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Claudette Colvin: Redux
Today is the anniversary of Claudette Colvin's arrest. On March 2, 1955, the 15-year old refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery,...

Irma Herrera
Mar 2, 20226 min read


Pay It Forward
"Everyone please go see this show! You hear people say “Art is Resistance” . . . well this definitely fits that bill. You are taken on a...

Irma Herrera
Sep 8, 20194 min read


Colorism
In Alice Walker’s 1983 book, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose, she coined the term “colorism” to define a form of...

Irma Herrera
Sep 2, 20195 min read


Noire
The poster caught my eye, so I crossed the street to take a closer look. An outsized young girl sits on top of a yellow bus that looked...

Irma Herrera
Jul 20, 20195 min read


Inconsolable
I steeled myself before playing the audio of the distraught immigrant children separated from their parents and shipped off to detention...

Irma Herrera
Jun 24, 20184 min read


Would YOU Change Your Name?
When we were young lawyers, a Chicana friend working as a public defender shared this story with me. She needed to interview a...

Irma Herrera
Jun 9, 20184 min read


It Is Official 10/25-12/8
My one-woman show, Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? will have a 7-week run at The San Francisco Marsh Theatre, the Bay Area’s...

Irma Herrera
May 24, 20182 min read


Men Abusing Power
A newspaper headline catches my eye; allegations that the mayor of Driscoll, Texas, is under investigation for racial slurs and sexual...

Irma Herrera
May 15, 20184 min read


Gracias San Antonio + Four SF Shows in September
Touched By Your Generous Reception A belated shout-out to The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and its staff, and the 200 folks who...

Irma Herrera
Aug 19, 20173 min read
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