World reknowned muralist, Juana Alicia, and award-winning poet-playwright, Genny Lim, collaborated on this Mural, Not in My Name / No en nuestro nombre, in the hopes that a permanent Cease Fire will end the genocide in Gaza.
The artists are seeking sites in San Francisco Bay Area to mount the mural and funds to cover costs. Please contact Genny Lim on this website if you can provide sponsorship or assistance.
Documentation of the Installation of NOT IN OUR NAME • NO EN NUESTRO NOMBRE, a mural by Juana Alicia with poetry by San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim, and musical accompaniment by John Santos. The mural is located on Clarion Alley in the Mission District, between Valencia and Mission Streets, between 16th and 17th Streets.
The Clarion Alley mural installation team was led by David Solnit, and volunteer pasters included Tirso González Araiza, Catherine Cusic, Eric Mar and Jade Mar. Genny Lim’s poetry was translated into Spanish by Carmen Hynds May and Alan Hynds, and Arabic by Carol Khoury, with graphic design and video documentation of the mural installation by Andi Wong.
In addition to the Clarion Alley mural installation, posters and banners can be seen throughout the Mission District, in the windows of businesses such as Acción Latina, Medicine for Nightmares, Dance Mission, La Reyna Bakery, Mixcoatl, BRAVA, Mission Cultural Center.
On October 31st, El Tecolote published a full page pull-out poster of the Spanish translation, along with an article, From La Llorona to Gaza: How Juana Alicia challenges the stories we tell.
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LISTEN to readings of the poem, and DOWNLOAD files of the art and poetry in Spanish, English, Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese, which are made freely available to the public.
