Name: Plakat
Act Up Fight Back Fight AIDS - Act Up Philadelphia - Since 1987, Act Up Philadelphia Has Been Fighting for Justice for People Living with HIV, and for the Communities That Are Most Devastated by the AIDS Crisis - in Philadelphia, the U.S., and around the World. Act Up Philadelphia Is Different - It Sees the AIDS Crisis as a Political Crisis, a 25-Year-Old Catastrophe That Was Allowed to Happen Because of Greed, Racism, Neglect, and Bigotry. [...] - Celebrate Peoples' History
Courtney Dailey
2007
Name: Plakat
Atenco Guanta - El Pueblo Se Levanta - Celebrate Peoples' History - San Salvador de Atenco Has a Long History of Resistance to the Central Government, Dating from Before Mexicos's Revolution of 1910. In 2001, Atenco Villagers, Mostly Small Farmers, Organized the Peoples' Front for Defense of the Land and Stopped Former President Vincente Fox from Grabbing Their Farmlands for the Construction of a New International Airport. [...]
Melanie Cervantes
2009
Name: Plakat
The Austin Community Is on Chicago's Far West Side and Is Anchored by a Group of Women who Look out over their Neighborhood for the Sake of the Children. These Grandmother Gatekeepers Are the Powerful Protectors of the Young. The Kind-Hearted Benefactors of Supple and Uncertain Lives. Their Steady Efforts amidst Manifold Risks Are Invisible to Many, but not Those That Depend on Them to Rise up and Grow. Bridging Wisdoms That Will not Be Erased, Tracing (Her) Stories to Know the Meanings of Today. - Celebrate Peoples' History
The Stockyard Institute, Chicago, US
2014
Name: Plakat
Begun 1925 - The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (& Maids) Built the Groundwork for the U.S. Civil Rights Movement - "Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand". Power Concedes Nothing without a Struggle. Never Has, never Will." Frederick Douglass - The Brotherhood Was a Labor Based Moment Seeking Civil & Economic Rights for African Americans - Celebrate People's History!
Meredith Stern
2004
Name: Plakat
The Brown Berets - Young Chicanos for Community Action (Popularly Known as the Brown Berets) Was Formed in 1967 by a Group of Chicana and Chicano High School Students in Los Angeles. They Stood and Fought for Farm Worker Rights, Anti-Militarism, and the Liberation of Chicanx Everywehre. In 1968 They Organized a Massive Student Walk out in East LA, Demanding Equality in Schools for Chicanx Students. - Celebrate People's History
Julio Cordova
2018