The greatest testament to Puerto Rican resilience is the multitude of globally-recognized Boricua art & community makers. La Respuesta is the space where they all come together. LaRes is for, by, and about Boricuas, since 2013.
Photo: Perla de Leon (read about her new work “The Afro-Descendant Project” www.larespuestamedia.com)
When people ask, “what natural resources does Puerto Rico have”, La Respuesta responds: “It’s people.” The Puerto Rican people are beautiful, smart, creative, and resilient, like all human beings. Cultivate seeds and you’ll get a ceiba. #DecolonizeYourMind #BoricuaDiaspora #LaRespuestaMedia #BoricuaPower #DiasporaBoricua #LaRespuesta #VivaPuertoRicoLibre #QueVivaPuertoRicoLibre #AbajoLaColonia #AbajoLaJunta #BoricuaRising #DespiertaBoricua #Diaspora #Boricua #PuertoRico #PuertoRican #Borinquen #PuertoRicoSeLevanta #YankeeGoHome #BoricuaHistory #raitru #PostMaria #BoricuaWomen #MujerBoricua #Jibarita
Read @colectivafeministapr reasons this feminist organization and others in the Coalición 8 de marzo is organizing a Women’s Strike for March 8, 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico: http://larespuestamedia.com/womenstrike2018/ #BoricuaWomn #MujerBoricua BoricuaDiaspora #LaRespuestaMedia #BoricuaPower #DiasporaBoricua #LaRespuesta #VivaPuertoRicoLibre #QueVivaPuertoRicoLibre #AbajoLaColonia #AbajoLaJunta #BoricuaRising #DespiertaBoricua #Diaspora #Boricua #PuertoRico #PuertoRican #Borinquen #PuertoRicoSeLevanta #YankeeGoHome #BoricuaHistory #raitru #endpatriarchy
Today was the day Antonia Martinez Lagares was killed at age 21 by a Puerto Rican police officer after she shouted from a balcony “¡Asesinos!” during the 1970 student strike at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras campus. #abajolacolonia #huelgaupr #boricuadiaspora #boricuawomen #mujerboricua #womenshistorymonth #feminism #feminismo #quevivapuertoricolibre #prlibre #larespuesta #boricua #abajolajunta #puertoricoselevanta #diasporaboricua #raitru #despiertaboricua