The Fight Isn’t Over
“Walkout! Walkout!” In 1968, students in East Los Angeles high schools realized they weren’t receiving access to the same opportunities as their peers. After months of organizing, more than 20,000 students boycotted school in a massive protest that some say ignited the Mexican American civil...
Anakbayan Holds Space for Inclusive Approach to Housing Justice
Ten blocks were forced into one as Manilatown, San Francisco experienced a devastating loss of culture in the 1970s. When San Francisco’s push for “urban renewal” threatened a community of Pilipinx people living in the International Hotel, also known as the I-Hotel, coalitions organized together...
Amplifying Narratives of Liberation
In just two hours, three spoken word artists took an audience on a trip from Palestine to the U.S., Canada to Syria, for “Words of Resistance” on April 26. This event is the first of five in this year’s Islamic Awareness Month (IAM). IAM, hosted...
Intersecting Mediums of Justice
Some quotes have been translated from Spanish. Screen prints, photographs and zines represent more than an outlet for artistic expression. Regardless of the medium, “Emerging Visions: Creative Practice at the Nexus of Freedom and Justice” uses art to make a statement that goes against the...
Royalty Has Arrived… in Drag
*Drag names used for anonymity. In her stilettos and a form-fitting black dress with leopard print, professional drag queen Kylie Minono opened the 23rd annual Drag Ball with a performance of Alicia Keys’ “Girl On Fire.” Minono, who emceed last year’s Drag Ball, used comedy...
Emotional Experiences of Black Men
Through community engagement and an emphasis on vulnerability, The Confess Project, an agency focused on education and awareness of mental health, and its CEO Lorenzo Lewis promote the importance of an unspoken taboo in communities of color — mental health. Lewis worked as a behavioral...