As we continue to adjust to COVID 19, there appears to be a collective desire for a return to normal. Whether motivated by concerns over financial uncertainty, food insecurity, or mourning the year that could have been. Whatever the case, what exactly does it mean to return to normal from this era of COVID 19? What does 'normal' refer to? Many of those impacted express a return to routine, work, and ways of living that center profit and productivity. What does returning to normal mean for those who haven't stopped working and are on the 'frontlines' as essential workers? Even during a pandemic profit appears to be valued over the safety of workers, families, and vulnerable inhabitants which tend to be Black people, indigenous people, and people of color (BIPOC). Our healthcare system either ignores or doesn't acknowledge BIPOC participants in the institution of medicine. If the current systems, institutions, and practices in place are harmful to us and our communities then: What does it mean for our communities to return to normal? What can we learn from long-standing community organizing that works to establish community centricity and sustainability? Tierras Comunitarias "a coalition of Santa Ana residents and local organizations" are among those individuals, organizations, and communities trying to connect with their community in light of COVID 19. As their well-established form of organizing, Tierras Comunitarias works to empower people and their collective power to establish a new way of living. A way of living that is rooted in old traditions preserved through a generational passage. Tierras Comunitarias work with their community to establish a collective 'vision for a more sustainable and resilient Santa Ana". In a recent call for art, Tierras Comunitarias invites community members to create a vision in alignment with the coalition's well-established mission to "fight gentrification and the displacement of our neighbors by reclaiming and re-purposing land throughout the city, to meet community needs and create a sustainable Santa Ana." Community members and artists joined in to create and compile their visions. In the 'call for art' poster distributed via social media, Diana (the artist) pictures community members in connection with land by cultivating, irrigating, giving care to plants and vegetables. The imagery Diana creates reflects the very mission of Tierras Comunitarias in their efforts to reclaim, repurpose, and be more sustainable with the land. Tierras Comunitarias effort to reclaim land and offer space for community members to participate in the local community garden reflect participation in a more sustainable relationship with the land. Tierras Comunitarias invites agency into the thoughts of community members as they reflect on how they can envision a "sustainable and liberated Santa Ana" where they get to decide how to represent their community and how to address their needs. In a call for art, community members are asked to reflect on a vision of Santa Ana with sovereignty from harmful land practices which bring pollution, from skyrocketing rents which threaten community members with displacement, and sovereignty to decide what their community will look like.
What does is it mean to "build something different" in our own communities, a circle of friends, and families? What does community look like for you? Diego Leon De JesusFoCAN Media & Documentation Coordinator 2020
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