Cultural Appropriation and the Lessons of Our Own Traditions
Several of the creative and artistic organizations I work closely with have been talking recently about how to create and sustain the kinds of projects that matter to us most, […]
Category Archives: Education
‘Jotas Sin Papeles Y Sin Permiso’: Workshop with Artists Yosimar Reyes and Julio Salgado
Tuesday of next week, the 19th of February, poet Yosimar Reyes and visual artist Julio Salgado will be hosting an artist showcase and workshop as part of their Jotas Sin […]
Remembering Differently
Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in a rhetoric of equality, yet he fought not merely for social harmony, but racial and economic justice. He sympathized with the Socialist Party. He […]
“You’re Quite Hostile”: Five Responses to Common Attitudes
There are certain reactions to my personal and political beliefs which I am met with repeatedly, from many different people and sources. Though I often feel they are leveled at […]
Rest In Peace Irma Cabrera Romero and Johnny B
I believe the honoring of our ancestors is the sacred space in which our spiritual and our political selves meet, and that important members of our communities become ancestors every […]
No Se Vende: Gentrification and Its Resistance
We live in an era where claims are commonly made, and largely accepted, that the U.S. has made such significant and irrefutable progress from its past of racial struggle that […]
Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair This Saturday!
Teachers for Social Justice in collaboration with Rethinking Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union will be hosting the 12th Annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair tomorrow, Saturday the 17th of November at […]
Lesson Plan – History Is a Weapon: Introducing the Social Studies
Many of the educators I’ve been working with this semester have been challenging me to think more critically about the expectations and requirements placed on teachers in public classrooms. They […]
Dance as Community Organizing: Building a Vogue Practice Space
I began voguing as a high school student, drawn to the art form because I had so little support and community as a queer person of color in my hometown. […]
Parent Involvement and Community Education
I have been performing my graduate observations this semester at a Mexican cultural school, housed within another larger CPS school. The cultural school was started in the 1990s by a […]
Radical Faggot 