as they search for a new home. An email from the group said that all updates about a new location will be made via social media and their newsletter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Red Salmon Arts, launched in 1983 as a nonprofit literary organization and small press that creates programming for the bookstore, <\/span><\/span><\/span>is a 501(c)3 grassroots cultural arts organization, with a thirty-year history of working with the indigenous neighborhoods of Austin. According to the organization\u2019s website, RSA is dedicated to the development of emerging writers and the promotion of Chican@\/Latin@\/Native American literature, providing outlets and mechanisms for cultural exchange, and sharing in the retrieval of a people\u2019s cultural heritage with a commitment to social justice. RSA offers resources to Chican@\/Latino@ and Native American communities living in working class neighborhoods of Austin to better understand the culture and arts of their families and ancestors. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Ra\u00fal R. Salinas, founder of Resistencia and RSA, was born in San Antonio and raised in Austin. From 1959 to 1971, Salinas was incarcerated on nonviolent drug-related charges. During this time, he became known for his prison poetry and work with other inmates in literature and art. Salinas became a renowned poet and a collection of his essays, ra\u00falsalinas and the Jail Machine: My Weapon is My Pen<\/em>, was published by University of Texas Press, before he died in 2008 from liver complications. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
According to their fundraiser, Resistencia Books is seeking funds to cover moving expenses, pay rent or purchase a small property, and pay their part-time staff, who will be working overtime to resettle the bookstore.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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