Kitzia Esteva
Kitzia Esteva Martinez comes from a movement family and began their involvement in community organizing in San Francisco during high school. They were a youth organizer with PODER in their year-long Common Roots program. Latter they supported POWER’s women workers project as part of the SOUL summer school program. Kitzia also participated along with their mom in the “No papers No Fear Journey for Justice,” this past summer. They came back to the Bay Area in 2013 after attending college at UC Santa Barbara and spending two years doing multiracial organizing with the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union and Labor Community Strategy Center. Kitzia has spend the last several years building the member/ leadership development work of the Immigrant Rights campaign and providing space for people from the base to be part of building vibrant Immigrant Justice and Racial Justice coalitions in SF and Alameda County. They have been the Regional Lead organizer for the Immigrant Rights campaign at CJJC since July of 2016. Kitzia recently became the Co-director of the Community Rights campaign which aims to build Black and Blown unity along the issues of criminalization and state violence against Black and Latinx Bay Area residents.[1]
Feminist Strategies to Confront...
Kitzia Esteva, Nana Gyamfi, Xochitl Larios, Janene Yazzie, Diana Lopez.
Racial Justice Has No Borders Town Hall
This coalition puts a focus on diaspora, refugee, veteran, Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities who bear the brunt of this country’s militarism to challenge the myth that more police, wars, and weapons have made any of us safer or more secure. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that we forge new avenues for global solidarity that can lead to real and lasting peace and security. On April 6, at 3 p.m. EST / 2 p.m. CST / 1 p.m. MST / 12 p.m. PST (the eve of the Wisconsin Democratic Primary), the coalition will host a virtual town hall examining U.S. military policy, defense spending, the ongoing 'War on Terror,’ and militarization at home.
Moderated by Marc Lamont Hill, the Town Hall will launch a shared campaign demanding the immediate end to the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that has been the pillar of escalated U.S. military intervention under the banner of the War on Terror.
Participants
- Ilhan Omar - opening remarks
- Marc Lamont Hill - moderator
- Poetry by: Naomi Shihab Nye
- Khury Petersen-Smith - Institute for Policy Studies
- Sanyoka Kindness - Indigenous Environmental Network
- Ash-Lee Henderson - Highlander Research and Education Center
- Melody McCurtis - Metcalfe Park Community Bridges
- Munira Alimire - Dissenters
- Mahnker Dahnweih - Freedom, Inc.
- Krystal Two Bulls - Voices of the Sacred
- Hoda Katebi
- Kitzia Esteva - Causa Justa/Just Cause
- Brittany DeBarros - About Face:Veterans Against the War]]
- Reece Chenault - Justice Before Peace
- Hyun Lee - Women Cross DMZ
- Ramah Kudaimi - War Resisters League
- Barbara Ransby - The Rising Majority
San Francisco Rising Alliance supporters
San Francisco Rising Alliance December 14, 2018 ·
Chelsea Boilard, Leticia Arce, Beatriz Herrera, Teresa Molina, Maria Ixchel Zamudio,Celi Tamayo-Lee and Kitzia Esteva.
It Takes Roots
Ananda Lee Tan August 19, 2018:
My amazing It Takes Roots team, gearing up to confront disaster capitalism, and champion community solutions to protect Mother Earth and all her peoples. Join us for Solidarity 2 Solutions week in San Francisco: Sept 8-14 — with Anamika Jain, Cindy Wiesner, Bineshi Albert, Zol Boo, Angela Adrar, Doria Robinson, Beatrice Camacho, Antonio Diaz, Alvina Wong, Tom Goldtooth, Heather Thiry, Kitzia Esteva, Marion Gee, Malcolm Torreoon Chu, Senowa Mize-Fox, Marco van Basten, Kitty Huddleston, Jaron Browne, Laura Navarro, Tere Almaguer, Pam Tau Lee, Chloe Sachine Sumi, Jacqueline Sirenita and Maya Bhardwaj in San Francisco, California.
LA comrades
Gabriel Strachota with Eric Romann, Kitzia Esteva, Jas Wade, Chantal Coudoux, Tekoah B. Flory, Tonantzin Times Dos, Karma Maria and Rossmy Guevara, August, 2011.
