Another Gulf is Possible Collaborative
COSTA VIVIENTE NEWSLETTER
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“All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice.”
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Dear Community,
Sending love and wellness to you and yours during this unprecedented moment we are finding ourselves in. We have been compiling a list of community resources on our
AGIP Covid19 Community Care
page. During these uncertain times we know that our strength is found in our love for each other and the places we call home. We will continue to make updates and ask that you please send any suggestions you think we should share through our social channels to
anothergulfispossible@gmail.com
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Querida Comunidad,
Hemos estado recopilando una lista de recursos en nuestra pagina de
AGIP Covid19 Community Care
. Durante estos tiempos inciertos sabemos que nuestra fortaleza se encuentra en nuestro amor mutuo y los lugares a los que llamamos nuestro hogar. Continuaremos a actualizarnos y pedir que nos manden sugerencias que crean que debemos de compartir a través de nuestros canales sociales a
anothergulfispossible@gmail.com
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Red Wing Laredo & Rio Grande Valley
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Another Gulf members Bekah Hinojosa and Patti Rubio, are part of a volunteer-led mutual aid group called "Red Wing," which is helping their community by picking up food, medicine, and other resources and taking them to elderly or immuno-compromised individuals who can't risk going out themselves. Red Wing is also offering to cover the costs of much of these supplies. We are currently operating in Webb County and the Rio Grande Valley.
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Miembras de Another Gulf Bekah Hinojosa y Patti Rubio, son parte de un grupo de apoyo mutuo liderado por voluntarios llamado "Red Wing", cuyo esto ayudando a la comunidad a recoger comida, medicina, y otros recursos y llevándolo a ancianos o individuos inmunocomprometidos quienes no pueden ponerse en riesgo al salir. Red Wing esta ofreciendo cubrir costos de muchos de estos artículos. Estamos operando en Webb County y El Valle Rio Grande.
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CoronaVirus Racialized
Sharon Linezo Hong
As with most public health pandemics originating from non-western countries, the novel coronavirus has been racialized. The new corona virus originated from Wuhan, China but it gives equal opportunity for all races to develop the disease, COVID-19. At the moment, 338,259 cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded world-wide and 38,167 of those are recorded in the United States. This rapid global spread has occurred in only three months time and is causing an abrupt disruption to social structures around the world. The reactionary instinct to find one to blame may be natural but is ultimately only harmful. The World Health Organization recommends not using geographic locations when naming an illness because of the history of backlash. When the President of the United States, deliberately addresses the pandemic as the “Chinese Virus” or White house officials use the term “Kung Flu,” it perpetuates racist and xenophobic narratives and leads to economical and social ostracizing of Chinese, Asians, Pacific Islanders, Asian-Americans and any one who may get lumped together by ignorant bigotry. The backlash can be seen as racist comments, jokes, and online memes going viral to the more extreme spike in physical assaults and anti-Asian hate crimes occurring both nationally and internationally.
The enemy is the virus not the people who are threatened by it.
As the world is becoming infected by this fast moving pathogen, it is a time to recognize the fragility of our interconnected worlds and find a sustainable way of interacting with each other. Let’s interrupt the racist tendencies and re-focus on preventing our shared health care systems from becoming overwhelmed. Social distancing and self-quarantine have become everyday terms and are new expectations as we attempt to “flatten the curve.” The impact each person has is more recognizable now than ever before and the question becomes, how can we support the community and each other while we isolate ourselves in order to contain the illness? This is an unprecedented time when a unified action of isolation can be what keeps us together.
