Sahra Sulaiman
Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles.
Recent Posts
Destination Crenshaw and the Rise of We-Built-this-Place-Making
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Crenshaw turns "insult into opportunity” to reclaim space for the celebration of Black life, culture, and contributions via a 1.3-mile-long open-air "People's Museum"
Community Service Comes Full Circle for Members of Black Kids on Bikes at King Day Parade
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Youth BKoB inspired to join in the King Day parade years ago now serve as inspiration for the next generation
Community Service Comes Full Circle for Black Kids on Bikes at the King Day Parade
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Youth BKoB inspired to join in the parade years ago now serve as inspiration for the next generation
Black Panther Movement Figures on Crenshaw’s Great Wall Defaced with Swastikas
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Earlier today, Jasmyne Cannick alerted the South Central community to the swastikas defacing the “Our Mighty Contribution” mural gracing Crenshaw’s 7800-foot-long Great Wall. Vandals deface Black Panther mural on Crenshaw Blvd. in #SouthLA with swastikas. https://t.co/UH3NXO4TkF — Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) November 29, 2018 Even as she lamented the hate crime, hateful comments were popping up […]
Art, the Crenshaw/LAX Line, and the Stories We (Don’t) Tell at Train Stations
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Given the role public investment can have in reshaping marginalized communities, what responsibilities does Metro have as an entity that seeks to tell stories about the places it moves people through?
Vermont/Manchester: Reckoning with the Past and Wrestling with the Form Change Should Take
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For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high
Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette
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“Finally, we get a brief and somewhat dark look at how Super Kind handles peddlers hawking their wares (in this case a knockoff of her own shtick), called ‘Supernice and Rude Boi.’” So reads the AdWeek post celebrating Metro Los Angeles’ release of three new Public Service Announcements aimed at teaching transit etiquette. In the […]
In Questionable Move, Affordable Housing Developer Awards Leasing Applications to First 400 Callers
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Leasing applications are generally treated with more care than concert tickets that go to the first ten callers that happen to be listening in. Not this time.
As L.A. Ramps Up Efforts to Get People Off the Streets, a Young Man Struggles to Stay Housed
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Before the connection cuts, I hear the plea underlying the panic that pushed him to this point: "Officer, I don't have nowhere else to go."
Bill Legalizing Sidewalk Vending Moves Ahead, Awaits Gov. Brown’s Signature
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Using the hashtag “EloteJustice” and some maize emojis, Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) announced on twitter Monday that S.B. 946 – the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act aimed at legalizing street vending statewide and allowing cities to establish permit programs governing the practice – had passed through the Assembly with bipartisan support. Tuesday night, he sent […]
Bill Legalizing Sidewalk Vending Statewide Moves Through Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature
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Using the hashtag “EloteJustice” and some maize emojis, Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) announced on twitter Monday that S.B. 946 – the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act aimed at legalizing street vending statewide and allowing cities to establish permit programs governing the practice – had passed through the Assembly with bipartisan support. Tuesday night, he sent […]
Video of Moments Before Man Crushed by Blue Line Train Raises More Questions for Family in Mourning
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"They stole a part of our hearts with my brother."