Oakland, CA
Favianna Rodriguez is an interdisciplinary artist, cultural organizer, and political activist based in Oakland, California. Her art and collaborative projects address migration, economic inequality, gender justice, and ecology. Favianna lectures globally on the power of art, cultural organizing and technology to inspire social change, and leads art interventions in communities around the country. Rodriguez partners with social movement groups around the world to create art that’s visionary and transformational. She is the Executive Director of CultureStrike, a national arts organization that engages artists, writers and performers in migrant rights. She was recently featured in a documentary series titled Migration is Beautiful which addressed how artists responded to failed immigrant policy in the United States. In 2009, she co-founded Presente.org, a national online organizing network dedicated to the political empowerment of Latino communities.
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A very powerful documentary, LOST IN DETENTION, recently aired on PBS’s Frontline and revealted the devastating consequences of the mass incarceration of immigrants and the harsh toll it takes on…
There has never been a movement for social change without art and culture being central to that movement. Music, graphics and the written word are powerful living reminders of struggles…
I’m back in the wonderful city of Portland visiting my friend and printmaking master, Paul Mullowney (shown above). I met Paul on some trips to Maui in 2009 and 2010….
Over the weekend, my friends in San Francisco pulled this action targetting Bank of America. It’s awesome! Props to US Uncut and the Ruckus Society! If you don’t see video…
Just got this today from MoveOn. Please share far and wide on tax day!
I was so excited to read about this on Alternet over the weekend! Everybody knows the GOP’s biggest weakness is money, so why not hit ’em in the sweet spot?…
This Fri, Feb. 25 in Oakland CA, there will be a massive Poster Jam celebrating the Oakland Museum’s recent acquisition of Michael Rossman’s AOUON (All of Us or None) Political…
From now through March 18, 2011, you can catch my work in a group show at the Center for Integrative Studies. The exhibit, ChicaChic, showcases the work of five prominent…
Favianna Rodriguez is in Delaware visiting with students and faculty at the University of Delaware Art Department. Today she has a big lecture! Come check it out if you are…