1. Denise Oliver-Velez was born on August 1,1947 and is an American professor, contributing editor, activist and community organizer.
16 Facts About Denise Oliver-Velez
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In September 1960, Oliver-Velez enrolled in Music and Art High School.
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In 1963, for example, Denise Oliver-Velez blocked bulldozers as part of a civil disobedience action Booth organized to demand employment for black workers at a Rochdale Village construction project.
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Denise Oliver-Velez was a member of both The Young Lords and The Black Panther Party.
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However, in 1970 Denise Oliver-Velez was appointed as Minister of Economic Development and became the highest ranking woman in the party.
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Denise Oliver-Velez was the first woman that was elected to be on the Young Lords Party leadership board, the central committee.
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Denise Oliver-Velez became aware of gendered assumptions made by the central committee about who could and could not perform certain tasks.
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Denise Oliver-Velez was one of the prominent contributors to the Young Lords Party bilingual newspaper, Pa'lante.
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Denise Oliver-Velez wrote and edited articles for Pa'lante newspaper as well as producing political artwork, publishing and distributing the newspaper.
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Denise Oliver-Velez was included in the original Young Lords Party team, where she helped to create the newspaper's first layouts.
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In 1970, Denise Oliver-Velez helped construct the paper and theorized the intersection of race and class in the lives of women of color for it.
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Denise Oliver-Velez joined the Real Great Society, a Puerto Rican East Harlem social service in New York City with connections to anti-poverty programs.
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Denise Oliver-Velez worked with University of the Streets to reform New York's youth gangs.
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Denise Oliver-Velez was a program director and co-founder of WPFW-FM in Washington, DC, Pacifica's first minority-controlled radio station and worked in public broadcasting and community media for many years.
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Denise Oliver-Velez was the executive director of the Black Filmmaker Foundation.
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Denise Oliver-Velez is featured in the 2014 feminist documentary film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.