This Guy Is Photographing The Resistance — And Donating The Best Shots

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Freelance photographer David Moriya is documenting the resistance to President Donald Trump’s administration ― and donating the photos to groups that are part of the movement.

Moriya started the Resistance Photography Project on Jan. 21, the day after Trump’s inauguration, taking photos at the Women’s March and subsequent progressive rallies in New York City. He’s been contacting nonprofits he sees at the protests ― like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center on American-Islamic Relations ― and sending them his best pictures, free of charge, to use on their platforms.

“This is a revolution,” Moriya said. “I want to be a part of it ― and being a part of anything, for me, is taking photos. I want them to be not for me, but for everybody else. We’re trying to make change. This isn’t about credit, this needs to be seen.” 

Since the inauguration, Moriya has photographed nine events in New York ― from the recent rallies in Washington Square Park against Trump’s executive order on refugees and immigrants, to the Thursday gathering in Greenwich Village for transgender rights.

Not all the organizations he’s sent images to responded or used the photos, but the New York Immigration Coalition and the New York Civil Liberties Union, among others, have. 

I know it’s hard to get a great photo, besides just an iPhone photo. Nonprofits can use them, especially if they’re hosting the protest,” Moriya said. “The most powerful part for me is the amount of people. They fill the streets. So many bodies. It’s a field of people standing up for what they believe in ― and that’s powerful.”

For Moriya, the motivation to document the resistance is personal: His grandmother and her siblings are survivors of the U.S. imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

“They were interned for years,” Moriya said of his relatives. “Everything was taken from them: their house, their land, their restaurant. That shouldn’t happen, and if I could have had a chance to say something back then, I would. So I don’t want that to happen to anybody else now.”  

Actor and activist George Takei, himself a survivor of the prison camps, has drawn parallels between the treatment of Japanese-Americans during WWII and that of Muslim-Americans today.

As a freelance photographer, giving away work for free is not an easy choice to make, Moriya said. He funds this project largely with his own money, earned from regular gigs taking concert photos or headshots.

He created a donation page when he first launched the project, but he hasn’t raised much since.

“Activism is extremely tiring and energy-exerting ― especially to do it as unpaid work ― but any protesters putting their bodies out there aren’t getting paid either,” Moriya said. “Everybody has a talent, and if they can take time to do something with those talents, as an activist, that’s great. This is what I’m going to be doing until the government changes.”

Here are a few of the most captivating photos from The Resistance Project.

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Listen To Legendary Black History Figures Talk About Life, Activism

Many black men and women throughout history have used their voices to speak out against racism and inequality in America.

In fact, it’s the ways these activists have used their voices and their platforms that have helped to amplify the black experience, in addition to cementing their own status as legendary figures throughout history. Through their outspoken ways and relentless fight for justice, people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Rosa Parks and Elizabeth Heckford are among some of the most inspiring, honest and revolutionary freedom fighters. 

In honor of these five remarkable men and women, we’ve selected profound audio bites from speeches and remarks they have delivered over the years as a way to honor their contributions to America and pay tribute to black history:  

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1963

There were those who said that we would get here only over their dead bodies. All the world today knows that we are here and we are standing before the forces of power in the State of Alabama saying “we ain’t going to let nobody turn us around!”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1965

“For us to carry on our nonviolent protest that is not cooperating with an evil system, but protesting nonviolently.”
– Rosa Parks, 1975

When I decided that I was going to devote my life primarily to the struggle for the liberation of black people and to the struggle for socialism, I decided at that point, I suppose, that my life belonged to that struggle and to my people.
Angela Davis, 1971

I was frightened that morning, but I learned a great deal about people. Not only about the people who were there, but about the people who were not there. Like the politician who encouraged the mob. Like the thousands who suffered with me and wrote to me to tell me so. While I waited I heard brave voices speak out against intolerance and I saw grown men turn their heads in shame from the cameras.
Elizabeth Eckford, 1957

