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Interview no. | R-0682 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
Project description | Interviews, 2007-ongoing, focus on issues related to Latin American immigration to North Carolina and the formation of Latino communities. Interviewers are conducted by undergraduate students in courses taught by Hannah Gill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Interviewees include immigrants, United States-born second generations, professionals who work with immigrants, policy-makers, religious leaders, educators, students, and local business owners. |
Date | 14 April 2014 |
Interviewee | Buchanan, Regan. |
Interviewee occupation | Students Social justice activists |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Lodaya, Hetali. |
Abstract | Regan Buchanan discusses her family background, how she got involved in immigration issues, as well as her experiences working with Students United for Immigrant Equality at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this year. Buchanan discusses the intersection of immigration issues and race, and her own position as someone coming from a social and family background where she often does not have to confront issues of race. She discusses the challenges of addressing ignorance and apathy as a student advocate, as well as her strategies for engaging various kinds of audiences with these issues. She does not believe that the immigration reform movement needs one overarching leader; rather, she sees the need for a core group of leaders to step up and motivate the youth who are already at the forefront of this movement. She thinks that access to education is a key issue that those who work for immigration reform should be focusing on. |
Subject Topical Other |
Citizenship and immigration Activism Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Racism and discrimination |
Citation | Interview with Regan Buchanan by Hetali Lodaya, 14 April 2014, R-0682, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0682_Audio |