K Wayne Yang

K. Wayne Yang writes about decolonization and everyday epic organizing, particularlyfrom underneath ghetto colonialism, often with his frequent collaborator, EveTuck, and sometimes for an avatar called La Paperson. Currently, they areconvening The Land Relationships Super Collective with several Indigenous andnon-Indigenous community organizations engaged in land-based projects. Dr.Yang's work transgresses the line between scholarship and community, asevidenced by his involvement in urban...See more

K. Wayne Yang writes about decolonization and everyday epic organizing, particularlyfrom underneath ghetto colonialism, often with his frequent collaborator, EveTuck, and sometimes for an avatar called La Paperson. Currently, they areconvening The Land Relationships Super Collective with several Indigenous andnon-Indigenous community organizations engaged in land-based projects. Dr.Yang's work transgresses the line between scholarship and community, asevidenced by his involvement in urban education and community organizing.Before his academic career, he was a public school teacher in Lisjan Ohloneterritory, now called Oakland, California, where he co-founded the AvenuesProject, a youth development non-profit organization, as well as East OaklandCommunity High School, which were inspired by the Survival Programs of theBlack Panther Party. He is provost of Muir College and professor in ethnicstudies at UC San Diego. See less