[su_carousel source=”media: 37295,37297,37283,37284,37285,37286,37287,37289,37290,37291,37292,37293,37298,37300″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] A demonstration led by hundreds of San Francisco high school students flooded the steps of City Hall on March 14, as a part of a nation-wide âwalk outâ to demand stricter gun regulations and an end gun violence. The event, which included students from Gateway, Galileo, […]
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Wrestling motherhood: Twin mom returns to the ring after giving birth
Nothing can stop Kimberly Partidaânot a concussion, and certainly not giving birth to and mothering fraternal twins. Partida, who is 22 and better known by her ring alias ââAlina,â continues to pursue her love for wrestling. âItâs a passion that I have always had,â she said. âAnd Iâm glad Iâm able to still do it, […]
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One Down: Filipina MCâs unite, slay colonial patriarchy on track
When Krishtine De Leonâwho is better known by her stage alias âRocky Riveraââwas growing up in San Franciscoâs Excelsior District in the late 1990s, there werenât any rappers or MCâs that looked quite like her. But Rivera, along with her other contemporary Pinay rappers, are changing that for future generations to come. On March 8 […]
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Womenâs Building muralists to release book for muralâs 25th anniversary
[su_carousel source=”media: 37227,37229,37230,37231,37232,37236″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Nearly 25 years ago, a group of women created the iconic mural covering the walls of the Womenâs Building in San Franciscoâs Mission District, and now these women are hoping to immortalize their work in the form of a new book. âWomenâs achievements are not well […]
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Mexicoâs unheralded feminist pioneer to finally be given her due
A few days ago, while the world celebrated and commemorated women, I remembered fighters like the human rights activist and environmentalist Berta CĂĄceres, the journalist Miroslava Breach, the activist Nadia Vera PĂ©rez and many other unrecognized giants, such as Rosario Castellanos, the second most important writer in Mexico. Rosario is known as the âsuccessorâ to […]
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Mission community condemns SFPD for shooting Latino teen 99 times
[su_carousel source=”media: 37211,37212,37213,37214,37215,37216,37217,37218″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Over the course of the nearly four-hour townhall meeting held by the San Francisco Police Department on March 12, the crowd gathered at Cesar Chavez Elementary School repeatedly expressed its outrage and disgust at the footage of 10 officers shooting at 19-year-old Jesus Adolfo Delgado-Duarte 99 […]
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PRESIDIO PICNIC RETURNS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 18
The National Park Picnic is Reimagined with Food and Dance that Celebrates the Diversity of the San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, CA: March 7, 2018) â Beginning Sunday, March 18, the Presidio of San Francisco national park welcomes the return of its popular weekly community gathering â Presidio Picnic â for its sixth season. […]
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Family of man killed by BART Police seeks justice
[su_carousel source=”media: 37184,37185,37186,37187″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Community members and family of Sahleem Tindle, a 28-year-old father of two, killed by a BART Police officer in January, packed a BART meeting March 12, to demand that justice be served. Tindleâs family pleaded, yelled and cried over the lack of action by BART following […]
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Notorious developer covertly funded street art event as a public relations scheme
[su_heading size=”40″ align=”left”]Monster in Disguise[/su_heading] [su_carousel source=”media: 37104,37105,37106″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] A street art show involving local clothing companies, vendors, musicians and graffiti artists became the subject of controversy after it was revealed the event was being backed by Maximus Real Estate Partners, the firm behind the infamous âMonster in the Missionâ […]
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Photo Essay: Quinceañera, Rite of Passage
[su_carousel source=”media: 37115,37116,37117,37118,37119,37120,37121,37136,37123,37124,37137,37138,37127,37128,37141,37144,37131,37146,37150″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] [su_box title=”Quinceañera”]Editorâs Note: Elizabeth Hernandez, who recently turned 15, describes what her quinceañera means to her. For Latinas, a quinceañera is important because itâs the stage where she goes from being a girl to a woman. In my case, it took us two years to plan […]