Alive! Strategies for Transformation, speaks to themes of survival, resistance and renewal. It includes reflections from Alicia Garza of #BlackLivesMatter; from members of allied organizations working for racial justice; Black artists from San Francisco. And Nicole Lee of Urban Peace Movement. It lifts up stories of Oakland's fight against coal, of San Mateo renters battling eviction, and of bus riders in the South Bay working for a fair share of transportation funds... and many...
More DescriptionAlive! Strategies for Transformation, speaks to themes of survival, resistance and renewal. It includes reflections from Alicia Garza of #BlackLivesMatter; from members of allied organizations working for racial justice; Black artists from San Francisco. And Nicole Lee of Urban Peace Movement. It lifts up stories of Oakland's fight against coal, of San Mateo renters battling eviction, and of bus riders in the South Bay working for a fair share of transportation funds... and many more.This is second beautiful book-length print edition of Race, Poverty & the Environment published by Reimagine! If you subscribe or sponsor at reimaginerpe.org you can get this and future volumes.Buy now with your subscriber discount code or visit reimaginerpe.org/subscribe to receive your code.able of Contents Introduction 6 Alive! By Jess Clarke and Marcy Rein Coal & Climate 10 Communities Unite to Fight Coal in Oakland By Eric K. Arnold 17 People, Power, Policy: Coalition Challenges California to Legislate Climate Equity By Kay Cuajunco, Photos by Brooke Anderson Radical Healing 21 Black Love-Resistance and Liberation By Alicia Garza 26 Black Lives Matter-Allies in Change Interview by Margi Clarke and Preeti Shekar, featuring: Chinese Progressive Association (Alex Tom) Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Karina Muñiz) Bay Area Solidarity Action Team (Megan Swoboda) Showing Up For Racial Justice (Felicia Gustin) Black Alliance for Just Immigration (Devonté Jackson) 33 Street Knowledge: Power for Positive Change By Nicole Lee 38 Heritage of Healing: Ecology of the People By Kelly Curry 43 McDeath: A Poem By Amanda "Panda" Deda 44 Scenes from Domestic Worker Organizing Photo Essay by Rucha Chitnis Our Culture Bearers Living Black 52 I Am San Francisco By Kheven LaGrone and Jarrel Phillips 53 On Growing Up Black By Jarrel Phillips 58 Living Black By Kheven LaGrone 60 Muhammad University No. 26 By Wanda Sabir 62 Remembering the Booker T. Washington Hotel By Jacqueline Chauhan 63 Glimpse of the Point By Johanna B 64 Kaleidoscope Energy By Julianne Malveaux 65 Playland By Charles Curtis Blackwell 65 Geneva Towers By Mark Johnson 66 This Little Black Girl By Kristine Mays 68 Sustaining Cultural and Creative Spaces Interview with Joyce Gordon By Christine Joy Ferrer and Jarrel Phillips 73 Seeds and Soul Interview with Joana Cruz By Christine Joy Ferrer Where We Live 78 Planning for People, Not Profit By Dawn Phillips 84 Community Power Wins Affordable Housing in Oakland By Sam Tepperman-Gelfant and David Zisser 87 Business Improvement Districts Take Over Cities: One-Dollar/One-Vote By Jess Clarke Silicon Valley: Renters, Riders and Workers 93 Segregation Shaped the San Mateo Housing Crisis By Marcy Rein 96 Housing Stability and Health in San Mateo County By Dr. Scott Morrow 99 San Mateo County Renters Fight Rising Evictions By Joseph Smooke and Dyan Ruiz 102 Exodus from The Jungle By Andrew Bigelow 105 Housing and Commute Costs Squeeze Low-Wage Workers By Alexandra Goldman 109 Transit Allies Fight for Share of Sales Tax By Marcy Rein 115 Bus Riders Step Up for Better Service By Harvey I. Barkin, Photos by Tiburon 122 Tech Shuttle Drivers Win Union Contracts By Doug Bloch 125 Social Justice Unions Claim Deep Roots in Silicon Valley By David Bacon