Keep County Open
A documentary about the efforts of staff and of community activists to keep Cook County Hospital from being shut down. Cook County Hospital workers rally on October 13, 1979 at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago.
A documentary about the efforts of staff and of community activists to keep Cook County Hospital from being shut down. Cook County Hospital workers rally on October 13, 1979 at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago.
Raw footage for HSA Strike 1975. The strike began on October 27th, 1975, and lasted for 18 days—the longest and largest doctors’ strike in the US. The strike was organized by the Housestaff Association (HSA), a union of residents and interns. They were protesting against the working conditions and poor facilities at Cook County Hospital, Chicago’s only public hospital which mostly served the city’s poor and uninsured. In this tape, workers meet to discuss the strike and the future of Cook County Hospital. Also includes footage on the street during the strike.
Continuation of 16506. This is a video of Cheryl Johnson, of the People for Community Recovery, on election day as she runs for the Local Advisory Council in Altgeld Gardens.
This video follows Cheryl Johnson, a candidate for the Local Advisory Committee, as she walks around Altgeld Gardens on her election day.
This is a video of local elections in Altgeld Gardens on the South-East Side of Chicago for community positions of power. The main candidates argue outside the election center.
This is a video of an informal meeting of the People for Community Recovery, an environmentalist organization based out of Altgeld Gardens in the Far South-East Side of Chicago.
This is an informal meeting of the People for Community Recovery, an environmental activist organization that is based out of the Altgeld Gardens community in the far South-East Side of Chicago. Some of the topics discussed are segregation, racism, changing times, and taking advantage of the poor.
A discussion by the People for Community Recovery, a far South-East Side based environmental activist group, in November of 1992. They talk about problems in their community of Altgeld Gardens.