Welcome to the ¡Sí se puede! web site, where we are storing/updating research on the May 1st immigration ralies conducted by Michael Chwe and his students in UCLA's Political Science 269, a course on Social Movements. 

On May 1, 2006, Michael Chwe, his students, and a few volunteers surveyed participants at three immigration rallies in Los Angeles.* Originally interested in what motivates participation in social movements following discussions in a graduate seminar, Chwe et al saw the May 1st rallies as an opportunity to conduct real-time research on participation in social movements. 

The survey used was created in English and translated into Spanish, Korean, and Tagalog. A Portable Document File (PDF) of the survey can be found here.

*Also included in the analysis as a pilot/control are surveys of attendees to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Some useful links:

A page on some surveyors' reflections on the data collection and the May 1st marches in Los Angeles, CA.

Our findings after some initial data analysis.

A page devoted to Kim Dionne's visit to Atwater, CA to conduct an essay contest on the May 1st rallies.

Contributors to the ¡Sí se puede! research project

Brainstorming of the project: PS 269 class, Spring 2006
Design of survey: Kim Dionne
Advice on survey: Liz Carlson, Mark Kaswan, Devorah Manevkin, Jeff Lewis, Lynn Vavreck, Michael Chwe
Translation of survey into Spanish: Kim Dionne
Translation of survey into Korean: Namhee Lee
Translation of survey into Tagalog: Jamie Tica

Surveyors for Festival of Books, April 30, 2006: Kim Dionne, Mark Kaswan, Devorah Manevkin, Michael Chwe
Surveyors for May 1, 2006: Matthew Barragan, Darin DeWitt, Rio Diaz, Ryan Enos, Kathy Galeano, Giovanni Galeano, Kim Dionne, Kelly Hoehn, Mark Kaswan, Devorah Manevkin, Hector Quezada, Maria Quezada, Tyson Roberts, Abigail Sarfatti, Mark Sawyer, Michael Chwe
Pictures on May 1: Paul Osher, Rio Diaz, Matthew Barragan

Data entry: Michael Stone, Katie Willmore, Kathy Galeano, Tyson Roberts, Allison Woods, Ana Mojica, Mark Kaswan, Michael Chwe, Jennifer Stier, Kim Dionne, Liz Carlson, Megan Stevens

Statistical advice: Jeff Lewis

Web tools design: Kim Dionne, Jeff Lewis

Atwater survey design: Kim Dionne
Atwater data entry: Matthew Barragan, Megan Stevens