Sucked Dry: Examining Drought and Privatization from Mesoamérica to California
Prop. 1 Continues Failed Water Policies
If there is one thing I've found that resonates through all of the investigative reporting I've done on water and environmental justice issues, it is that all water struggles in California are intimately connected with one another- and these battles are intimately linked with other battles to defend rivers, oceans, fish and the rights of Indigenous Peoples across the Globe.
On that note, the Beehive Collective and the No on Prop. 1 coalition today announced that the global arts and activist group and the No on Prop. 1 campaign are launching a tour of California, Sucked Dry: Examining Drought and Privatization from Mesoamérica to California, to bring their arguments for a sustainable water future and against the water bond to Bay Area residents in an interactive events in the Bay Area.
“Prop. 1 is one more shovel of dirt on the grave of our salmon, crab and other Pacific fisheries,” said Javier Padilla-Reyes, No on Prop. 1 field representative. “Building more dams to hold water we don’t have is misplaced spending and harms the businesses, families and communities that depend upon our salmon, crab and other fisheries.”
Beehive Collective’s Ryan Camero said, "Our graphics are a great way to spark conversations about complex matters like the current water politics of California.”
The Beehive Design Collective is an all-volunteer organization of activists, artists, educators and organizers. Their main focus is creating and presenting graphic works about global issues.
Oct. 20 - Oakland
Greenpeace Warehouse - 7pm
955 7th St. Oakland CA 94607
Here is the calendar for the remainder of the stops on the tour:
21- Berkeley
Albany Gill Tract w/ UC Berkeley
1125 Jackson St Albany CA 94706
Banners at 6pm, show at 7pm
22- San Jose (TBA)
23- Santa Cruz
Museum of Art and History w/ UC Santa Cruz
705 Front St. Santa Cruz CA 95060
24- SLO (San Luis Obispo)
Linneas Cafe
1110 Garden St. San Luis Obispo CA 93401
7pm-9:30pm
25- Santa Barbara (TBA)
26- Los Angeles
Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights w/ Food and Water Watch (Daytime)
415 S. St. Louis St. Los Angeles CA 90033
27- Ventura
The Lab (Nighttime)
11137 Azahar St Ventura CA 93003
28- San Bernardino
Black Flame Collective (Nighttime)
360 W. Orange Show Ln. San Bernardino CA 92408
29- Bakersfield (TBA)
30- Fresno
Anvil Art Gallery/Manchester Experiment
3302 Blackstone Ave Suite G 203 Fresno CA 93726
5pm-8pm
31- Davis
Delta of Venus Cafe
122 B St. Davis CA 95616
Starting at 1pm
NOV.
1- Redding (TBA)
2- Sacramento (TBA)
3- Stockton
Huddle w/ With Our Words, DeltaFusion, Restore the Delta and others
235 N San Joaquin St. Stockton, CA 95202
4 - Sacramento
Sol Collective
2574 21st St. Sacramento CA 95818
The Beehive is an all-volunteer swarm of educators, artists, and activists using images to communicate and educate about the complex realities of our times. The dizzyingly detailed, hand-drawn, large-format posters and banners they tour with are portable murals that come alive through storytelling, illuminating how single issues are interconnected and part of bigger systems. Join in as the Bees deconstruct often overwhelming global issues in an engaging and interactive presentation, using metaphors from the natural world to connect social and environmental struggles.
Contacts:
Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft;
Javier Padilla Reyes, on site 209/670-6449; javier@restorethedelta.org
Ryan Camero, Beehive Collective, 209-683-8879, pollinators@beehivecollective.org
For more information, go to http://www.noonprop1.org