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La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco

"La Lucha Continua/The Struggle Continues" is the result of a 3 year collaboration between Susan Greene and Freedom Archives. Together they consulted with local community organizing and activist groups, neighbors and business owners, to consider which people to add to the mural. Many factors were taken into consideration, including: who lives in the Mission, what connections are to be made globally, and which historical figures have been largely forgotten.

The Mural itself was located between 3260 23rd St - between Mission and Capp Streets in San Francisco. Viewers could dial a number and enter an extension associated with each portrait of an important figure, and hear an audio clip by or about the revolutionary.

The collaboration between Greene and Freedom Archives was a natural one. Both parties are vitally concerned with the role history plays and with the ways in which histories can be revealed. During the now completed mural painting process Greene reports how people would stop and thank her, tears running down their faces to see familiar faces in the public space of the mural that they do not ever see otherwise in the urban landscape.
The collection includes audio and graphics related to the production of "La Lucha Continua".

Documents

Waiting Waiting
Author: Mumia Abu-JamalPublisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Mumia Abu-Jamal on the intense isolation and sense of waiting on death row.
La Lucha Continua La Lucha Continua
Author: Susan GreeneCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
La Lucha Continua/The Struggle Continues; a mural located in the Mission at 3260 23rd St - between Mission and Capp Streets in San Francisco. features 35 portraits of activists, philosophers and artists and their recorded voices accessible via cell phone.
Susan Greene: Muralist Susan Greene: Muralist
Author: Susan GreenePublisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Susan Greene is a social art practitioner, educator and clinical psychologist, using multiple media and formats to reveal, disrupt, and make connections leading to new ways of thinking, seeing and acting. Greene’s practice straddles a range of cultural arenas, new media, public art, video, and installation. She focuses on the borders and migrations involving memory, decolonization and the relationships between creativity, trauma and resilience in the context of globalism. Greene has led or participated in more than 30 public art projects worldwide. Originally from NYC, Greene has been a resident of the Bay Area for 25 years. She is visiting faculty and director of the Learning Center at the San Francisco Art Institute and has a psychotherapy practice in San Francisco.
Susan Greene on scaffolding of La Lucha Continua Susan Greene on scaffolding of La Lucha Continua
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
In progress shot of Susan Greene at work on "La Lucha Continua".
Judy Bari on the Timber Workers Judy Bari on the Timber Workers
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Charismatic environmental and social justice leader Judi Bari was born November 7, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland. Judi was a fighter and organizer for many social and environmental justice causes. The common denominator was her indignation over injustice, whether in the form of war, racism, sexism, political repression, economic exploitation, or the unnecessary destruction of ecosystems. Here she speaks on building a rapport with timber workers.
Maurice Bishop at Hunter College Maurice Bishop at Hunter College
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
An excerpt from Maurice Bishop's speech at Hunter College, 5 June, 1983. Maurice Bishop was the Prime Minister of Grenada from March 1979 until October 1983 when he was executed at Fort Rupert.
Madame Binh entreats US Congress Madame Binh entreats US Congress
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Madame Binh expresses the whole of Vietnam's wish to be liberated from American aggression.
Wild Poppies Wild Poppies
Author: Marilyn BuckPublisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Buck recites her poem, "Wild Poppies". This audio was featured on La Luche Continua/The Struggle Continues Talking Mural project, as well as the CD, "Wild Poppies". Marilyn Buck is a poet, activist and an anti-imperialist political prisoner. She began her anti-racist activism as a teen in Texas, organized against the war in Vietnam, and joined SDS and S. F. Newsreel. She fought for the self-determination for all people, and she aligned herself with the Black Liberation Movement. In 1973 she was convicted of purchasing two boxes of handgun ammunition and was given a ten year sentence. After serving four years in Federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia, she was granted a furlough and did not return. The following eight years she was underground.
Cesar Chavez on the Exploitation of Farm Workers Cesar Chavez on the Exploitation of Farm Workers
Collection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1927–April 23, 1993) was a civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate. In 1968, Chavez gained attention as leader of a nationwide boycott of California table grapes in a drive to achieve labor contracts.
Dolores Huerta says Vote! Dolores Huerta says Vote!
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesFormat: mp3Collection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Dolores C. Huerta is the co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO ("UFW"). The mother of 11 children, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Dolores has played a major roll in the American civil rights movement. In 1955, she was a founding member of the Stockton, CA chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO), a grass-roots organization started by Fred Ross, Sr. The CSO battled segregation and police brutality, led voter registration drives, pushed for improved public services and fought to enact new legislation. Recognizing the needs of farm workers, while working for the CSO, Dolores organized and founded the Agricultural Workers Association in 1960. She became a fearless lobbyist in Sacramento, and in 1961 succeeded in obtaining the citizenship requirements removed from pension, and public assistance programs. She also was instrumental in passage of legislation allowing voters the right to vote in Spanish, and the right of individuals to take the driver’s license examination in their native language. In 1962 she lobbied in Washington DC for an end to the "captive labor" Bracero Program.