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Interview with Rosa Clemente

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Rosa Clemente was one of many presenters at the 2011 National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR) held in Boston April 8-10.  Clemente, who considers herself a proud “black Puerto Rican radical,” made it clear to other NCMR attendees that she dances to her own beat and doesn’t care who likes it.  As she mentions in the video, following House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s keynote speech at the conference, Clemente and six others in the audience got up and screamed “stop the war!”

“Nancy Pelosi is a war monger,” Clemente said on a panel on hip-hop and media reform.  “She comes here and says she supports free press, but Bradley Manning is in jail.  I had to get up and say something.  This is what I call hip-hop.”

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Somali Women Entrepreneurs Carve a Niche in Boston

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Saido Farah (L) and Deeqo Jibril (R) posing in Farah's business Roots Halal Meat Market. Photo Credit: Talia Whyte

Inter Press Service

By Talia Whyte

Deeqo Jibril is always on the go. Whether she is tending to her four children or teaching breast cancer awareness classes to women in her community, the Somali-born community organiser is always up for a new challenge.

Recently, she gave up her job as a social worker to focus full time on the Boston-based Somali Community & Cultural Association, a nonprofit Jibril founded a year ago to support Somali-American women….Jibril’s enterprise is not only an example of the evolving multicultural dynamic within the U.S. workplace, but also the role of women.

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Interview with Artist Susan Thompson

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By Talia Whyte

Artist Susan Thompson participated as a “living legend” in a trolley tour March 19, examining the contributions of Roxbury women to Boston history. The tour was hosted by Discover Roxbury as part of their women’s history month celebrations. Other women both living and deceased given praise on the tour included community organizer Melnea Cass, METCO head Jean McGuire and Dr. Susan Dimock, the founder of what is now known as the Dimock Community Health Center.

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