Activism… [Archives 2016] Boycott Driscoll’s | Farmworker Appreciation Day at Fresno State 18 Jun 20208 Jul 2020 Photo Above: Farmworker Appreciation Day at Fresno State, April 12, 2016. Workers are demanding a minimum daily wage of $20, healthcare, overtime pay, 6 weeks of paid maternity and paternity…
Activism… [Archives 2016] Fresno Celebrates LGBTQ Pride and Mourns Orlando Pulse Attack 18 Jun 20208 Jul 2020 Photo above: Marchers holding signs demanding equal rights for genderqueer or LGBTQ individuals. Photo by Hannah Brandt. By Hannah Brandt Editor's Note: This article was originally published in August 2016…
Activism… [Archives 2016] Fresno Black Lives Matter, Community Protest Police Brutality 18 Jun 202013 Dec 2020 Photo above: Activists protest police brutality and racism in north Fresno on July 9, 2016. Photo by Hannah Brandt By Hannah Brandt Editor's Note: This article was originally published in…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Universal Heart | A profile of Muralist Mauro Carrera 23 Apr 20208 Jul 2020 Photo of the mural by Mauro Carrera at Fulton and La Sierra Drive from the Digital Mural Map at Creative Fresno. It depicts a human figure whose eyes are not…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Landscape, Mythology, and Memory: Chicana Narratives in Murals 23 Apr 20208 Jul 2020 Photo Above: Las Mujeres Muralistas del Valle, 1978. Top (from left to right) Silvia Garcia, Cecilia Aranaydo, Lupe Gonzalez. Bottom (from left to right) Ernestine Silva, Helen Gonzalez A discussion…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Malak: An American Girl and Her Family 23 Apr 20208 Jul 2020 Photo Above: (left to right) Said Habbaba, Malak Habbaba, and Iman Akroum. By Hannah Brandt This story was originally published in April 2017 at Community Alliance newspaper: https://fresnoalliance.com/malak-an-american-girl-and-her-family/ The word malak means angel in Arabic.…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Battle for Matheny Tract: Demanding Water Justice in Tulare County 14 Feb 20208 Jul 2020 By Hannah Brandt Editor's Note: This article was originally published in September 2017 at Community Alliance newspaper at: https://fresnoalliance.com/battle-matheny-tract-demanding-water-justice-tulare-county/ A community screening and discussion of the film The Battle for Matheny Tract took…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Despite Unconstitutional Criticism, City Council Passes Ban on Street Dwelling 6–1 14 Feb 20208 Jul 2020 City Council meeting on the Unhealthy and Hazardous Camping Act. Photo by Howard Watkins. By Hannah Brandt Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Community Alliance newspaper in September…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Assault on Voting Rights: One of America’s Greatest Injustices Persists 4 Jan 20208 Jul 2020 Occupy Wall Street joined the NAACP as thousands marched in midtown Manhattan on December 10, 2011, to defend voting rights. Photo by Michael Fleshman via Flickr Creative Commons. By Hannah…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Trans Rights Rally and Day of Remembrance 4 Jan 20208 Jul 2020 The vigil at the Transgender Night of Remembrance. Photo by Peter Maiden. By Hannah Brandt Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Community Alliance newspaper in December 2017: https://fresnoalliance.com/trans-rights-rally-day-remembrance/. …
Activism… July 4, 2019 | Cal. Democrats’ San Francisco Convention: 14 Presidential Candidates, Party Chair Race 4 Jul 20198 Jul 2020 By Hannah Brandt The final presidential candidate, Julián Castro, speaks at the California Democrats State Convention (CADEM) in San Francisco on Sunday, June 2, 2019. Photo by Peter Maiden. Castro…
Activism… July 2, 2019 | Floyd Harris III: Southwest Fresno Student, Activist, and Cheerleading Champion 2 Jul 20198 Jul 2020 By Hannah Brandt While most four years olds are preoccupied identifying barnyard animals, learning the alphabet, and playing patty-cake, Floyd Harris III accompanied his father Rev. Dr. Floyd Harris Jr.…
