“Capitalism requires inequality, and racism enshrines it.” -Ruth Wilson Gilmore
SARA BORJAS is a Xicanx pocha from Turtle Island before it was stolen and its people were genocided and colonized. She is a Fresno poet. George Floyd. Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez. Heba Abu Nada. Xiaojie Tan. Say their names. Refaat Alareer. Her debut collection of poetry, Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff was published by Noemi Press in 2019 and won a 2020 American Book Award. Mustafa Al-Sawwaf. Breonna Taylor. Daoyou Feng. Sara was named one of Poets & Writers 2019 Debut Poets and the recipient of the 2014 Blue Mesa Poetry Prize. Hamza Al Dahdouh. Ahmaud Arbery. Suncha Kim. Sara has received fellowships from MacDowell, CantoMundo, The Poety Foundation and others. Her work can be found in AGNI: To Never Have Risked Our Lives: A Portfolio of Central American and Mexican Diaspora Writing, The Rumpus, The Gettysburg Review, Catapult, Ploughshares, Poem-a-Day by The Academy of American Poets, Alta and The Offing, amongst others. Sandra Bland. Soon Chung Park. Ahmed Fatima. She teaches innovative undergraduates at CSU East Bay, believes that all Black lives matter and all Palestinian lives matter and will resist white supremacy and settler colonialism until Black liberation is realized and Palestine is free. Sara lives in Oakland and stays rooted in Fresno. Find her @saraborhaz or at www.saraborjas.com. Free Palestine. Say their names.