A historical information game exploring liberation movements and subsequent state repression. Note: This activity was modified and adapted from a curriculum project originated in conjunction with the case of the San Francisco 8 by Javad Jahi and Tony Marks-Block. The San Francisco 8 are former Black Panthers who were targets of intense FBI repressive actions, including outright torture, so their case fits directly into the content conveyed by the Cointelpro 101 film. For more on the SF 8, see http://freethesf8.org/
“My name is Elizabeth White. I am an RN who graduated in 1976 from the BYU College of Nursing. In December, 2003, I was working in the Surgical ICU at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, the San Bernardino, California county hospital. My assignment that night was a 374 lb patient who was on a ventilator and also on spinal precautions. I was able to get help to turn and bathe him only once that shift. However, because he was on spinal precautions his mattress was flat, but had to be in reverse Trendelenberg because of the vent. He slid down to the foot of the bed, of course. Only one other staff member was available to help pull him away from the foot of the bed. By the end of the shift, I was in so much pain I could hardly walk. I ended up leaving clinical nursing: nearly 6 six years later I still have pain on a daily basis.”
