https://www.tacomarcd.com/home daily 1.0 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1625159209512-QH1ESL7VNZD51E88ILA0/MaruVillalpandoHome.jpeg Home - Maru Mora Villalpando Maru Mora Villalpando is an organizer and leader of La Resistencia, a local immigrant rights group that works in concert with detained people and their families. In this interview, Maru discusses the obstacles facing detained people at the NWDC and the various ways that La Resistencia attempts to support them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1625159308854-U9O1KKXDBZ26JLSSXJKF/KayLittlesPhotoHome.jpg Home - Kay Littles A business owner and organizer on the Hilltop, Kay Littles moved to Tacoma as a child during the 1940s. This interview covers the mid-century history of Tacoma’s Black community, redlining, and the more recent influence of gentrification and development on the Hilltop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1625159608794-N2VIYLZBAE7VQVC6ZPPA/LotusPhotoHome.png Home - Lotus Perry Lotus Perry is an Asian Studies Professor and long-term board member of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CRPF). In this interview, Lotus discusses her upbringing in Taiwan, her work with the CRPF, and how the CRPF has navigated the tumult of 2020. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop daily 0.75 2021-07-29 https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod daily 0.75 2021-07-09 https://www.tacomarcd.com/about daily 0.75 2021-08-23 https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/kaylittles daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1623283508528-V16TUBY1P49OYEU5ADYC/KayLittlesPhoto.jpg Kay Littles - Kay Littles Born in Palestine, Texas in 1940, Kay Littles and her family relocated to Tacoma after her father was stationed at Fort Lewis, WA. Her parents later founded Bob’s Bar-B-Q Pit (originally on 1318 Fawcett Ave.) which Ms. Littles continues to run alongside two of her sons on the Hilltop. This interview covers the mid-century history of Tacoma’s Black community, redlining, and the more recent influence of gentrification and development on the Hilltop. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/antonioedwardsjr daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1623452923365-0YA777RZLDV4DIEAU4HJ/AntonioEdwardsJrPhoto.png Antonio Edwards Jr. - Antonio Edwards Jr. A poet and educator, Antonio Edwards Jr. moved to Tacoma after serving in the U.S. Navy. Edwards later enrolled at Evergreen State College’s Hilltop campus where he developed an active interest in poetry. In this interview, Edwards Jr. discusses his memories of the neighborhood, his “Hilltopia” poem (KUOW, 2021), and his tenure as Tacoma’s Poet Laureate (2009). https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/chevichung daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1625851364715-BPPG4Z7UWAQHL79S4EVK/CheviChungPhoto.jpeg Chevi Chung - Chevi Chung Chevi Chung is a Tacoma-based theatre artist and founder of the Empathos Company. Her play, “The Chinese Question: The Tacoma Method,” explored the legacy of the 1885 expulsion of Tacoma’s Chinese-American community. In this interview, Chung discusses the roots of her interest in community theatre, the “Chinese Question” play, and how her more recent work has continued to take on themes of social justice. Photo: Kenya Shakoor https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/lotusperry daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1623973193339-S9AN8PLVC2G3EPL4DJ1X/LotusPhoto2.png Lotus Perry - Lotus Perry Lotus Perry is an instructor in the Asian Studies program at the University of Puget Sound. She has served on the board of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation for decades and also helps to organize the annual Tacoma Moon Festival at Chinese Reconciliation Park. In this interview, Perry discusses her upbringing in Taiwan, her work with the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CRPF), and how the CRPF has navigated the tumult of 2020. https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/theresapanhosley daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624055950423-IHJ30CG9BXS8FTMQMSSQ/TheresaPanHosleyPhoto2.JPG Theresa Pan-Hosley - Theresa Pan-Hosley Theresa Pan-Hosley is the President of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CRPF). In recognition of her work with the CRPF, she was recognized as the 2016 Greater Tacoma Peace Prize Laureate. In this interview, she discusses her varied roles in the CRPF, the broader importance of Chinese Reconciliation Park, and the future of the park. https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/lihuangwung daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624578874292-6UOFJEUNWPHR06Q4UGZF/LihuangWungPhoto2.png Lihuang Wung - Lihuang Wung Lihuang Wung is a Senior Planner for the City of Tacoma’s Planning and Development Services. He has been involved with Chinese Reconciliation Park dating back to the 1990s and later served as the park’s project manager from 2009-2017. In this interview, he discusses his “two roots” of Taipei and Tacoma, the collaborative history of Chinese Reconciliation Park, and the power of public spaces to confront difficult history. https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/zhanger daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624127329570-20ZVOBDDF7OF7N0UP7F8/ZhangErPhoto2.png Zhang Er - Zhang Er Professor Zhang Er is a biologist and artist who teaches at Evergreen State College. As a writer, she has published numerous works as a poet and librettist. Her most recent project, “Tacoma Method,” is an opera centered on the 1885 expulsion of Tacoma’s Chinese-American community. