Roberto Camacho

Roberto Camacho

Roberto Camacho is a Chicano freelance multimedia journalist from San Diego, California. His reporting typically focuses on criminal justice reform, immigration, Chicano/Latino issues, hip-hop culture

14 posts
a Xicanx person with long black hair held back by a forehead band holds a black sign with white text that reads "protect cult
Race

Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center preserves San Diego Chicano history

The museum is the result of decades of activism and aims to educate people about the ongoing Chicano Movement

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7 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
Military recruiters are increasingly targeting Latinx students for enlistment
Immigration

Military recruiters are increasingly targeting Latinx students for enlistment

As the military falls short of its recruitment goals, it is using manipulative tactics that anti-militarism groups are educating and organizing against

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10 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
Latinx children play soccer with adults supervising on the field. In the background is a bay and cranes
Climate & Environment

Mexican Americans and immigrants are forced to live next to toxic industries in San Diego

Barrio Logan residents are fighting to change San Diego zoning laws that allow industrial pollution in their neighborhoods

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8 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
people in white T-shirts covered in decorative bloody bullet holes march down a street holding signs reading "justice for Jon
Crime, Reform & Abolition

San Diego community demands more from law enforcement than non-binding policies to increase police accountability

Organizers are skeptical of police claims that county precincts should be trusted to investigate each other in deadly use of force cases

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8 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
Marginalized students pay the price of military recruitment efforts
Education

Marginalized students pay the price of military recruitment efforts

With pandemic restrictions easing, military recruiters are returning to high school campuses while anti-recruitment efforts struggle

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10 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
Educators are advocating for more decolonial education beyond ethnic studies
Education

Educators are advocating for more decolonial education beyond ethnic studies

Decolonial education is more than ethnic studies, but their inclusion in public education still threatens the status quo

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8 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
San Diego organizers rely on each other and mutual aid to feed their communities
Education

San Diego organizers rely on each other and mutual aid to feed their communities

By removing the government hurdles that keep immigrants from accessing free food, the CPSC Youth Lunch Distribution meets their communities where they are at

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7 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
In the anti-CRT backlash, Latinx communities hear echoes of the resistance to Chicano studies
Education

In the anti-CRT backlash, Latinx communities hear echoes of the resistance to Chicano studies

Conservative reactionary panic over honest history is nothing new, and threatens now hard-won programs Chicano activists fought for decades ago.

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7 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
New children’s book explores the struggles of children with undocumented parents
Immigration

New children’s book explores the struggles of children with undocumented parents

‘Am I Blue or Am I Green?’ by Beatrice Zamora aims to teach children about the experiences of immigrant families.

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4 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
Art can be a powerful tool to challenge white beauty standards
Race

Art can be a powerful tool to challenge white beauty standards

Artist Crystal Galindo celebrates Chicana empowerment and explores mental health through portraits.

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4 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
Art can be a powerful way to protest police brutality
Race

Art can be a powerful way to protest police brutality

Graphic artist Oree Originol honors Black people and other people of color killed by police in his ‘Justice For Our Lives’ art campaign.

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4 Min
By: Roberto Camacho
"Spirit Guides" by Soni López-Chávez
Immigration

A San Diego artist pays homage to community empowerment with new digital art series

In 2021, amid a sea of various social movements, civil unrest, and uncertainty, political discourse is perhaps the most partisan and divided it has ever been in modern U.S. history. In a moment where racial tensions reached a critical boiling point, contemporary artists have once again shown themselves not

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4 Min
By: Roberto Camacho

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