Cecilia Lei
@cecilialei.bsky.social
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Bay Area journalist, aspiring optimist. @coyotemedia.org co-founder @kqednews.kqed.org contributor
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*cautiously peers into the bluesky universe for the first time*

hm, alright it seems okay here.

hi! 👋
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emmaruthless.bsky.social
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...
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?
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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
Four grey coyotes with glasses read pink books on a pink background. In the center, yellow words read "coyote goes members-only (well mostly)." A purple star shape in the upper righthand corners reads "update"
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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...
A New Kind of Neighborhood Watch
Sonoma County’s ‘Adopt a Corner’ program aims to protect undocumented day laborers from ICE.
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“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.
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cecilialei.bsky.social
This story feels like the kind of reporting I want to do for COYOTE - how communities are finding genuine connection during these dark times, and the BIG impact of focused, hyperlocal organizing. ✨
cecilialei.bsky.social
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.
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
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emmaruthless.bsky.social
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
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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
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
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nuala.bsky.social
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.”
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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
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
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coyotemedia.org
If you were lucky enough to be at last night’s @oaklandballers.bsky.social game you not only saw them win it all — you were also in the presence of some elusive statues that the team is on a mission to rescue.
Where Did All the Abandoned A’s Elephants Go?
A scrappy group of Oaklanders have built a “sanctuary” for the sculptures that the A’s left behind.
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​After months of dreaming, scheming, plotting, and building, we are SO ready to celebrate the official launch of @coyotemedia.org! 🥳 🎉

Join us at Mad Oak this Sunday, 9/28, for an evening of clinking glasses, giving daps/high fives/hugs, and if the mood is right, a collective howl at the moon? 🌙✨
COYOTE Media Collective Launch Party! · Luma
After months of dreaming, scheming, plotting, and building, we are SO ready to celebrate the official launch of the COYOTE Media Collective – we can’t believe…
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Must read from this new indie Bay Area publication.
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Today, we’re running an essential story from @leilaniclark.bsky.social about Sonoma County residents taking action to protect undocumented day laborers from ICE raids. The new program, Adopt a Corner, is activism as a simple act of neighborly solidarity.
A New Kind of Neighborhood Watch
Sonoma County’s ‘Adopt a Corner’ program aims to protect undocumented day laborers from ICE.
www.coyotemedia.org
cecilialei.bsky.social
I could write a 3,000 word piece about what it's felt like to launch a worker-owned newsroom. But all I'll say is, hot damn I love this crew.

and billionaires should absolutely NOT own the news.

thank you so much for supporting @coyotemedia.org 🚀
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❤️🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESSES! 🔥❤️

COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org
cecilialei.bsky.social
*cautiously peers into the bluesky universe for the first time*

hm, alright it seems okay here.

hi! 👋