There is an unusual mural on 23rd Street between Mission and Capp Streets in San Francisco. At a glance it appears to be yet another mural around the Mission. But this mural has a unique story and message. It features cameos of 35 activists, philosophers and artists from around the world and different time periods who left their imprint in the struggle for their spoken cause. The individuals range from well known Americans such as Harriet Tubman, Sitting Bull and Martin Luther King Jr. to International figures like Gandhi and Nelson Mandela to lesser known but equally passionate Rigoberta Menchú of Guatemala and controversial Leila Khaled of Palestine who with a companion hijacked and blew up a TWA jet bound for Tel Aviv in 1969.

If you pause long enough you will discover that the piece is a talking wall conceived by Susan Greene and Freedom Archives.The mural is titled La Lucha Continua/The Struggle Continues. Each featured individual can be heard in their own voice while standing in front of the wall by dialing 415-200-4587 followed by the extension number of the person you wish to hear. The phone numbers are listed at the site. Listen later by visiting the website: Freedomarchives.org .

Susan Greene is local social art practitioner, educator and clinical psychologist whose is most notably recognized for her trapeze artist murals. One used to be on Clarion Alley. There is another 35-foot high mural funded by San Francisco Arts Commission that is currently around the corner off 17th and Mission Street and a much smaller one in Soma on Harrison and 8th Street.

See other art by Susan Greene