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CoronaVirus Racializado
Sharon Linezo Hong
Como todas las pandemias originarias de los países no occidentales, el nuevo coronavirus a sido racializado. El nuevo coronavirus originó desde Wuhan, China pero le da oportunidad equitativa a toda raza para desarrollar la enfermedad, COVID-19. En el momento, 338,259 casos del nuevo coronavirus han sido registrados a través del mundo y 38,167 de estos están registrados en los Estados Unidos. Esta propagación global a ocurrido en solo 3 meses y está causando una interrupción abrupta a las estructuras sociales alrededor del mundo. El instinto reaccionario para encontrar la culpa es natural pero en el fondo- dañino. La Organización Mundial de la Salud recomienda no usar localidades geográficas al nombrar una enfermedad por la historia de la reacción violenta. Cuando el Presidente de los Estados Unidos, Trump deliberadamente comentó sobre la pandemia como “El Virus Chino” o officiales de la casa blanca usan el nombre “Kung Flu”, cuyo perpetua narrativas racistas y xenófobas, llevando a cabo maneras económicas y aislamiento social de Chinos, Asiáticos, Isleños del Pacifico, Asiaticos Americanos y cualquier persona que podría ser mezclada por el fanatismo ignorante. La reacción violenta se puede ver en los comentarios racistas, chistes, y memes en línea que se hacen virales hasta llegar a un punto extremo de asaltos físicos y crímenes de odio en contra de Asiáticos ocurriendo nacionalmente e internacionalmente. El enemigo es el virus no las personas a quien se les amenaza. Mientras el mundo está siendo impactado por este patógeno rápido, es el tiempo de reconocer la fragilidad de nuestros mundos interconectados y encontrar maneras sostenibles para interactuar con cada uno. Vamos a interrumpir las tendencias racistas y re-enfocar en prevenir que nuestros sistemas de cuidado de salud no sean agobiados. La Distanciación social y la cuarentena por decisión propia se han convertido en terminos de todos los dias y hay nuevas expectativas en lo que atentamos a “curvar el impacto”. El impacto de cada persona es aun más reconocible ahora que antes y la pregunta se convierte en, ¿cómo podemos apoyar la comunidad y uno al otro mientras nos aislamos para contener la enfermedad? Este es un tiempo sin precedentes cuando la acción de aislamiento unificada podría ser lo que nos mantiene juntos.
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ANOTHER GULF • WINTER 2020 REVIEW
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Another Gulf Is Possible continues brainstorming and is in the prototype process for a new water banking project,
SISTERNS
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Collaborative members Jayeesha Dutta, Bryan Parras & Yudith Nieto recently attended Climate Justice Alliance's annual Just Transition Finance Training to workshop our project with other CJA members to figure out how to make this project economically self-sustaining while upholding our values of justice. Stay Tuned.
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Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative hosted the
Slap Frost Revue
, a nationally touring conscious hip hop crew from the Bay Area in Bvlbuncha (New Orleans) at our home base, Catapult, on February 18, 2020, featuring Mike "Meezy" Marshall of "I Got Five On It" and "Rumors" fame, Equipto, Vocab Slick, and DJ True Justice. Local acts Sandra Love and the Reason and Stash Marina opened.
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Charro Days Fiesta,
February 29, 2020
In Brownsville, Texas, members Bekah Hinojosa and Patti Rubio led an action with local activists to host an anti-LNG and No Border Wall float to banner drop messages during the Charro Days parade, the largest event of its kind in the Rio Grande Valley. They were protesting Rio Grande LNG's corporate sponsorship and the presence of border patrol in the parade that is a celebration of the community's bi-national friendship with Mexico.
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Fiesta de Charro Days,
Febrero 29,2020
En Brownsville, Texas, miembro Bekah Hinojosa y Patti Rubio dirigieron una acción junto a activistas locales para presentar una carroza en contra del GNL y el Muro Fronterizo para soltar una bandera con estos mensajes durante el desfile de Charro Days, un evento mayor de este tipo en Valle Rio Grande. Estaban protestando el patrocinio de la corporación de GNL del Rio Grande y la presencia de patrullas fronterizas en el desfile cuyo esta celebrando la amistad binacional de la comunidad con Mexico.
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Diasporic Desis* Decolonizing Yoga
was a sold out workshop, salon, and supper club Another Gulf Is Possible sponsored on February 2, 2020 facilitated by Jayeesha Dutta, Sheetal Kandola, and Harpinder Mann. It aimed to
connect individuals who want to honor, acknowledge and decolonize the roots of yoga with a vision of eliminating its commercialization, commodification, and continued colonization.
