From Left to Right: Winona Laduke [Anishnaabe], Wicahpiluta Candelaria [Rumsen Ohlone], and Comandante Ramona [Tzotzil Maya]. Art by Rafael Moreno. I am really pleased to share some beautiful pieces made…
I recently completed the art and cover design for an exciting new book by Nora Barrows-Friedman on the U.S. student movement for Palestine Solidarity including the rich history of Palestinian-American…
Join me at the Oakland Museum of California for the public unveiling of Reflections of Healing, a large-scale art installation created by artist and educator Brett Cook with participation from…
The Abolitionist, a newspaper publication dedicated to the strategy and practice of prison industrial complex abolition has transcribed a presentation I (Melanie Cervantes) did on the collaborative space called Dignidad…
TO WATCH VIDEO CLICK HERE http://youtu.be/0QSor8Va6d8 I gave an interview to Claudia Hernandez as part of her project “Today’s Revolutionary Women of Color”. It reveals a bunch of slices of…
This is big. The California State Senate just passed A.B. 889, the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The most populous state in the country is on the threshold of changing…
DOWNLOAD MAY DAY POSTER BY CLICKING HERE I was recently invited by the collective members of Indig-nación; a Spanish language newspaper for the Occupy Wall St. movement, written and edited…
Please come Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde at our opening at Artillery Gallery in San Francisco on December 4th at 7:30pm. You can support local artists and…
Planeta o Muerte! Venceremos! -Together We Will Save the World Last Spring tens of thousands of people from over 150 nations traveled to the World People’s Conference on Climate Change…
As the city of Oakland waits with anxiety about the decision the jury will come to and the final outcome of the Johannes Mehserle trail verdict artists are busy at…
This Sunday Jesus and I will be presenting at the Socialism Conference in Oakland. It will be at the Oakland Marriot.Sunday, July 4th at 11:30 am. "Art and Resistance". The…
A Xicanita in the making, Arizona, 1982 My earliest memories of experiencing the Southern Border are of trips to the place where my dad grew up and where my tio…
Building of a Chicana Consciousness As a senior in high school I vividly remember the movement that emerged in California to resist the racial profiling, xenophobia and nativism that Proposition…
“Wherever she went, she drew what she saw and donated her art to the cause.” Rini Templeton was a prolific graphic artist and huge inspiration to artist like me who…
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Time:7:30pm – 10:00pm Location: CounterPulse Street:1310 Mission Street (at 9th) City: San Francisco, CA Favianna Rodriguez will host a panel with Bay Area artists: Jesus…
The Akonadi Foundation’s mission is to support the development of powerful social change movements to eliminate structural racism and create a racially just society. Akonadi believes that racial justice movement…
Sunday, November 15th 1:00 – 4:30pm Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd. (at 23rd Ave.) Oakland, CA 94606 FREE. Donations accepted. Creating Radical Graphics is a one-day mini-conference for Bay…
I am so happy to share the 2009 San Francisco Dyke march poster design. Since I met Ani Rivera my contact for the Dyke March committee, a few years ago,…
Read an article from the latest issue of Race, Poverty and the Enviroment that I was interviewed for. My homie Desi is also featured. His words are powerful! I shared…
“We strongly believe that our future is in the hands of the young folks.”-Mutulu Shakur Last week Jesus and I worked at Oakland’s Spanish Speaking Citizen’s Foundation with several Raza…
Recently Jesus and I connected with the folks at the ¡Presente!, the newspaper of the movement to close the School of the Americas (formerly known as the SOA Watch Update)….
On February 2, 1848, a Mexican delegation ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, with Mexico accepting the Rio Grande as the Texas border and ceding almost half its territory (which…
DJ Aztec Parrot and Elida Margarita Bautista of Berkeley KPFA’s Radio 2050 invited Jesus Barraza and I (Melanie Cervantes) to do a radio interview about our political artwork. We talked…
Early New Year’s Day in the Fruitvale District of Oakland, BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police murdered unarmed, 22 -year old, Oscar Grant III by pushing him face down to…