Gabriel Strachota with Chantal Coudoux, Richie Reseda, Patrisse Cullors and Rey Fukuda Salinas.January 12, 2011.
POWER people
Gabriel Strachota April 12, 2013:
With Kitzia Esteva, Jaron Browne, Juana Teresa Tello, Jane Martin and POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights).
Bus hours protest
Gabriel Strachota April 3, 2012:
Email the Federal Transit Administration and call on them to mandate LA Metro to give us back our million hours of bus service. Reshare! — with Haewon Asfaw, Manuel Criollo, Nicole Eng, Emilie Blattman Costello, Patrisse Cullors, Steggie Hufstedler, Emory Douglas, Cynthia Azali-Rojas, Alejandra Lemus, Francesca Contreras, Dae-Han Song, Jas Wade, Kitzia Esteva, Ashley Franklin, Chantal Coudoux, Rebecca Eleanor, Raquel Romao, Damon Gbuduala Azali-Rojas, John Bell, Snad Garrett, Tammy Bang Luu, Carla Gonzalez, Kelly Archbold, Tekoah B. Flory, Frankie Darling Palacios, Ron Gochez, Simone Andrews, Crystal McMillan, Nati C. Poder, Ami Patel, Kalil Cohen, Sunyoung Yang, Ash-Lee Henderson and Bus Riders Union.
"Migrant Rights in a Hostile Climate: From Border Wars to Ecological Justice"
Fruitvale Senior Center Wednesday 27 January 2016, "Migrant Rights in a Hostile Climate: From Border Wars to Ecological Justice" organized by Movement Generation.
Featuring speakers:
- Kitzia Esteva from Causa Justa/Just Cause
- Devonte Jackson from Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- Lara Kiswani from Arab Resource and Organizing Center
Hosted by Ellen Choy and Gopal Dayaneni from Movement Generation
Cosponsored by: Arab Resource and Organizing Center , Asian Pacific Environmental Network , Black Alliance for Just Immigration, CultureStrike, Mujeras Unidas y Activas.
Those indicating attendance on Wherevent included Vivian Yi Huang, Ellen Choy, Carolina Prado, Paul Bubblehouse, Jessica Cook, Eli Isaacs, M. Solis Whelan, Megan Zapanta, Josh Cadji, Yosimar Reyes, Josh Healey, Mateo Nube, Lulu Palestina, Maria Alejandra Escalante, Espejo Ahumado, Erika Minkowsky, Layidua Salazar, Lara Kiswani, Nicolas Gonzalez Medina, Paul Bissember, Jacky Rivera, Alvina Wong, Zachariah Barghouti, Kelly Lou Densmore, Gerardo Omar Marin, Gerardo Omar Marin, Sharif Zakout, Micah Bazant, Terri Kay, Isaac Lev, Scott Parkin, Pulga Autonoma, Cayden Mak, Katina Castillo, Shiva Patel, Aimee Molina Cuellar, Luna Giulianna Reiley, Brooke Anderson.[2]
Ear to the Ground Project
- We would like to express our deep respect and appreciation for everyone who took the time to talk with us, and the organizations that generously hosted us during our travels. Interviews were confidential, but the following people have agreed to have their names listed for this publication:
Most of those listed were connected to Freedom Road Socialist Organization.
Kitzia Esteva Martinez was among those on the list. [3]
LeftRoots
Jaron Browne, and Kitzia Esteva are LeftRoots supporters.
Power and Protagonism
Steve Williams September 18, 2015:
Who says 'protagonism' isn't a word? Marta Harnecker says, 'Sometimes we need new words to describe new actions.' Honored to be soaking up the wisdom of Marta Harnecker and Michael Lebowitz in a room full of hungry and skilled organizers and activists. — with Thomas Assefa, Ilana Berger, Ben Morse, Harmony Goldberg, Randy Jackson, Tony Romano, Jee Kim, Kitzia Esteva, Helena Wong, Matt Howard, Jodeen Olguin-Tayler and Kate Kanelstein at Verso Books.
Prop C campaigners
Chelsea Boilard November 4, 2014 ·
With Ariana Gil BC, Vanessa Moses, Kate Sorensen, Emily Ja-ming Lee, Princess Beverly Williams and Kitzia Esteva.