So, I’m still 36 and relishing the anniversary of my birth. Here’s a check-in around my three goals: to quit smoking, to practice gratitude, and to support the kickass work of Smart Meme, a grassroots story-based strategy center. 1. Hours since my last inhale of carcinogens: 44 2. Decolonize Oakland I am grateful to live [...]
A shorter version of this post first appeared on RaceWire. The indigenous environmental justice movement celebrated a victory, early January 2010, when a judge ruled that Peabody Energy cannot expand its coal mining operations on the Black Mesa in northern Arizona. Former president Bush Jr. approved a permit for Peabody in the twilight of his [...]
First published on apaforprogress.org. Forty years ago, the students of SF State joined in solidarity with the Third World in demanding inclusion in institutions of knowledge. For too long, the histories of people of color have been deliberately omitted from official narratives. Stories transmitted through oral tradition within families but never recorded in the texts [...]
Yvonne Yen Liu is a nerd for the racial justice movement. She lives in Oakland, California. You can write to her at yvonnegrapher at gmail dot com.
Yvonne Yen Liu is a nerd for the racial justice movement. She lives in Oakland, California. You can write to her at yvonnegrapher at gmail dot com.