Jun 3, 2018 | Puerto Rico, Rising Up with Sonali, Video
Rosa Clemente is a community organizer, active with Black Lives Matter, freelance journalist, 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, and currently a doctoral candidate in the W.E.B. DuBois Department of AfroAmerican Studies at the University of...
Jun 3, 2018 | Films, Journalism, Puerto Rico, Video
Watch this video on YouTube On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. A category 4 storm, it was the strongest hurricane to hit the island in almost a century. Now, the people of Puerto Rico are hungry, homeless and dying. Many towns lack...
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Jun 3, 2018 | Puerto Rico
BACKGROUND Quantifying the effect of natural disasters on society is critical for recovery of public health services and infrastructure. The death toll can be difficult to assess in the aftermath of a major disaster. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria caused massive...
May 14, 2018 | #TimesUp, Feminism, Hip Hop
To Our Fellow Women of Color: We see you. We hear you. Because we are you. For too long, our community has ignored our pain. The pain we bear is a burden that too many women of color have had to bear for centuries. The wounds run deep. As women of color within Time’s...
May 14, 2018 | Feminism, Hip Hop, Video
Watch this video on YouTube 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. #muteRKelly #timesup...
Apr 10, 2018 | Media Appearances
“Why do we always learn about the history of our oppression but never the history of our resistance?” “My faith always lies within the people – the warriors; the unapologetic black and brown sisters, brothers and non-gender conforming...
Mar 17, 2018 | Black Lives Matter, Electoral Politics, Media Appearances
Rosa Clemente’s speech begins at 57 minutes in. “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.” Last Saturday, the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center celebrated 36...
Feb 16, 2018 | #TimesUp, Media Appearances
Watch this video on YouTube Access: Susan Sarandon & Rosa Clemente On Raising Awareness For Puerto Rico At The Golden Globes The New York Times: At the Golden Globes, Stars and Their Activist Guests Talk About Why They Fight ““So honored...
Feb 14, 2018 | Black Lives Matter, Media Appearances, Video
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...
Feb 12, 2018 | Black Lives Matter, Video
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...