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing during China’s Cultural Revolution, the roots of her interest in writing and literature, and using nineteenth-century Tacoma as the setting of her opera. https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/gregyoutz daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624137382459-FZ7QQ11XI3GIO4HOA7J1/GregYoutzPhoto2.png Greg Youtz - Greg Youtz Professor Greg Youtz is a composer and professor of music at Pacific Lutheran University. Over the years, many of his compositions have dealt with aspects of Pacific Northwest history, including a recent opera on the anti-Chinese “Tacoma Method.” In this interview, he discusses his varied influences, his participation in the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation, and the place of allyship and art in social justice movements. https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/gailyu daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624312711074-H659PEJU0SY5L6F3CPPP/GailYuPhoto2.png Gail Yu - Gail Yu Gail Yu is a former Assistant Attorney General in Washington State's Attorney General Office. She was a member of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation for many years, aiding various aspects of historical research and park planning. In this interview, she discusses her legal work, as well as the various historical artifacts that drove her passion for the Chinese Reconciliation Park project. https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/billevans daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624474741617-D43WMHFF2G9EO4B5YUWG/BillEvansPhoto.JPG Bill Evans - Bill Evans Bill Evans is an entrepreneur, former Tacoma city council member, and long-time board member of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation. In this session, Evans discusses his interest in Pacific Northwest history, his early involvement in the Chinese Reconciliation Park project, and the park’s broader importance to the city. https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/jimbrennan daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624478918596-BHN7FZ44BKFFO5EGHXNF/JimBrennanPhoto2.PNG Jim Brennan - Jim Brennan Jim Brennan is the principal of J.A. Brennan Associates PLLC. He is also the landscape architect of Chinese Reconciliation Park, working with the City of Tacoma and the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CPRF). In this interview, Brennan describes his upbringing, his early work in Taiwan and Washington, and his work on Chinese Reconciliation Park. https://www.tacomarcd.com/tacomamethod/suzannebarnett daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624493514936-0YZ352VX9NUMFXT871CB/SuzanneBarnettPhoto.png Suzanne Barnett - Suzanne Barnett Suzanne Barnett is a historian of China and Professor Emerita of History at the University of Puget Sound. Her affiliation with Chinese Reconciliation Park dates back to her service on the 1992 Citizens Advisory Committee. Over the years, she has been involved with the park and the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation in myriad ways. In this interview, Barnett details the early history of the park’s development, the many linkages between Tacoma and “Sibling City” Fuzhou, and the broader significance of the park in contemporary Tacoma. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/larrynorman daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624733800664-88VFW0LUVOA6P8KBSUWO/LarryNormanPhoto.png Larry Norman - Larry Norman Larry Norman is an educator, entrepreneur, and activist in the Hilltop area. In the first session, Norman describes the history of the 1993 All Lives Are Precious monument, his Happenings on Hilltop newsletter, and the role of development on the Hilltop. In the second session, Norman explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many existing issues in the neighborhood. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/fletcherjenkins daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624838760976-KG0J6ZI5FBAZRRNJ8Y2H/FletcherJenkinsPhoto.jpg Fletcher Jenkins - Fletcher Jenkins Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fletcher Jenkins is a United States Air Force veteran and long-time resident of the Hilltop. In this interview, Jenkins discusses his experiences in the military, his community work, the Hilltop Action Coalition, and various other facets of the Hilltop’s history. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/elizabethdiffendal daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624909186993-XO0KS3TPBO14ELWVJ3FJ/ElizabethDiffendalPhoto2.jpeg Elizabeth Diffendal - Elizabeth Diffendal Dr. Elizabeth “Betsy” Diffendal is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Evergreen State College. Working alongside Dr. Maxine Mimms, she also played a pivotal role in the early years of Evergreen State College’s Tacoma Campus. In this interview, Diffendal recounts her decades-long collaborations with Maxine Mimms, the founding of the aforementioned campus on the Hilltop, and her various roles at the university and in the community. