2011

  • Poverty Gold

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    style type="text/css"  !--{cke_protected}{C}%3C!%2D%2D%0A%09%09%40page%20%7B%20margin%3A%200.79in%20%7D%0A%09%09P%20%7B%20margin-bottom%3A%200.08in%20%7D%0A%09%2D%2D%3E--!--{cke_protected}{C}%3C!%2D%2D%0A%09%09%40page%20%7B%20margin%3A%200.79in%20%7D%0A%09%09P%20%7B%20margin-bottom%3A%200.08in%20%7D%0A%09%2D%2D%3E--/stylep style="margin-bottom: 0in" Asnbsp; I sat in the county jail scratching at the poison oak rash that seemed to redefine my genitalia, and most of my face, chest, and torso, it occurred to me that I might be on to something. I had contacted (and contracted) the vile bush on my way back into civilization from a journey that, if it did not actually take me back in time as it had seemed at the time, took me to a simpler society, with ldquo;basicrdquo; as the operative theme of day-to-day survival, reflecting the existence of the region#39;s denizens./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" I became suddenly aware of an American sub-culture which eschewed the major bone of contention in urban lives, namely Money. I reflected (scratching for all I was worth and gaining what would end up as very painful scratches in very sensitive areas) that this rumored root of all evil was hardly discussed during the four days I spent panning for gold and chipping away at river rocks, searching for pickers, plunkers, and nuggets of Gold. Gold as a means to an end was hardly mentioned, in fact most conversation had to do with things like the weather, firewood, daylight, supplies, and the ever-present river itself and the creatures which lived by its bounty. Which describes us all to a man (and a woman) who mine the banks of the American river for gold./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" I paused in my scratch to imagine how it would have turned out if I hadn#39;t come back when I had, to imagine life outside of cities and towns, in the wild lands of America... Mining gold-rich regions and amassing the means to live a comfortable existence, even if simply defined, until I reached the age when I no longer felt able to work./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" Many men sit in jails and wonder what might have been had they made different choices, and protest their relative innocence to the charges under which they are being held. Perhaps a million do so at this very moment, I donrsquo;t have the exact figures, but wouldnrsquo;t be surprised if it turned out to be more. This is not that story, so I will save that and return you to the world of mining for gold in the wilds of California in the 2010rsquo;s./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" After sorting out my legal issues I continued to research the phenomena of the gold trade, trying to learn as much as I could about the collection, sale and mining of the precious metal which once defined currency to more than just secluded pockets of society in America, as it does today. Our federal reserve used to back the dollar with gold, but this is not that story, either. The reasons behind the shift away from gold as a surety for our currency are as confusing to understand as the answer to the question of what it is currently backed by./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" Gold has a long and bloody history as the means of, and the reason for, the oppression of one people, by another. With my newfound respect for the difficulties people have faced extracting gold from the earth, the itchier facets of mining foremost in my mind, I resolved to find an easier way to amass precious metals./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" The most experienced gold digger will often spend long periods of time without seeing other people, as the most profitable strategy for mining does not entail sharing. Also, you can#39;t spend your finds in the wild lands (by all accounts bears are not impressed by gold), which gives a person time to amass more significant amounts to then exchange at the general store which caters to the needs of all the area#39;s residents, whether they be weekend hobbyist, local, miner, fisherman, or hunter of game. It is probably not much of an exaggeration to say that every dollar spent in Iowa Hill, in Northern California, is spent in the saloon, post office, and general store under the same name. I wouldnrsquo;t hazard a guess at how much of their custom is done in direct commerce with miners of gold for the product of their labors. Traded straight across for the supplies, which would then be hiked in to the respective claims which they supplied./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" The panning isnrsquo;t really rough once you get a technique you can live with, and chipping away at cracks in bedrock, paying close attention to existing cracks, sometimes will give surprisingly easy and substantive yields. The REAL work is keeping the chain of supplies uninterrupted for long enough to thoroughly exploit a region once you find color (gold). Less than five percent of