By Jorge Rivas An Indigenous street artist brought a 12-foot-tall inflatable elephant to the GOP debate last night. The artist, who goes by Remy, said he wanted to spark conversations about the big elephant in the room. Addressing the #elephantintheroom @cuboulder #gopdebate #cugop #republicandebate A photo posted by Giorgio Ausenda (@giorgioausenda) on Oct 28, 2015…
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Young Black organizer and performing artist Ethan Viets-VanLear and Remy, a Diné, Navajo direct action trainer, worked in creative collaboration to combat police violence in Chicago in May 2015. (Photo: Kelly Hayes) By Kelly Hayes As the movement for Black Lives enters its second year, some non-Black activists, like myself, have been moved to think…
Any successful resistance should develop the local communities’ talents with the tools necessary for their movement goals. Unfortunately, most nonprofits use this lack of resources as an opportunity to provide their training which is rife with incremental change-based tactics. Providing a grassroots community with a toolbox to draw from rather than relying on a nonprofit…
The People’s Climate March of 2014 was in New York City. The month prior to this massive convergence was a Training For Trainers event given by some of the top resistance artists in the country to the heads of all the NGOs and organizations that would be in attendance. Our training emphasized the importance of…