Posters are for the People: An Interview with Jesús Barraza
An Interview I did with Ilan Stavans the publisher of the forthcoming book about the Taller Tupac Amaru. THE ART OF PROTEST, a collection of posters created by Jesus Barraza, Favianna Rodriguez, and Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde, is forthcoming from Restless...
Nde’ Land Defense
For the past year I have been in conversation with Ndé (Lipan Apache) Land Defenders whose traditional territories have been encroached upon by the U.S government , historically the construction of the border wall, and contemporaneously through the ever increasing...
Print Party -Abolish Solitary Confinement
Do you believe Solitary Confinement should be abolished? Do you believe the whole prison industrial complex should be abolished? Then join us this Sunday from 2:30-5pm at SoleSpace (1714 Telegraph Ave) in Oakland for a print party to create solidarity posters to...
Solidarity with Indonesia
Last November an artist/activist from Indonesia shared with me some pictures of posters they had made for their organizing work, dealing with issues of food distribution and stopping the construction of a cement factory in nearby mountains. Melanie and me were really...
Social Justice Symposium -Berkeley
Drawing by Emily Baran and design by Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde. For event details and registration visit https://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/social-justice-symposium Saturday, February 1, 2014 First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, 2407 Dana Street,...
Dignidad Rebelde…Abolitionist Artists
The Abolitionist, a newspaper publication dedicated to the strategy and practice of prison industrial complex abolition has transcribed a presentation I did on Dignidad Rebelde and our work supporting social movement organizations with creative visual interventions. I...
I am Renisha McBride and My Life Matters
Download Poster by clicking HERE Seeking help after being in a car accident, Renisha McBride,a 19-year-old young Black woman, knocked on the door of a home in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn Heights last Sunday. Instead of assisting her, the White homeowner Ted Wafe...
Future Ancestors: A Ceremony of Memory
El Día de los Muertos is usually a time to look back and give thanks to our ancestors whose existence made it possible for us to be alive today. With Future Ancestors: A Ceremony of Memory we look at the present and give thanks and celebrate the individuals whose life...
I am Andy Lopez and My Life Matters
PLEASE SHARE. Andy Lopez was shot to death by Santa Rosa police. He was only 13. No Justice No Peace. Viva Andy Lopez, Viva Oscar Grant, Viva Trayvon (Drawing by Bobby Muerte and design by Melanie Cervantes) Download PDF poster here: https://bit.ly/16DvrXb
DREAMING WILDLY, FIGHTING TO WIN
Join Critical Resistance for Dreaming Wildly, Fighting to Win. This event will feature a rare West Coast appearance by acclaimed poet Martín Espada in conversation with Angela Y. Davis and will be moderated by Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde. Dreaming...
Ohlone People Then…Ohlone People Still Here
This fall I started an MFA in Social Practice at California College of the Arts, it has been a big departure from working full-time as an artist and having the freedom to create what ever I wish. Working within this new context is helping me think of new ways to...
Yo Soy Chicano
Over the years I have been fortunate to work with Malaquias Montoya, in 2004 I worked with him to reprint his 1982 "An Immigrants Dream, The American Response" for the Center for the Study of Political Graphics fundraising portfolio and last sprint he designed the...
I am Israel “Reefa” Hernandez
DOWNLOAD PDF HERE 11"x 17" 31.MB Based on a photo by Heather Bozzone Israel "Reefa" Hernandez, a street artist, was killed by police when they used a taser gun that electrocuted him and stopped his heart. He was killed because he scrawling graffiti on the wall of an...
Solidarity with Incarcerated Hunger Strikers
There are hunger strikes happening inside the concrete labyrinths of Pelican Bay (California) State Prison, Eloy Immigrant Detention Center in Arizona and Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (U.S. Naval Base in Cuba). These struggles echo each other in their call for human...
Download Palestine Solidarity Posters
Over 1,200 Palestinians have been killed since the State of Israel has started it's incursion in Gaza. This is a massacre. This massacre is being supported by U.S. aid in the amount of $8.5 million dollars a day. In addtion, on July 29th both Democrats and Republicans...
Free Marissa Now!
To download in High Resolution click here Free Marissa Now! Stop the legal lynching of a Black domestic violence survivor by Florida's racist mandatory minimum sentencing laws #blacklivesmatter #freemarissanow
I am Trayvon Martin and My Life Matters
Download this graphic for free and share widely I am Trayvon Martin and my life matters. No Justice, no peace. Viva Oscar Grant! Viva Trayvon! Vivan los presos del estado de California en huelga de Hambre! Poster collaboration by Dignidad Rebelde's Jesus, Melanie and...
Empujando Tinta Screen Prints
As part of the Taller Tupac Amaru's 10th Anniversary Empujando Tinta exhibit at the Galeria de la Raza we decided to publish prints by various artists in the community including Malaquias Montoya who designed the poster for the exhibit and Nancy Hom whose design we...