Community activists pushed back on the city for prioritizing the use of public funds to repair private property while taking no meaningful steps towards racial justice. An adapted version of this essay also appeared in the Isthmus.
The following are my public comments for two resolutions that would have redirected money from public infrastructure and given it to private commercial property owners. I was one of several…
The US has a long history of looting and property destruction in other countries. Yet recent debates surrounding BLM protests have centered on the tension between those who condemn the destruction of property during protests and those who want lives to take priority over property.
These are public comments in opposition to 61060 and 60995 currently under review by City of Madison's Economic Development Committee.
In the weeks following Black Lives Matter protests, murals have popped up all over the country. In particular, murals have appeared on boarded up windows in business districts, like Madison,…