the worldsrsquo; gold is in the nugget form. The remainder is processed from minute flecks harvested from the earth with a wide variety of methods in a number of places. Nugget gold is almost always sold for more than the actual weight to dollar value, because of the rarity and unique quality of each nugget it is a favorite for jewelry makers in its simplicity./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" As I researched gold as a medium of exchange, as it exists in our culture today, I also ran into the metal recycling industries which have of late made a common practice of recycling many electronic devices for the gold used in their construction. Gold is a conductive metal, which makes it common in processors and cell phones. Almost every person in urban America and suburban America has a cellular telephone and most homes have one or more of them sitting in a box or drawer that is no longer used. There are individuals as well as commercial interests who make the collection and reclamation of these items and others into a lucrative pseudo-industry./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" Seeing this trend grow and mature is likely in times to come. The price of gold has climbed to unprecedented highs, due to the demands of the industries which rely upon it, and investors see it as one of the safest investments in short or long term speculation. One thing is sure. Gold is making a comeback, and there is nothing to indicate it will ever lose much of its present value, unlike stocks or investments in currency, since currency isnrsquo;t backed by anything in particular, at least in the case of our bloodstained American dollars./p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" I got over the poison oak. I also got out of the county jail. But I am still afflicted by the bite of the gold bug. I see it as a reliable means to insure my future, if I am patient and wise in the acquisition of it. Being willing and able to work hard doesnrsquo;t seem to count for as much as it should in our society, and independence from the paradigm of fruitless labor and oppression which prevails in our society is an extremely attractive prospect, from where I sit. And so to all of the individuals, rebels and malcontents in our society I say this: Gold!!/p p style="margin-bottom: 0in" It represents a financial autonomy that most of America will never find. It isnrsquo;t an easy path to wealth, although there is always the possibility that you will stumble upon a substantial deposit, many miners nbsp;will work all their careers without seeing much more at one time than what they can exchange for the supplies to work another week or two. No worse than the subsistence slavery that most Americans live under, in urban and suburban jobs, sans the freedom and independence inherent in life outside of the grid./p
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  • Someday the Poor Will Run Wall Street

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p I am a low-income, African-American mother of four. I have worked all my life.nbsp; 1 year ago after the all the rich people working downtown as bankers and investors were paid 7 billion dollars, my landlord was foreclosed on. I have never owned a house and probably never will, because i will never have that kind of money or credit. But i have rented a rent-controlled apartment which i was evicted out of because of the foreclosure./p p Now i am homeless with my children./p p When my sister Tiny (span data-scayt_word="PNN" data-scaytid="1"PNN/span co-editor)nbsp; called me to ask me how I felt about the the Wall Street protests, I said. oh yea!!! that#39;s what I#39;m talking about. Finally some people speaking up to these legalized gangsters and bank pimps./p p Sadly, i can#39;t go to the protests. I don#39;t have the time. I am too busy working two jobs just to save money to try to move out of the shelter we are in to hopefully somewhere safe for me and my kids./p p But those folks are speaking for me and all poor peoples who don#39;t even know if we can pay for the rising cost of food much-less dream of getting a loan or a mortgage from these terrible corporate thieves./p p Tiny thinks that someday Capitalism will end and span data-scayt_word="po" data-scaytid="2"po/span mamas like me and her and all of the never thought about people will have the chance to take care of ourselves and our children and our land./p p I hope so. But right now i walk around my cleaning job with a smile on my face as i empty the trash of rich white people in a luxury hotel i work for. Someday, i dream, maybe these people will finally understand the struggle i have seen and maybe someday the poor people can run Wall Street./p p emMaria Lourdes is a poverty and mama span data-scayt_word="skolar" data-scaytid="3"skolar/span and span data-scayt_word="PoorNewsNetwork" data-scaytid="4"PoorNewsNetwork/span New York Correspondent/em/p
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  • Review of the 4th Annual San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival: A Sunday Kind of Love

