Black Lives Matter | 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…

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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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Rosa Clemente Awarded The Frederick Douglass 200 – The Guardian

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:58:34 +0000

From the Guardian: This year is Frederick Douglass’s Bicentennial celebration. After escaping slavery at the age of 20, Douglass went on to become one of America’s most celebrated abolitionists – tirelessly campaigning against slavery. Beyond his abolitionist work, Douglass was also a politician, writer, feminist, educator, entrepreneur and diplomat. The Frederick Douglass 200 is a project…

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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…

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2018 Keynote Address at the Living The Legacy of Nonviolence Mid-South Peace & Justice Center

Rosa Clemente — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:31:53 +0000

Rosa Clemente’s speech begins at 57 minutes in. Last Saturday, the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center celebrated 36 years of people-powered change, with a keynote address from organizer, journalist, scholar, and former Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Rosa Clemente. 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s tragic murder in our city, and our founders felt that we…

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50 Years After MLK: A Dream Deferred – WNYC and the Apollo Theater

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:42:13 +0000

Through a lively mix of one-on-one interviews and panels featuring notable guests – including civil rights leader and former attorney and advisor to Dr. King, Dr. Clarence Jones, and prominent female activists such as Women’s March Co-Founder Linda Sarsour, Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors, and scholar and 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Rosa Clemente – “50 Years After…

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Puerto Rico: Hidden Histories And Stories Of Resistance – Rosa Clemente at Colgate University

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:47:49 +0000

Join us for a conversation with Rosa Clemente. Rosa Alicia Clemente is an organizer, political commentator and independent journalist. An Afro-Puerto Rican born and raised in the Bronx, NY she has dedicated her life to organizing, scholarship and activism. From Cornell to prisons, Rosa is one of her generation’s leading scholars on the issues of Afro-Latinx identity. Rosa is the president and…

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Why We Riot: Institutionalized Inequality, Racism & Oppression

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:22:51 +0000

View the episode & speakers here Indeed, nowadays, a riot is often the language of the continually oppressed, unheard citizens who are still not afforded the same general rights as their white counterparts, and when protesting these injustices—all too often with the backdrop of a member of their community unjustifiably slain by a police officer—they are met with over-militarized force as an…

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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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