Amy Winehouse and at least 92 people in Norway die on the same day. Due to different causes, but both instances related to sick behaviors, and deadly all the same. Drug addiction and alcoholism – as evidenced by the loss of this soulful young woman - are deadly. [...]
Racism, unlike pregnancy, is not a binary proposition. So there are degrees of racism, and of racial understanding. Having grown up in a relatively racially homogeneous place, I vividly remember the awe and fascination I felt the first time I saw a black person. He just so happened to be the most beautiful man I [...]
A few days ago I blogged in Spanish about the student movement taking place in Chile. Later that day, after I had lunch with Sarah from the Sierra Club, I decided to translate the post. During our engaging discussion about movement building, I realized that what the student movement in Chile is [...]
La semana pasada hablé con mi primo Gabriel que ha estado participando en el movimiento estudiantil chileno. Fue bastante informativo el tener la opción de escuchar en sus propias palabras la experiencia de querer una educación mejor no sólo para él, si no como me dijo, también para su hermano chico. Lo que sucede es [...]
The Fourth of July scares me a little bit. Red white and blue I’ve always associated with a ruthless military, and that’s nobody’s fault, the Chilean flag is also red white and blue and Pinochet usurped those colors and so they do trigger me a little bit. But in combination with fireworks, which I’ve [...]
I’m still buzzing from spending the day with a whole lot of incredibly talented and fun people at San Francisco’s Social Media for NonProfits Conference. You can’t go wrong with an event in The Green Room at The War Memorial, there is something quite cinematic about stepping out on that [...]
En mis años de trabajo en el movimiento ambientalista y también de activismo social (léase justicia, derechos humanaos, equidad) me ha tocado ver muchas veces como una corporación que ha sido previamente pillada con las manos en la masa – ya sea pagando menos del sueldo mínimo, no cubriendo los beneficios básicos requeridos por ley [...]
Two highlights of the week or how to focus on what we want to see grow rather than what we want to see die.
Exhibit A
On a business trip to Denver a local friend tells me that Coors Brewing Company is located in Golden, CO just outside of Denver and that [...]
Last night and went to watch The Greatest Movie Ever Sold with my friend Maria. Being my most reliable source for a good conversation about politics, gender inequity and the state of the world, I was sure she’d be up for a critique of consumer culture. So off we went [...]
I’m heading home from Philly after leading the Communications and Media Training for the Philadelphia chapter of PWN. The goal of this work was to get PWN members (mostly HIV positive women) comfortable enough talking in public and in front of the media and elected officials, about their personal experiences and how [...]