Our political philosophy of black nationalism with us only means that we should control the politics and the politicians in the community where we live. And the economic philosophy of black nationalism only means we should control the businesses and create employment opportunities for ourselves. And the social philosophy of black nationalism only means that we should do something to uplift the standards and the level of our own society and put in on par with others.
Malcolm X, 1964

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A Quick Guide To This Year’s Oscar Best Picture Nominees

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The battle for Best Picture at the 89th annual Academy Awards is stacked with incredible performances from some of Hollywood’s best. With films like “La La Land,” “Moonlight” and “Hidden Figures” all competing for the industry’s top prize on Sunday, you might find it tough to choose which movie to root for. But don’t worry ― we’ve got you covered. 

To help you decide which nominee deserves your support, we compared past fan favorite films with this year’s nominees. And don’t forget to tune in to the Oscars this Sunday to see which film takes home the golden statue!

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Watch Beyoncé's Stunning 20-Year Evolution In This 20-Second GIF

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Flawless.

A new GIF, created by the people behind the website aromahq.com, features 20 years of Beyoncé looks, one each year from 1997 to 2017. And it’s pretty remarkable, especially considering Bey has been a staple in pop culture for two full decades now.

Beyonce is 35-years-old and was only 15 when Destiny’s Child landed a record deal with Columbia Records in 1997.

“From a social standpoint, she hasn’t missed a step over the years,” a rep from aromahq.com told HuffPost. “She… continues to just expand her star power consistently by being a great performer and putting out good music.”

Plus, it’s also tons of fun to see all of the phases and styles she’s had over the years. We mean, she’s gone from this:

To this:

And now this:

And this:

It’s been a pleasure to see her grow and evolve. Here’s to 20 more years, B!

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Here Are The Jewish Community Centers Victimized By Bomb Threats

Since January, Jewish community centers have been terrorized by anonymous bomb threats.

There have been at least 69 bomb threats called into 55 centers across the country as of Feb. 24. The majority of the threats have come in waves and often feature a disguised, robotic voice. One of those calls warned of “slaughter” by explosion. So far all the calls have been deemed hoaxes.

Below is a map showing the centers that have received confirmed bomb threats so far. The caller or callers appear to have no geographic target, though the vast majority have been received in the United States.

We will continue to update this map as threats are received, using information compiled from the Jewish Community Center Association of North America and our own reporting. If you know of a JCC that has received a threat but is not on this list, please email us here.

Hover over or tap a circle to see which centers in your area have received threats:

HuffPost’s Adam Hooper and Alissa Scheller designed this map.

 

 

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Sidney Poitier And Denzel Washington’s Longstanding Connection Is About More Than Oscars

Denzel Washington has always admired the historic achievements of Sidney Poitier. This year Washington made some history of his own by becoming the only African-African actor to land seven Oscar nominations, and is on the verge of becoming the first black actor to win three Academy Awards.

Washington has often referred to Poitier as a mentor, and said that the actor was instrumental to his own career trajectory.

In a 2010 discussion with TimesTalks, Washington credited Poitier for advising him to be prudent about his selection of movie roles, specifically referencing a offer he got in 1986 to star in film he referred to as “The N****r They Couldn’t Kill.”

“I called Sidney and told him ‘man they are offering me $600,000 to play the ‘N****r They Couldn’t Kill,’” Washington recalled. “And he told me, ‘I’m not going to tell you what to do. But I will tell you this, the first, two, three or four films you do in this business will dictate how you are perceived.’ He didn’t tell me what to do, I give him credit for that. So I turned it down and 6 months later I got ‘Cry Freedom’ and got an Oscar nomination.”

With the help of Poitier’s sage advice, Washington has evolved into one of Hollywood’s most bankable actors.

Poitier’s daughter, Beverly Poitier-Henderson, sees Washington’s long relationship with her father ― the two actors initially met in 1982 during Washington’s role in the off-Broadway production “A Soldier’s Play” ― as having a indirect impact on the increasing diversity and inclusion in Hollywood.

