This month Humboldt State University’s Gou’dini Gallery hosts Sing Our Rivers Red, a traveling exhibition that seeks to call attention to the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women across North America. Organized by a group of 10 artists calling themselves the SORR Collective and sponsored by groups at institutions, including North Dakota State University, […]
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One Billion Rising and Rising
More than 100 Arcata Elementary School and Sunny Brae Middle School students sang and danced to “Home We’ll Go” at the sixth annual One Billion Rising event on the Arcata Plaza on Friday afternoon. “We’re making a statement through dance to rise, resist and unite to make change happen so our homes and workplaces are […]
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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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Plaza in Pink
Scores of young folks descended on the Arcata plaza Friday to sing, dance and take a stand condemning violence against women. The annual event came as a part of V-Day Humboldt‘s education efforts and conjunction with One Billion Rising Revolution, a global event that bills itself as the “biggest mass action to end violence against […]