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p Editor#39;s note: This review is of the 4th Annual Filipino American Jazz Festival that took place Sunday October 9th at span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi's" data-scaytid="5"Yoshi#39;s/span San Francisco)/p p nbsp;/p p emspan _fck_bookmark="1" style="display: none"object width=560 height=315span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="param" data-scaytid="7"param/span name=movie value=a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TfjgRKkorzQ?version=3amp;hl=en_US/cke:paramcke:param"http://span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="www.youtube.com" data-scaytid="1"www.youtube.com/span/v/span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="TfjgRKkorzQ" data-scaytid="19"TfjgRKkorzQ/span?version=3amp;hl=en_US/span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="param" data-scaytid="9"param/spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="param" data-scaytid="11"param/span/a name=span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="allowFullScreen" data-scaytid="23"allowFullScreen/span value=true/span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="param" data-scaytid="13"param/spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="param" data-scaytid="15"param/span name=span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="allowscriptaccess" data-scaytid="25"allowscriptaccess/span value=always/span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="param" data-scaytid="17"param/spanembed span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="src" data-scaytid="29"src/span=a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TfjgRKkorzQ?version=3amp;hl=en_US"http://span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="www.youtube.com" data-scaytid="3"www.youtube.com/span/v/span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="TfjgRKkorzQ" data-scaytid="21"TfjgRKkorzQ/span?version=3amp;hl=en_US/a type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=560 height=315 span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="allowscriptaccess" data-scaytid="27"allowscriptaccess/span=always span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="allowfullscreen" data-scaytid="31"allowfullscreen/span=true/embed/objectnbsp;/span/ememspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Dahil" data-scaytid="33"Dahil/span Sa span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Iyo" data-scaytid="37"Iyo/span/emmdash;Lena Sundayrsquo;s voice weaved through the syllablesmdash;unfamiliar vowels and consonantsmdash;slowly becoming familiar and vibrant like the sweet fragrance of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sampaguita" data-scaytid="41"Sampaguita/spanmdash;blooming into the centerpiece of the 4supth/supannual San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival at span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi’s" data-scaytid="43"Yoshirsquo;s/span, located in San Franciscorsquo;s historic Fillmore District.nbsp; Sunday, a gifted singer and daughter of a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Filipina" data-scaytid="51"Filipina/span mother and African American father, shared with the audience that she did not learn Tagalog growing up, that her Filipino identity was something she was still embracing and claiming as her own.nbsp; Lena Sundayrsquo;s rendition of the classic Filipino love song span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Dahil" data-scaytid="35"Dahil/span Sa span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Iyo" data-scaytid="39"Iyo/span, dedicated to her mother, was one of many heartfelt moments for jazz span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="kababayans" data-scaytid="53"kababayans/span and community members to listen to, remember and celebrate in the month of Octobermdash;Filipino American History Monthmdash;highlighting the Fillmorersquo;s Filipino roots, Filipino Jazz performers and their contributions to the African American gift which is jazz.nbsp;/p p The San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival is in its 4supth/supyear celebrating and showcasing outstanding and world class Filipino jazz artists from both the US and the Philippines. The festival has featured artists including Mon David, Primo Kim, John Calloway, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Tateng" data-scaytid="57"Tateng/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Katindig" data-scaytid="59"Katindig/span, Sandra span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Viray" data-scaytid="61"Viray/span and Jo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Canion" data-scaytid="63"Canion/span. The founders and organizers of the festival are Carlos and Myrna span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zialcita" data-scaytid="65"Zialcita/spanmdash;2 musicians whose marriage reflects their love of sharing music and culturemdash;a love that gave birth to the festival. Being immersed in the music