22 at 1.09.20 PM.pngplain2023-03-22T20:09:39+00:001989Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Wheelchair bound voters Large_thumb.jpeg2022-02-11T21:41:50+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49June 29, 1982: Voting Rights Act Extended1President Ronald Reagan signs a 25-year extension of the Voting Rights Act. Revisions also reverse recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, making voting easier for people with disabilities and the elderly.media/Wheelchair bound voters Large.jpegplain2022-02-11T21:41:50+00:001988Wheelchair bound protesters surround an entrance to a Denver polling place to draw attention to the flights of stairs that make it impossible to them to reach to voting booths, c. 1988. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49