Women Of Color – DR. Rosa Alicia Clemente

Disrupt the Chaos with Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Robin D.G. Kelley, Linda Sarsour, and Featured Guests

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 21:58:44 +0000

Rosa Clemente with Robin D.G. Kelley – Disrupt the Chaos Rosa Clemente with Linda Sarsour – Disrupt the Chaos Rosa Clemente On Allyship And Confronting Anti-Blackness – NPR’s Latino USA The killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked worldwide protests against racism and police brutality. To many, this moment seems inevitable — and for the Latinx community, it’s bringing up...

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New Documentary On R. Kelly Vindicates Survivors

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:36:23 +0000

RISING UP WITH SONALI FEATURING ROSA CLEMENTE Lifetime has released a new six-part documentary series exposing the deeply disturbing sexual misconduct and assault by musician R. Kelly of multiple black women over decades. The 6-part series, by filmmaker dream hampton is called Surviving R. Kelly, and has been released over subsequent days in the new year. The film comes after many years of...

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Rock the School Bells Keynote Address

Rosa Clemente — Tue, 16 May 2017 01:59:40 +0000

Rosa Clemente speaks at Rock the School Bells at Skyline College about the essence of hip hop, the legacy of speaking truth to power, and the dire context of an administration lead by an overt White Supremacist.

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How I Came to Know and Appreciate My Blackness As An Afro-Latina

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 04:16:09 +0000

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.” See, even though I had grown up in NYC and Westchester County, respectively, and completely embraced and understood that I was Puerto...

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PBS Column: For The Gop, Making America Great Is For The Rich, White And Male

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:46:00 +0000

Article written by Rosa Clemente First published by PBS NewsHour When the United States Constitution was fully ratified on June 21, 1788, neither white women, black women nor black men were considered full citizens of this nation. In fact black people, free or enslaved, would be considered three-fifths of a human being after the 1857 landmark decision known as the Dred Scott Case by the U.S.

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PBS Column: The Democratic Party is Not What It Seems

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:40:03 +0000

Article written by Rosa Clemente First published by PBS NewsHour I left the Democratic Party in 2000. At that time, I got the chance to hear Ralph Nader speak while he was running as the Green Party presidential candidate. He exposed so much for me. Having spent five years prior working at the New York State Assembly as an aide, I got to know the underbelly of not just New York State politics...

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Keynote Address – Olympic College 2016 Diversity Conference

Rosa Clemente — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:45:42 +0000

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Keynote Address – National Conference on Race & Ethnicity

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 03:46:55 +0000

Over 2500 pack room at the 27th Annual NCORE – National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education – to hear Rosa Clemente’s Keynote Address.

Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote Address – Winston Salem State University

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 04:27:23 +0000

– WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY...

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On Being Afro-Latina and the Black Lives Movement

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 03:48:46 +0000

During their recent trip to Cleveland at the Black Lives Matter convention, Hard Knock Radio caught up with former Green Party vice presidential candidate Rosa Clemente and talk to her about the intersection of those who identify as Afro-Latino and the Black Lives Matter Movement. They talked about the current political landscape and ways that Black and Brown folks could move forward…

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