Nicole Jajeh-Garcia looks through the camera lens with sage smoke drifting from her altar during San Franciscoâs DĂa de Muertos in the Mission District. Jajeh-Garcia wore earrings of the Palestinian map and wore the Keffiyeh headdress â an iconic scarf that has long been a symbol of Palestinian resistance. DĂa de Muertos is the Mexican […]
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Skeletons in the Closet: previewing the play La Catrina & Posada
âMany years ago, when I discovered Posadaâs engravings,â says Jim Nikas, âI couldnât believe that an artist of such incredible talent wasnât better known outside Mexico. I mean the most popular figures and decorations for the Day of the Dead are inspired by the skeletons and skulls he drew as an illustrator in the late […]
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California advocates continue the fight for better health data on Indigenous communities
Indigenous peoples with roots in Latin America have long gone unrecognized in California government datasets. Hereâs what advocates plan to do after Governor Gavin Newsomâs vetoed a bill that aimed to change that. On the afternoon of Oct. 13, Aurora Pedro spoke on a panel at the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC) Latinx […]
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These âNo 2 APECâ Activists Know the High Price of âFree Tradeâ
Editorâs Note: This article was first published in Convergence. Twenty-one heads of state and more than 1,200 CEOs of global corporations will descend on San Francisco, CA for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Week and the related APEC CEO Summit beginning on Nov. 11. APEC is an intergovernmental forum of 21 âmember economiesâ […]
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MCCLA commemorates their 37th annual DĂa de Muertos celebration
Every year on Nov. 2, DĂa de los Muertos is celebrated across Mexico and the United States. And the Mission District in San Francisco is no exception. The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts hosted its 37th annual DĂa de los Muertos community celebration, where hundreds of locals and tourists alike stopped by to enjoy […]
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Making space for Palestine on this yearâs Day of the Dead
Every year as November nears, a transformation of sorts takes place in San Franciscoâs Latino Cultural District. All along 24th Street, window displays are adorned with ofrendas, street vendors peddle bright orange bouquets of cempasĂșchil, and panaderias add Pan de Muerto to their roster of baked treats. All of this â leading up to this […]
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Photo Essay: Half Moon Bay community honors victims for first time since shooting for DĂa de Muertos
Earlier this year, a farmworker was charged with the killings of seven farmworkers and injuring another, in two separate shootings at mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay. The Jan. 23 mass shooting was one of the 565 mass shootings to happen so far this year in the U.S., according to the Gun Violence Archive. The […]
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Ojos
This image is part of the âOjosâ bi-weekly series. Ojos is a photoletter that tributes people, their merits, the environment and connects our human experience to community with the use of a cameraâhere in the Bay Area. âI was Chilean in Chile, and in the United States I learned that I was Latin American,â Gonzalo […]
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Indigenous organizer Jackie Fielder builds on grassroots support for District 9 campaignÂ
The dimly lit El Rio bar quieted to a lull as people of all ages spilled out onto the patio adorned with warm bulb lights on diagonal strings. Jackie Fielder, the Indigenous organizer who helped bring the public bank movement to fruition in the City, took the stage to an excited and vocal crowd. The […]