Author: Gloria Verdieu

On March 15, African American Writers and Artists, San Diego (AAW&A) hosted a Women’s History event at the Malcolm X Library honoring “Remarkable Courageous Women,” whose shoulders we stand on. This was AAW&A’s first event […]

In a final act of clemency on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier. Peltier, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, was a prominent […]

Statement from ARE (Association of Raza Educators), Armadillos NUMM, Union del Barrio, Mecha SDCC, 43 San Diego.  Until there is justice, there will be no peace!  Ten years of struggle for truth and justice. One […]

Black August is a month to commemorate and tell the history of those African men and women brutalized, locked up, and killed by the U.S. criminal justice system. Those courageous freedom fighters sacrificed their livelihood […]

Escondido, California, Aug. 1  – In solidarity with demonstrations, rallies, and vigils held in cities across the U.S. in honor of the life of Sonya Massey, North County 4 Palestine organized and hosted a candlelight […]

 Kamala Harris, the current Vice President, was a California Senator, Attorney General, and San Francisco District Attorney. Harris sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and dropped out before the primaries. President Obama’s vice […]

Hundreds showed up at the Federal Building in downtown San Diego on May 1 for the International Workers’ Day opening rally. The rally was followed by a three-mile march to Chicano Park, the heart of […]