Archila, Ana Maria Archila, Ana Maria interviewee Elmer, Don interviewer moving image The challenge of being successful from local to national levels. Huge effect of 9/11 on immigrant communities. Ana Maria immigrated from Colombia at the age of 17; she worked in a community center in Staten Island, became acquainted with Make the Road By Walking, became its Executive Director, and guided its expansion to Make The Road New York. She later became Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy. Archila, Ana Maria, Community Organizer Genealogy Project oral history interviews, Ms.2015.016, Brown University Library 2009 November 2009 2009 New York, NY eng 1 DVD 0:47:52 born digital In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted Collection is open for research. Civil rights Columbian Community organization Education Health care Hispanic Americans Housing Identity affiliation Immigrants -- Civil rights Individual membership organization LGBTQ rights Latinx Latinx Poverty Urban organization Women Young adults Community Organizer Genealogy Project oral history interviews 2007-2011 Ms.2015.016 Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/) http://www.riamco.org/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-ms2015.016&view=title Box 1, DVD 3 bdr:420351 bdr420351 Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)