Here are some of the people and groups I follow, admire, friends and colleagues
As is my life and experience, it is a motley assortment, from all aspects of life. To get an idea of how I am shaped and formed, look into what they do...
There are so many to add and thus this page will always be a work in progress!
There are so many to add and thus this page will always be a work in progress!
DEVON G. PENA
A lifelong activist in the environmental justice and resilient
agriculture movements, Devon G. Peña is a Professor of American Ethnic
Studies, Anthropology, and Environmental Studies at the University of
Washington in Seattle. He also works on the family's historic acequia
farm in San Acacio, Colorado.
A pioneering interdisciplinary research scholar and widely-cited author,
his most recent books include Mexican Americans and the Environment:
Tierra y Vida (U. of Arizona Press, 2005) and The Oxford Encyclopedia of
Latinos and Latinas in the United States (senior editor, Oxford
University Press, 2005).
Dr. Peña is the Founder and President of The Acequia Institute, the
nation's first Latina/o charitable foundation dedicated to supporting
research and education for the environmental and food justice movements.
Environmental & Food Justice
Environmental & Food Justice
XICO GONZALEZ
Xico González is an educator, artist, poet, and a political and cultural activista
based in Sacramento, CA. Xico’s work contributes to the long dialogue
of art, activism and the legacy of the Chicano Movement. Brash,
evocative, and never shy, González’s art is an intellectual and
emotional provocative experience, showcasing the way art and
civil-rights activism merge to move communities to action. Xico
currently teaches in the Department of Chicana & Chicano Studies at
the University of California, Davis.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I create art to empower and to provide a voice for my community. In addition, art is how I express my inner thoughts, the ideologies that I have embraced, the solidarity that I have with communities around the world, and most of all, through the arts I express who I am as a person: an individual that believes and works for justice and equality.
WWW.XICOGONZALEZ.COM
ARTIST STATEMENT
I create art to empower and to provide a voice for my community. In addition, art is how I express my inner thoughts, the ideologies that I have embraced, the solidarity that I have with communities around the world, and most of all, through the arts I express who I am as a person: an individual that believes and works for justice and equality.
WWW.XICOGONZALEZ.COM
Corazon del Pueblo
Corazon Del Pueblo is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit collective, and community cultural center, that promotes peace, social justice and cultural understanding through the arts, education and social action.
Corazon Del Pueblo on Facebook
Corazon Del Pueblo on Facebook
Carrie Anne Castillo
I write about my life as a homemaker, feminist, librarian, wife, and mother. Thrifting is my passion and I love to share my ideas for living the good life on a budget. I focus on the important things in life and the possibilities of living simply and well with less.
I champion the causes of home made, handmade, second hand, and DIY whenever possible. Part of my goal with this blog is to showcase and promote practical applications of thriftiness and handmade in everyday life.
The Little Big Blog
I champion the causes of home made, handmade, second hand, and DIY whenever possible. Part of my goal with this blog is to showcase and promote practical applications of thriftiness and handmade in everyday life.
The Little Big Blog
Dignidad Rebelde
Dignidad Rebelde is a graphic arts collaboration between Oakland-based artist-activists Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes. We believe that art can be an empowering reflection of community struggles, dreams and visions. Following principles of Xicanisma and Zapatismo, we create work that translates people’s stories into art that can be put back into the hands of the communities who inspire it.
We recognize that the history of the majority of people worldwide is a history of colonialism, genocide, and exploitation. Our art is grounded in Third World and indigenous movements that build people's power to transform the conditions of fragmentation, displacement and loss of culture that result from this history. Representing these movements through visual art means connecting struggles through our work and seeking to inspire solidarity among communities of struggle worldwide.
Dignidad Rebelde
We recognize that the history of the majority of people worldwide is a history of colonialism, genocide, and exploitation. Our art is grounded in Third World and indigenous movements that build people's power to transform the conditions of fragmentation, displacement and loss of culture that result from this history. Representing these movements through visual art means connecting struggles through our work and seeking to inspire solidarity among communities of struggle worldwide.
Dignidad Rebelde
Alcia Siu
A R T I S T ' S S T A T E M E N T
We are the continuation of our ancestors, their struggles, and their search for liberation. I believe in the power of image to demystify colonial repressions and claim our native knowledge and right to self-determination. I was encouraged by the Comandancia of the EZLN to spread the word of the Zapatista, their vision of a “world where many worlds fit.” With my paintings I aim to make recognizable the disruptions that hamper our continuation as caretakers of the earth, and offer visual remedies from attempted termination, war, and displacement. Through the act of art making I invoke our native stories, our experiences, and cosmo vision. ‘Te miki tay tupal’, “What is ours will not die” (Nahuat Pipil).
Alicia Siu
We are the continuation of our ancestors, their struggles, and their search for liberation. I believe in the power of image to demystify colonial repressions and claim our native knowledge and right to self-determination. I was encouraged by the Comandancia of the EZLN to spread the word of the Zapatista, their vision of a “world where many worlds fit.” With my paintings I aim to make recognizable the disruptions that hamper our continuation as caretakers of the earth, and offer visual remedies from attempted termination, war, and displacement. Through the act of art making I invoke our native stories, our experiences, and cosmo vision. ‘Te miki tay tupal’, “What is ours will not die” (Nahuat Pipil).
Alicia Siu