Workshop and Presentations
From Moments to Movements: The Power of Community Activism and Organizing
Hip Hop Intersectionality: Centering Class, Feminism and Race
Nevertheless, We Persist: Black and Brown Women
Puerto Rico on the Map: Hurricane Maria, The Legacy of Colonialism and How to Make a Nation
We the People: Resisting & Speaking Truth to Power in Uncertain Times
When an Afro-Latina Woman Ran for Vice-President and Nobody Knew Her Name
Unapologetically Black: Afro-Latinx Culture, Identity & Politics in the 21st Century
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 Cornell to prisons, Rosa is one of her generations leading scholars on the issues of Afro-Latinx identity.
For me its not only about holding the President, the House of Representatives, or the United States Senate accountable. Holding public officials accountable is important, but building a multiracial social justice movement is a necessity for our very existence.
– Rosa Clemente
Rosa is the president and founder of Know Thy Self Productions, which has produced seven major community activism tours and consults on issues such as hip-hop feminism, media justice, voter engagement among youth of color, third party politics, United States political prisoners and the right of Puerto Rico to become an independent nation free of United States colonial domination.
She is a frequent guest on television, radio and online media, as her opinions on critical current events are widely sought after. Her groundbreaking article, “Who is Black?”, published in 2001, was the catalyst for many discussions regarding Black political and cultural identity in the Latinx community. She is creator of PR (Puerto Rico) On The Map, an independent, unapologetic, Afro-Latinx centered media collective founded in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. She is currently completing her Ph.D. at the W.E.B. DuBois Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Rosa was the first ever Afro-Latina women to run for Vice-President of the United States in 2008 on the Green Party ticket. She and her running mate, Cynthia McKinney, were to this date the only women of color ticket in American history.
More than 200 colleges and universities have hired Rosa to engage students, faculty, and community members. Invite Rosa Clemente to speak at your event:
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Rosa Clemente is a fierce, brave, passionate voice of our times. She speaks from her heart and history and calls us to question everything, to investigate deeper and to stand in solidarity with those who are marginalized and invisible. She is a true revolutionary and we must support her and heed her call.
– Eve Ensler
Playwright, Performer, Activist, Author of The Vagina Monologues
