Historical post about how Francisco X. Alarcón gathered poets together on Facebook to support the Capitol Nine and other community groups in Arizona that were organizing against the passage of Arizona’s SB1070 Bill. A racial profiling law that subsequently passed and was then adopted by other racist states in the US.
Read MoreBy sharing photographs, articles, poetry—information brings people together since we have the power to be part of a “collective consciousness,” as Francisco X. Alarcón explained. We have the power to challenge the United States of America’s master narrative, by presenting our counter-narrative through song, prayer, poetry—we can leave a mark as a testament that we were part of the solution.
Read More
