Colorado Progressive Coalition
Newswire: Mile High Showdown at Wells Fargo 10/28/11
On Thursday, the Colorado Progressive Coalition "moved in" at a Wells Fargo bank located in downtown Denver. The protest was apart of a week long event called the Mile High Showdown.
Keynote: Protest, Brutality, Ink
- arts
- Brutality & Ink”
- Cheyenne Hughes
- Colorado Progressive Coalition
- culture & propaganda
- Favianna Rodriguez
- INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
- Jessi Quizar
- Jesus Barraza
- killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland
- Lisa Calderon
- Melanie Cervantes
- police brutality
- Prodigal Son Initiative
- racial profiling
- social justice movement
- Terrance Roberts
- “Protest
- Keynote
“Protest, Brutality & Ink” documents a lively discussion between Cheyenne Hughes of the Colorado Progressive Coalition, Lisa Calderon, Terrance Roberts of Prodigal Son Initiative, Jesus Barraza, printmaker Melanie Cervantes, artist/entrepreneur Favianna Rodriguez and Jessi Quizar of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, focusing on racial profiling, police brutality and the murder of Oscar Grant in Oakland, Cal. and the role of arts, culture & propaganda in the social justice movement.
The Activist Studio: 2008 Election Special
Host Ashara Ekundayo discusses what the election of Barack Obama means and what's next with Eleanor Fort of 1Sky; Jacy Montoya, executive director of COLOR; Carmen Rhodes, director of FRESC; and Lindsey Hodel, Jessie Ulibarri, Cheyenne Hughes and Francoise Mbabazi of the Colorado Progressive Coalition. Produced by Free Speech TV, The Activist Studio brings together community activists and non-profits to discuss their issues, campaigns, challenges and success stories.
