Author: unsettlers
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2025 Team Camarena Sponsorship Package
Please write teamcamarenamx at gmail.com to receive a PDF Sponsorship Package in ENGLISH or SPANISH ABOUT MEXICO’S WOMEN’S CURLING TEAM (Team Camarena) Team Camarena is composed of Adriana Camarena, Estefana Quintero, Karla Knepper, Veronica Huerta and Karla Martínez. Our goal is to represent Mexico at the 2030 Winter Olympics and stand out internationally in this…
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Doña Gavi: La Madrina de Curling México/ Ms. Gavi: Godmother of México Curling
I went to visit Doña Gavi, Mexico’s curling super fan.
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Curling Glossary English-Spanish/ Glosario de Curling Inglés-Español
Curling Glossary English-Spanish/ Glosario de Curling Inglés-Español Con Andorra, Bolivia, México y España en la Federación Mundial de Curling, me pareció buen momento para aportar a la terminología de curling y desarrollar un glosario de curling inglés-español ampliado. ////With Andorra, Bolivia, Mexico, and Spain in the World Curling Federation, I figured it was a good…
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The Latinx Epidemic in San Francisco
Below please find the links to a series of articles and commentaries that I have written since June 2020 related to the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on the Latinx population of San Francisco. The Latinx COVID-19 Epidemic breaks a fever, as cases rises among City’s white population (November 19, 2020) Excerpt: … But this surge…
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Policing and police reform
From time to time, I’ll publish a commentary on policing and police reform in the City. Below are links to a few such articles.
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Día de Muertos: Coronavirus Piñata and Storefront Altar
ReclaMisión engaged several artists to create storefront windows and street altars in the Mission for 2020 Día de Muertos. I proposed to Acción Latina to take over their window. They graciously allowed me to do so. The storefront installation prominently features the number of our unknown beloved departed who have died of COVID-19 in our…
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The Rookie Report: Lessons Learned from the 2019 World’s Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
For the benefit of all those up and coming curlers from rookie or still emerging nations with World-class and Olympian-level dreams, in this report I cover how we rookies fared, what we learned, and what you’re up against in the Qualifier Event. This rookie report is written with the benefit of hindsight and informed by…
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Curling Chronicles: Black Coffee at a Seattle Bus Stop
Black Coffee at a Seattle Bus Stop I woke up thinking about Ethiopians in Seattle. In the past weekends of shuttling back and forth between San Francisco International Airport and SeaTac, I noticed elder Ethiopian women wrapped in their white netela. They often occupied a strong spatial presence on the Link train and E line…
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Photojournalism: The Girl Who Tamed the Beast
These photos were featured with the essay “The Girl Who Tamed the Beast: A True Faerie Tale” in my column “Unsettled in the Mission” published by El Tecolote on November 15, 2018. Barbie Niño is truly a remarkable woman with a stunning border crossing tale.
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Mayan War Room
The Mayan War Room was a collaborative exhibit and pop-up campaign office for the Justice 4 Luis grassroots movement, hosted by the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA). I worked with José Góngora Pat and his family in Teabo, Yucatán to curate the exhibit, which featured embroidered protest posters and altar mantels sent from…