Broadway Conocimiento
Taco 'bout Jesse
Jesse, check your priveledge
Name that song, from the reprise
Important Days in Activism
100

Elphaba’s younger sister, who becomes the governor of Munchkinland, has this name.

Who is Nessarose

100

This competitor is known for its tacos and for music that is somehow always several decibels louder than necessary.

What is Cactus?

100

The term to explain how different systems of oppression can overlap.

What is intersectionality?

100

Celebrated around the world as International Workers’ Day, this date traces its modern roots to the struggle for the eight-hour workday and the Haymarket affair in Chicago.

Answer: What is May Day?

200

In Les Misérables, this song is sung by the students and revolutionaries as they prepare for the uprising.

What is “Do You Hear the People Sing?”

200

This queer-run Antigua taco shop has gone from a local favorite to a seriously growing competitor.

What is Frida’s?

200

This term describes using someone’s correct name and pronouns as a basic practice of respecting their identity.

What is gender affirmation?

200

On this date, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas were informed that they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

What is Juneteenth?

300

In Ragtime, this Harlem pianist’s story becomes central after his car is vandalized by racist firefighters.

Who is Coalhouse Walker Jr.?

300

This grassroots taco shop is representing the competition from Zone 4 of Guatemala City.

What is Mr. Taco?

300

Finish the sentence: “Nothing about us…”

What is “…without us”?

300

On this day, 1,300 Black sanitation workers walked off the job in Memphis, demanding safer working conditions, fair wages, and union recognition. Their struggle reminds us that economic security is a civil rights issue.

What is the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike?

400

Before she became Elphaba, Cynthia Erivo won a Tony for playing this character in the 2015 Broadway revival of The Color Purple.

Who is Celie?

400

Which competitor sells the camarón y tocino taco — arguably the best thing on its menu?

What is Ta’cool?

400

Someone says, “I don’t see race.” A social justice educator would probably identify this approach using this term.

What is colorblindness?


400

On this date in Oakland, 11 children sat down to a free breakfast organized by this revolutionary organization, which treated feeding children as part of political liberation.

What is the Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast for School Children Program?

500

This 2014 Broadway musical used the music and lyrics of Tupac Shakur, although its story was not about Tupac himself.

What is Holler If Ya Hear Me?

500

Spell the “George” in Tacos del Yorch — and name the town where you’ll find them.

What is Y-O-R-C-H, in San Miguel Dueñas?

500

You’ve posted the infographic. You’ve shared the story. But according to activists, this term describes symbolic support that requires little meaningful action or sacrifice.

What is performative activism?

500

Members of this Puerto Rican revolutionary organization occupied Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx, demanding better health care for poor Black and Puerto Rican communities.

Who are the Young Lords?

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