Lai, Floyd. Interview transcript, April 10, 2023.
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 served as Director of the Cross-Cultural Center at California State University from 2011 to 2023. In this Interview, Floyd discusses the growth and development of the CCC in conjunction with other student organizations. As a self-identified Chinese American, Lai addresses how his personal, educational, and professional background have informed one another.
Floyd Lai
California State University San Marcos University Library
Madeleine Meyer
Aaron Williams
In copyright
English
San Marcos (Calif.)
Lai, Floyd. Interview transcript, April 19, 2021.
California State University San Marcos. Black Student Center
Student success
Floyd Lai was the director CSUSM's Cross-Cultural Center from 2011 - 2023, where he engaged with students and their social justice and activism. Lai attended the University of California Irvine before coming to Cal State San Marcos. Lai saw the growth of the Black Student Center, and helped it grow by supporting and aiding students. In this interview, Lai also discusses his life and childhood. This oral history was made possible in collaboration with the Black Student Center and with generous funding from the Instructionally Related Activities fund.
Ayana Ford
Irvine (Calif.)
Floyd Lai was the director CSUSM's Cross-Cultural Center from 2011 - 2023, where he engaged with students and their social justice and activism. Lai attended the University of California Irvine before coming to Cal State San Marcos. Lai saw the growth of the Black Student Center, and helped it grow by supporting and aiding students. In this interview, Lai also discusses his life and childhood.
Leyva, Martin. Interview October 27, 2022
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)
Martin Leyva was the program coordinator from 2019-2023 for Project Rebound at California State University San Marcos, an on-campus support system for formerly incarcerated students which assists in their efforts to succeed in school and beyond. In his interview Leyva also discusses a similar program - the Transitions Program at Palomar and MiraCosta, colleges, and talks about his experience as a formerly incarcerated person and how his experience re-integrating into society and academia prompted his interest in Project Rebound, dismantling patriarchy, and supporting other members of the formerly incarcerated community. 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
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Leyva, Martin. Interview transcript, October 10, 2022
California State University San Marcos -- Project Rebound
MiraCosta College -- Transitions Program
Palomar College -- Transitions Program
Parolees
Santa Barbara City College -- Transitions Program
Sierra Jenkins
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Spanish
Link, Rich, Mary Anne Bixby, and Greg Lorton. Interview July 9, 2017.
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
San Diego County (Calif.)
Link, Rich, Mary Anne Bixby, and Greg Lorton. Interview transcript. July 9, 2017.
Ernest Cisneros
Luevano, Dora. Interview November 6th, 2025
United States. Marine Corps
Pacific Bell Telephone Company
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)
California State University, San Bernardino
Palomar College
Dora Luevano served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was stationed at Camp Pendleton during the Vietnam War. Luevano worked in a warehouse and office, processing deceased servicemembers, collecting their personal effects, and writing letters to their family and loved ones. Luevano described her strict upbringing, immigration to the U.S. as a child from El Salvador, and decision to enlist in the Marine Corps. Luevano was forced out of military service for getting married and having a child, and she reflected on the harsh expectations and regulations that affected women in military service. She spoke about her 60-year marriage to her husband, whom she met in the Marine Corps, and their life together after military service. Luevano described how her civilian life was shaped by her upbringing, religion, military service, education, professional career, business ownership, and husband’s recent passing.
Dora Luevano
Jason Beyer
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.)
Luevano, Dora. Interview transcript, November 6, 2025.
New York
Lujan Bevacqua, Miget (Michael). Interview July 12, 2024.
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
Michael Lujan Bevacqua is a Chamorro educator, language teacher, and activist. In this interview, he speaks on his experiences growing up in Guam and in California, the pivotal relationship with his grandparents and his path toward embracing his heritage and community.
Miget (Michael) Lujan Bevacqua
Jennifer Ho
Robert Sheehan
This interview is conducted in English and Chamorro
Hawaii
Guam
Atascadero (Calif.)
San Diego (Calif.)