Cecilia Lei
@cecilialei.bsky.social
Bay Area journalist, aspiring optimist.
@coyotemedia.org co-founder
@kqednews.kqed.org contributor
@coyotemedia.org co-founder
@kqednews.kqed.org contributor
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Cecilia Lei
@cecilialei.bsky.social
· Sep 18
*cautiously peers into the bluesky universe for the first time*
hm, alright it seems okay here.
hi! 👋
hm, alright it seems okay here.
hi! 👋
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“…if you need to talk to your trying-to-be-down auntie about how a land acknowledgement at dinner isn’t enough, please do let her know she can simply text FREESAM to 53-555 and make a tax-deductible donation to actually change the material conditions of Natives.”
Also here: givebutter.com/c/9qW07O
Also here: givebutter.com/c/9qW07O
“Our ‘Thanksgiving meal’ is usually to the tune of gas station roller hotdogs and chips, supplemented with caffeine and cigarettes,” writes Lydia Grijalva, who heads to Alcatraz Island every year to greet the sunrise with Native comrades and elders. www.coyotemedia.org/thanksgiving...
Every Thanksgiving We Drive to Alcatraz. Except This Year
My Thanksgiving tradition includes Alcatraz Island, chain-smoking elders, and gas station hotdogs.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“…if you need to talk to your trying-to-be-down auntie about how a land acknowledgement at dinner isn’t enough, please do let her know she can simply text FREESAM to 53-555 and make a tax-deductible donation to actually change the material conditions of Natives.”
Also here: givebutter.com/c/9qW07O
Also here: givebutter.com/c/9qW07O
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Really proud of my colleagues for launching this new series at @coyotemedia.org -- First Aid Kit, a set of pieces that help you be safer, healthier, and more helpful in your community.
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Really proud of my colleagues for launching this new series at @coyotemedia.org -- First Aid Kit, a set of pieces that help you be safer, healthier, and more helpful in your community.
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
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Very good piece from @coyotemedia.org on how to deal with protests safely. www.coyotemedia.org/first-aid-ki...
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Stay Safe at a Protest
Know your rights, know the risks, and know what to do if you’re arrested.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Very good piece from @coyotemedia.org on how to deal with protests safely. www.coyotemedia.org/first-aid-ki...
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
What should you consider if you're a non-citizen heading to a protest?
What's safe to post on social media while you're there?
Should you even bring your phone?
Read these tips and more in this First Aid Kit Guide on 'How to Stay Safe at a Protest'
✍️: by @cecilialei.bsky.social
What's safe to post on social media while you're there?
Should you even bring your phone?
Read these tips and more in this First Aid Kit Guide on 'How to Stay Safe at a Protest'
✍️: by @cecilialei.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Stay Safe at a Protest
Know your rights, know the risks, and know what to do if you’re arrested.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What should you consider if you're a non-citizen heading to a protest?
What's safe to post on social media while you're there?
Should you even bring your phone?
Read these tips and more in this First Aid Kit Guide on 'How to Stay Safe at a Protest'
✍️: by @cecilialei.bsky.social
What's safe to post on social media while you're there?
Should you even bring your phone?
Read these tips and more in this First Aid Kit Guide on 'How to Stay Safe at a Protest'
✍️: by @cecilialei.bsky.social
Healthy democracies require protests. But how do we do it safely? I made this guide to help us navigate the risks.
Check it out, and please share with your networks. @coyotemedia.org's First Aid Kit stories are always paywall-free! ✊
Check it out, and please share with your networks. @coyotemedia.org's First Aid Kit stories are always paywall-free! ✊
The Bay Area’s protest legacy runs deep, but there are new risks: militarized police, more surveillance, higher stakes. In this First Aid Kit guide, @cecilialei.bsky.social breaks down how to stay safe, what to say (or not) if you're detained, and how to protect your rights if you’re risking arrest.
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Stay Safe at a Protest
Know your rights, know the risks, and know what to do if you’re arrested.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Healthy democracies require protests. But how do we do it safely? I made this guide to help us navigate the risks.
Check it out, and please share with your networks. @coyotemedia.org's First Aid Kit stories are always paywall-free! ✊
Check it out, and please share with your networks. @coyotemedia.org's First Aid Kit stories are always paywall-free! ✊
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
This afternoon, OUSD sent an email alert to parents confirming ICE activity in West Oakland.
