Ceferino Martirez
Ceferino Martirez is a photojournalist with VoiceWaves. He is a history and history education major at CSULB who joined VoiceWaves in 2018. Martirez’s work focuses on street photography and protest coverage. His work with VoiceWaves has focused on using his photography to capture community voices on issues like housing, labor, and youth rights. Posts by Ceferino Martirez:
Election continues to inspire rallies in Long Beach
Long Beach residents and community organizations gathered again after the election results were more clear, continuing to call for more activism.
Long Beach organizers rally in response to election results, call for more action
The organizers expressed dissatisfaction with the results of certain propositions and said their communities deserve better.
Long Beach youth and officials discuss importance of youth voting at online forum
The forum hosted by LBC Votes gave young people an opportunity to speak with and ask questions to local officials.VIDEO: VoiceWaves youth speak on their experiences growing up in Long Beach
Our youth reporters speak on how environments, the pandemic, and local schools have impacted their lives.Tenants march in downtown Long Beach, calling for protection from harassment by landlords
The Long Beach Tenants Union has been organizing with tenants who have received high rent increases and felt harassed.
Meet three Long Beach youth working to change how the city invests in young people
These are just some of the young activists working to create a new and more equitable future for youth in Long Beach.
Long Beach community groups call for the end of police violence at march through East Long Beach
Long Beach residents continued to call for defunding the police, this time as the city council prepared to make a decision on that very topic.
Long Beach residents drive throughout district one in support of canceling rent, adopting the People’s Budget
District one residents shared how rent increases are impacting them and called for the adoption of many housing policies including in the People’s Budget proposal.
It’s Easy To Be In A Saint In Paradise
A youth retreat in the San Antonio Mountains is exactly what Ceferino Martirez needed to continue his and the community’s struggle.
Long Beach Rallies Against “Endless War” in Middle East
A new wave of grassroots organizers rises due to the wake of growing tensions in the Middle East and in the U.S.
Animal Cruelty Images Turn Heads in Long Beach Protest
Chickens, pigs and cows being gruesomely mutilated and slaughtered played on flat screen televisions held by members of Anonymous for the Voiceless, a decentralized activist group intent on protecting and securing total animal liberation in the United States and beyond.