A Year of RAIZ 2012 Video

RAIZ is a youth organization in Santa Ana that seeks to empower and organize the youth around social justice issues affecting our community through art, cultural, and popular education.

In 2012, we as forWord had the opportunity to connect and build with RAIZ at the Youth and Resistance Conference. They are an amazing organization that truly makes a difference in the community. By putting theory into practice, RAIZ analyzes, organizes, and mobilizes a youth movement in Santa Ana. We wish them nothing but the very best for the start of a new year!

www.youthinresistance.org

“The Things They Said” by forWord

Stephanie Sajor, Eddy M. Gana Jr., and Susan perform their spoken word piece “The Things They Said” at Uncultivated Rabbits Presents Poetry Showcase at their alma mater University of California, Irvine, CA. This piece came from our looming anxiety not knowing whether we will have a bleak or bright future after college graduation.

Interesting Fact: forWord met through Uncultivated Rabbits, the one and only spoken word organization, at UC Irvine. They served as board officers and are Lifetime Rabbits.

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Gifts of the Past for the New Year

A few days ago, we were able to meet and catch up with each other. Fun times for the memories. (Cheesecake Factory did not turn into a hookah lounge, we swear.)

Currently, we are still on a performance hiatus until an undetermined date. We are all doing other things now from graduate school to maintaining jobs to community organizing. However, we fortunately rediscovered some videos and tracks during our daily grind days of yesteryear. Starting tomorrow, we will gradually release them at www.youtube.com/forwordcollection. So if you were not able to see us live or are unfamiliar with our work, we will have a good amount to begin the new year on a positive note.

Happy New Year to all y’all on the eastern time zones! We are still waiting for 2013 here on the west side of the world. Have fun and be safe everyone!