The following a speech delivered at the Black Lives Matter/George Floyd protest on behalf of Black Humboldt at the Eureka Police Department on June 1, 2020. Hello everyone I am Mo Desir and I am a volunteer organizer for Black Humboldt, one of the only Black-operated and Black-oriented organizations in this region. Black Humboldt is […]
Activism
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Through the Eyesof Native Activists
I started my review of From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A reporter’s journey, screening at the Eureka Theater on Oct. 19, with some trepidation because of its local connection. Journalist and director Kevin McKiernan’s documentary looks at Indian actions at two different points in history. It focuses partly on the American Indian Movement, the […]
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Still Standing: The legacy of Women’s Grove
The instant I stepped out of my car and into Women’s Grove, I was hit by the scent of rain-soaked earth and redwood bark — a smell that I will always associate with my childhood. My parents would load us into the station wagon and drive us to this grove, where we would tumble out […]
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Paddling Forward
With the smell of coffee wafting from a nearby restaurant, we place our paddle boards on the glassy surface of Humboldt Bay. Earlier that morning, my husband had woken me and suggested we take our boards out to the King Salmon canals. Now he waits until I am safely launched before pushing his board out […]
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The Van Kirk and Vinyard Research Collection: HSU Honors Humble Heroines
Susie Van Kirk would probably not have approved of Humboldt State University’s plan to immortalize her. The decades-long activist for homeless and environmental rights was not a fan of the spotlight, according to all who knew her, going as far as to ask her son not to hold a memorial service or write an obituary […]
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Movement for the Movement
Rain quit just in time for over 100 people of all ages (mostly Arcata elementary-school students) dancing to Katy Perry’s “Roar” to celebrate One Billion Rising at the fourth annual V-Day Humboldt on the Arcata Plaza on Friday, Feb. 12. See the slideshow below for highlights from the event. Ann Youmans, a teacher at Sunny […]
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Parks and Heck (and Roads)
Going to the Board of Supervisors meeting tomorrow? To, perhaps, hear the depressing report on the state of our state’s roads and their desperate repair needs? The report goes county by county, discussing embarrassing things like their PCI (pavement condition index, where a new road rates “100” and a failed road is a “0”). Humboldt […]
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Six Rivers Planned Parenthood is “The Worst”
The Eureka arm of the 40 Days For Life campaign, the human prayer shield camped out in front of Six Rivers Planned Parenthood since Feb. 13, wrapped up operations over the weekend on Sunday, March 24. Done. (For previous Journal coverage of the prayer-a-thon, clicketh here.) So what did we learn? Be careful what you […]
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Ocean Grove to Host More Murder Music
Undaunted by public outrage stirred up by the furtive Capleton concert earlier this month, the Ocean Grove Lodge in Trinidad has booked another dancehall performer whose lyrics explicitly call for the murder and brutalization of gays. This time, in a concert scheduled for Election Day, the performer is Beenie Man, a Jamaican dancehall icon with a […]
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Painting Into The Night
They started in the daytime and painted into the night, light flickering from a campfire merging with spotlights to show their handiwork. And the scene emerging on the large canvas was no surprise: an expression, oft repeated, of the keenest desire of many in our region, including members of local tribes, to see the Klamath […]
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Tonight’s Controversial Capleton Show Will Be At …
After weeks of fyah spewin’ between dancehall enthusiasts and LGBT activists, Bonus Entertainment’s Beau DeVito just made the following announcement about the location of tonight’s controversial Capleton show via da Facebooks: CAPLETON @ the ocean grove tonight…30adv at peoples records arcata and nhs arcata….doors at 9…Blaaze it !!! That would be the Ocean Grove Lodge […]
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Freedom to Boycott
Above: Capleton performs at the Red Fox Tavern in 2010. Humboldt County loves its reggae. Check our calendar section this or any week for proof. And it makes sense. Reggae’s feel-good, pan-cultural message of “one love” jibes perfectly with our community’s streak of irie idealism, to say nothing of the ganja connection. But in recent […]