business they saw many talented Filipino jazz musicians whose gifts were not being exposedmdash;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="underappreciated" data-scaytid="75"underappreciated/span in roles as side musicians, not being afforded opportunities to shine as headliners.nbsp; The festival is their effortmdash;in tandem with community educators, activistsmdash;to showcase these talented Filipino jazz musicians and vocalists to a wider audience.nbsp;/p p The journey to span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi’s" data-scaytid="45"Yoshirsquo;s/spanmdash;a major jazz venue on the West Coastmdash;followed a year of events featuring Filipino jazz performers including a concert commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month, The Asian Heritage Street Celebration, the ldquo;People in the Plaza Concert Seriesrdquo; and various events throughout the Bay Area.nbsp; ldquo;It took a year for us to get the festival tonbsp;nbsp;nbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi’s" data-scaytid="55"Yoshirsquo;s/spanrdquo; said Myrna span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zialcita" data-scaytid="67"Zialcita/span.nbsp; ldquo;There are so many Filipino musicians that are world classmdash;musicians that need to be heardrdquo;.nbsp;/p p It is befitting that the festival be hosted in San Franciscorsquo;s Fillmore District, home of many Filipino families that settled in the neighborhood in the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="1920s" data-scaytid="77"1920s/span.nbsp; Among those families were the Robles and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sorro" data-scaytid="79"Sorro/span familiesmdash;large families whose lives were inspired by the sounds of jazz coming from clubs like span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Jimbo’s" data-scaytid="83"Jimborsquo;s/span Bop City and the Blackhawk.nbsp; Poet Al Roblesmdash;widely regarded as the Poet Laureate of San Franciscorsquo;s span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Manilatown" data-scaytid="85"Manilatown/span and who was honored by the Festival in 2009mdash;paid homage tonbsp;nbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pinoy" data-scaytid="87"Pinoy/span jazzmen Charlie span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Abing" data-scaytid="91"Abing/span and Flip Nunez in poems such as Jazz of My Youthmdash;two musicians with deep ties to the Filipino community pavingnbsp;the way for Filipino musicians to follow.nbsp;/p p Bill span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sorro" data-scaytid="81"Sorro/span, activist and community leader who would later be a central figure in the struggle to fight the eviction of Filipino elders from the International Hotel, was inspired by jazz in his physical beingmdash;becoming a dancermdash;with a goal of joining the Alvin span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ailey" data-scaytid="93"Ailey/span Dance Company. nbsp;nbsp;The Fillmore was home to African American families, Filipino families, mixed families that were both Filipino and black, as well as Japanese American and other multiracial families.nbsp; One legendary performer who grew up in the Fillmore to Black and Filipino parents was Sugar Pie span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="DeSanto" data-scaytid="95"DeSanto/spanmdash;who Carlos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zialcita" data-scaytid="69"Zialcita/span has performed and toured with and has lobbied for induction into the Rock nrsquo; Roll Hall of Fame.nbsp; So inspired was Al Robles by this African American art form, this language that touched his life that he wrote:/p p emSometimes my heart is Filipino/em/p p emSometimes my heart is black/em/p p emAnd sometimes my heart is Filipino and black/em/p p emAt the same time/em/p p The language of jazz is the language of heartbreak, struggle, survival and resistance.nbsp; The Fillmore was a neighborhood under attack in the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="50s" data-scaytid="97"50s/span and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="60s" data-scaytid="99"60s/span.nbsp; Slowly the neighborhood was demolished to make way for redevelopmentmdash;the idea being that the neighborhood was blighted and needed to be cleaned up.nbsp; Many families were forced outmdash;mostly low income families of color.nbsp; Beautiful Victorian houses were demolished.nbsp; The antique dealers with their affluent clientele from Marin County converged on those abandoned housesmdash;taking door knobs, banisters, and fixturesmdash;anything that could be sold.nbsp; The landscape was bulldozed and scarred but the sound of jazz remainedmdash;nothing could erase its memory deep in the soil and in the concrete canvasses where songs and scores were yet to be composed.nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;/p p The event was a homecoming, anchored by the music of the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pinoy" data-scaytid="89"Pinoy/span Jazz