In Search of Capable Allies: Frances Nacke Noel and Women's Labor Activism in Los Angeles

Black women’s failed attempts to abandon domestic employment for jobs in the lucrative local defense industry became a central mobilizing agenda around which organizers of the March on Washington movement waged their wartime black freedom struggle. Women aired personal stories of employment discrimination before committees, filed affidavits against large industrial plants, joined picket lines, shared their grievances through letter writing, gave public addresses at large mass meetings, and formed their own civil rights organizations. The narrative that black working-class women activists astutely and persuasively articulated—namely, that of the beleaguered black woman worker excluded from participation in patriotic service—provided a most effective assault on discrimination, exposing the jagged lines of the wartime American democratic practice. Women’s labor activism proved indispensable to the formation of one of the largest and most active March on Washington movement chapters in the country.

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James J. Murphy, ed., Medieval Eloquence: Studies in the Theory and Practice of Medieval Rhetoric. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1978. Pp. xii, 354. $16.

Speculum ◽

10.1017/s003871340017191x ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 54 (03) ◽

pp. 641

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

University Of California ◽

Medieval Rhetoric

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Sinusoidal Cells in Bone Marrow Take Up BSA-Au Conjugates in the Presence of an Artificial Blood Substitute

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100120199 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

pp. 700-701

Author(s):

J.S. Geoffroy ◽

R.P. Becker

Keyword(s):

Bone Marrow ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Iliac Artery ◽

Blood Substitute ◽

Sprague Dawley ◽

Coated Pits ◽

Sinusoidal Cells ◽

Artificial Blood ◽

Left Common Iliac Artery

The pattern of BSA-Au uptake in vivo by endothelial cells of the venous sinuses (sinusoidal cells) of rat bone marrow has been described previously. BSA-Au conjugates are taken up exclusively in coated pits and vesicles, enter and pass through an “endosomal” compartment comprised of smooth-membraned tubules and vacuoles and cup-like bodies, and subsequently reside in multivesicular and dense bodies. The process is very rapid, with BSA-Au reaching secondary lysosmes one minute after presentation. (Figure 1)In further investigations of this process an isolated limb perfusion method using an artificial blood substitute, Oxypherol-ET (O-ET; Alpha Therapeutics, Los Angeles, CA) was developed. Under nembutal anesthesia, male Sprague-Dawley rats were laparotomized. The left common iliac artery and vein were ligated and the right iliac artery was cannulated via the aorta with a small vein catheter. Pump tubing, preprimed with oxygenated 0-ET at 37°C, was connected to the cannula.

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Interprofessional Collaboration to Promote Culturally Engaged and Strengths-Based Practice

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2020_persp-20-10007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 1410-1421

Author(s):

Erica Ellis ◽

Mary Kubalanza ◽

Gabriela Simon-Cereijido ◽

Ashley Munger ◽

Allison Sidle Fuligni

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Training Program ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Interprofessional Collaboration ◽

Communication Disorders ◽

Outreach Program ◽

State University ◽

Diversity And Inclusion ◽

Health Nursing

Purpose To effectively prepare students to engage in interprofessional practice, a number of Communication Disorders (COMD) programs are designing new courses and creating additional opportunities to develop the interprofessional competencies that will support future student success in health and education-related fields. The ECHO (Educational Community Health Outreach) program is one example of how the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services at California State University, Los Angeles, has begun to create these opportunities. The ultimate goal of the ECHO project is to increase both access to and continuity of oral health care across communities in the greater Los Angeles area. Method We describe this innovative interdisciplinary training program within the context of current interprofessional education models. First, we describe the program and its development. Second, we describe how COMD students benefit from the training program. Third, we examine how students from other disciplines experience benefits related to interprofessional education and COMD. Fourth, we provide reflections and insights from COMD faculty who participated in the project. Conclusions The ECHO program has great potential for continuing to build innovative clinical training opportunities for students with the inclusion of Child and Family Studies, Public Health, Nursing, and Nutrition departments. These partnerships push beyond the norm of disciplines often used in collaborative efforts in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Additionally, the training students received with ECHO incorporates not only interprofessional education but also relevant and important aspects of diversity and inclusion, as well as strengths-based practices.

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