Written by unsettlers on November 14, 2020
The Latinx Epidemic in San Francisco
Community Journalism . Non-Fiction Literary WriterBelow 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
Written by unsettlers on November 12, 2020
Policing and police reform
Community Journalism . Non-Fiction Literary WriterFrom time to time, I’ll publish a commentary on policing and police reform in the City. Below are links to a few such articles.
Written by unsettlers on October 9, 2017
Unsettled/ Inquietos: A collaboration with El Tecolote, the bilingual newspaper of the Mission!
Unsettled in the MissionAdriana Camarena is proud to collaborate with Accion Latina to create and distribute “Unsettled/Inquietos,” a series of literary non-fiction essays based on portraits of working class and poor residents of the traditionally Latino Mission District of San Francisco. The essays will be published in English and Spanish in the bilingual El Tecolote newspaper of Acción
Written by unsettlers on June 8, 2016
Adriana Camarena responds to YBCA’s “Take This Hammer Exhibit” as part of Ten Bay Area Writers Respond, June 7th, 2016
Non-Fiction Literary Writer . Unsettled in the MissionAn essay by Adriana Camarena about affordable housing, police brutality, homelessness, art and activism. The author was commissioned by the YBCA to write a response to the exhibit “Take This Hammer”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), March 11th to August 16th, 2016 (Guest Curator: Christian L. Frock) and present work at the event:
Written by unsettlers on June 4, 2016
The Naming of Things
Non-Fiction Literary WriterThe Naming of Things* For Chris Carlsson, and in memory of “Processed World” magazine. I have found the place where making romantic sentences full of pathos and bravado has become factory work. On a plain of paved streets in Sunnyvale, past rows of ticky-tack Spanish-tiled roofs, in a cove of office-warehouses, holding herds of cubicles,
Written by unsettlers on September 8, 2014
108 Homes
Unsettled in the MissionWork-in-progress/ Extract (updated Sept. 8, 2014) 108 Homes For Mary Brown— My friend —M— gave me a list of 108 homes with listed owners who had not changed in the last 35 years. I went knocking on those address doors wanting to know who lived there. I started with names on my list that did
Written by unsettlers on May 30, 2014
My Mission Blood: Tales From The Block!
Unsettled in the MissionMy Mission Blood: Tales from the Block! is a collaboration with residents born and bred in the Mission District of San Francisco. Contributors sent an old photo of themselves on Mission streets, with a caption. The photos provide insight into the visual and narrative streetscapes that these residents built block-by-block. With pain, we see their
Written by unsettlers on May 17, 2014
Untweetable Poems (141 character poems)
Non-Fiction Literary Writer . Unsettled in the MissionUntweetable Poems is a poetry series inspired by the oral histories told to Camarena by Mission District residents. These poems cut across all the themes of the Unsettlers project, and provide community stories in a nugget. In 2011, San Francisco approved a six-year tax break for the tech titan Twitter, and in 2012 the company
Written by unsettlers on May 10, 2014
Matres Dolorosas: A Watershed of Tears
Unsettled in the MissionA Watershed of Tears: Arroyo de los Dolores (extract 1/5) Ocean fog protected the Bay from European discovery, until 1769, when explorer Gaspar de Portolá viewed the body of water from a mountaintop. Six years later, on August 5, 1775, the ship San Carlos sailed through the golden gate under a moonlit sky. The Huimen
Written by unsettlers on April 21, 2014
Campfire: Eviction Community Stories
Unsettled in the Mission . VideoOn January, 17, 2014, the “village” gathered around a campfire to hark the horrors of no-fault evictions of lifelong Mission residents and other San Franciscans provoked by rampant real estate speculation in the City. Fourteen brave storytellers shared their horrific experiences. Below is the resulting documentary film series Campfire: Eviction Community Stories, consisting of a