Quartetmdash;whose passionate playing and relaxed presence showed deference and respect to the audiencemdash;a multicultural gumbo of jazz lovers, friends, elders, youthmdash;a multiethnic Bay Area audience who came out en masse to support the gifts of our community within the spacious yet intimate setting of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi’s" data-scaytid="49"Yoshirsquo;s/span.nbsp; The quartet included long time musicians Ben Luis on bass, Rey Cristobal on piano, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Melecio" data-scaytid="121"Melecio/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Magdaluyo" data-scaytid="123"Magdaluyo/span on sax and flute and Richard span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Aguon" data-scaytid="125"Aguon/span on drums. Their range was impressive, expertly handling standards from the great American songbook, as well as classics and fusion.nbsp;/p p San Francisco born vocalist Lena Sunday wowed the audience with her vocal prowess on songs such as ldquo;Centerpiecerdquo; and ldquo;Throw it awayrdquo;mdash;showing why she was the featured singer in Lou Rawls#39; band for 4 years, as well as a session singer/songwriter for artists such as Stevie Wonder and Nancy Wilson.nbsp; Her self-effacing presence was engaging and refreshing in a world of self-absorbed lesser performers who are too often given the label of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“diva.”" data-scaytid="101"ldquo;diva.rdquo;/span/p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Millbrae" data-scaytid="103"Millbrae/span based, world class vocalist Ann Marie Santos revved up the audience with classics such as ldquo;Love for Salerdquo; and ldquo;It donrsquo;t mean a thing (If it ainrsquo;t got that swing)rdquo;.nbsp; Santos, who started singing at the age of 6 and has toured and performed all over Asia, is a returning performer to the Festival, having appeared in 2009, performing a duet with Mon David, bringing down the house in the eventrsquo;s finale. Her passionate performance prompted host Carlos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zialcita" data-scaytid="71"Zialcita/span to declare, ldquo;Somebody call the fire department lsquo;cause itrsquo;s getting real hot in hererdquo;.nbsp; Her rendition of ldquo;What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Liferdquo; got me teary eyed (but Irsquo;m sure I wasnrsquo;t the only one)./p p Pianist Winston span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Raval" data-scaytid="113"Raval/span shared his giftsmdash;which include being a pioneer in the area of jazz fusion as well as a band leader and musical director.nbsp; His playing struck an emotional chord that somehow connects jazz with our indigenous past.nbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Raval" data-scaytid="115"Raval/span is a pioneer in connecting jazz with indigenous Filipino instruments bringing aboutmdash;what Myrna span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zialcita" data-scaytid="73"Zialcita/span describes as ldquo;A redefinition of what jazz means.nbsp; You canrsquo;t keep peoplersquo;s influence from coming into the genre.nbsp; When you bring your culture into jazz, you add it to that span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gumbo.”" data-scaytid="105"gumbo.rdquo;/spannbsp; Winston span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Raval" data-scaytid="117"Raval/span is an extremely accomplished musician, having written the scores to 23 films in the Philippines.nbsp; During the evening, he was presented with a lifetime achievement award on behalf of the Festival.nbsp; His humor was not lost on the honormdash;in introducing the song ldquo;Who Can I turn To (When nobody needs me)rdquo;mdash;he changed the title to ldquo;Who can I turn to when your GPS is driving you span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="crazy.”" data-scaytid="107"crazy.rdquo;/span/p p Annie Brazil showed why she is called ldquo;Asiarsquo;s Queen of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Jazz.”" data-scaytid="109"Jazz.rdquo;/spannbsp; Her style and repertoire is classic and classymdash;her songs coming from the Great American songbook.nbsp; Singing since the age of nbsp;6, she grew up in the district of San Miguel near span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Malacanang" data-scaytid="137"Malacanang/span Palace and has performed all over the world.nbsp; She performed with bands led by span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Iggy" data-scaytid="139"Iggy/span De Guzman, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pepe" data-scaytid="141"Pepe/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Merto" data-scaytid="143"Merto/span, Cesar span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Velasco" data-scaytid="145"Velasco/span and Ding span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yalung" data-scaytid="147"Yalung/span.nbsp; Brazil ran clubs and booked acts which brought her into contact with American jazz performers. She