“Denzel has climbed that hill and he’s very instrumental in helping others come after him, that my father was very keen of as well,” Beverly Poitier-Henderson told The Huffington Post. “He [Poitier] would be the only black person on the set sometimes. He would inquire as to why there weren’t any black people working the set, all of that kind of stuff. So he helped open up not just the field of acting, but the movie industry in general.”

In 2002 the actors shared a monumental Oscar moment when Poitier won the Honorary Award, while Washington and Halle Berry took home the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. The trio’s triumphant win marked the first time in Oscar history that three black actors dominated the ceremony’s top three categories.   

In a 2008 interview, Poitier reflected on the significance of Washington winning Best Actor 38 years after he had broke barriers in the same category.  

“It represented progress. It represented dimensionalizing of the film industry. It meant the embracing of a kind of democracy that had been very long in maturing,” Poitier said. “It was an example of the persistence and the effort, and determination of young people of color…It was a spectacle evening. I paid then, and I pay now a great respect to Denzel Washington. He has been a quintessential element in the finest of all American actors.

Poitier continued: “[Washington] had taken the concept of African-Americans in films to a place where I couldn’t, I didn’t. And he has taken it there with the same kind of integrity that I tried to articulate. So I thank him for that.”

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Women Are More Than What They Wear At The Oscars

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It’s common practice on the Oscars red carpet for interviewers to ask the women in attendance, ”Who are you wearing?” before they ask about their accomplishments. It’s an old tradition, and it’s one that needs to die hard because, let’s face it, nobody asks the men the same question.

You might say, “If they don’t want to be asked, then they shouldn’t dress up so fancy-like!” But just because someone dresses up for a formal event, doesn’t mean they’re dying to tell you about who designed their clothing. Instead, maybe they’d like to talk about their inspirations, their journey to this monumental achievement, or their philanthropic work.

We’re not saying to never ask about fashion. Some people love this part of the Oscars, and that’s cool. We’re just saying it doesn’t need to dominate every interview with a woman. Let’s hope this year at the Oscars that reporters ask women on the red carpet more than who they’re wearing.

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Four Black Trailblazers On How They Are Empowering Communities Of Color

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Every individual has the power to create change and in honor of Black History Month. BAOLers, a new employee resource group for black employees at AOL, hosted an event in New York Wednesday to recognize four black trailblazers who have made this their full-time mission. 

The event, which was held at the AOL/The Huffington Post office in New York City, was titled “Black Trailblazers on Building Power, Legacy and Community.” (AOL is the parent company for HuffPost.) It included a discussion led by HuffPost’s new editor-in-chief Lydia Polgreen, former Global Director at The New York Times, and highlighted four individuals who work across the areas of business, media, activism and tech who discussed how they are empowering communities of color through their work.

The panelists were: Tani Brown, head of partnerships at Jopwell, a company that connects the best and brightest minority candidates with top employment opportunities; Jonathan Jackson, co-founder and head of corporate brand at Blavity, a successful digital platform that caters to black millennials; Janel Martinez, co-founder of 2020Shift, a career development and skills-based learning startup focused on diversifying tech; and Ifeoma Ike, a strategist and co-founder of Black and Brown People Vote, a nonpartisan civic engagement project that prioritizes underrepresented voices in the current political climate.

Each panelist spoke about how their respective platforms are amplifying the black experience and helping people of color land opportunities in areas where they have been largely overlooked. The event was also livestreamed on HuffPost Black Voices’ Facebook page.

Brown said one way Jopwell is by sustaining the important mission the founders of the business had when they launched it in the summer of 2014. The company was launched by two black men, Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams, who wanted to empower underrepresented ethnic minority professionals and students to successfully navigate their careers.

“You can create the environment that you want and actually tell the stories that matter to you.”
Jonathan Jackson

”We serve over 50,000 members in our companies,” said Brown, who oversees Jopwell’s exclusive partner relationships with over 50 leading companies. “My job is to run the client services team and to make sure that we are doing right by our partner companies and understanding their recruiting process so we can help them diversity their talent pools.”

