June 2020 BLACK SUMMER: A NEW ORLEANS RESISTANCE DIARY (part one) This is the first of a series that will delve into and unpack various forms of protest in the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), including direct actions and rallies, spiritual and... Mwende Katwiwa
December 2015 #BlackTransLivesMatter: Remembrance, Resilience and Resistance 2015 has been the deadliest year nationally and internationally in the trans* community. In the United States alone, at least 21 trans women of color and gender nonconforming... Mwende Katwiwa
December 2015 Reportback from TakeEmDownNola Coalition’s Nov. 28 action If you were in the French Quarter the last weekend of November, you may have noticed something different about the statues and monuments in the area. On that Saturday (November... Mwende Katwiwa
December 2015 Top 5 Times White Women Needed to Have All The Seats It’s been a particularly side eye- inducing year, due to an epidemic my friends and I have dubbed WWF (White Women’s Fuckery). WWF is a very particular way in which white... Mwende Katwiwa
September 2015 Navigating Space and Race in the French Quarter “FREEDOM” IN CHAINS Maafa comes from the Kiswahili word Kufa, which means “to die.” It can be translated to mean “a disaster” or “a great tragedy.” Too few... Mwende Katwiwa
June 2015 Confronting Histories Old and New with #BlackSpring #BlackLivesMatter. Much has been made recently of this simple, yet necessary affirmation of the humanity of Black people in America. The hashtag was created by Patrisse Cullors,... Mwende Katwiwa
May 2015 The Fight for $15: A Union and a Movement On April 15th, low-wage workers across the country went on strike to demand an increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour and the right to unionize. This day of action was... Mwende Katwiwa
