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Yvonne Yen Liu (she/her) 🇵🇸
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Yvonne is a nerd for justice. She wages love through deep inquiry, frameshift, and creative intervention.
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Announcing three sessions for the 2026 Strategic Labor Research Conference 📣

From analyzing ICE’s local consequences to uncovering hidden public subsidies, this lineup offers practical skills for researchers.

🚨 Applications close May 15
📝 Apply and learn more: irle.ucla.edu/research/ucl...
May 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Aesthetic & Politics Lecture Spring Lecture Series presents Yvonne Yen Liu, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Solidarity Research Center in Los Angeles, and a Research Fellow at the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.

More info and to RSVP for livestream at calarts.edu/calarts-even...
April 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Running my first marathon March 8th (LA Marathon - all 26.2 miles 😅). After 6 months of training, I'm ready but terrified. Need cheering squad especially at miles 20-26!

Sign up to cheer: yvonnegraphy.com/run/

Your support would mean everything!
February 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Solidarity Research Center (SRC) is pleased to announce that the Municipalism Learning Series (MLS) will be transitioning to the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE), effective February 1, 2026.

Read more at solidarityresearch.org/2026/01/muni...
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
10 years of solidarity research 🎉

2025: Municipalism Learning Series, Orange County economic analysis w/ Cooperacion Santa Ana, Care Economy Circle launch

2026: 2nd Municipalism Fellowship cohort

Help us hit $10k by year-end to keep building power from below 💪

solidarityresearch.org/2025campaign
December 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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"The municipalist revolution isn’t won at the ballot box alone. It’s built in the neighborhoods, block by block, assembly by assembly, until popular power becomes the lived reality of urban life." Great reflections!
Will New Yorkers will settle for a progressive mayor or build the assemblies, cooperatives, and networks needed to support lasting transformation?

A radical municipalist take on Mamdani’s victory by @yvonnegraphy

Read at nonprofitquarterly.org/will-mamdani...
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Will New Yorkers will settle for a progressive mayor or build the assemblies, cooperatives, and networks needed to support lasting transformation?

A radical municipalist take on Mamdani’s victory by @yvonnegraphy

Read at nonprofitquarterly.org/will-mamdani...
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Rutgers professor Mark Bray, author of the Antifascist Handbook, has been doxxed and targeted with death threats by right-wing supporters of Charlie Kirk. Support him and his family in their effort to leave the country by donating at www.freefunder.com/campaign/hel...
October 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We are excited to announce a new podcast series, Kilombo, hosted by Thandisizwe Chimurenga.

And, join today’s panel on Direct Democracy and Popular Assemblies with @morphin_time92 @blknshassembly @richmond.peoples.assembly

RSVP at municipalism.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Join us September 9th (4pm pacific / 7pm eastern) for a special online panel discussion where we will discuss the role, importance (and challenges) of organizing popular assemblies as a vehicle for community empowerment and direct democracy. RSVP at municipalism.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Join us on September 9th for a discussion led by grassroots community organizers working to build a new democracy within the shell of the old, starting at the local level.

RSVP at municipalism.org/direct-democ...
August 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Tomorrow, we will honor the fallen martyr for housing justice and human rights, Benito Flores of Reclaiming Our Homes. Join us from 6-9 PM at Eastside Cafe in El Sereno, Los Angeles; bring candles and flowers for the altar. Please donate towards Benito's burial expenses at bit.ly/benitoflores
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
With deep love, respect, and admiration, we mourn the heartbreaking loss of our beloved Reclaimer, Benito Flores. Please donate towards Benito’s burial expenses, housing costs for Reclaimers, and ongoing Reclaiming Our Homes campaigns at bit.ly/benitoflores
July 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Tomorrow we’re launching our 2025 Municipalism Learning Series with a conversation on topic of community defense.

Speakers include Che Johnson-Long, Vision Change Win, Kieran Knutson, Black Cat Workers Collective, & Darakshan Raja, Muslims for Just Futures.

RSVP municipalism.org/community-de...
January 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow?

RSVP at municipalism.org/community-de...
January 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow?

RSVP at municipalism.org/community-de...
January 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow?

RSVP at municipalism.org/community-de...
January 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities to be liberated and safe?

When: Wednesday, January 8th at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern
Where: Zoom
How: RSVP at municipalism.org/community-de...
January 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow?

Register here: municipalism.org/community-de...
December 23, 2024 at 5:05 PM
As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow?

RSVP at municipalism.org/community-de...
December 21, 2024 at 4:54 PM
What a wonderful week at the @ayni.institute Movement Ecology Summit. I saw old friends, made new ones, learned about Kojin Karatani’s modes of exchange framework, and had breakthroughs about myself, @solidarityresearch, and our movement. Thank you to Carlos and the rest of the team. ❤️💛💚💙💜
December 15, 2024 at 3:20 AM
I made this mixtape as a tribute to my friend and my comrade, Muntu Matsimela (1950–2017), who is interred at Hart Island in the Bronx.

You can read the article in the November/December 2024 issue of Dollars and Sense magazine or at yvonnegraphy.com/portfolio/in...
December 15, 2024 at 1:09 AM
TOMORROW!

Join us for an introduction to who we are, what we work on, and what we stand for.

Date: Friday, December 6th 2024
Time: 1:00 PM PST/3:00 PM CST/4:00 PM EST
RSVP at solidarityresearch.org/project/intr...
December 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Join us for an introduction to who we are, what we work on, and what we stand for.

Date: Friday, December 6th 2024
Time: 1:00 PM PST/3:00 PM CST/4:00 PM EST
RSVP at solidarityresearch.org/project/intr...
December 3, 2024 at 4:46 PM