We are re-sharing COYOTE's 'What We Can Do About ICE' guide to help our communities stay ready and empowered in alarming moments like this. Please share with your neighbors and friends.
We are re-sharing COYOTE's 'What We Can Do About ICE' guide to help our communities stay ready and empowered in alarming moments like this. Please share with your neighbors and friends.
What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This afternoon, OUSD sent an email alert to parents confirming ICE activity in West Oakland.
We are re-sharing COYOTE's 'What We Can Do About ICE' guide to help our communities stay ready and empowered in alarming moments like this. Please share with your neighbors and friends.
We are re-sharing COYOTE's 'What We Can Do About ICE' guide to help our communities stay ready and empowered in alarming moments like this. Please share with your neighbors and friends.
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
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Even when @coyotemedia.org was just a little baby pup of an idea I knew I wanted service journalism to be a major part of it. Today I'm thrilled to introduce our First Aid Kit: an acknowledgement of today's challenges, and a rejection of despair.
Introducing COYOTE's First Aid Kit
A how-to guide to surviving in the Bay Area.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Even when @coyotemedia.org was just a little baby pup of an idea I knew I wanted service journalism to be a major part of it. Today I'm thrilled to introduce our First Aid Kit: an acknowledgement of today's challenges, and a rejection of despair.
Proud to share that @coyotemedia.org is launching First Aid Kit, our ✨paywall-free✨ series that helps you navigate the many challenges of living in the Bay Area and beyond.
These stories are a part of our pledge to share critical information during this time of upheaval. ❤️🩹
These stories are a part of our pledge to share critical information during this time of upheaval. ❤️🩹
Mainstream media loves doom, despair, and a sensational headline. But hopelessness is their tool, not ours. Meet COYOTE's First Aid Kit, our service journalism series where we'll pursue intersectional, evidence-based, and sometimes light-hearted solutions to the challenges of living in the Bay Area.
Introducing COYOTE's First Aid Kit
A how-to guide to surviving in the Bay Area.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Proud to share that @coyotemedia.org is launching First Aid Kit, our ✨paywall-free✨ series that helps you navigate the many challenges of living in the Bay Area and beyond.
These stories are a part of our pledge to share critical information during this time of upheaval. ❤️🩹
These stories are a part of our pledge to share critical information during this time of upheaval. ❤️🩹
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
good morning @coyotemedia.org
Other folks have said it, but let me just note that:
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
(1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year
(2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives
Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
good morning @coyotemedia.org
I just LOVE what's been happening in the aisles of Seafood City. Joy and whimsy - what will sustain our communities right now, if we can manage to find and create these moments for each other.
Seafood City, a Filipino supermarket chain, has been celebrating Filipino American History Month by throwing late-night DJ parties at store locations around the U.S., including in Daly City.
The Bay Area’s Hottest Club Is a Filipino Supermarket
For Filipino Americans, dance parties at the Seafood City in Daly City are more than just a viral sensation.
www.kqed.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I just LOVE what's been happening in the aisles of Seafood City. Joy and whimsy - what will sustain our communities right now, if we can manage to find and create these moments for each other.
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
Read @emmaruthless.bsky.social on the Waymo that killed her neighborhood cat and the ways we delude ourselves into accepting evil forces, somehow, in our cities.
In Which We Deserve Options Other Than Rapists and Robots
I don’t want to be assaulted by a driver, nor surveilled by cat-killing robot cars. Is this really the best we can do?
www.coyotemedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Read @emmaruthless.bsky.social on the Waymo that killed her neighborhood cat and the ways we delude ourselves into accepting evil forces, somehow, in our cities.
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
My latest for @kqedarts.bsky.social.
The Chinese Culture Center of SF started in 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, as a response to 'urban renewal' and the threat of community erasure. It's shaped the culture of SF Chinatown ever since.
The Chinese Culture Center of SF started in 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, as a response to 'urban renewal' and the threat of community erasure. It's shaped the culture of SF Chinatown ever since.
October 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My latest for @kqedarts.bsky.social.
The Chinese Culture Center of SF started in 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, as a response to 'urban renewal' and the threat of community erasure. It's shaped the culture of SF Chinatown ever since.
