California State University San Marcos. Cross-Cultural Center
]]> Civil rights]]> Education, Higher]]> Human rights]]> Racism -- California -- Irvine]]> Student Success]]> University of California Irvine. Cross-Cultural Center]]> Floyd Lai]]> Madeleine Meyer]]> Aaron Williams]]> In copyright]]> English]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> California State University San Marcos. Black Student Center]]> California State University San Marcos. Cross-Cultural Center]]> Education, Higher]]> Racism -- California -- Irvine]]> Student success]]> University of California Irvine. Cross-Cultural Center]]>
This oral history was made possible in collaboration with the Black Student Center and with generous funding from the Instructionally Related Activities fund.]]> Floyd Lai]]> Ayana Ford]]> In copyright]]> English]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> Irvine (Calif.)]]> California State University San Marcos. Black Student Center]]> California State University San Marcos. Cross-Cultural Center]]> Education, Higher]]> Racism -- California -- Irvine]]> Student success]]> University of California Irvine. Cross-Cultural Center]]> Floyd Lai]]> Ayana Ford]]> English]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> Irvine (Calif.)]]> California State University San Marcos. Project Rebound]]> Formerly incarcerated individuals]]> Imprisonment]]> MiraCosta College. Transitions Program]]> Palomar College. Transitions program]]> Prison-industrial complex]]> Santa Barbara City College. Transitions Program]]> Transitions (Program)]]>
Leyva also discusses his experience with incarceration and post-incarceration life, especially in regards to prison employment and the prison-industrial complex, barriers experienced by prisoners upon release, and the mentorship that Leyva received from members of his fellow incarcerated community.]]> Martin Leyva]]> Sean Visintainer]]> In copyright]]> English]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> Santa Barbara (Calif.)]]> California State University San Marcos -- Project Rebound]]> Formerly incarcerated individuals]]> Imprisonment]]> MiraCosta College -- Transitions Program]]> Palomar College -- Transitions Program]]> Parolees]]> Prison-industrial complex]]> Santa Barbara City College -- Transitions Program]]> Transitions (Program)]]>
Leyva also discusses his experience with incarceration and post-incarceration life, especially in regards to prison employment and the prison-industrial complex, barriers experienced by prisoners upon release, and the mentorship that Leyva received from members of his fellow incarcerated community.]]> Martin Leyva]]> Sean Visintainer]]> Sierra Jenkins]]> English]]> Spanish]]> San Marcos (Calif.)]]> Santa Barbara (Calif.)]]> Home brewing -- California -- San Diego County]]> Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (San Diego, Calif.)]]> Women brewers -- California -- San Diego County]]> Rich Link, Mary Anne Bixby and Greg Lorton are all early members of Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (QUAFF), a San Diego area homebrewing group. In this interview, Link, Bixby, and Lorton discuss their introduction to craft beer, early home brewing experiences, QUAFF, various local breweries, mead, and womens’ participation in homebrewing. None have worked in the industry professionally, but all are certified beer judges and Lorton and Bixby also judge mead competitions.

Link wrote for the Celebrator Beer News magazine on the Southern California beer scene and his experiences visiting European breweries. He served several terms as QUAFF President. He is a certified beer judge.

Lorton served as QUAFF Newsletter editor and President. (He has provided a separate oral history.)

Bixby, with her late husband, Horace, switched from wine making to beer making. She belonged to the SDSS (San Diego Suds Sorority) which was a women-only subgroup of QUAFF.

QUAFF was founded in 1989 for San Diego area homebrewers to learn, improve, and successfully compete with their beers, ciders, meads, and other fermented beverages. The group also assists members with earning national Beer Judge Certification (BJCP) and encourages participation in club-only and external competitions and charity events.   

QUAFF is noted for sponsoring the America’s Finest City Homebrew Competition. One recipe from the pool of first-place winners considered for Best of Show at this event is selected for production at a local commercial brewery. Participating breweries have included Stone Brewing and AleSmith Brewing. The beers produced include Stone’s Xocovesa, developed by member Chris Banker. The club has garnered awards such as the American Homebrewers Association’s Radegast Award for community involvement and California and National Homebrew Club of the Year Awards, based on competition points earned.   

Dozens of QUAFF members have ‘gone pro’ either finding employment in the beer industry in a variety of positions or opening their own brewery. Some have opened breweries in San Diego County and others have moved either elsewhere in California or out of state. 

 As the group has grown, the monthly meetings have moved from member’s homes, to Callahan’s Pub, Karl Strauss Brewery and Gardens, and now meet at The Gärten (Bay Park neighborhood beer garden space shared by Lost Cause Mead, Oddish Wine, and Deft Brewing.)   

