A CLEANER CLIMATE FIGHT
“I don’t want to be the only person alive on this planet, you feel me? I want my people to make it too.” Alexis cureton’s battle for climate justice.
Dr. Akilah Cadet On How To Ally
The activist and antiracism educator shares her five principles of authentic allyship, and some real world tips for how to be a sincere and effective advocate for Black lives.
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Los Angeles acts to return stolen land, a racist statue comes down, and the legacy of Micheal K. Williams—here are your antiracism action steps for September 10.
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Flooding, wildfires, and the gutting of women's rights—like nearly everything else, these issues and events disproportionately affect BIPOC and other marginalized communities. Here are your antiracism steps for September 3.
Illusions of Innocence
Photographer Bréana Parks explores the effects of double consciousness forced on Black children, who are often viewed as older—and more threatening—than they are.
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What You Can Do RIGHT NOW. Here are your antiracism action steps for August 27.
PODCAST: Khafre Jay
The founder of Hip Hop for Change wants to get corporations out of the business of hip hop, and instead return the genre to its roots in the community.
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How to deal when sh*t is especially overwhelming (like right now). Here are your antiracism action steps for August 20.
PODCAST: The Curtis Family C-Notes
This San Francisco family band is beloved in the Bay, but their fan-base recently went national after an appearance on America’s Got Talent brought the house down.
High & Mighty: Cannabis Brands Doing Good
There are a host of new cannabis companies making sure the communities most harmed by the war on drugs will actually have an opportunity to benefit from legalization. Here are six to get you shopping—and smoking—sustainably.
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Here are your antiracism action steps for July 23.
Rest As Revolution
Genevieve Leighton-Armah wants to make sure the leaders on the front lines of the fight for racial justice are getting the rest and revitalization they need to keep moving forward.
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Take a breath, be cool, and keep trying. Here are your antiracism action steps for July 16.
The Preservation Of The Domesticated Woman
Theresa Fortune is the founder of Communion with the Community, an organization dedicated to connection and creativity, through drama therapy and a local kids’ camp. In Her new film, From the Ashes, she documents her own journey from postnatal depression to reclaiming her concept of motherhood.
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Here are your antiracism action steps for July 9.
We Need To Talk About The Fourth of July
The new film ‘A Black Woman’s Declaration of independence’ is the conversation we need to be having about the Fourth of July. We talk to the director Jessa Ciel—an artist, changemaker, and unapologetic Black woman.
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Dig it up, examine it, understand it, own it. Here are your 5 antiracism action steps for July 2.
PODCAST: Wanika King-Stephens
The DJ and pastor tells the story of how her family came to create the St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco.
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This Juneteenth, celebrate Black people. Here are your antiracism action steps for June 18.
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What’s more American than Apple pie? Well, a lot of things, but today we’re talking about Juneteenth and why every american should celebrate it. Here are your antiracism action steps for June 11.
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND CELEBRATE
FREEFEST, a new kind of Juneteenth festival, is Coming to Brooklyn. Meet the co-Founders Ras Dia & Siobahn Sung
EXPerience
THE BLACK TRUTH PROJECT.
From rich personal histories to pivotal experiences with racism to unbridled moments of joy, the Black Truth Project is a powerful call to continued allyship for non-Black people, and a way for Black people to see and celebrate themselves.
Patronage, Access, Race and ART
How one S.F. institution is trying to overcome ‘museums so white’ paralysis
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