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/maxinemimms daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1624914249064-CRIW96XAZJDVY8QFA2W4/MaxineMimmsPhoto2.jpeg Maxine Mimms - Maxine Mimms Dr. Maxine Mimms is Professor Emerita of Evergreen State College and the founder of Evergreen State College’s Tacoma campus and the Maxine Mimms Academy. For her many achievements and community contributions, she was awarded Tacoma’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award in 2017. In this interview, Dr. Mimms details the role of education in her life, the genesis of the Hilltop campus, and her continued work. Photo: Joe Mabel https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/brendan-nelson daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1625165480846-K1FMTZUSPHLG9XSFSA7H/BrendanNelsonPhoto2.png Brendan Nelson - Brendan Nelson Brendan Nelson is the founder of Nvision Professional Services and the President of the Hilltop Action Coalition. Born in Waco, Texas, Nelson moved to Tacoma as a child and has spent much of his life on the Hilltop. In this interview, Nelson recalls his early memories of the neighborhood, his community work, and the neighborhood’s perseverance during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/jackie-joneshook daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/859be94c-a0a7-4530-aaac-6a9d186bd921/JackieJonesHookPhoto.jpeg Jackie Jones-Hook - Jackie Jones-Hook Jackie Jones-Hook is the Executive Director of the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum on the Hilltop. William Jones, her father, was a Buffalo Soldier who later lived in Tacoma and helped found the museum. In this interview, Jones-Hook details her family history, the museum’s genesis, and the broader educational role of the museum. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/harlan-shoop daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1627408641050-YU5AYYEVVAY2BA1XGSHT/HarlanShoopPhoto.jpg Harlan Shoop - Harlan Shoop Harlan Shoop is a parish associate and former pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church on the Hilltop. In this interview, Shoop discusses the role of faith in his upbringing, his history with the Hilltop neighborhood, and the relationship between Trinity Presbyterian Church and the local community. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/mario-lorenz daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626292490781-1B1WOUS1662PH82GQKZA/MarioLorenzPhoto.jpg Mario Lorenz - Mario Lorenz Mario Lorenz is a local entrepreneur who has served as the manager of the Hilltop Business Association. In this interview, Lorenz discusses the role of businesses in the neighborhood, the various organizations he has worked with, and the history of the Hilltop Street Fair. https://www.tacomarcd.com/hilltop/willie-stewart daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1625766197986-3MQ8M3YAPHNTU7HOBD06/WillieStewartPhoto.jpg Willie Stewart - Willie Stewart Willie Stewart is a retired Tacoma Public Schools educator and administrator. In recognition of his work and volunteering, he was selected as the 2019 Tacoma Peace Laureate. In this interview, Stewart discusses his upbringing in Texas, his work in integrating Tacoma’s schools, and the legacy of discrimination in the region. https://www.tacomarcd.com/mu-knowles daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626796144813-Q1VI1WVNTV8OBN6ZZ21Q/MuKnowlesPhoto.jpg Mu Knowles - Mu Knowles Mu Knowles is a local artist and organizer. They are also a University of Puget Sound graduate where they served as ASUPS President. In this interview, Knowles reflects on their Hilltop roots, the Zina Linnik Project, and the major changes that have occurred in the neighborhood during their lifetime. Photo: Haydeé Lavariega https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/barbara-and-homer-yasui daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626452379740-KQ2JVCYKYR89VDEJE0HW/HomerBarbaraYasuiPhoto.jpg Barbara and Homer Yasui - Barbara and Homer Yasui Homer Yasui is a retired physician with family roots in Hood River, OR. He and his family were incarcerated by the U.S. government during World War II, following the passage of Executive Order 9066. Barbara Yasui is an educator, organizer, and Mr. Yasui’s daughter. Together, they have taken part in the Tsuru for Solidity project that looks to draw connections between Japanese-American incarceration and present-day immigration policies. As part of this work, they have demonstrated outside of the NWDC. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/amanda-diaz daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626453003376-4E39U4G6CIMG6R70JO5X/AmandaDiazPhoto.jpg Amanda Díaz - Amanda Díaz Amanda Díaz is the national hotline manager at Freedom for Immigrants. She previously worked at OneAmerica and also helped to found Advocates for Detained Voices (ADV), a student group at the University of Puget Sound that supports undocumented people detained and local immigrant rights groups at the Northwest Detention Center. In this interview, Díaz discusses the various ways in which she has worked around the issue of immigrant rights and around the NWDC specifically. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/rose-pytte daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626903272758-FG5WNQKP35B5STRXRM5C/RosePyttePhoto.jpeg Rose Pytte - Rose Pytte Rose Pytte is the former president of Advocates for Detained Voices (ADV), a student group that works with local immigrant rights groups in Tacoma. In this interview, Pytte discusses the organization’s work while also thinking about the nature of detention and organizing. This interview is also part of Amanda Díaz’s American Creed project. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/wendy-pantoja daily 0.75 2021-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626553127373-O7377854YSRPGL0XIF32/WendyPantojaPhoto.jpg Wendy Pantoja - Wendy Pantoja A descendant of labor organizers in Mexico, Wendy Pantoja is a community activist that works with La Resistencia on a variety of issues related to the Northwest Detention Center. In this interview, Pantoja discusses the common issues detained people face, the role of intersectionality in organizing, and the ways that different groups can contribute to fundamentally changing immigration. This interview was conducted in Spanish and is also part of Amanda Díaz’s American Creed project. