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Muslim Teens Love Surveillance Memes That Give Them a Subversive Way to Cope
“The message is, ‘I know you’re watching me.'”
Don’t Let Racism Go Viral
Art by Kayan Cheung-Miaw in collaboration with Forward Together.
Kayan is is a mama, artist, organizer, and educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally from Hong Kong, and raised in New York Chinatown. She writes: “Although the use of face masks for a variety of reasons is common in many Asian countries, early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic typically associated the image with contagion. My art reclaims the image in order to resist the dehumanization of Asians promoted by the current U.S. administration. My image reminds that in times of crisis, we can choose solidarity over scapegoating. In the current crisis, our survival depends on one another.”
Email scammers are taking advantage of our coronavirus fears
People will always try to capitalize on the fear and confusion of others, and the coronavirus panic is no exception.
For Black People, Roe Is Imperfect. We Still Need the Supreme Court to Protect It
When we don’t tell our stories, it allows others to write the narrative for us—or worse, exclude us entirely from it.
Mike Bloomberg’s defense of Muslim surveillance after 9/11 is willfully ignorant
“The impacts of surveillance go beyond lawsuits or those specific moments in time.”
Separate Cinema Archives: A Black Film Time Machine
“Taken separately, many of these posters give viewers snapshots of a particular time, but when gathered together, patterns and stereotypes emerge, as well as contrasts in how certain characters are depicted in different markets.”
Echoing Ida Manager
The Echoing Ida Manager is responsible for leading the development, execution and evaluation of Echoing Ida, a narrative shift program of Forward Together and home for Black women and nonbinary writers. The Echoing Ida Manager advances the overall mission and goals of Forward Together with particular emphasis on fostering a community of writers, disrupting unjust media narratives, and engaging Echoing Ida’s growing audience. The Echoing Ida Manager is also responsible for developing new media projects and managing events.
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Georgia 2020 Census Guide
If our families don’t get counted in the Census, Georgia loses out on dollars to support our communities. More than 300 federal programs will use data from the 2020 Census to distribute funding. In Georgia, $23.8 billion dollars in resources are on the line. The more accurate the Census count is in our communities, the more likely we are to get the resources we need and deserve.
LA Burlesque: Beyond Bumping and Grinding in the City of Angels
From the titillating burlesque you imagine when you first think of the genre to one that fuses with lucha libre, Los Angeles has it all.