jammed with Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, James Moody, Ellis span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Marsalis" data-scaytid="149"Marsalis/span and Sarah Vaughn.nbsp; When asked about Billy span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Eckstine" data-scaytid="151"Eckstine/span, she once said, ldquo;I bow to Billy span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Eckstine.”" data-scaytid="111"Eckstine.rdquo;/spannbsp;nbsp;Her unique voice nailed timeless songs such as ldquo;Satin Doll,rdquo; nbsp;ldquo;Smile,rdquo; and a medley of Tagalog songs.nbsp; The 78 year old Brazil recently released an album of classic songs with new arrangements, produced by her son, vocalist Richard Merck.nbsp; Currently based in New York, she continues to perform regularly./p p The festival honored Annie Brazil, Winston span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Raval" data-scaytid="119"Raval/span and Bob span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Parlocha" data-scaytid="129"Parlocha/span with lifetime achievement awards.nbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Parlocha" data-scaytid="131"Parlocha/span, a native of Vallejo and son of a Filipino father and Afro Filipino mother, is a musician and was music director for legendary radio station span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="KJAZ" data-scaytid="135"KJAZ/span, was affectionately spoken of for his radio programming and knowledge of jazzmdash;a genre that he celebrated on his syndicated program ldquo;Jazz with Bob span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Parlocha" data-scaytid="133"Parlocha/spanrdquo;mdash;a program that is aired in both the US and Canada.nbsp;/p p The close of the show featured the three vocalists on stage together, singing in the scatting style that is beyond words but is all feeling.nbsp; And the feeling was that we were at homemdash;in the Fillmore, in the heart of jazz, in the heart of our story that is in a big pot of gumbo and rice and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="adobo--that" data-scaytid="153"adobo--that/span pot of jazz in which Filipino musicians have added their own flavor to the many flavors that it is.nbsp; For more information on the festival, go to span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="www.sfpinoyjazzfest.com" data-scaytid="127"www.sfpinoyjazzfest.com/span./p p nbsp;/p p copy; 2011 Tony Robles/p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p
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  • Grateful for all the things U have done

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Bad News Bruce
    Original Body
    p Grateful for all the things that you have done..., I prayed in church, cried too and yeah it even span data-scayt_word="phsycally" data-scaytid="1"phsycally/span hurt, can#39;t do the span data-scayt_word="Chacha" data-scaytid="2"Chacha/span span data-scayt_word="cuz" data-scaytid="3"cuz/span I was a jerk, had a warrant on un span data-scayt_word="otra" data-scaytid="4"otra/span turf-but she just dropped all traffics; span data-scayt_word="wantin" data-scaytid="5"wantin/span coffee in her, I hate cops but not all judges. I span data-scayt_word="aint" data-scaytid="6"aint/span span data-scayt_word="sittin" data-scaytid="7"sittin/span in the span data-scayt_word="bink" data-scaytid="8"bink/span just holding grudges... RAMnbsp;/p
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  • Dark Streets

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p (Editor#39;s Note: Dennis Gary is a student innbsp;mynbsp;memoir writing class, a collaboration between POOR Magazine and Senior Action Network.nbsp; Born in Chicago, he has lived in Bozeman, MT, Klamath Falls, OR and in Sacramento. He has lived in San Francisco since 1975.nbsp; He shares his experiences and poetic vision with his fellow students at Senior Action Network.nbsp; We will be featuring writing from studentsnbsp;in thenbsp;coming weeks.nbsp; For more information on Senior Action Network and its programs, go tonbsp;a href="http://www.sfsan.org"www.sfsan.org/a--Tony Robles, Co-editor, POOR Magazine and Memoir Writing instructor, Senior Action Network)/p p nbsp;/p p strongDark Streets/strong/p p For I have walked along dark streets,/p p And I have known peace and safety./p p I have walked through vast canyons of concrete,/p p And known the courtesy of a nod and the comfort of a smile,/p p When a twenty changes hands and we lie together doing close, intimate things./p p I have walked along dark streets,/p p Through vast canyons of concrete,/p p And known the excitement of a moment/p p And the happiness of an hour./p
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  • Review of the 4th Annual San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival: A Sunday Kind of Love

