Action: Solidarity for Japan
I received this from an activist friend; I feel like I personally have been so checked out of the world for the past year or so but this is an urgent reminder of what’s still necessary:
I also want to ask your help. Activists in Japan are planning major demos against nuclear power on April 10th. [...]
Texas Southern University murals whitewashed
Texas Southern University has had a couple of important murals removed and whitewashed by the president of the university. Would like your support.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/7195604.html
Facebook protest and awareness page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protest-Against-Whitewashing-of-Murals-at-TSU-University/148663918499334
article and those who you can contact.
Texas Southern University Paints Over Famed Murals: Speak Now
http://ernestoaguilar.org/texas-southern-university-paints-famed-murals-speak/
Concerned people are asked to please contact the Governor’s office to express your displeasure [...]
Stop the De-tenuring of Ricardo Dominguez
How You Can Help The Bang.Lab And EDT
Ricardo Dominguez (Associate Professor, Visual Arts, UCSD) is currently being threatened with criminal action and the revocation of his tenure by UCOP and several UCSD senior administrators. This is a long, rapidly-developing story. Time is of the essence; Ricardo meets with our SVC on the morning of Thursday, [...]
Support Arts in Los Angeles
Dear Friends and Supporters,
As you may already know, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs is being threatened with catastrophic budget and staff cuts. Staff reductions of 24-48% have been proposed as well as the total elimination of grants that the Department awards annually. This includes grants that have been awarded for the [...]
one hundred black women, one hundred actions
We invite you to submit an action, gesture, movement to be included in this new performance work:
one hundred black women, one hundred actions is a performance of critical actions, gestures and movements by one hundred black women from around the world to be documented then performed by one hundred black women in various public and [...]
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- Taking a Break February 8, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 8, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]