2022
Yearly Archives: 2022
Retaliatory officer snatches medical parole from Elder Sitawa
Elder Sitawa carries one weapon, contraband in the prison system – love.
The quick, dangerous, dirty development of the Hunters Point Shipyard
How can the Sunshine Ordinance help protect the health, safety and legal interests of all stakeholders in Hunters Point?
I’m Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa – I will not be violated!
Inadequate, illegal and denied “medical care” mirrors plantation protocol.
The most overlooked: model prisoners on a path of spiritual truth
CDCr’s relentless denial of prisoners’ humanity ironically often inspires the best of the best.
Slavery is on the ballot in 5 states this November – Cali isn’t one...
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What happened to Balagoon, Father of the Fruit? Part 2
Their minds survived, but SHU confinement dealt a death blow on their bodies.
The exceptional hobo: The violence of homeless exceptionalism in stolen land
Violent othering by society enables our collective erasure, criminalization and death.
Celebrating Black history icon Dr. Willie Ratcliff’s 90th birthday
Give them flowers while they’re still here!
The prisoners’ property matrix
Prison administration and employees guilty of stealing and messing with prisoners’ belongings by all means possible, all illegal and all inhumane.
‘King Lear’ adapted by Marcus Gardley at California Shakespeare Theatre through Oct. 2
Marcus Gardley writes, as only Marcus can, Black American characters who are accessible and real.
It feels good to give them the best
Services in place for people with mental health and substance abuse challenges are glaringly not enough.
No mourning the criminal imperial(ist) monarchies!
Baba Jahahara shines the light on brilliant lives lived, reparations not mourning, victories won and the struggle ahead.
Black and beautiful, out and proud: Why Black queer visibility matters
Invisibility is not an option in reality.
No shipyard land transfer unless it’s 100% clean
“(T)he number one goal for the shipyard has to be and should be 100% complete cleanup.” This should be done before “the transfer of any land to the City.” – Supervisor Shamann Walton
Treasure Island resident: It’s test time for Matt Dorsey
When Supervisor Dorsey sees a thousand or more real, actual living people literally about to be made homeless by something as arbitrary and callous as an eviction lottery, does he care?
How to make Shakespeare immersive
What is fictional reality, really?
EOYDC’s free after-school program has 10 openings for middle school students
The East Oakland Youth Development Center has room for 10 more middle school students in its Bridge after-school program. Fun and a rich source of knowledge!
Open the courts: 150 San Franciscans jailed without trial
Lock ‘em up, indefinitely, without trial, kids included – ongoing at plantation San Francisco.
Poetry from the inside: Virtuous shade
Poetically considering his self . . .