Dave John Cruz-BustamanteStudent Identified Priorities within New Haven Public SchoolsWritten through discussion and consultation with approximately 11 students attending High School in the Community, Metropolitan Business…3 min read·May 2, 2022----
Dave John Cruz-BustamanteWork for the People or Step Aside!Citywide Youth Coalition Organizational Statement regarding the 2021 New Haven Mayoral Debates. Written by Dave John Cruz-Bustamante on…3 min read·Oct 31, 2021----
Dave John Cruz-BustamanteCuchillosThe kitchen table: it’s square, small, and intimate. Sizzling corn, smoke, and the stench of steak on the grill permeate the Newtown air…4 min read·Oct 30, 2021----
Dave John Cruz-BustamanteThe Art of Leisure and the New WorldA personal account of the my experiences with the universe, work, and witnessing death and birth in the world. This is an unedited piece.3 min read·Oct 27, 2021----
Dave John Cruz-Bustamantetú hogarA poem on food and its relationship to happiness1 min read·Sep 24, 2021----
Dave John Cruz-BustamanteA Blueprint To An Imperfect WorldWe, Americans, believe that we are the least brainwashed people out of all the nations in the world. We point and laugh at propaganda…5 min read·Sep 24, 2021----
Dave John Cruz-BustamanteTo Be HumanSpeech delivered on September 18, 2021 in Hartford, Connecticut for the Community First Coalition’s launch of their Care Not Cops campaign.4 min read·Sep 24, 2021----
Dave John Cruz-BustamantePeace, Dignity, and LibertySpeech delivered in Downtown New Haven on May 7, 2021 at a “Cops off Campus” Rally to demand the abolition of the Yale Police Department3 min read·May 29, 2021----
Dave John Cruz-BustamanteSafety is SilentOn gun violence in New Haven, Connecticut3 min read·Mar 28, 2021----
Dave John Cruz-BustamanteWhat is due?Public testimony given to the Board of Alders of New Haven CT on February 26, 2021. Meeting on what the residents of the city of New Haven…2 min read·Mar 28, 2021----