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Desis Diasporicas* Descolonizando la Yoga fue un taller
experiencial, salon, y club de cena enfrentando a la colonización y como esta relacionado con la practica de yoga, fue presentado Febrero 2, 2020, por Jayeesha Dutta, Sheetal Kandola, y Harpinder Mann y patrocinado por la Colaborativa AGIP.
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AGIP collaborated with the
Sarah Adeline Center for Social & Climate Justice
for the
3rd Annual Day of Giving
at the School of Liberal Arts, SoLA, in Pensacola, FL. The event was in alliance with the national day of service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Community from the Pensacola area came together with donations that were carefully sorted and packaged to support local charities and non-profits. A grassroots community educator, organizer, and spoken word poet, Quincy “Q” Hull shared his poetry and a lecture on MLK and his legacy that looked beyond the commercialized Hallmark version of Martin Luther King Junior. The intergenerational and multi-cultural gathering generated 2 truck-loads of clothing for Gulf Coast Kids’ House, wellness and sanitary goods to Favor House, non-perishable foods to MANNA Food Bank, and dictionaries/thesauruses for the Prison Project led by Open Books.
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AGIP colaboro con el
Sarah Adeline Center for Social & Climate Justice
para el 3ro Dia Annual de Dar en la Escuela de Artes Liberales, SoLA, en Pensacola, FL. El evento estuvo en alianza con el dia nacional de servicio en el Dia de Martin Luther King Jr. Comunidad de el area de Pensacola se reunieron con donaciones que fueron ordenados cuidadosamente e empaquetados para apoyar a caridades locales y organizaciones sin lucros. Un educador comunitario de base, organizador, y poeta de palabra hablada, Quincy "Q" Hull compartir su poesía y una lectura sobre MLK y su legaría que miro mas allá de la version comercializada por Hallmark sobre Martin Luther King Junior. La reunion intergeneracional e multicultural genero 2 camiones de ropa para Gulf Coast Kids' House, artículos sanitarios y de bienestar para Favor House, alimentos no perecederos para el MANNA Food Bank, y diccionarios/tesauros para el Prison Project liderado por Open Books.
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Collaborative member, Noel Didla, has been working with the Mississippi Food Justice Collaborative. This image is from a recent learning immersion with the Boat People SOS on the MS Gulf Coast.
Learn more about the Mississippi Food Justice Collaborative
here
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Meet our
newest
Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative Members
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Green Hearts / Corazones Verdes
Patricia Rubio
Inside of me I have a green heart, rising in love and hope for better tomorrows.
Like a flower growing in the cracks of the sidewalk, it is fierce and reluctant.
Flourishing in hope and faith of communities working together for a better way of life, unified.
If is grows weary, it is only for a moment.
With every season it stands all that comes to it’s presence.
I nurture this heart with love for myself and all relatives.
Good medicine from Mother Earth and Ancestors that watch over us.
It glows with light even during the storms of injustice and hate.
I am the green heart; we are the green hearts.
The green heart is within us all and will thrive in the harshest storms
for we are the green hearts of the world.
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Dentro de mí tengo un corazón verde, que se eleva en el amor y la esperanza de una mañana mejor. Como una flor que crece en las grietas de la acera, es feroz y reacia.
Floreciendo en esperanza y fe de las comunidades que trabajan juntas por una mejor forma de vida, unificada. Si se cansa, es sólo por un momento.
Con cada temporada todo lo que viene a su presencia.
Yo nudo este corazón con amor por mí y por todos los parientes.
Buena medicina de la Madre Tierra y de los ancestros que nos vigilan.
Brilla con luz incluso durante las tormentas de injusticia y odio.
Yo soy el corazón verde; somos los corazones verdes. El corazón verde está dentro de todos nosotros y prosperará en las tormentas más duras, ya que somos los corazones verdes del mundo.
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ALEC-Crafted Laws Could Send Me to Prison for a Decade for My Activism
Anne White Hat
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December 2019
This week, corporate executives and legislators from around the country are gathering in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) annual States and Nation Policy Summit, where they will craft policies to introduce into state legislatures. More than a dozen groups have protested outside the meeting. ALEC is a shadowy group — meeting in secret, hiding its membership, and prohibiting journalists and the public from observing its activities. Various watchdogs have increasingly exposed ALEC’s undemocratic nature. What has received less attention, however, are the policies that emerge from ALEC.
