JOURNALISM FROM ROSA CLEMENTE
Speaking Truth To Power
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Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria [PDF Report]
In September 2017, Hurricane Maria caused massive infrastructural damage to Puerto Rico, but its effect on mortality remains contentious. The official death count is 64.
Women of Color of Time’s Up: #MuteRKelly
We demand appropriate investigations and inquiries into the allegations of R. Kelly’s abuse made by women of color and their families for over two decades now.
Rosa Clemente Shares Her Story About Sexual Abuse #muteRKelly
Last night I talked about the first time I was sexually abused at the age of 6, why we must #muteRKelly and the problem of abusers in Hip Hop culture.
The Power of Storytelling – #WeAllGrow Latina Network
“Why do we always learn about the history of our oppression but never the history of our resistance?”
2018 Keynote Address at the Living The Legacy of Nonviolence Mid-South Peace & Justice Center
“Africans who were enslaved did not vote to get free. They fought to get free. They read to get free. They organized to get free.”
Bringing #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #PRontheMap to the 2018 Golden Globes
Rosa Clemente On Her Experience At The 2018 Golden Globes
50 Years After MLK: A Dream Deferred – WNYC and the Apollo Theater
Exploring the progress that has been made in the half-century since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s untimely death, we ask: what happens to his dream deferred?
Puerto Rico: Hidden Histories And Stories Of Resistance – Rosa Clemente at Colgate University
“Your job is to stir it up.”
Responding to Trump’s State of the Union Address
What was said was terrible. What wasn’t said was even worse.
Breaking Down Trump’s First State Of The Union
The speech was lengthy, partisan, and predictable.
Chuck Schumer and 32 of his Colleagues are Worse than Trump
The Democrats sold us out and Dreamers’ lives are at stake.
Why We Riot: Institutionalized Inequality, Racism & Oppression
Dr. King once said: “A riot is the language of the unheard.”
Two Months After Maria Hit, Puerto Rico Recovery Slow
Economists are estimating that it could be more than a decade before Puerto Rico recovers from the hurricane damage.
Borough of Manhattan Community College Social Justice Series – Keynote Rosa Clemente
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq0YMrvxE6o 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...
Puerto Rico Disaster Unfolds Out Of Media Spotlight
The President has continued to try to deflect attention away from the post-Hurricane crisis and blame Puerto Ricans for a massive debt that he claims was their own doing.