Facing Poverty At UC

For more information about the current strike at the University of California, go to: http://www.afscme3299.org/

If you are interested in organizing a community screening of this film, using it in a class, or including it in a labor or social justice related film festival, please email us at FacingPovertyAtUC@gmail.com.

[The DVD version is 11 minutes long. We shortened this version to meet the 10 minute Youtube limit.]

a film by K. A. Christensen &
Regan Pretlow Brashear
(UCSC Alumna)

cinematography by
K. A. Christensen

edited by
Regan Brashear

music composed &
performed by
Shaw Pong Liu
(UCB Alumna)

sound mixing by
Sarah Yahm
(UCSC Alumna)

featuring
(in order of appearance)

Leonor Orozco
Venus Orozco
Leland Yee (UCB Alumnus)
Jenny Chung (UCLA Alumna)
Jaron Quetal
Louise Hendrickson
(UCR Alumna)
Rosa Tapia de Cruz
Miguel Pinto
Maria Pinto
Jose de Jesus
Elizabeth Pizano


Thank you to the families who welcomed
us into their homes.

FacingPovertyAtUC@gmail.com

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• labor
• documentary
• union
• AFSCME
• grassroots
• strike
• social
• justice
• university
• organizing
• service
• workers
• University
• of
• California

[thibaulthalpern]

Yeah...it's barely liveable as a single person making less than 15,000 (which I do). Imagine...with family.

By the way...no credits? Would like to see the credits

[pretlow72]

Thanks to everyone for your comments. Please keep them coming! We are hoping that this film will spark more dialogue about these issues. As far as credits, we had to shorten the youtube version just slightly to meet the 10 minute limit for videos, but the credits are there in text if you click on the "more info" link to the right of the screen.

[Lurchista]

Next week is the strike, find out what's going on at the UC near you.

[UCSCalumnus]

Me too! I can't believe that the Unviersity is treating workers and students so poorly. A public university should not be raising student fees so that education is unaffordable and keeping workers in poverty by refusing to give raises.

[MegaMailbox]

why did see decide to have kids if, she couldent take care of her self

[airjor1]

Take a visit to a UC Hospital and College and then you can make a proper assessment. Knowledge is power!

[airjor1]

Take a visit to a UC Hospital and College and then you can make an proper assessment. knowledge is power!

[airjor1]

First of all, are you an employee of the University of California? If not, maybe you should do some research about the University and the service unit before you espouse your silly comments. It appears to me that you are a narrow minded ignorant racist, and you feel its alright that individuals be discriminated against because of their color and culture. You need to grow up! and crawl back under that rock you came from under.

[LatoyaShanequa]

Your are an intellectual. I can see that by your first sentence. Moronic aren't you?

[LatoyaShanequa]

Well I see the whiners got a big raise. Good for them. Now all the state workers have to take furloughs and the state and city budgets are in crisis. How has AFSCME helped the economy? Maybe AFSCME should offer some free English as a second language classes and encourage members to be supportive of their employers in a fiscal crisis than have a take take take attitude. I believe in giving people good pay but for goodness sake stop your freaking whining.

[IrishbadBoy81]

Are you serious? Maybe you need to go back to school yourself. How can you compair pulling weeds and scrubbing floors to running a hospital? Have you tried to run a multi-million dollar company and make sure that it doesnt go belly-up? Loyalties have nothing to do with this issue, it is a matter of education and drive. Get your facts straight before you start downtalking people.

[Ballen6721]

I think that the management is able to intimidate the union and this is the primary reason the workers are in poverty. Get online to AFL-CIO and watch the video for Free Choice Act. Everybody can do better if we stick together for a common good. As the Constitution stated the government formed "will promote the well being of it's people." I just see a few being promoted. I see execs from AIG asking me and you to pay them $50,000,000 or they will walk. So my question is who is corrupt?

[uclav]

Shame on the UC system!!! I am a graduate of UCLA and strongly disapprove of the UC system's treatment of its services workers and employees. And please, let's stop with the racist comments.  Disgusting!!!