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TrustYourStruggle Collective

Keep it goin like two Samoans. -Andre Nickatina

About Me

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TrustYourStruggle Collective is crew, fam, and folks that are getting down for the people.TYSC is Tres Rock, Erin Yoshioka, Scott La Rockwell, Borish, Djay Pele, Cece and Miguel Bounce Perez. Our collective strives through art and visual mediums to back and support anyone who is pushing to make the changes we all are looking to see in the world.We want you to believe that whatever you are going threw in the name of your peoples is valid and worth having faith in so we bring it to the frontline to remind folks that when it comes to the people's struggle, well in the words of T La Rock "it's yours!!" so trust it ,believe in it, love it, give it your all, but don't ever let nobody take it from you.
-Yours in the Struggle,
TYS CREW
WWW.TRUSTYOURSTRUGGLE.COM
Oh yeah also there is a living, breathing, critical thinking posse at the other side of this page if we have tried to add you its because we have read your page and feel where you are coming from.We write back, add comments and are in this to connect and comunicate with real people not just to up the numbers on our friends list.
CHECK THE TRAILER FOR THE 2006 "TRUST YOUR HUSTLE" TOUR!!
LOVE & RIOTS Exhibit Time Lapse. Aug. 2007, Jersey City.
OneAim of Peoples Artists Network and Borish paint with Philipino Youth in Holland.
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Erin, Este Burner, Borish and Cece || Lower East Side rooftop NYC
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Cece, Charm, Borish and Bounce || Live painting for Rob Swift show in New Jersey
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Tres, Skot, Borish and Bounce || San Lorenzo High Health Center in California
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My Interests

Painting Things,Typography,Illustrator, Photoshop,Poloroid Photography,Digital Photography,Teaching,Traveling,Garmet Design,Propaganda Posters, Mixtapes,Art on found objects, homemade things.

I'd like to meet:

Storefront Preachers, Street Corner Motivational Speakers,The Gods and Earths,Ghetto Deffenders,Top Rankin Gunmen,Futbol Hooligans,Fire Starters,Rain Makers,Garden Seekers,Fly Ladies, Hot Gals, Galang Gals,DanceHall Queens,Fare Evaders,Handstyle Masters, Local Celebrities, Hustlers, Revolutionary Comrades, Wax Junkies,Word Smiths, Beatbox Fanatics , and peeps that want to rock our shirts!

Vico, HIJOS Member, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Devany, Agora Cafe, Guadalajara, Mexico

Artist Paco Franco, Guadalajara, Mexico

Agora Cafe Volunteer, Guadalajara, Mexico

Music:

Hustlenomics Show NYCAguacero 2.0 SF

Movies:

TYS Girls Life Documentary Project

Books:

Open veins of Latin America & Upside Down by Eduardo Galeano, Soledad Brother, Poemas Clandestino, One day of Life, Down these mean streets, From A Native Daughter, The Alchemist, The Unbearible lightness of being, The Metu Neter, The god of small things, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Think and grow rich, Hagakure, The art of war, Book of 5 rings, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Anything from Khalil Gibran & Hafiz, Assata, Wretched of the Earth, EL Monte....any well holler at us if you think we should be reading!

Heroes:

are Resisters!!!!

My Blog

West Coast TYS fundraiser this Saturday-U down?

http://devilsorangels.com/TYS/Pueblo.flyer.5.03.gif Hey folks, we have already started painting murals and doing workshops, got some grants, a little bit raised but could use some more.So if you and y...
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

2 December TYS Events! Don’t Sleep Son!

We're BI........Coastal son! December events in Cali & NYC. Info below. PAZ Y FRIJOLES.Borish...
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:25:00 PST

Malaya Lolas: A Film About Surviving Filipina Comfort Women of WWII

Title: Malaya Lolas: A Film About Surviving Filipina Comfort Women of WWIILocation: International Action Center (IAC)Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007Time: 7-9pmDescription: Film Screening of Malaya Lola...
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:55:00 PST

*Mike DREAM* Exhibit Closing May 17th, Bay Area

If you're not familiar with Mike DREAM, his work, his legend, his fighting spirit you should check this show out. Support artists who risk to educate and learn within the movement. .borish...
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Tue, 15 May 2007 04:51:00 PST

Live Painting! May 23rd NYC

It's all one network . . . it's all one crew! Say Word Entertainment Returns!!!!!After a 4 month hiatus, the boys from Say Word return with a party guaranteed to be a blow-out! It's been a while . ....
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Thu, 03 May 2007 03:16:00 PST

TYS Update April, 12th 2007

Good morning, evening, or afternoon people...So to combat the fact that our website, Trustyourstruggle.com has been down and not allowing us to update, I've decided to take it to the Myspace and just ...
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:33:00 PST

TYS Collective in Connecticut 3/30 - 4/1

This Friday to all our folks around the NY & Connecticut area can head out to Trinity College in Hartford to check out their international Hiphop festival that they host every year. 3 days of shows, f...
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:14:00 PST

Make Believe in LA LA Landia

Cece of TYS Collective will be showing some of her dope work in this show along w other comrades that enjoy throwing paint around. Plus Native Guns. Their name rocks. ...
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:26:00 PST

DJ Class in Oakland California

DJ Classes this month directed by TYS member Rob "King Tres". Come thru and share/learn....
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:00:00 PST

Trust the Hustle Summer Tour

So time is upon us for me and erin to depart to Mexico for our summer mural tour. Erin is off in a couple of weeks, and I, in about a month. We will be joined by our comrades in paint, Miguel Perez (B...
Posted by TrustYourStruggle Collective on Wed, 10 May 2006 09:25:00 PST