The Veterans of Hope Blog

Aishah Shahidah Simmons is coming to Denver, March 26 and 27 as the Rachel Noel Visiting Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver! Aishah is an award-winning Black feminist lesbian documentary filmmaker, activist, cultural worker and writer. H...

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On the eve of our presidential election, this article and short video reminds us of the courageous history we have in our nation.   Black people in small towns in Arkansas are fighting valiantly to make sure that all votes are counted — in the fac...

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Artist Daniel Minter’s work is consistently wonderful — it teaches, transforms and sacralizes. This article is about Minter’s most recent art projects, including one that involves a ritual meal and poetry in honor of a eugenicized co...

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Daniel Minter is an extraordinarily accomplished and dedicated contemporary American artist. A painter, sculptor, illustrator and art educator his vision connects the symbols and stories of the Black American South with the cultural and ritual traditions...

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“Schools often do not allow black boys to be who they are. They can feel isolated, feel school is not for me.”  Vincent Cobb, co-founder of The Fellowship of Black Male Educators says that African American teachers are more likely to see acting-out ...

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An excellent conversation between John Yang of Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund about connections and complexities in the relationship of African Americans and Asian Americans; and our shared struggles ...

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BREATHIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY is a documentary feature about a Chinese immigrant who became the youngest prisoner at San Quentin State Prison and later one of the nation’s most recognized leaders on prison reform and youth violence prevention. Eddy ...

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  In the photo above, from November 2015, Makota Valdina Pinto — an esteemed elder in the Angola Candomblé tradition — offers popcorn in a rite of cleansing and blessing to participants in an annual march for religious tolerance and res...

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During WWII, the US government developed concentration camps in several western states in which they imprisoned thousands of Americans of Japanese descent.  Photographer, Dorothea Lange (famous for her work on depression-era rural whites and migrant fam...

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  Since founding her modern dance institution, the Denver icon has used her art to honor the African American experience—and as an agent for change. Now, as the nation reckons with systemic inequity, Cleo Parker Robinson reflects on her company’s...

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