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/aliah-mccord daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626727039223-D30LKSVFAZR6QG9HDLV3/AliahMcCordPhoto.jpg Aliah McCord - Aliah McCord Aliah McCord is a former intern at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) in Tacoma, WA and a University of Puget Sound graduate (‘20). In this interview, McCord considers the ways in which groups like NWIRP provide aid to undocumented immigrants while also thinking about the ways this work has changed in recent years. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/megan-ybarra daily 0.75 2022-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/7d4da33f-f086-40ce-916c-4850884e8234/IMG_3091.JPG Megan Ybarra - Megan Ybarra Megan Ybarra is an Associate Professor in the Geology Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. She has also worked with La Resistencia, a local immigrant rights organization that works around issues related to the Northwest Detention Center. In this interview, Ybarra discusses the advocacy work of La Resistencia, the environmental concerns related to the detention center site, and other concerns related to the treatment of migrants at the NWDC. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/margaret-and-robert-isenberg daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626882700202-UTEE5ZSGAH8QIKZRDASK/RobertMargaretIsenbergPhoto2.jpg Margaret and Robert Isenberg - Margaret and Robert Isenberg Margaret and Robert Isenberg are retired educators. As members of Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, they have been deeply involved in programs related to immigrant aid. Among other tasks, the Isenbergs regularly host recently released detained people as part of the church’s Jericho Road program. In this interview, they discuss the church’s approach to migrant aid and their experiences hosting formerly detained people. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/maru-mora-villalpando daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1629157276734-Z49FIAM0DM6F9K6LYCGL/maru.jpeg Maru Mora Villalpando - Maru Mora Villalpando Maru Mora Villalpando is an organizer and leader of La Resistencia, a local immigrant rights group that works in concert with detained people inside the NWDC and their families. In this interview, Maru discusses the obstacles facing detained people at the NWDC and the various ways that La Resistencia attempts to support them. This interview is also part of Amanda Díaz’s American Creed project. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/silky-shah daily 0.75 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626904160785-357UTC0S8U50S9YF5OK5/SilkyShahPhoto.jpg Silky Shah - Silky Shah Silky Shah is the executive director of Detention Watch Network (DWN). DWN is a national organization that works towards the abolition of immigrant detention. In this interview, Shah discusses the structures that undergird immigrant incarceration and how that is reflected in institutions like the NWDC. Photo: Steve Pavey This interview is also part of Amanda Díaz’s American Creed project. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/many-uch daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626975760065-DP3EYEX3Y6R12LNXRXWP/ManyUchPhoto.jpg Many Uch - Many Uch Many Uch is one of the co-founders of F.I.G.H.T., an organization that provides aid to AAPI men in the Washington State prison system. Uch’s activism sprung from his own experiences as a Cambodian refugee and as someone detained at a Seattle INS facility. In this interview, Uch discusses the challenges of his refugee experiences and how they continue to inform his present-day work. This interview is also part of Amanda Díaz’s American Creed project. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/miguel-armenta daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1626986034169-KMIHY09UWXH7H5TG1RT1/MiguelArmentaPhoto.jpg Miguel Armenta - Miguel Armenta Miguel Armenta is a budding entrepreneur in Washington state. Armenta was previously detained at the Northwest Detention Center. While there, he led a hunger strike in response to inadequate health care and a variety of other issues. In this interview, Armenta discusses the major demands detained people made of the facility and the experience inside and outside of detention. This interview is also part of Amanda Díaz’s American Creed project. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/angel-padilla daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1627073151478-FGIIXALBWVGHJAZHAWDS/AngelPadillaPhoto.jpg Angel Padilla - Angel Padilla Angel Padilla is a welding instructor whose family arrived in the United States as refugees during the Salvadoran Civil War. Later, he was detained by ICE and eventually sent to the Northwest Detention Center. As a means of protesting the medical care and general conditions of the facility, he began to work with local immigrant rights groups and members of the media to communicate his story. In this interview, Padilla talks about fighting cancer in the facility, the conditions of the detention center, and the lasting consequences of the Salvadoran Civil War. This interview is also part of Amanda Díaz’s American Creed project. https://www.tacomarcd.com/nwdc/elizabeth-padilla daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60bfaf2902934c3039e33cfc/1627073478893-3M1UA9PBRQ2PWM9CXN48/ElizabethPadillaPhoto.jpg Elizabeth Padilla - Elizabeth Padilla Elizabeth Padilla was born and raised to a Mexican-American family in California. Her intersection with the Northwest Detention Center occurred when her husband, Angel Padilla, was being held at the facility. In this interview, Padilla chronicles the difficulties of securing medical care and legal access for her husband and the ways in which she fought for his ultimate release. This interview is also part of Amanda Díaz’s American Creed project.