Posts tagged resistimos
sundown poulsbo, part 1 - an introduction -- danielle s. Rueb - castillejo

Historians have found that most sundown towns deliberately hid the means by which they became and remained all-white. Apart from oral histories, there are often few archival records that describe precisely how sundown towns excluded Blacks. Laws and policies that enforced racial exclusion have largely disappeared, but de facto sundown towns existed into the 1980s, and some may still be in evidence today.

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puesta del sol poulsbo, parte 1 - una introducción -- danielle s. Rueb - castillejo

Historians have found that most sundown towns deliberately hid the means by which they became and remained all-white. Apart from oral histories, there are often few archival records that describe precisely how sundown towns excluded Blacks. Laws and policies that enforced racial exclusion have largely disappeared, but de facto sundown towns existed into the 1980s, and some may still be in evidence today.

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La licencia de conducir - Jose Castro

José Castro is a native Puerto Rican teacher and librarian with a Master of Information and Library Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico and a Bachelor of Secondary Education. José is also a human rights activist. He is passionate about serving underserved communities, and has worked with local Kitsap communities, including Latinx, as well as educational and library institutions in Puerto Rico. José is also an avid outdoors enthusiast who loves backpacking, camping, and hiking. He came to Washington in 2017 after a natural disaster in Puerto Rico, where he lived for 34 years. The Kitsap community has adopted him since his arrival.

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La licencia de conducir - Jose Castro

José Castro is a native Puerto Rican teacher and librarian with a Master of Information and Library Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico and a Bachelor of Secondary Education. José is also a human rights activist. He is passionate about serving underserved communities, and has worked with local Kitsap communities, including Latinx, as well as educational and library institutions in Puerto Rico. José is also an avid outdoors enthusiast who loves backpacking, camping, and hiking. He came to Washington in 2017 after a natural disaster in Puerto Rico, where he lived for 34 years. The Kitsap community has adopted him since his arrival.

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Dia De Los Muertos - by Julie D. Castillejo

Dia De Los Muertos by Julie D. Castillejo

This piece of art was meant to represent Día de Los Muertos, a part of my Mexican heritage.

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Bisan - Belonging - Palestina - La Pertenencia

Bisan - Belonging - Palestine

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Las Cronicás de la Justicia - porque resistimos

Estoy escribiendo, pidiendo amistad, sabiduría, y participación en resistir la violencia del Sistema. Un Sistema que mantiene y demanda nuestra participación en las injusticias, pero al mismo tiempo témenos que sonreír, y pretender que todo está bien. Y si no participamos, debemos de mover atreves del mismo sistema para ser iguales y sabemos que nunca podemos ser.

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