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As a child growing up in northern California, Effie Phillips-Staley learned about politics as an intern at La Raza Galeria Posada, a nonprofit art center that featured the work and Chicano and Native American artists.

There, she learned how art could play a role in the fight for social justice.
Participating in United Farm Workers union protests and grap…