How can a community fight back against Super Pacs? Artists in Richmond, CA show the way...
With $1.2 million from Chevron and $2.2 million from the American Beverage Corp in an attempt to buy our local election (San Jose Mercury News Article: Chevron, beverage industry combine to swamp Richmond elections), my neighbors in Richmond, California have found creative ways to fight back.
WORD:
Poets from Richmond's Talent/Making Waves use their unique talents to find a new way to see, think, and speak about diabetes.
Poets Donte Clark & Deandre Evans, filmed and edited by Dimitri Moore, DWM Producing:
I Speak for the People
ART:
Big Soda and Chevron (now under criminal investigation, HuffPo: Chevron Criminal Investigation: EPA Launches Probe In Wake Of Refinery Fire) are called out in murals throughout the city:
More murals here:
Community rejuvenation project completes new murals in Richmond's Greenway
URBAN FARMING:
Urban Tilth cultivates agriculture in west Contra Costa County to help our community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system. They work with schools, community-based organizations, government agencies, businesses, and individuals to develop the capacity to produce 5% of our own food supply.
STREET THEATER:
A funeral for Big Soda: Richmond residents say goodbye to soda at Measure N Campaign event
...AND A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS:
Thank you Danny Glover!