Oct 13, 2017 | Journalism, Puerto Rico, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Donald Trump has threatened on Twitter to pull Federal Emergency workers out of Puerto Rico, despite the fact that a majority of the island’s residents are still without power, clean water, or a steady source of food and medicine....
Oct 8, 2017 | Journalism, Puerto Rico, Video
#PRontheMap “What we have now is a total catastrophe. Both humanitarian and political. We need to stop sending things. We need to pressure politically.” Three Actions YOU Can Take TODAY. Do your part. 1) Share Our Stories. 2) DEMAND that Congress...
Sep 27, 2017 | Journalism, Puerto Rico, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Donald Trump has announced he will head to Puerto Rico next Tuesday to survey the devastation from Hurricane Maria. The storm was the worst to hit the island in nearly 90 years and has left behind huge areas with no running water,...
Aug 17, 2017 | Afro-Latinx, Black Lives Matter, Journalism, Puerto Rico
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...
Feb 26, 2017 | Afro-Latinx, Journalism, Women Of Color
In 1993, I was a student at the State University of New York-Albany when Dr. Marta Moreno Vega came to speak on our campus. Until that evening, I had never heard the term Afro-Latina. In fact, I had just learned what it meant when someone said “African descendant.”...
