I love going through my files. I am always finding cool things. I happened upon this recently and am only now getting to post it. This is a great graphic image that illustrated what happens at the intersection of the major oppressive systems. This is from the National Organizers Alliance, NOA Gathering V at Sonoma State University in CA during July of 2001. Doesn’t this just about sum it up? (more…)
YES – as of my most recent flights to Chicago to do trainings around school closings and then to NY where I facilitated an Action LAB for Occupy and another…
I have done lots of different creative tactics over the years, but this action offered a chance to do something new – we replicated an EARTHQUAKE to dramatize what is…
I carry such sadness these days with the loss of Becky Tarbotton, an emerging, visionary, bold and charismatic leader serving as the Executive Director of the Rainforest Action Network. These…
I was pulled from my “sabbatical” in Austin when I got a phone call from Bob King’s office at the United Auto Workers. They said “ We are in an…
Check this out! MICA, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and the ACLU hosted this event where I spoke with Cornell West and artist Lize Mogel. Thanks to Ingrid B for making it happen. It turned out to be an awesome event and I am so glad that we can film this stuff and share! Lize’s slide show was spot on, Cornell was brilliant as usual and I did pretty well too! Hope you enjoy! (more…)
One of my biggest challenges and areas where I lack confidence is finally beginning to change – my ability to write about the work that I do! I was published…
This summer I thought I was going to have some free time for a change before the political conventions heated up in August. I was just starting to unwind when I got a call to help the California Statewide Homecare Workers campaign pull off some nonviolent civil disobedience at the Capitol in a fight to prevent the defunding of that program. Instead they were moving a proposal for a restructuring of the industry that would save the state more money over time. The homecare workers and their clients had mobilized for days at the Capitol talking to legislators all day and doing education and outreach at night. I had the privilege of working with an amazing group of about 60 people who had made a decision to block the Governer’s office on one day and then take over the Rotunda the next. The pictures tell the story. They prevented the worst of the cuts and won a commitment to move in a new direction.
This spring I help put together, train and coordinate folks to confront Wells Fargo and Bank of America investors at their annual shareholder meetings in San Francisco and Charlotte NC. …
