In Louisiana, Hurricane Ida made landfall west of New Orleans 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina. While much of the meager media attention related to Ida focused on New Orleans – which lost power and still is without some basic services, particularly in lower-income neighborhoods – the brunt of the damage occurred in the smaller, so-called “river parishes.” Read more for ways to support our comrades in South Louisiana. ...
We stand in solidarity with the people of Ayiti as they struggle to rebuild after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated its southwestern region on August 14th. We are disgusted by the recent abuse of Haitian immigrants by US border patrol in Del Rio, TX, and call for the abolition of ICE and the entire prison industrial complex....
La semana pasada AgitArte continuó con sus Brigadas Solidarias de Arte y Educación Popular en Guánica con talleres de Bemba PR y Vueltabajo....
El pasado lunes 13 AgitArte, junto a Tere Marichal, Deborah Hunt y Columpio Colectivo fueron a comunidades afectadas por los terremotos en Puerto Rico....
Thank you to our many supporters who have reached looking to support earthquake relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Read more for ways to support grassroots relief efforts. ...
Join us in Boston for this 90 minute presentation and discussion about the critical cultural production and movement building work of AgitArte in Puerto Rico and the US....
Last month, AgitArte shared the End the Debt! Decolonize! Liberate! scroll in several locations throughout the main island of Puerto Rico, in recognition of the one year anniversary of Hurricane María and the 150 anniversary of Grito de Lares. ...
The network of Centros de Apoyo Mutuo in Puerto Rico launches a digital platform to strengthen solidarity efforts one year after hurricane María....
On September 1, 2018, AgitArte will be presenting the End the Debt! Decolonize! Liberate! Scroll in New Orleans as part of the Stories of Survival tour.
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Faced with the collapse of the State and the abuses of FEMA in post-Maria Puerto Rico, we have organized ourselves in self-managed spaces around the Island known as Centros de Apoyo Mutuo (Mutual Support Centers + CAM). In addition to providing support to overcome urgent needs in the communities, we promote their empowerment and create discussion spaces to generate critical thinking and the understanding that we are facing a political disaster that is even more dangerous than the natural disaster.
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