A February 2023 event hosted by the Leadership Center for Social Justice at United Theological Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The video is 91 minutes, includes a slideshow of Ricardo’s art, and is auto-captioned.
Category: Videos
Videos on social justice, organizing and liberation from Ricardo Levins Morales.
A Circle By The River – Climate Visionaries for 100PercentMN
This June 2022 video produced by Line Break Media and 100PercentMN, a coalition of organizations working for a just and fossil-free future for Minnesota, features Ricardo’s words and (animated!) artwork. It’s part of their “Climate Visionaries” series.
The video is five and a half minutes; use the CC button to enable captions.
MN COVID-19 Response Town Hall
On March 26th, 2020, I joined many community leaders to in roundtable live-stream to discuss how we’re responding as a community to the COVID-19 crisis. Thank you to Rep. Ilhan Omar and her team for convening this conversation.
TPT Minnesota Originals
Click above to watch a video titled “Portrait of an Artist as a Healer and Trickster Organizer,” produced as a part of TPT’s Minnesota Originals in 2019. (The link will take you to TPT’s website.)
The Empire Trips Itself
Overwhelming power can become a weakness.
Produced by our friends at Line Break Media.
Tactics Are All About Context
To be effective in our tactics, it’s the questions we ask that matter the most.
Produced by our friends at Line Break Media.
Organizing on the Titanic
How social justice organizing is held back by the structures that contain it.
Produced by our friends at Line Break Media.
Organizing on the Titanic a video snippet from Ricardo Levins Morales.
The Soil Is More Important Than The Seeds
What beliefs, if they were widely disseminated, would make it easy to win?
Produced by our friends at Line Break Media.
MAG-Net Media Justice Salon: Abolition in the Digital Age
On November 29, 2017, the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) held a Media Justice Salon, hosted by Myaisha Hayes. The theme for this salon was “Abolition in the Digital Age.” I participated in this salon on behalf of MPD150, along with guest speakers Mariame Kaba of Project NIA and Hamid Khan of Stop LAPD Spying Coalition.
The Enemy Advertises Their Weak Points
Our power is amplified when we know where to direct it.
Produced by our friends at Line Break Media.
Transit Police
This incident occurred on the Minneapolis Blue Line light rail train, northbound on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Question of the Day: why are Metro Transit Police asking people’s immigration status???
Organizing with Kindling
A lot of the best community organizing starts small and thinks big.
Produced by our friends at Line Break Media.
Moon Spaces, Sun Spaces & Community Power
In this short video, I discuss where power is generated and ways to make use of it.
Produced by our friends at Line Break Media.
2nd Grade Liberation Program
In this short video, I share what a liberation program might look like.
Produced by our friends at Line Break Media.
Creating Art/Creating Change: An UpTake Leadership Profile
Click above to watch a video about Ricardo Levins Morales and his work, created by The Uptake in 2013. (The link will take you to The Uptake’s website.)
