Our first Day of Social Justice Thru the Arts (SJTA) just started. Students are at the same time energized, tired, exited, shy. The expectations for a fantastic week are rising, we are sure this first SJTA will leave a mark. Our first activities are: Theater of the Oppressed and the very powerful and touching  Poetry Exercise: “Where I Am From”.

Artivism takes roots or branches off of a 1997 gathering between Chicano artists from East Los Angeles and the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico. The words “Artivist” and “Artivism” were popularized through a variety of events, actions and artworks via artists and musicians such as Quetzal, Ozomatli, Mujeres de Maiz among other East LA artists and at spaces such as Self Help Graphics & Art.

 

Calle 13, https://youtu.be/PChsjYXBfzo

Spirit of Rasquache, https://youtu.be/oD1IlB4Cxpw

Chicano Mural Art in Denver, https://youtu.be/iOIkC1fOQNs

Chicano Tanguma Mural Legacy, https://youtu.be/5EPoQw03_SE

Kehinde Wiley, A New Republic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHx4lFPqPiI

Paradigm Shift, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pwkZh8Ljug