Interview with George Ygarza on Working with BLM Paterson
June 15, 2022 George Ygarza is a Ph.D. candidate in Global Studies. His research, which is grounded in sustained collaboration with communities in and beyond the university, explores Indigeneity and the politics of autonomy and resistance to the State across the Americas. As an IHC Public Humanities Graduate Fellow, Ygarza worked this spring with BLM Paterson, a non-affiliated mutual aid group working to transform the city of Paterson, New Jersey, to ensure safety and justice ...