Featured Columns
Jean Melesaine
G$ writes a blog based on her unique daily experiences as an artists, organizer and journalist. Her multimedia blog also platforms the issues concerning the Pacific Islander community.
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Tree City Legends
Tree City Legends is a multidisciplinary theater work that melds post-hip hop aesthetics, urban folklore, Korean traditional tales, live music, legend, and parable.
Demone Carter
Hip hop artist and youth educator, Demone Carter's column, Life After Hip Hop, provides insight into the changing landscape of hip hop culture and politics.
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SJ$1DAY - A Movement to Support Independent SJ Artists
WHAT IS SJ$1DAY ? Dem-One, "San Jose's self appointed Hip Hop ambassador" plans on launching an event called SJ$1DAY, March 31st 2012. The Idea is for the community to support local artists by spending one dollar for one song on one day.Adrian Avila
A designer and artist, Avila writes and posts articles and images that offer a window into the realities of a younger generation of immigrant America.
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POW WOW Hawai’i 2012
Pow Wow 2012 is once again being held in Hawai'i, bringing artist together from all over the world, including several from the Bay Area including two from San José.Raj Jayadev
Jayadev, an organizer for the Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project, shares his perspectives on current issues that impact the local Bay Area region.
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East Palo Alto to Facebook: Friend Request Denied
As Silicon Valley celebrates the expansion of the Facebook campus, East Palo Alto residents, like organizer Anna Turner pictured here, are voicing concerns of displacement.Marcos Reyes
A contributor to multiple news outlets, Reyes is a rare literary mind that writes on the struggles of working class America.
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Sweet Home Alabama
For many immigrants Alabama has seized to be called home, in an exodus compared only to those of a famine or a depression, the cause is due to Alabama’s anti immigration law HB 56. It is regarded as the nation's strictest anti-illegal immigration law, tougher than Arizona SB 1070.De-Bug High
De-Bug High offers youth perspectives on the issue of the day.
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When The Teacher Doesn't Know Your Name
I’ve always been an A student. I liked doing my work and asking questions whenever I was having doubts about something. My teachers always gave me the attention I needed and answered all my questions. All that changed for me when I started high school.
