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The 2022-23 Black Faculty Speaker Series brought in keynote speaker and Princeton University professor, Ruha Benjamin on Wednesday, Jan. 25 to discuss her newest book “Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want.” (Photo by Chloe Hiller)

UA Black Faculty Speaker Series features Princeton University professor Ruha Benjamin

Chloe Hiller
January 27, 2023
Sky Islands (Whale Mural) by Joe Pagac 2019 sponsored by Banner Health. 1930 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ. (Photograph by Lizette Arias)

Muralist hopes to bring art to University of Arizona community

Lizette Arias from El Inde Arizona
May 21, 2022
Dancers with the Barbea Williams Performing Company participate in the 2nd Annual Step Show. Courtesy Barbea Williams Performing Company 

Our Blackness, Our Heritage step show celebrates Black culture and community

Diana Ramos
February 24, 2021
Our columnist Selena Kuikahi talked with local artists Robbie Lee Harris about their activist art across Tucson.  Tucson, Ariz. — Photo of Robbie Lee Harris’s mural located at 318 E Congress St. 

ART IS ACTIVISM: Documenting history with local artist Robbie Lee Harris

Selena Kuikahi
February 7, 2021
 DiAn Dviation’s visual representation of “Uprising.” The individual in the image chooses a soup can instead of a gun which has been tucked away in the face of resistance. (Courtesy DiAn Dviation)

UPRISING: Black Lives Matter Tucson’s zine calls to local Black creators

Allison Fagan
January 25, 2021
Protestors carry a Black Lives Matter flag during the Coalition of Black Students and Allies rally Aug. 28. 

OPINION: ‘Defund the police’ and the case for engaging in a national discourse

Aidan Rhodes
November 28, 2020
Leon Coleman shouts at Donald Trump supporters filing in to the Tucson Convention Center just before now-President Trump was scheduled to speak. While protest has been and is still impactful, protest that lacks empathy and understanding divides us. 

OPINION: The war on critical race theory silences minority experiences to preserve white ignorance

Geraldine Espinosa
October 8, 2020
Album cover for “4 Walls” EP by Etyana Leigh

ART IS ACTIVISM: Student-artist on online perception, authenticity and healing

Selena Kuikahi
October 4, 2020
Early voting Pima County members wait in line to cast their vote in at the ASUA office on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Michael Finnegan, ASUA president mentioned that the office had been opened for the past week for citizens to vote early.

OPINION: Voter suppression is not a new problem in America

Geraldine Espinosa
September 14, 2020
University of Arizona music faculty and students have created a database that is comprised of Black, Indigenous, people of color and women composers for viola. 

Refreshing the repertoire: Developing a BIPOC and women viola composition database

Katie Beauford
September 13, 2020
Sign at the Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles, CA. May 29, 2020.

OPINION: Is race a factor?

Geraldine Espinosa
September 7, 2020
Screenshot from Black Voices of Tucson Episode 2.2, featuring March 4 Justice Tucson founders Jasmine Drummer (bottom right), Tiana McDaniel (top right) and Jovanna (bottom left), hosted by Daily Wildcat Arts Editor Ella McCarville (top left) and News Editor Priya Jandu (top center).

Black Voices of Tucson Episode 2.3: March 4 Justice Tucson

Arizona Student Media
July 15, 2020
The video above is an interview with NSS members Jozette Luke, Brianna Jones and Blaze Ho’omakoa. 

OPINION: Change starts at home: The young activists behind Never Stay Silent

Selena Kuikahi
July 7, 2020
Screenshot from Arizona Student Media's Black Voices of Tucson interview with March 4 Justice Tucson.

Black Voices of Tucson Episode 2.1: March 4 Justice Tucson

Arizona Student Media
July 7, 2020
Screenshot from the first episode of Arizona Student Media's collaborative series "Black Voices of Tucson." This installment featured Eller African American Honorary and was hosted by KAMP Student Radio Marketing Director Jaclyn Kelly.

Black Voices of Tucson Episode 1: Eller African American Honorary at the University of Arizona

Arizona Student Media
June 27, 2020
 Robbie Lee Harris stands with his mural on the side of the Rialto Theater. (Photo courtesy Robbie Lee Harris) 

Muralists take a stance on Black Lives Matter

Katie Beauford
June 26, 2020
SWAT team at BLM protest. Long Beach, CA. May 31, 2020.

OPINION: Cop Shows are Changing Your Mind. Here’s How

Katie Beauford
June 25, 2020
Supreme  x Leigh Bowery (June 2020) 

OPINION: Supreme x Leigh Bowery to end homophobia (Oh, and sexism)

Selena Kuikahi
June 24, 2020
"Are we loud enough?" spray painted on wall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

OPINION: Violence has always been the answer. So what changed?

Rhaya Truman
June 24, 2020
Photographs captured at the 2020 Juneteenth event held at the MSA Annex in downtown Tucson.

March 4 Justice Tucson’s Juneteenth: Institutionalized, history and the present day

Ella McCarville
June 20, 2020
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