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
When I first heard about FemSex while a student at Brown University, I was skeptical. The Female Sexuality Workshop. I was from the Bay Area…issues of sexuality had been on my radar since elementary school. I didn’t need an entire workshop on sexuality. But then I noticed
Last weekend I attended SOUL’s “Lessons in Moving the 99%,” with over 80 people in downtown Oakland.
Sitting at the front of the 9-story high room were panelists Maria Poblet of Causa Justa Just Cause, Shaw San Liu of Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), Brooke Anderson of East Bay Alliance for… Read more
I met Erin Siegel a few years back when she was first laying the foundation for her debut book Finding Fernanda. Erin is an award-winning investigative journalist and Oakland resident (cue my pride surge). She explained the heartbreaking subject of international adoption corruption and how she would examine it in… Read more
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I feel that if I do, I’ll end up with a reverse pressure to break them. If I commit to reading more, I would end up not picking up a book, or if I commit to eating healthier, I would end up having a… Read more
PART TWO
As 2011 draws to a close, we look back in a two-part series at some of the movements, organizations, and moments that made up the year.
Occupy Oakland General Strike
Okay Okay, you may think we have #occupy on here twice but the Oakland General Strike… Read more
As 2011 draws to a close, we look back in a two-part series at some of the movements, organizations, and moments that made up the year.
Occupy
We know we could have easily dedicated this entire year in review to #occupy (and in spirit we actually… Read more
When police officers pepper sprayed non-violent student protestors on the campus of University of California, Davis, the whole country reacted. Many of us were outraged, and some were in support of the action. However, few of us can truly understand the physical effects of police-grade pepper spray. On the Scoville… Read more
When I was in the third grade, I had trouble reading. I mixed up letters and couldn’t spell to save my life. I soon found myself in special education courses. Most of the other students who were tracked in these classes were also poor boys of color. None of us… Read more
Last night’s Ella Baker Legacy Event was even better than I imagined it might be. The wisdom and inspiration shared by Cathy Cade, Dolores Huerta, and Ericka Huggins will continue to make me think and move me to action for a long time. In addition to powerful stories about Ella… Read more
