Afro-Latinx – DR. Rosa Alicia Clemente

Open Letter-petition to Bad Bunny: Make History By Not Performing at SuperBowl LX(60)

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:58:35 +0000

https://c.org/4jQkxqJNtg An Open Letter to Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Benito, bueno: On Sunday night at the Grammys, you stood before the world and declared “ICE OUT!” Those words echoed through living rooms, detention centers, and the hearts of millions living in terror. You spoke truth to power in a moment when so many are afraid to speak at all, but words must become action: ICE is a...

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Rosa Clemente Inspires CSUB Students to Organize – California State University, Bakersfield

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:04:16 +0000

Originally Published on Bakersfield.com Activist Rosa Clemente did not become the person she is today without some bumps along the road. The former vice presidential nominee and her suite mates were once accused of stealing from their white counterparts while at State University of New York at Albany. “All three of us had grown up in Westchester, so when the director of housing was like...

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Fat Joe Supports Afro-Latinos That Identify With African Culture And Religion – Vibe

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:49:18 +0000

Watch the full interview at Vibe. Rosa Clemente, a Ph.D. candidate at UMass Amherst’s W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies shared her thoughts on black identity in Latin America with The Huffington Post.

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In The Thick: Rosa Clemente on Puerto Rico, Me Too and Hip Hop [Podcast]

Rosa Clemente — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 06:27:07 +0000

Listen to the podcast episode She was the first Latina to run for vice president with the Green Party in 2008, but Rosa Clemente has long been organizing for political and social change. Maria and Julio talk to Rosa about her organizing work, the rap industrial complex and her independent reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Want to read/watch more? Rosa talks to Rolling...

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The Problem With Latinidad – Roundtable with The Nation

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 16:41:26 +0000

A growing community of young, black, and indigenous people are questioning the very identity underpinning Hispanic Heritage Month. By Miguel Salazar in The Nation Featuring Amanda Alcántara is a Dominican journalist and digital media editor at Futuro Media Group. Daniel Alvarenga is a Salvadoran journalist and a video producer at AJ+. Rosa Clemente is a black Puerto Rican journalist, organizer...

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Truth To Power – Episode 1: Rosa Clemente – A Reign Original

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:08:41 +0000

April Reign, creator of the #OscarsSoWhite viral campaign sits down with Rosa Clemente, the 2008 Green Party Vice-Presidential Candidate who is also an independent journalist, activist, organizer and scholar. Rosa, who identifies as an Afro-Puerto Rican activist, traces the roots of her organizing to her college days where she majored in Africana Studies. Rosa discusses what it takes to be on the...

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Untold Stories: Memory, History and Resistance – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:58:53 +0000

Rosa Clemente spoke on September 15th at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, as a part of her 2018 national speaking tour.

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Podcast: Real Black News with Raqiyah Mays

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 23:53:45 +0000

“Having Amara La Negra and Cardi B really has changed how a lot of younger Latino women are seeing themselves racially… But if you’re saying you’re Afro Latino and ‘I don’t like Black Lives Matter’ then you’re not dealing with Anti-Blackness. You’re just saying it ‘cause it’s the popular thing to do or we’re beginning to see one or two Amara La Negras on our TVs.” – Afro-Puerto Rican Activist Rosa...

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Borough of Manhattan Community College Social Justice Series – Keynote Rosa Clemente

Rosa Clemente — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 05:24:18 +0000

The Borough of Manhattan Community College Social Justice Series presents: Keynote Speaker Rosa Clemente Meet Rosa Clemente–organizer, hip hop scholar, journalist, and 2008 Vice-Presidential Candidate (Green Party) for an evening of powerful dialog on social justice issues.

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Not in our name: A Puerto Rican White Supremacist in Charlottesville – By Rosa Clemente

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 02:29:42 +0000

UPDATE 8/18/2017: I have confirmed that is was not Alex Ramos who was in the Vice News video climbing into a van with David Duke, but it was a man with a Puerto Rican flag. Additionally, it was Alex Ramos who assaulted teacher and artist DeAndre Harris. I am a Black Puerto Rican woman. Alex Ramos is a Puerto Rican white supremacist. Two days ago, while watching the Vice News report on what...

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