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VIDEO: Don’t Mind Me

September 4, 2014 unsettlers

On a sunny summer afternoon in Dolores Park, a bottle scavenger in a red cardigan picked her way through the…

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Posted in: Video Filed under: Video

With patada!: Exposing the Eviction of Yolanda M. Lopez (2014 collaborative installation)

June 21, 2014 unsettlers

This post is a documentation of installation work with Yolanda Lopez related to forced eviction. 1. Meeting A Mission Legend…

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Posted in: Installations Filed under: Essay, Installation, Photography

My Mission Blood: Tales From The Block!

May 30, 2014 unsettlers

My Mission Blood: Tales from the Block! is a collaboration with residents born and bred in the Mission District of…

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Posted in: Unsettled in the Mission Filed under: Storytelling

Untweetable Poems (141 character poems)

May 17, 2014 unsettlers

Untweetable Poems is a poetry series inspired by the oral histories told to Camarena by Mission District residents. These poems…

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Posted in: Non-Fiction Literary Writer, Unsettled in the Mission Filed under: Photography, Poetry

Mission Spirits: A Mission District Photo Essay

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The Mission Spirits photography series is about the anonymous folk of the Mission District, who give el barrio its strong…

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Posted in: Photography Filed under: Photography

LessHome: A Mission District Photo Essay

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A photo series of mattresses and carts installed on the streets by Mission residents.

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Posted in: Photography Filed under: Photography

Matres Dolorosas: A Watershed of Tears

May 10, 2014 unsettlers

A Watershed of Tears: Arroyo de los Dolores (extract 1/5) Ocean fog protected the Bay from European discovery, until 1769,…

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Posted in: Unsettled in the Mission Filed under: Essay

May Day: The Nieto Family Story

May 1, 2014 unsettlers 4 Comments

Refugio Nieto and Elvira Rodriguez (now Elvira Nieto) were born a year apart in the little town of Tarimoro, Guanajuato,…

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Posted in: Accompaniment for families hurt by police Filed under: Essay

Campfire: Eviction Community Stories

April 21, 2014 unsettlers

On January, 17, 2014, the “village” gathered around a campfire to hark the horrors of no-fault evictions of lifelong Mission…

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Posted in: Unsettled in the Mission, Video Filed under: Event, Storytelling, Video

Campfire: Michael “Med-o” Whitson

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Michael “Med-O” Whitson has lived 32 years in the Bay Area and 30 of those years in his apartment on…

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Posted in: Video Filed under: Video

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