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ROXANNE PRADO replied to the topic Week 9 photo share in the forum Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 1 month ago
For this week’s photoshare, I found this powerful image of an anti-pipeline protester holding up a gallon of water in front of a large group of heavily armed law enforcement. Peaceful protests of the indigenous community and allies were targets of destruction when law enforcement began using tear gas, rubber bullets, and other weaponry against #…[Read more]
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ROXANNE PRADO replied to the topic Week 8 photo share in the forum Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 1 month ago
For this week’s photoshare I wanted to highlight Emma Sulkowicz, a visual artist known for their anti-rape activism. In 2014 when Sulkowicz was an undergrad in Columbia University, they had been a victim of rape, and when the university failed to hold the rapist accountable Sulkowics decided to do this thesis project that was an endurance a…[Read more]
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ROXANNE PRADO replied to the topic Week 7 photo share in the forum Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 2 months ago
This week we discussed the Black Lives Matter movement and we also discussed how and why Black women have been historically invisible in Civil Rights activism despite doing a lot of labour to let the movement thrive.
For this week’s photo share I’ve chosen a picture of some members of the Women’s Strike for Peace, which includes Coretta Scott…[Read more]
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ROXANNE PRADO replied to the topic Week 5 photo share in the forum Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 2 months ago
For this week’s photo share, I have chosen the cover of hip-hop rapper Joey Bada$$’s album All-Amerikkkan Bada$$. This week we have discussed how the rise of hip-hop had become a vehicle for Black folks to express their experiences and their stories living in America. A lot of hip-hop music involves narratives of oppression, police brutality, pov…[Read more]
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ROXANNE PRADO replied to the topic Week 4 photo share in the forum Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 2 months ago
One of things we discussed this week raised a question, “What does it mean to be a good ally?”, so for this week’s photo share I decided to choose this image of the Third World Resistance organization protesting outside of the Oakland Federal Building. The Third World Resistance organization is a group that consists of multiple community organ…[Read more]
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ROXANNE PRADO replied to the topic Week 3 photo share in the forum Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 2 months ago
For my photo share I wanted to talk about Maya Angelou, who like James Baldwin, expressed her experience with prejudice and racial injustice through writing and poetry. Maya Angelou often talked about her struggles growing up as a black woman in America, which at the time Black women faced the most dehumanizing treatment. Angelou developed close…[Read more]
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ROXANNE PRADO replied to the topic Week 2 photo share in the forum Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 3 months ago
The image I chose for this week’s theme is a quote from Audre Lorde’s book “Your Silence Will Not Protect You. Audre Lorde was an American writer as well as civil rights activist and feminist. I chose this quote because I believe it is very reflective with the theme of silence as a detrimental privilege against oppressed communities, which is a p…[Read more]
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ROXANNE PRADO joined the group Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 3 months ago