WHY YOUTH SHUT DOWN THE ICE BUILDING FOR ONE DAY

On Halloween hundreds of youth marched to the Homaland Security Building to protes the recent ICE Raids targeting undocumented immigrants. This is a Press Release written by Sagnicthe Salazar addressing why the youth felt they had to do this action.

WHY YOUTH SHUT DOWN THE ICE BUILDING FOR ONE DAY

On October 31s, 2008 a week before the elections with all eyes focused on the presidential race, hundreds of youth, families, community members, and organizers from over ten different cities in the Bay Area mobilized themselves to gather at the Immigration Customs Enf...

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Posted on November 7, 2008 by jesus | Post a Comment

Tumis works on No on 8 Website

Tumis worked with the Paths to Change Institute on colorofequality.org, a website for the No on 8 campaign, targeting people of color.

I am glad to have something like this out there, it sucked to hear the Robo-Calls this weekend aimed at Latino voters. I hope things go well at the polls tomorrow, it's just so scary what we could have to deal with the next 4 years.

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Posted on November 4, 2008 by jesus | Post a Comment

Ecatepec

I wanted to share a bit about our recent trip to Ecatepec, Mexico to be part ot the Festial de Nuevos Vientos...

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Posted on November 3, 2008 by jesus | Post a Comment

Dia de Los Muertos 2008

This year I decided to make an ofrenda to all the people who have been killed  in the recent wars. It is important to me that people realize that women and children are being killed but that the soldiers of war are also dying all for the benifit of a few war profiteers. It saddens me that as the economy worsens, military recruiting strengthens. 

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Posted on November 3, 2008 by melanie | Post a Comment

Berkeley Has a Censorship Issue!

A few months ago my friend, Doug Minkler, asked me if I would be interested in exhibiting him and another artist in Berkeley's Addison Street Windows. I was excited about having an opportunity to show my work in Berkeley since I had lived there and had never exhibited anywhere other that at UC. 

What followed ended up being my first experience with censorship of my work.We were told by the curator that we could show work but that certain "proscriptions woul...

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Posted on November 2, 2008 by melanie | Post a Comment

Trick or Treat...

This is a poster I designed for a cool band, Los Nadies from the Bay Area. I was psyched about their music, and thought it would be nice to make poster for their Halloween show.

I used an image from Leopoldo Mendez from Mexico's Taller de Grafico Popular, vampire bat perched over the line of people. I think the image is very relevant with todays economic crisis.

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Posted on October 31, 2008 by jesus | Post a Comment

Art and Culture as a Human Right

While visiting and working in Ecatepec this October the three collectives participating in the exchange were given the opportunity to participate in an amazing campaign. THe three collectives include the Taller Tupac Amaru (Jesus and I as well Favianna), Yo What Happened to Peace and  Just Seeds Collective. There has been an effort to openly declare art and culture as human rights in E...

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Posted on October 23, 2008 by melanie | Post a Comment

YOUTH-LED RESISTANCE AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS

Please read the following call from youth who are organizing against immigration raids and deportations...

ORGANIZE THE YOUTH-LED RESISTANCE AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS!

This 2008 year marks the 40th anniversary of the mass mobilizations that were going on globally in 1968. Looking back at the various liberation struggles within the U.S. during that time, we as youth take pride in the organizing efforts of our elders—our communities that paved the way for the present youth to continue that same resistance.  We are inspired by the works of free...

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Posted on October 23, 2008 by melanie | Post a Comment

CR10 and Justseeds prison portfolio project

To celebrate 10 years of Critical Resistance, many will converge , September 26-28, 2008, in Oakland, California, for CR10, a 10th Anniversary Celebration and Strategy Session.

In alignment with this conference our good friends at Justseeds Radical Artists Cooperative organized 10 artists from their collective with 10 artist allies in the US, Canada and Mexico to create a portfolio of prints.  Each  artists designed a postet that either critiqued or addressed alternatives to the prison-industrial complex. Every artist was tasked with making 100 copies of their posters so tha...

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Posted on October 18, 2008 by melanie | Post a Comment

Art of Democracy

I just wanted to let everyone know about the Art of Democracy exhibitions that are happening around the country. This exhibit has been organized by many people and is a way for artist to voice their opinions as we near the presidential elections.

check out the list of exhibits to find one near you.

from the website:
The Art of Democracy (AOD) is a national coalition of political art exhibitions all taking place in the Fall of 2008 on the dire state of the Americ...

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Posted on October 17, 2008 by jesus | Post a Comment