The Chinese Culture Center of SF started in 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, as a response to 'urban renewal' and the threat of community erasure. It's shaped the culture of SF Chinatown ever since.
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
Reporting from @coyotemedia.org cited in here 👀
The mayor overhauled the city's street outreach teams by consolidating their ranks, focusing on specific neighborhoods and putting them under the oversight of one leader. Here’s how it’s going.
Mayor Daniel Lurie revamped S.F.’s street crisis teams. Is it working?
The mayor overhauled the city's street outreach teams by consolidating their ranks, focusing on specific neighborhoods and putting them under the oversight of one leader. Here’s how it’s going.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reporting from @coyotemedia.org cited in here 👀
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
Litquake (@litquake.org), the Bay Area’s sprawling literary festival, kicks off today! Check out picks from COYOTE staff, including events featuring @annaleen.bsky.social, @susiebright.bsky.social, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @janelleblarg.bsky.social & more www.coyotemedia.org/litquake-gui...
7 Can’t-Miss Events at Litquake 2025
Here are COYOTE’s picks for the beloved literary festival, which kicks off Oct. 9.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Litquake (@litquake.org), the Bay Area’s sprawling literary festival, kicks off today! Check out picks from COYOTE staff, including events featuring @annaleen.bsky.social, @susiebright.bsky.social, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @janelleblarg.bsky.social & more www.coyotemedia.org/litquake-gui...
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
tried to write a breezy lil show preview for @coyotemedia.org about Mabuhay Gardens’ reopening party
wound up twisting myself into knots over SF’s musical nostalgia issues and how to reconcile the words “tech week coworking space” with “birthplace of SF punk” www.coyotemedia.org/mabuhay-gard...
wound up twisting myself into knots over SF’s musical nostalgia issues and how to reconcile the words “tech week coworking space” with “birthplace of SF punk” www.coyotemedia.org/mabuhay-gard...
Mabuhay Gardens to Reopen, Attempt to Remain Upright Under Weight of Expectations
The birthplace of San Francisco punk can’t be what it once was. Is it time to let it be something else instead?
www.coyotemedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
tried to write a breezy lil show preview for @coyotemedia.org about Mabuhay Gardens’ reopening party
wound up twisting myself into knots over SF’s musical nostalgia issues and how to reconcile the words “tech week coworking space” with “birthplace of SF punk” www.coyotemedia.org/mabuhay-gard...
wound up twisting myself into knots over SF’s musical nostalgia issues and how to reconcile the words “tech week coworking space” with “birthplace of SF punk” www.coyotemedia.org/mabuhay-gard...
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
A few months ago I started looking into a missing sculpture. I had no idea I was in for a sculptor with an endless parade of wives, a religious awakening, and a freaky pie. www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...
Where did the Fairyland dandelions go?
For more than 45 years, three huge steel and bronze dandelion puffs reached for the sky outside Children’s Fairyland only to disappear without a trace. COYOTE went on a quest to find them.
www.coyotemedia.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A few months ago I started looking into a missing sculpture. I had no idea I was in for a sculptor with an endless parade of wives, a religious awakening, and a freaky pie. www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
Awoooo! We hope you are enjoying reading our stories as much as we've enjoyed creating them! 🎉 We were so excited to share our work with you that we made all COYOTE content FREE for 2 weeks. Today, we're implementing registration and paywalls on the site. Here's the scoop... 1/4
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Awoooo! We hope you are enjoying reading our stories as much as we've enjoyed creating them! 🎉 We were so excited to share our work with you that we made all COYOTE content FREE for 2 weeks. Today, we're implementing registration and paywalls on the site. Here's the scoop... 1/4
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
We had some really cool pieces go up this week at @coyotemedia.org!
〰️ neighbors taking care of one another in the face of ICE
〰️ towns not known for protest standing up for Palestine www.coyotemedia.org/albany-and-e...
〰️ a complicated win for trans folks www.coyotemedia.org/but-what-did...
〰️ neighbors taking care of one another in the face of ICE
〰️ towns not known for protest standing up for Palestine www.coyotemedia.org/albany-and-e...
〰️ a complicated win for trans folks www.coyotemedia.org/but-what-did...
