Ever watch something and knew almost immediately that what you were watching was important, amazing, and groundbreaking? As soon as it was done you went and told everybody- making pleas with them to watch the movie for their own benefit.
On Friday of last week, I sat at my desk… Read more
We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today, Miss Ella Josephine Baker would turn 108 years old. The more I learn about this remarkable woman, the more in awe I become. She believed in freedom and she believed in the power of communities to change their lives.
I can’t help imagine wondering what Miss Baker would make… Read more
The following is re-post of an interview with 2011 Legacies of People Power participant Ericka Huggins. The Interview was done by Rebecca Walker of the ROOT.
The Root: What similarities and differences do you see between the Black Panther Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement?
Ericka… Read more
Last night I had the pleasure of attending the Fela! international musical currently featured playing in San Francisco. This was my second time seeing the show, the first being in New York. And I was still moved, inspired and transformed by the entire experience.
The Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s music… Read more
As the new Organizer for the Green-Collar Jobs Campaign, I feel privileged to have had a first week that grounded me in my work here.
On Wednesday, the office closed for Oakland’s General Strike. Leading with the Ella Baker Center… Read more
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.”-Gandhi
When the Occupy movement started, I felt detached and didn’t know why. Was it the policy side of me that wanted a clearer goal than just equality? Or the fact that no… Read more
October is Filipino American Heritage Month! This month Governor Brown also signed a slew of bills into law. As a Filipino American, I am excited about the Filipinos in World War II School Curriculum Act and the California DREAM Act.
The Filipinos in World War II School Curriculum Act asks… Read more
Earlier today, the world lost a civil rights hero when the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth passed away. Described in a 1961 television documentary as “the man most feared by Southern racists,” Shuttlesworth lived through bombings, beatings, repeated imprisonment and other attacks as he endlessly worked to heal our country and champion… Read more
During my sophomore year of college at UC Berkeley I had a poster pinned up on my dorm room wall that said Legalizacion Ahora! (Legalization Now). It was the first time in my life as a young wide-eyed activist that I began organizing around Ethnic Studies and immigrant… Read more
