PROJECT OF THE MONTH:
Race, Poverty & the
Environment Journal
Urban Habitat Launches the
Oscar Grant Memorial Arts Project
Race, Poverty and the Environment is a magazine published by Urban Habitat that features news, views and analysis for social and environmental justice. Inkworks has the honor of printing each issue and recently teamed up with the magazine to release a special poster in honor of Oscar Grant III and the Memorial Arts Project launched by the magazine (see below). The poster will be distributed along with the Spring 2009 issue which is focused on the theme "Everyone has the Right to" MORE

POSTER OF THE MONTH:
Women of the Oaxaca Uprising
Celebrate People's History
The Celebrate People's History poster project began in 1998 and has produced over 50 beautiful two color posters by different artists that each highlight an historical example of popular struggle and resistance. The Just Seeds Artists' Cooperative commissions each poster and distributes them through their website. Inkworks had the exciting opportunity this spring to print its first CPH poster. Tim Simons, a designer and illustrator based in Oakland and collective member of Inkworks, was asked by Just Seeds to create a poster for the series. He chose to work with Barucha Peller who participated in the 2006 uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico as an independent journalist to create a poster highlighting the role of women in that movement. MORE

FROM THE ARCHIVES, 1978:
Out Loud!
A Collection of New Songs by Women
In 1978 Inkworks published a book of 50 songs from the Women's movement, some of which had never been transcribed before. The book was titled Out Loud! and was one of Inkworks most ambitious early publishing projects. Copies of the book are still available at the shop and feature beautiful photos along with the music. Below is a short look back at the project from activist and songwriter Bonnie Lockhart who was one of the main people behind the book. Her words are followed by the original introduction and a sample from the book with one of Bonnie's songs, Still Ain't Satisfied. MORE

DONATING TO THE MOVEMENT:
St. Peters Housing Committee &
Just Cause Oakland
Selected for Poster Donation Project
Two months ago, Inkworks and Design Action decided to donate $1000 worth of design and the printing of 1000 posters to an organization doing social justice work that could use a mass produced poster in their organizing. May 1 was the deadline for folks to apply for this donation and the response was overwhelming. MORE