A New Kind of Neighborhood Watch
Sonoma County’s ‘Adopt a Corner’ program aims to protect undocumented day laborers from ICE.
www.coyotemedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We had some really cool pieces go up this week at @coyotemedia.org!
〰️ neighbors taking care of one another in the face of ICE
〰️ towns not known for protest standing up for Palestine www.coyotemedia.org/albany-and-e...
〰️ a complicated win for trans folks www.coyotemedia.org/but-what-did...
〰️ neighbors taking care of one another in the face of ICE
〰️ towns not known for protest standing up for Palestine www.coyotemedia.org/albany-and-e...
〰️ a complicated win for trans folks www.coyotemedia.org/but-what-did...
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
“I’ve been looking for this for my whole adult life, really. And finally, I feel like I’ve found something,." A grassroots group for Palestine started with bake sales and street protests but has grown into something much deeper: a mutual aid support system, and a source of life-changing friendships.
Albany and El Cerrito Weren't Known for Protest ... Until Now
In two quiet Bay Area towns, organizers for Palestine are getting loud — and forming deep friendships along the way.
www.coyotemedia.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“I’ve been looking for this for my whole adult life, really. And finally, I feel like I’ve found something,." A grassroots group for Palestine started with bake sales and street protests but has grown into something much deeper: a mutual aid support system, and a source of life-changing friendships.
My first story for @coyotemedia.org is about the towns I grew up in, small cities that even I dismissed as being "too quiet" or "in a bubble."
Read about Albany and El Cerrito for Palestine, a group of neighbors that have created a joyful, mutual aid collective while organizing for Palestine.
Read about Albany and El Cerrito for Palestine, a group of neighbors that have created a joyful, mutual aid collective while organizing for Palestine.
Albany and El Cerrito Weren't Known for Protest ... Until Now
In two quiet Bay Area towns, organizers for Palestine are getting loud — and forming deep friendships along the way.
www.coyotemedia.org
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My first story for @coyotemedia.org is about the towns I grew up in, small cities that even I dismissed as being "too quiet" or "in a bubble."
Read about Albany and El Cerrito for Palestine, a group of neighbors that have created a joyful, mutual aid collective while organizing for Palestine.
Read about Albany and El Cerrito for Palestine, a group of neighbors that have created a joyful, mutual aid collective while organizing for Palestine.
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
NEW on @coyotemedia.org this morning: a delightful story about Albany and El Cerrito showing up for Palestine, written by Albany’s own @cecilialei.bsky.social, and edited by Albany’s own me
Albany and El Cerrito aren’t towns most people think of when they imagine protest. But over the past two years, neighbors have built a grassroots collective for Palestine that’s reshaped their activism and sense of community.
✍️: @cecilialei.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
✍️: @cecilialei.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
Albany and El Cerrito Weren't Known for Protest ... Until Now
In two quiet Bay Area towns, organizers for Palestine are getting loud — and forming deep friendships along the way.
www.coyotemedia.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
NEW on @coyotemedia.org this morning: a delightful story about Albany and El Cerrito showing up for Palestine, written by Albany’s own @cecilialei.bsky.social, and edited by Albany’s own me
Reposted by Cecilia Lei
I love love love this story from @cecilialei.bsky.social about two East Bay towns organizing for Palestine 💚❤️🤍🖤
“I think we try to bring, in all this darkness, some joy and creativity in the work that we're doing. I'm just having a hell of a good time.”
“I think we try to bring, in all this darkness, some joy and creativity in the work that we're doing. I'm just having a hell of a good time.”
Albany and El Cerrito aren’t towns most people think of when they imagine protest. But over the past two years, neighbors have built a grassroots collective for Palestine that’s reshaped their activism and sense of community.
✍️: @cecilialei.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
✍️: @cecilialei.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
Albany and El Cerrito Weren't Known for Protest ... Until Now
In two quiet Bay Area towns, organizers for Palestine are getting loud — and forming deep friendships along the way.
www.coyotemedia.org
September 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I love love love this story from @cecilialei.bsky.social about two East Bay towns organizing for Palestine 💚❤️🤍🖤
“I think we try to bring, in all this darkness, some joy and creativity in the work that we're doing. I'm just having a hell of a good time.”
“I think we try to bring, in all this darkness, some joy and creativity in the work that we're doing. I'm just having a hell of a good time.”