[2] The mural is focused on nationally acclaimed Latinx poet, Yosimar Reyes and his grandmother Mardonia Galeana wearing masks with text saying "you are the other me" in Spanish.
Yosimar Reyes and Elizabeth Blancas met in 2014 where they worked in a Misson based art space known as Galeria de La Raza.
The project is supported by Ethnic Studies faculty and the Public Art Committee.The phrase "Tomorrow's World is Yours to Build" is a quote by Yuri Kochiyama a Japanese American rights activist from the Bay Area.
With an ongoing pandemic, state sanctioned violence, civil unrest, and climate catastrophe all occurring– “tomorrow” felt so bleak.
I hope Kochiyama’s words offer our community the [same] solace and empowerment they gave me.” [4] The mural features two Chabot college students Salimah “Mrs.Mak” Shabazz and Taufa Setefano, close friends of Blancas.