
Peace & Riot Issue No. 2
Cover Story
Break Systems, Break Barriers
with CHRISTA Stoneham
Fall/Winter 2024
Issue 02
Letter from Peace & Riot
“Basically, a veritable flood of information flows from the major imperialist cities to all corners of the globe, whereas there is a mere trickle in the opposite direction.”
Break Systems, Break Barriers
Christa Stoneham leads the Houston Land Bank, the largest landbank in the United States. This entity is vital to transforming underutilized properties into valuable assets for the community.
Art in the Age of the Anthropocene
Hannah Chalew makes work that connects fossil fuel extraction and plastic production to their roots in the white supremacy and capitalism that have fueled the exploitation of people and the landscape from the times of colonization and enslavement.
Summer of Heat
The Summer of Heat is an entire season of sustained civil disobedience protests targeting Wall Street and big banks for their role in fueling the climate crisis.
Subversive Rebels: Palestine Heirloom Seed Library
The Palestine Heirloom Seed Library (PHSL) is an attempt to recover ancient seeds and their stories and put them back into people’s hands.
TIRED OF #HOUSTONSTRONG
A Poem by Aris Kian, co-written with 76 Houstonians in response to Hurricane Beryl.
Clarice Friloux: A Mother, Wife, Grandmother and Her Lifetime of Activism
Clarice Friloux is an environmental protector, an electric tribal member of the United Houma Nation, and lifelong resident of Grand Bois, Louisiana. But when you sit down and hear her story you’ll learn that her work in environmental protection and activism is folded into her role as a mother, wife, and now grandmother.
Troubled Waters
Climate fiction opens our eyes to the intimate realities of climate change, offering us not just facts, but the human experiences behind them. In “Troubled Waters,” Mary Annaïse Heglar gives us a front-row seat to the emotional and physical toll of climate-induced disasters.
Solidarity Rides
Inspired by Freedom Riders of the 1960’s, the purpose of Solidarity Rides is not just to tour frontline communities, but to strategically bring leaders together, in Solidarity to catalyze Environmental Justice.
Peace & Riot Picks
Our recommendations for what to read, watch, and play.
Clean Water is Fundamental Human Right
Born in rural Ethiopia, Weyessa's father and brother died from contaminated water when he was a youth. Weyessa now embraces the challenge of providing clean water in rural Ethiopia.
Issue 02
CrEDITS
Shilpi Chhotray
Michael McKenzie
Mindy Ramaker
Patrice Simms
Peace & Riot
Creative Direction
Mindy Ramaker
ISSUE Design
Ly Ngo Heisig
SPRING/SUMMER 2025
Issue 03
Spring/Summer 2024
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