May 15, 2017 | Afro-Latinx, Hip Hop, Women Of Color
Watch this video on YouTube 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...
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.”...
Jan 23, 2017 | Electoral Politics, Journalism, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Millions of people marched around the country and also the world on January 21st. Among them were my guest Rosa Clemente, the 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, who knows a thing or two about electoral politics and...
Nov 17, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Journalism, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. A video of a white man screaming insults at a female employee of Starbucks in Miami has gone viral. The man yelled at the woman of color, “You’re trash…you’re garbage…you’re complete trash,” and, “I voted for Trump,” and “you lost.”...
Nov 11, 2016 | Electoral Politics
I know it has been a rough week, I know we are all confused. Some in complete shock, some not too shocked, but all in some kind of pain. Everyone has the right to be in their feelings, sit with them and to reflect. No one’s timeline in how to move forward...
Nov 3, 2016 | Audio, Electoral Politics, Media Appearances
Listen to Rosa Clemente on the podcast: Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu With the political circus of the 2016 presidential election heating up, you can laugh or you can cry. Choose to laugh. Comedians and longtime friends W. Kamau Bell...
Oct 30, 2016 | Electoral Politics, Writing
In this print-exclusive Ebony Magazine article, Rosa Clemente makes a forceful case for thinking outside of the two boxes. View the pdf.
Sep 26, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Journalism, Police, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Authorities in Charlotte, North Carolina, have just released portions of video from dashcam and bodycam footage of the fatal police killing of Keith Lamont Scott. Critics are demanding the police release all available footage. The...