Their website is found at https://quaff.org/  

This recording was made on the front exterior patio of Burning Beard Brewery in El Cajon; there are periods of traffic noise which interfered with recording.]]> Rich Link]]> Mary Anne Bixby]]> Greg Lorton]]> Judith Downie]]> In copyright]]> English]]> San Diego County (Calif.)]]> Home brewing -- California -- San Diego County]]> Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (San Diego, Calif.)]]> Women brewers -- California -- San Diego County]]> Rich Link, Mary Anne Bixby and Greg Lorton are all early members of Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (QUAFF), a San Diego area homebrewing group. In this interview, Link, Bixby, and Lorton discuss their introduction to craft beer, early home brewing experiences, QUAFF, various local breweries, mead, and womens’ participation in homebrewing. None have worked in the industry professionally, but all are certified beer judges and Lorton and Bixby also judge mead competitions.

Link wrote for the Celebrator Beer News magazine on the Southern California beer scene and his experiences visiting European breweries. He served several terms as QUAFF President. He is a certified beer judge.

Lorton served as QUAFF Newsletter editor and President. (He has provided a separate oral history.)

Bixby, with her late husband, Horace, switched from wine making to beer making. She belonged to the SDSS (San Diego Suds Sorority) which was a women-only subgroup of QUAFF.

QUAFF was founded in 1989 for San Diego area homebrewers to learn, improve, and successfully compete with their beers, ciders, meads, and other fermented beverages. The group also assists members with earning national Beer Judge Certification (BJCP) and encourages participation in club-only and external competitions and charity events.   

QUAFF is noted for sponsoring the America’s Finest City Homebrew Competition. One recipe from the pool of first-place winners considered for Best of Show at this event is selected for production at a local commercial brewery. Participating breweries have included Stone Brewing and AleSmith Brewing. The beers produced include Stone’s Xocovesa, developed by member Chris Banker. The club has garnered awards such as the American Homebrewers Association’s Radegast Award for community involvement and California and National Homebrew Club of the Year Awards, based on competition points earned.   

Dozens of QUAFF members have ‘gone pro’ either finding employment in the beer industry in a variety of positions or opening their own brewery. Some have opened breweries in San Diego County and others have moved either elsewhere in California or out of state. 

 As the group has grown, the monthly meetings have moved from member’s homes, to Callahan’s Pub, Karl Strauss Brewery and Gardens, and now meet at The Gärten (Bay Park neighborhood beer garden space shared by Lost Cause Mead, Oddish Wine, and Deft Brewing.)   

Their website is found at https://quaff.org/  

This recording was made on the front exterior patio of Burning Beard Brewery in El Cajon; there are periods of traffic noise which interfered with recording.]]> Rich Link]]> Mary Anne Bixby]]> Greg Lorton]]> Judith Downie]]> Ernest Cisneros]]> In copyright]]> English]]> San Diego County (Calif.)]]> United States. Marine Corps]]> Pacific Bell Telephone Company]]> Camp Pendleton (Calif.)]]> Camp Lejeune (N.C.)]]> California State University, San Bernardino]]> Palomar College]]> Dora Luevano]]> Jason Beyer]]> In copyright]]> English]]> Vietnam]]> San Salvador (El Salvador)]]> El Salvador]]> United States]]> San Francisco (Calif.)]]> South Carolina]]> New York (United States)]]> Fallbrook (Calif.)]]> Las Vegas (Nev.)]]> California]]> Palm Desert (Calif.)]]> Indio (Calif.)]]> Palm Springs (Calif.)]]> Philippines]]> Vista (Calif.)]]> United States. Marine Corps]]> Pacific Bell Telephone Company]]> Camp Pendleton (Calif.)]]> Camp Lejeune (N.C.)]]> California State University, San Bernardino]]> Palomar College ]]> Dora Luevano]]> Jason Beyer]]> In copyright]]> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/]]> English]]> Vietnam]]> San Salvador (El Salvador)]]> El Salvador]]> United States]]> San Francisco (Calif.)]]> South Carolina]]> New York]]> Fallbrook (Calif.)]]> Las Vegas (Nev.)]]> California ]]> Palm Desert (Calif.)]]> Indio (Calif.)]]> Palm Springs (Calif.)]]> Philippines]]> Vista (Calif.)]]> Chamorro language]]> Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- History]]> Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- Social life and customs]]> Language revival]]> Colonization -- Spain -- Oceania]]> Colonization -- Japan]]> Colonization -- United States -- Guam]]> Grandparents]]> Education]]> Miget (Michael) Lujan Bevacqua]]> Jennifer Ho]]> Robert Sheehan]]> In copyright]]> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/]]> This interview is conducted in English and Chamorro]]> Hawaii]]> Guam]]> Atascadero (Calif.)]]> San Diego (Calif.)]]>