Immortal Technique, Hip Hop and the Lost Children of Afghanistan An interview with Shamsia Razaqi From Silicon Valley de bug Magazine By Justin Collins It seems like humanitarian aide can include good music. Omeid International and Project Greenlight have been busy connecting local Hip Hop fans to benefit shows to aide “Afghanistan’s children of war.” [...]

This Sunday (11/16/08) over 200 community members came out to join the 15th annual Peace and Unity March that was organized to demand an end to violence. The event was sponsored by the Watsonville Brown Berets, the Watsonville Peace and Unity Coalition, the Student Empowerment Project. The first March was organized in 1994 after the [...]

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel Donna Jones – Sentinel Staff Writer Posted: 11/21/2008 01:30:29 AM PST Masked figures with raised fists share the space with a flashy bike rider and giant bugs on a wall tucked behind a former furniture store on Main Street. The vivid mural, which draws its inspiration from ancient Aztec culture [...]

For the last 15 years the Watsonville Brown Berets, along with families of fallen victims and other community members, have organized the Peace and Unity March to promote unity in our barrios. We utilize the medicines and ceremonies of our indigenous roots to help in this healing process as well as the message of social [...]