Jackson’s responsibility at Blavity is slightly different but just as important. As one of the co-founders of the brand, Jackson said he understands the need to provide a digital platform that caters specifically to black millennials and builds a strong sense of community. Since the site’s launch in 2015, Blavity, which publishes content that covers a wide-range of topics, has seen tremendous success in the digital space.  

“You can create the environment that you want and actually tell the stories that matter to you,” Jackson said, adding that it feels meaningful to him to “own a platform where you have the freedom and authority to manage the platform in ways [you] think best without having to answer to or be handcuffed by anyone.”  

Martinez shares this same sense of freedom in her role at 2020Shift. As one of the co-founders, Martinez works to help diversify the tech industry by providing people of color with the lessons and skills they need to thrive. Martinez, who is afro-latina, has always been committed to the tech space. She wants to broaden people’s knowledge of how vast the industry is and help people of color land and keep positions within it.

“We focus primarily on teaching our demographic the skills needed [so that] once they get in the door, they can actually do the work,” she said.

As for Ike, her main focus as a strategist and activist is centered around uplifting the black community by getting them better engaged with the political process both through and beyond voting. This is why she helped to launch Black and Brown People Vote, a nonpartisan civic engagement project that prioritizes underrepresented voices in the current political climate. Ike is also a founding #SheWoke Committee member, Lehman College professor and co-laborer of two Congressional Caucuses: My Brother’s Keeper Caucus and the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls.  

Ike, who has worked relentlessly to educate, empower and uplift black communities, says advocacy work like this is so important, especially now in the age of Donald Trump as President. However, she says she’s looking forward to what lies ahead because she has witnessed new levels of activism and intersectionality and encourages Americans to keep it up.

I’m really excited,”she said, “because I’m seeing the most creative forms of activism and collaboration and conversations between the intersection of so many different communities than we’ve ever seen before.”

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This 13-Year-Old Raised Money For Over 800 People To See 'Hidden Figures'

At only 13 years old, aspiring astronaut and devoted “Hidden Figures” fan Taylor Richardson is leading quite the philanthropic cause. 

Earlier this week, Richardson was deemed GoFundMe’s February “Hero of the Month” after raising $17,000 through the fundraising website for people throughout the nation to go see the hit movie. “Hidden Figures” is centered around three black women mathematicians who played a pivotal role in sending the first American into space.

“I hope [the movie] inspires them to know they can do anything they put their mind to,” Richardson told The Huffington Post earlier this week.  

Thus far, Richardson and her mother have given over 800 people the opportunity to attend a free screening of the movie (with snacks) and ― for a number of them ― receive the Hidden Figures book.

Richardson said her initial infatuation with “Hidden Figures” came after her regal experience attending The White House Hidden Figures in Space Exploration event in December where the movie was screened. 

“It shows me that women, and especially African-American women, can do anything a guy can do and anything a white male can do,” she said of the movie. 

Richardson said her initiative to send people to free screenings initially targeted young girls, but she and her mother later decided to broaden the audience. 

“We wanted to have other groups see not just what three black women did, but just to know [of our] contributions,” Richardson’s mother said. 

While the two know the movie won’t compel everyone to aspire towards having a career in space, like it has with Richardson, they hope that through the Hidden Figures books, kids will at least be able to develop a heightened interest in literacy, something Richardson has regularly been working towards in her community.

When she was nine years old, Richardson said she encountered a young boy at a hospital who didn’t have easy access to books. After that, she decided to hold book drives in her hometown in his honor called “Taylor Takes Flight With A Book.”

To date, Richardson has collected and donated over 5,000 books in Jacksonville and read to over 300 children. 

She’s also worked on an anti-bullying campaign with the CEOs of Florida First Coast YMCA and Girl Scouts of Gateway Council.

But Richardson’s philanthropic trajectory isn’t what’s made her mother most proud: it’s her resilience. 

“I tell people all the time: what makes me most proud of Taylor is not what you hear and all these success stories, but how she handles her failures,” her mother told HuffPost.

