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.
5 ThIngs Friday
Alvin Ailey On Screen, A Must-Have Book, and 10 Years Since Trayvon. Here are your antiracism action steps for February 4.
DEEP CUTS
Filmmaker Yoel Iskindir is focusing his lens on the effects income inequality and segregation has on creativity and success.
On Properly Laying the Black Panthers to Rest
Fredrika Newton’s crusade to memorialize the most influential Black movement of the 20th century.
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Eat more plants, oust a slumlord, and appreciate some actual accountability for a change. Here are your antiracism action steps for January 14.
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Reparations take shape in SF, All Hail the Golden Gate Skate King, and we ask: What if the Capitol insurrectionists were Black? Here are your antiracism action steps for January 7.
Podcast: David Miles Jr.
Meet David Miles, Jr., San Francisco’s godfather of skate and the iconic founder of the holy rolling Church of 8 Wheels.
The Ultimate #BUYBLACK Shopping Guide
We bring you 100 gifts for everyone on your list—from kids to grown folks to everyone in between—all from Black makers, creatives, and bosses.
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Good Art, Shopping Tips, and STACEY. Here are Your antiracism action steps for December 10.
Unapologetic Style, Joyful Living, and Community Roots
Why Alyah Baker created Show & Tell Concept Shop centered around ‘Wearing Your Values Out Loud and Up Front.”
Meet The Women Taking BaCk Black Friday
These 3 fashion insiders are asking that instead of slashing prices on Black Friday, brands commit to giving back to Black and Indigenous organizations. Here’s how you can join them.
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A first for SF, how easy it is to actually rename a school, and the Thanksgiving prep you actually need to be doing. Here are your antiracism action steps for November 5.
PODCAST: Yeva Johnson
There is undoubtably no one quite like San Francisco’s Yeva Johnson, “a Black American Jewish queer Lesbian feminist pacifist Unitarian Universalist mother and musician…an emerging poet who works as a family physician by day.” This is her story.
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Art to see, orgs to support, and an innocent man's life to save. Here are your antiracism action steps for October 22.
How To Throw The Perfect Party During a Pandemic
TablePop founder Vel Mensah shares the secrets to hosting an unforgettable post-lockdown celebration.
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Banned Books, Missing White Woman Syndrome, and Reproductive Justice In The Bay. Here are your antiracist action steps for September 24.
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Surfers Needed, An Emergency at Rikers, and the one time its OK to shop Amazon. Here are your antiracism action steps for September 17.
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.
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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