by Corinna Moebius | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Race and Space, White Supremacy
The Tiger King documentary series on Netflix allows viewers to gaze into the unsettling world of tiger-breeding. It also reflects legacies of white supremacy. How? Read further. The Electronic Panopticon According to anthropologist Andrea Friedus, the...
by Corinna Moebius | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog, Nature, Poetry, Resilience
Recently, my mother sent me this poem by Marge Piercy. She said it is one of her favorites, and now it is one of my favorites, too. Marge is a bestselling author and poet who is active in antiwar, feminist and environmental causes. My mother is an environmental...
by Corinna Moebius | Mar 22, 2020 | Blog, Race and Space, White Supremacy
Before we all became aware of COVID-19, we were already suffering from another kind of pandemic–one that has lasted centuries. White supremacy is itself like a virus, infecting hearts and bodies with hatred and fear and infecting systems, practices and policies...
by Corinna Moebius | Feb 8, 2020 | Blog
A “lesson of love” I learned years ago was shared with me by Javier Gomez, a Chicano educator in Oxnard, California. He taught me about the Mayan expression of Inlakech. In 2007, Javier was inducted into the Ventura County Educators’ Hall of Fame....
by Corinna Moebius | Aug 15, 2017 | Blog
Earlier this year, I was asked to serve on the Advisory Council for ¡Little Havana Me Importa! The goal of this project is develop a Little Havana master plan aimed at retaining the area’s character, density, scale and affordability. Project partners...
by Corinna Moebius | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
When local residents and activists learned about plans to change the zoning of Little Havana, we were worried. We learned that some developers were already “branding” the eastern part of the neighborhood as “West Brickell”; they wanted to...
by Corinna Moebius | Feb 11, 2017 | Blog
The other day I received an email from a group of smart, well-intentioned young people planning a community service project in Little Havana. They had come up with a project idea and had a place in mind for sharing their presentation. In an email, one of the group...
by Corinna Moebius | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog
You may have arrived here expecting to find LittleHavanaGuide.com, a very comprehensive online guide to Little Havana that I launched in 2011. LittleHavanaGuide.com now leads to PeoplePlaceConnect.com. Why? The quick answer is because it is impossible for me to keep...
by Corinna Moebius | May 29, 2014 | Blog
So this is how it happened … the backstory. It was Friday afternoon. Here I was, imagining that I would just stay at home with my fractured ankle (I’m in my second month of healing, wearing a boot-cast), even though it was Viernes Culturales (Cultural...
by Corinna Moebius | Apr 16, 2013 | Blog
Last Friday, from start to finish, was simply magical. It started with my walking tour for seven people: four of them from the states, three from Canada. During the three-hour excursion along Calle Ocho, I felt charged and inspired as I do on most of my tours. I love...
