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.
The Dark Side of The Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Hundreds of cast and crew members are boycotting the annual holiday festival after years-long demands for safe and equitable treatment go unheeded. From Black cast members being called slaves on a regular basis to repeated instances of sexual assault, the storied San Francisco tradition is under fire.
The Things White People Say
After the murder of George Floyd, artist George McCalman dissected the unwelcome responses from his white friends. Now he’s sending them right back where they came from.
5 Things Friday
Join this antiracism text chain, Black joy at the SFPL, and doing environmental justice differently. Here are your antiracism action steps for February 18.
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Marin’s dirty segregation secret, SF vs. the police and the book you gotta have. Here are your antiracism action steps for February 11.
Woody De Othello Shapes the World Differently
The celebrated young ceramic artist is riding a creative high after a recent residency encouraged him to set aside the clay for a couple weeks.
Podcast: JD Green and Vincent Jackson
Meet JD Green and Vincent Jackson, two San Francisco artists from Creativity Explored.
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.
5 Things Friday
Eat more plants, oust a slumlord, and appreciate some actual accountability for a change. Here are your antiracism action steps for January 14.
5 Things Friday
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.
5 Things Friday
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.
5 Things Friday
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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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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