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Ismael Dieppa Interview, 2013
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Dieppa, Ismael - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewer: Manuel Fimbres, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University. Date: 10/05/13. An interview with Ismael Dieppa, PhD discussing his trail blazing career as a leader in Social Work that saw the push for change in minority communities. ❧ CONTENTS: (0:38) Introduction. (1:42) Starting out in Social Work. (3:23) Founding Puerto Rico Neighborhood Newcomers Project after graduating from Boston University. (4:28) Applying for master's degree in public health. (4:58) Moving to Fresno and becoming director of the North Avenue Community Center. (6:03) Political, Social, and Economic Climate after coming back from Korea. (9:20) Being excluded from ASW and CSWE. (11:03) Joining forces with Martin Luther King Jr. and African American community as Mexican American Political Association President. (11:46) Participating in first strike in Delano, California. (14:10) Training Mexican American farm workers in organizing tactics and strategies. (15:50) Being grounded in Christian values and facing oppression. (19:16) Most gratifying position held. (21:34) Reaching out to Hispanic and American Indian population in the South West. (23:20) Working at San Jose State with mission to educate and prepare social workers for practice in Hispanic communities in California. (25:00) Strategies used to achieve success. (28:40) Mentors and people he looked towards for advice. (30:50) What issues should be addressed today by the Social work profession. (38:37) Where is his hope. (41:10) Highlights of Latino Social work profession in California. (46:21) Most satisfying experience. (47:51) Most difficult experience. (52:10) What he would do differently if he could do it all again. (53:30) Closing. ❧ Ismael Dieppa. Interviewed by Manuel Fimbres. Date of Interview: 10-05-13. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. California Social Work Hall of Distinction Biography ( http://socialworkhallofdistinction.usc.edu/honorees/ ).
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