Recently, we had a family dinner in our house. It was right after the horrible events of Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two of their teachers were murdered. Ours is a teacher-heavy family and that night, five of us teachers sat around the table. Four of us are (or have been) elementary school educators. […]
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A chronicle of deaths foretold
I read that there was slaughter and rewardthat they retouch the death, the selfishnessI check the date on the newspaperit seems that yesterday it said just the same thing Silvio RodrĂguez, from “To rain on wet” This past May 24, 19 innocent creatures were assassinated in Uvalde, a small town in Texas. 17 were children. The […]
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An inside look into the lives of a few Latinas in the service industry during the pandemic
[Pictured: Judith Arellano Lozada by Marlyn Sanchez Nol] Tired, scared, lonely…those were the three words that 33-year-old Claudia Maria Solorzano used to describe the past year and a half of her life as she proceeded to scrub a dirty restroom sink. Solorzano is a hospitality worker at the Marina Sanctuary Resort, where she’s worked for […]
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The Immigrant Barber
In this photo essay, Katherine Castillo captures the artful barber work of Oveth Cruz of “La Sirena” salon in the San Francisco Mission District. Since April 2021, Cruz has made his living from this trade, with so much time dedicated to it that he misses having the free time to play baseball like he did […]
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Rebirth at Carnaval
Jeremy M. Word was on the scene at Carnaval 2022 in the San Francisco Mission District to bring this photo essay of the beloved cultural festival to El Tecolote.
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PODCAST: Black Marronage, Black joy!
In this next episode, Bárbara, Annaya and Jasmine not only reflect on the powerful conversations they had throughout this series, but also on what they learned from each other, what Black Marronage means to them, and how they celebrate their Black radical joy.
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PODCAST: AfroLatinx Soundscapes on untangling Ethnic Studies
In this next episode, Bárbara, Annaya and Jasmine speak with Dr. Marie Nubia-Feliciano, an Afro-Boricua ethnic studies professor at Cal State Fullerton. Nubia-Feliciano talks about growing up on the eastern Puerto Rican island of Culebra, her own journey in academia, and the importance of an ethnic studies education and how that can be a vehicle […]
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PODCAST: San Francisco D5 Supervisor Dean Preston on importance of empty home tax
With over 40,000 homes empty in San Francisco, a city with thousands of unhoused people, we talked to D5 Supervisor Dean Preston about his new plan, the Empty Homes Tax.
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Remembering Antonio RamĂrez: A Servant of Our Community, Advocate for Justice
Our dear friend and compañero, Antonio Ramirez, who was a co-founder of El Encuentro del Canto Popular and a retired attorney, died suddenly on May 3, 2022. He was 68. Antonio joined Juan Gonzales, Enrique Ramirez, Bill Martinez, Javier Pacheco and Luis Echevarria in producing the annual Encuentro festival that turns 41 years old in […]
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Photo Essay: Eviction displaces longtime Balmy Alley resident
Community members gather at Balmy Alley on May 14 in San Francisco’s Mission District, bidding a final farewell to longtime resident, Andres Hernandez Rojo. Rojo, better known as the “Mayor of Balmy,” was recently evicted from his Balmy Alley residence after living there for more than a decade. From his garage, Rojo would routinely create […]