By Talia Whyte
Bay State Banner
Thirty-five years ago, a group of activists met in a Cambridge basement with only $350 to do something that was considered radical at the time — create a socially responsible printing and design cooperative that served Boston’s social activists. Started in 1974, Red Sun Press is still going strong, one poster, brochure and book at a time.
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By Talia Whyte
The Grio
President Obama will be traveling to Denmark to lobby on behalf of Chicago, his hometown, for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He will be the first American president in modern times to pitch for a city at the International Olympic Committee meeting. By the mere fact that he is making an appearance in Copenhagen, some speculate that Obama has already sealed the deal for the Windy City. Nine months after his ascension to the White House, President Obama is still an international phenomenon and quite possibly the greatest marketing tool of all time.
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Recently, I had a chance to interview author/activist Ru Freeman about her new book, politics and the writing process.
As many of you all know, I am a 2009 Urban Environmental Justice Fellow at the Institute for Justice and Journalism, University of Southern California. There were so many people involved in making this project possible that I don’t have the room to list them all here, but clearly there is an interest in this subject, and I hope that the discussion will continue in the forseeable future!
Thanks!
Talia
Here is my completed project:
Bay State Banner
‘Something green is growing here’: In Dorchester, residents of color take urban farming to new heights
Photo Slide Show: Something Green is Growing Here
Video series for WGBH Boston (PBS affliate)
Eating Green: Food and Environmental Justice in Boston
Part 1: Food Justice, Part 2: Food Problem, Part 3: Black and Meatless – sort of
The Grio/MSNBC
Gross Inequality to Access to Healthy Food
The Grio/MSNBC
More veggies, less meat; flexitarians find middle ground