“If someone wants to learn about their people’s history, it’s here on these walls,” artist Juan R. Fuentes says, gesturing out to the gallery before him. At the May 5 opening reception of Mission Grafica’s latest exhibition at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA), decades worth of posters and prints fill the room, […]
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Guest Commentary: We must fight poverty, not the poor
On April 8, The People’s Mission Coalition (PMC) held a vigil for survivors and victims of police and gendered violence at the 24th St. BART Plaza. The vigil opened up a space to collectively grieve and remember people who the city would prefer we forget. We lit candles on an altar for Amilcar Perez Lopez, […]
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The Devil’s Advocate column: Fifty years is nothing!
“Return, with a withered forehead, the snowflakes of time gave me silvery temples! To feel that life is but a short breath, that 20 years is nothing!…” “Volver” (Return), A tango. By Carlos Gardel & Alfredo Lepera I grew up in the South of the American continent. “Volver” (Return) a tango sung by the famous […]
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Tucan’s World: Remembering Sean Monterrosa
“They didn’t know they robbed him [from] our family, … they didn’t know they robbed him [from] this community,” said Michelle Monterrosa, the sister of Sean Monterrosa, the unarmed 22-year-old who was murdered by a Vallejo police officer in 2020. Family, friends, and community gathered at the Mission bookstore Medicine for Nightmares on Saturday, April […]
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Arts, Culture and Innovation: Advocating for a creative economy and a practical vision for a new world
As I wait for my Uber while sitting outside of an old luxury hotel, I think: “Maybe 20 years ago this was THE PLACE to be, they still have a picture of a young Bill Clinton jamming on the sax the night of his inauguration in 1993.” Recently, I had the enormous privilege to participate […]
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The underdog story of Marshall’s boys soccer team
After a neck and neck game on Feb. 25, Thurgood Marshall High School’s soccer team lined up for the penalty kick shootout against Lowell High School, the City Championship on the line. They prevailed. “They were aware from the beginning, that this would not be easy, the job was very difficult,” said head coach Matilde […]
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COMIC: The 90’s Matter in the Mission, Vol. 1
Acción Latina, El Tecolote’s publisher, welcomed Yano in April as our R.A.I.C.E.S. Art Fellow for 2023. Check out Yano’s “90’s Matter in the Mission” ongoing comic series, which activates El Tecolote’s 90s archive and specifically examines key issues in the Mission.
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Just Goals: Immigrants, activists find hope, liberation through soccer
The first time Pedro Ayón and Serafín Andrade played soccer together, they were in an ICE detention facility in McFarland, California. For a few hours a day, during designated ‘yard times,’ they were allowed to be outside — as long as there was an officer to escort them through the hallway and another to watch […]
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Milagros de Mexico, the drugstore making health and wellness accessible to Latinos
With a mission to improve health within the Latino community, Milagros De Mexico provides the essential products and resources for a healthier lifestyle. “We started Milagros de Mexico 12 years ago, really with a passion to help Latinos navigate with their health journey here in the United States and help them with a lot of […]
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The Devil’s Advocate column: Daddy’s Home
Daddy’s home! Once in a while, I am visited by the memory of my father; much less frequently than the visits by my mother. It is not for lacking affection towards my father, or due to the need to create a necessary healing distance of a psychological nature. Although some issues might exist. Our father/son […]