PinnedA Thought Archive on AAPI hate, grief & community.The Atlanta spa shooting on Tuesday was the boiling point to the spike in recent hate crimes targeting the Asian community. In places such as San Francisco, Oakland, New York City and more, members of the AAPI community are being targeted and brutalized. Despite just reaching the tail end of…Stopasianhate9 min read
Published in MIT Scope·Oct 15, 2021How indigenous resistance helps lower carbon emissionsA joint report with the Indigenous Environmental Network and Oil Change International show us how. What does a radically liberated future truly look like? That is the kind of future indigenous communities across the United States and Canada continue to fight for — all while simultaneously lowering carbon emissions. Anishinaabe…Indigenous3 min read
Published in The Bold Italic·Jul 29, 2020What Are Bay Area Artists Creating Amid the Pandemic?Dark times can breed great art — History shows that it’s during some of the most trying times that the greatest art is created. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bay Area’s artistry is still thriving, and many creatives are using this time to their advantage. Sign up for The Bold Italic newsletter to get the best of…Art7 min read
Published in The Bold Italic·Jun 15, 2020How the Bay Area Is Honoring Juneteenth This YearCelebrations, protests, virtual concerts—here’s how you can get involved — This Friday is Juneteenth, an annual celebration of the official end of slavery in the United States. This year, there’s a new level of importance that we as a community come together to honor the what this day marks and represents. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when freedom reached enslaved…Oakland5 min read
Published in Scribe·May 31, 2020George, Breonna, and Ahmaud are dead: Now what?As a Black Woman, it is exhausting to see my brothers and sisters constantly being killed at the hands of oppressive law enforcement and by individuals who feel threatened by Blackness. Admittedly, following the George Floyd protests and riots, this week affected my mental health and productivity. …Racism3 min read
May 27, 2020Why saving Biodiversity is key to preventing another global outbreak.Biodiversity and COVID-19 To really understand the extent of the coronavirus, we must explore how infectious disease outbreaks, trade consumption and degraded ecosystems resulting in biodiversity loss are interlinked. Biodiversity hotspots, as defined by Science Daily, are the 25 biologically robust areas in the world that have lost at least…Covid 194 min read
Published in Invisible Illness·May 9, 2020Gender, Mental Health and COVID-19Exploring how COVID-19 exacerbates the pre-existing mental health crisis in health care and its effects on women. — Ramat Adams, a medical scribe based in the Bronx and Marielle Henson, a registered nurse in Queens stress that working in health care is just as emotional as it is physical. They both confess that working 40 hours or more each week and accommodating to the constantly changing procedures to…Coronavirus4 min read
Published in Scribe·Apr 26, 2020CornerstoneInspired by Bob Marley and The Wailers’ 1970 Soul Rebels Album — The stone that the builder refuse …..Will always be the head cornerstone, The stone is the wet-backed Mexican that sweated out his spinach and cheese empanadas hours ago from the street cart on the corner of Columbus Ave and 72nd street. He hails from the town of Chiapas and is…Scribe2 min read
Apr 22, 2020An Ode to CaliforniaThe journey of Iris’s Diaspora I was born in NYC but Guyana gave me life. My ancestors worked with the sun and lived as one with the Earth. It welcomed me with ample mosquito bites and sweet shaved ice with carnation at every corner. It is the place that my…Poetry3 min read
Apr 6, 2020West Oakland Distillery is Keeping It Clean By Producing Hand Sanitizer for First RespondersWright & Brown Distilling Co. has been in West Oakland for five years, making award-winning bourbon, rye whiskey, rum, and single malt. Each one of their bottles are made onsite, starting with a 250 gallon copper pot. Many of their barrels have been aging for about three years or more…Covid 194 min read
