Results tagged “activist” from Bay Voices

Valencia Street activists who fought the retail giant American Apparel said they sent a strong message to other formula retail stores and the rest of corporate America: Stay away. But other say support for the drive was not very widespread and didn't reach beyond Valencia Street. This shows, says one community leader, that the Mission District is segregated. Sebastian Chatham reports from the Mission District.

"Don't be a snitch!" That is the clear message to the passing pedestrians from a mural on the east end of 20th Street. The artist behind the mural is Pati Zapatita - a 29-year-old Chicana activist. Actually, Pati Zapatita is not the name she was giving at birth. But she prefers to use the catchy nickname since her sense of justice sometimes conflicts with the view of the Justice Department. Sebastian Chatham reports from the Mission District.

One day after the busiest shopping day of the year, Heather Young was at the park giving away what she could for free. The Really Really Free Market (RRFM) for November took place a day after Black Friday—the nation’s annual, post-Thanksgiving orgy in spending that marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. In contrast to the frenzy at the shopping malls, the 50 or so people who gathered at Dolores Park in the Mission District of San Francisco enjoyed a calm day in the sun, a time to share and receive anything from clothing, to a massage, to organic pomegranates all really, really for free. Yo Noguchi reports from the Mission District.

It may be an exaggeration to say that everyone in the Mission Districtknows Ethel Newlin, a longtime community safety activist and well-known squeaky wheel for quality of life issues, but it certainly seems that way. Beth Renneisen reports from the Mission District.