“Somos de Maiz” Melanie Cervantes, 13 x 19 inches, 5 - Color, Handmade Screenprint on Heavyweight White Archival Paper, Printed in San Leandro, 2013
In 2003 during my final year studying at UC Berkeley a Professor in the Microbial Ecology in the Department of Environmental Science, Ignacio Chapela, was denied tenure. David Quist, a graduate student at the time and Chapela had co-authored an article, two years earlier, about how genetically modified corn from the U.S. was being dumped into the Mexican market and contaminating native maíz crops. During the “final” days of his contract he held office hours, day and night, outside the doors of California Hall (which houses the university administration’s offices). My roommate cooked Chapela dinner and we came out to support his struggle…Read more here:bit.ly/YFxyRZ
