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  • #ManifestJustice: A Photo Essay

    May 11, 2015 /

    Photos and story by Alyssa Castro Last weekend, I took a trip to Los Angeles, CA to serve as a docent for Manifest Justice. Manifest Justice is a pop-up art exhibition in LA, put on by The California Endowment and Amnesty International, that uses art to highlight the inequities of the society we live in, while also using creative expression as a vehicle to advocate, dream and struggle for a more just society for all. Read More

    activism  amnesty international  art  artivism  clean water  diabetes  immigration  Los Angeles  manifest justice  police violence  social justice  spotlight  water access  

  • Redemption Means Forgiveness: Q&A With Paul S. Flores

    April 17, 2015 /

    Redemption is forgiveness and the second part is actually moving forward and starting to bring the positive things into light. The accountability and responsibility is looking inside your pain. Then the redemption part is when you start taking the lessons from that pain.

    arts  family  gangs  healing  paul flores  placas  spotlight  theatre  violence  

  • Napolitano to Gov. Brown — ‘What Went Down Must Come Up’

    April 16, 2015 /

    UC President Janet Napolitano is locked is a battle with California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state legislature over restoring funding to the University cut during the recession. In an interview with NAM Editor Peter Schurmann, Napolitano says the stakes are much higher than a budget tussle. They go to the heart of what role California and the nation sees for public higher education.

    education  higher education  janet napolitano  spotlight  tuition  university of california  

  • 50 Years After Chavez, the Struggle for Farmworkers Continues in Merced County

    April 13, 2015 /

    “I wish they would treat us better, or that we could have more opportunities,” said Gonzalez, who also noted that working in the fields while being a student at Merced College student is challenging. “I’ve been working in the fields since I was in high school, because it is the only way I could make a living.”

    farmworkers  legrand  planada  spotlight  UFW  undocumented  

  • Youth Attend the First Annual Celebration of Cesar Chavez in Merced

    April 2, 2015 /

    For the first time in the history of Merced, community organizers, organizations, and residents came together to celebrate the legacy of Cesar Chavez, and to continue the fight for farmworker rights and health care.

    art  brown berets  cesar chavez  mcnamara  mcnamara youth center  merced  si se puede  

  • Young, Brown and ‘Looking Unsafe’

    March 16, 2015 /

    A young white police officer asked me this question after he pulled me over while I rode my bike in Pinole, CA, close to Richmond, where I live. It was Feb. 20, and I had just left the China House restaurant. If you know me, you know I ride my bike everywhere, all over the bay. It’s my main mode of transportation.

    brown  police  spotlight