Interview with Janice Mirikitani (1992)
Raw KRON-TV news footage from December 23rd 1992 featuring scenes of Belva Davis interviewing poet and activist Janice Mirikitani, at the offices of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco. Mirikitani discusses Glide's long-term goal to help communities through providing human services, support groups and job development programs. She also talks about poverty, drug addiction, fundraising and reflects on the sheer diversity of Glide's extended family: "I think this place is very empowering for all people ... people see that they can come together, no matter what their differences. And affirm those differences, yet work to help each other." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Tags: belva-81, belva davis glide church, drug addiction, empowerment, janice mirikitani, poverty, rev. cecil williams
Added to Bay Area Television Archive on May 13, 2016.
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- Originally aired on: KRON-TV
- Date aired: 12/23/1992
- Recording medium: BetaSP videotape
- Rights for this video belong to: Young Broadcasting of San Francisco, Inc.
- Duration: 9:57
- Type of material: local newsfilm
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- belva-81-still.jpg (154.96 KB – JPEG image)
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