Eric Mar
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Emeritus Professor, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | dad, SF State Professor, attorney, Former Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors - District 1 representing the Richmond District; Past President - SF Board of Education; Asst. Professor, SF State Univ. - Ethnic Studies/Asian American Studies; Social Justice Activist; former director Nor. Cal. Coalition for Immigrant Rights, former Acting Dean, New College Law School, former shop steward SEIU 790 (now SEIU1021), and longtime leader Chinese Progressive Assn and APALA (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance) SF Chapter. |
| Interests | education, community organizing, labor organzing, parenting, fatherhood, progressive politics, radical politics, social movements, civil rights, golden state warriors, asian americans, ethnic studies, immigration, social justice, racial justice, China, Asia, Bruce Lee, Chou En-Lai, ANC, EZLN, PRD |
| Favorite movies | Black Panther, A Wrinkle In Time, Shape of Water, Walkout, Tsotsi, Once Were Warriors, V for Vendetta, Salt of the Earth, One-Eyed Jacks, West Side Story, Walk Like a Dragon, Spartacus, Fists of Fury, 1900, The Wiz, The Shining, Brazil, Matewan, A World Apart, Shrek, The Bus Riders Union, Wild Thornberrys Movie, Better Luck Tomorrow, Motorcycle Diaries, Mr. Holland's Opus,Ang Lee, Sam Raimi, John Sayles |
| Favorite music | Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, John Coltrane, Kiwi/Native Guns, NOMI/Power Struggle, Miles Davis, Ozomatli, Peter Tosh, The Roots, Rage Against the Machine,The Roots, Audioslave, Neil Young, Charles Mingus, The Coup, Billy Bragg, Charlie Haden, The Clash, Specials, Radiohead, Michael Kiwanuka, the Yardbirds, SANTANA, Tower of Power |