But the persevering spirit of Richardson ― who was bullied, held back in the second grade and once struggled with literacy ― can best captured in the way she turned around her ADHD diagnosis. 

“She calls ADHD: Abundantly Different Happily Divine,” her mother said. “I hope I live to see her go Mars.”

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11 Times The Oscars Honored White Actors For Playing People Of Color

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made strides to become more diverse in recent years, but there’s a long road ahead to make up for the organization’s long legacy of exclusion.

Throughout its 90-year history, the Academy has not only failed to recognize the talent of many actors and actresses of color but awarded whitewashed roles in the industry.

Hollywood has consistently given diverse roles to white actors over the years; in fact, quite recently Tilda Swinton was cast as a Tibetan monk in 2016’s “Doctor Strange.” And the Oscars haven’t helped alleviate this long-standing issue by rewarding this kind of whitewashing. 

Several notable white actors have been nominated for an Oscar for portraying people of color through the years. Many of them have actually won. 

Take a look at 11 times the academy has nominated actors for blackface, brownface and yellowface. 

Jennifer Connelly, “A Beautiful Mind”

Jennifer Connelly portrayed Alicia, the wife of mathematician John Nash in 2001’s “A Beautiful Mind.” In real-life, Alicia Nash (born Alicia Lardé) was Salvadorian. The actress, who has no Latin American roots, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role.

William Hurt, “Kiss of the Spider Woman”

In “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” William Hurt plays Luis Molina, a queer South American prisoner. The film was adapted from Argentine author Manuel Puig’s novel of the same name. Hurt, a white man who doesn’t identify as LGBTQ or Latino, won an Oscar for Best Actor for the role in 1985. 

Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”

Actress Linda Hunt won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1983 for portraying Billy Kwan in “The Year of Living Dangerously.” In the film, Kwan is a Chinese-Australian male photographer with dwarfism working in Jakarta, Indonesia.

 Laurence Olivier, “Othello”

Shakespeare’s “Othello” is a Christian Moor, who is often portrayed as having a dark-complexion. Legendary British actor Laurence Olivier wore blackface when he portrayed Othello in the 1965 film version. The actor was nominated by The Academy in the Best Actor category for the role. 

George Chakiris, “West Side Story”

Greek-American actor George Chakiris portrayed Bernardo, leader of the Puerto Rican gang The Sharks in “West Side Story.” He, as well as other white actors portraying Latino characters in the film, darkened their complexion with make-up. Chakiris won an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category for the role. 

Hugh Griffith, “Ben-Hur”

Hugh Griffith portrayed Sheik Ilderim, an Arab character who owns the horses Judah ends up using in his chariot race, in 1959’s “Ben-Hur.” The British actor won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this role. 

Spencer Tracy, “The Old Man and the Sea”

Fans of Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea might recall the book’s titular character is a Cuban fisherman. But in the 1958 film adaptation of the novel, Spencer Tracy was given the titular role. The actor, who is not Latino, was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category for his role. 

Yul Brynner, “The King and I”

Yul Brynner, who is mainly of Russian descent, starred as the King of Siam (present-day Thailand) in the 1956 musical “The King and I.” The actor won an Oscar in the Best Actor category for the role. 

Marlon Brando, “Viva Zapata!”

Hollywood brought the story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata to life in the 1952 film “Viva Zapata!” The titular role went to Marlon Brando, who is not Latino. The actor was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category for the role. 

Luise Rainer, “The Good Earth” 

“The Good Earth” is a 1937 film based on the historical novel of the same name, its story focuses on a family of Chinese farmers. Actress Luise Rainer wore yellowface to portray O-Lan, one of the film’s protagonists, and she took home an Oscar for Best Actress for the role. 

Gale Sondergaard, “Anna and the King of Siam”

Gale Sondergaard portrayed Lady Thiang, the king’s head wife, in “Anna and the King of Siam.” The actress, who is not of Asian descent, was nominated for the role in the The Academy’s Best Supporting Actress category. 

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