ALEC is behind some of the
most notorious and harmful state laws
enacted in recent years, including Stand Your Ground laws; voter ID laws; laws that punish participation in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights; and laws that punish protests. I’m currently being prosecuted for allegedly violating the latter.
I am Sicangu Lakota from Rosebud, South Dakota. I moved to Louisiana in 2010, just before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I traveled to North Dakota in 2016 soon after pipeline security forces unleashed guard dogs on the peaceful Water Protectors at Standing Rock who were trying to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) from desecrating burial sites. The #NoDAPL protests lit fire to a worldwide movement against the oil industry and for the protection of water, human rights and communities affected by extractive industries. In response, several states enacted laws that impose severe criminal penalties for presence on property containing certain energy-related industrial manufacturing facilities classified as “
critical infrastructure
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When I returned to Louisiana, the anti-pipeline struggle followed me home. The Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP) is the tail end of the DAPL. It runs across 163 miles, from Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana, through the most beautiful bayous of the Atchafalaya Basin, ending in the historic African American freed slave community of St. James in “Cancer Alley” or “Death Alley.” The BBP threatens the water and lifeways of over 300,000 human beings in south Louisiana. Like DAPL, BBP was met with a historic Indigenous women-led resistance. Like #NoDAPL, the effectiveness of the #NoBBP effort was met with an ALEC-linked amendment to Louisiana’s “critical infrastructure” law which harshly punishes presence on or even near Louisiana pipelines. With over
125,000 miles of pipelines
crisscrossing the state, the overwhelming majority are not visible and run through yards, public roads, sidewalks and other public spaces.
In September 2018, I was targeted, arrested without a warrant, detained and charged with two felonies under the law for attending a nonviolent protest to stop illegal construction on private property in the Atchafalaya Basin. I had permission from the landowner to be on the land, and a Louisiana court later found that the pipeline was being constructed illegally there. Still, I face up to 10 years in prison for my protest.
Laws that are so vague and sweeping in scope, and which provide harsh penalties, clearly implicate everyone’s First Amendment rights to organize and speak out. But critical infrastructure laws, like all laws born out of the conservative-corporate alliance in ALEC, have particularly harsh effects on communities of color.
Extractive and ecologically destructive industries tend to take from and pollute the most marginalized communities, as in the case of the chemical plants that have turned St. James into “Death Alley,” our G’witchen relatives from Alaska who are still recovering from the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989, and communities along the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline that recently
leaked
more than 380,000 gallons of crude oil and affected 10 times the amount of land initially determined.
When our communities fight back, we are the ones prosecuted under these ALEC-crafted laws. When our resistance is burdened by arrest and prosecution, it is our communities who are most vulnerable to the consequences of losing the fight — people of color, Indigenous people, and poor people are those first impacted by these industries and their contribution to climate change.
ALEC
boasts
that nearly a third of all state legislators are members, along with hundreds of local politicians. Every year, hundreds of ALEC-crafted bills are introduced, and many become law. A
new report
by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Dream Defenders, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Palestine Legal, and The Red Nation details the disparate impact these laws have on communities of color.
I continue to fight on the front line and have joined others to
challenge the law in the courts
. I’m working feverishly to ensure my children will be cared for in the event I’m convicted for standing up for their right to clean water and the rights of our beloved Unći Maka, our Mother Earth. Regardless of the outcome of my case, for economic, ecological and racial justice — ALEC must be stopped.
Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission
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Upcoming Events | Eventos Próximo
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Another Gulf is Possible collaborators and co-producers, Sharon Linezo Hong and
Monique Verdin
's film My Louisiana Love will air nationally at 8/7c on The World Channel's America Reframed. Check your local PBS stations or watch online
here
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Tuesday, March 24⋅8:15 – 9:15pm
Join us!
Meeting ID: 949 461 154
Password: 154410
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Header photo by Paticia Rubio Silver-banded Hairstreak at Bentsen State Park.
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