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Dahil" data-scaytid="1"Dahil/span Sa span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Iyo" data-scaytid="3"Iyo/span/emmdash;Lena Sundayrsquo;s voice weaved through the syllablesmdash;unfamiliar vowels and consonantsmdash;slowly becoming familiar and vibrant like the sweet fragrance of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sampaguita" data-scaytid="5"Sampaguita/spanmdash;blooming into the centerpiece of the 4supth/supannual San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival at span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi’s" data-scaytid="7"Yoshirsquo;s/span, located in San Franciscorsquo;s historic Fillmore District.nbsp; Sunday, a gifted singer and daughter of a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Filipina" data-scaytid="9"Filipina/span mother and African American father shared with the audience that she did not learn Tagalog growing up, that her Filipino identity was something she was still embracing and claiming as her own.nbsp; Lena Sundayrsquo;s rendition of the classic Filipino love song, dedicated to her mother, was one of many heartfelt moments for jazz span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="kababayans" data-scaytid="11"kababayans/span and community members to listen to, remember and celebrate in the month of Octobermdash;Filipino American History Monthmdash;highlighting the Fillmorersquo;s Filipino roots, Filipino Jazz performers and their contributions to the African American gift which is jazz.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p The San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival is in its 4supth/supyear celebrating and showcasing outstanding and world class Filipino jazz artists from both the US and the Philippines. The festival has featured artists including Mon David, Primo Kim, John Calloway, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Tateng" data-scaytid="13"Tateng/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Katindig" data-scaytid="15"Katindig/span, Sandra span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Viray" data-scaytid="17"Viray/span and Jo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Canion" data-scaytid="19"Canion/span. The founders and organizers of the festival are Carlos and Myrna span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zialcita" data-scaytid="21"Zialcita/spanmdash;2 musicians whose marriage reflects their love of sharing music and culturemdash;a love that gave birth to the festival. Being immersed in the music business they saw many talented Filipino jazz musicians whose gifts were not being exposedmdash;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="underappreciated" data-scaytid="23"underappreciated/span in roles as side musicians, not being afforded opportunities to shine as headliners.nbsp; The festival is their effortmdash;in tandem with community educators, activistsmdash;to showcase these talented Filipino jazz musicians and vocalists to a wider audience.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p The journey to span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi’s" data-scaytid="25"Yoshirsquo;s/spanmdash;a major jazz venue on the West Coastmdash;followed a year of events featuring Filipino jazz performers including a concert commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month, The Asian Heritage Street Celebration, the ldquo;People in the Plaza Concert Seriesrdquo; and various events throughout the Bay Area.nbsp; ldquo;It took a year for us to get the festival to span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi’s" data-scaytid="31"Yoshirsquo;s/spanrdquo; said Myrna span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zialcita" data-scaytid="29"Zialcita/span.nbsp; ldquo;There are so many Filipino musicians that are world classmdash;musicians that need to be heardrdquo;.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p It is befitting that the festival be hosted in San Franciscorsquo;s Fillmore District, home of many Filipino families that settled in the neighborhood in the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="1920s" data-scaytid="35"1920s/span.nbsp; Among those families were the Robles and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sorro" data-scaytid="37"Sorro/span familiesmdash;large families whose lives were inspired by the sounds of jazz coming from clubs like span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Jimbo’s" data-scaytid="39"Jimborsquo;s/span Bop City and the Blackhawk.nbsp; Poet Al Roblesmdash;widely regarded as the Poet Laureate of San Franciscorsquo;s span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Manilatown" data-scaytid="41"Manilatown/span and who was honored by the Festival in 2009mdash;paid homage tonbsp;nbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pinoy" data-scaytid="43"Pinoy/span jazzmen Charlie span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Abing" data-scaytid="45"Abing/span and Flip Nunezmdash;two musicians with deep ties to the Filipino community and who paved the way for Filipino musicians to follow.nbsp;/p p Bill span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sorro" data-scaytid="47"Sorro/span, activist and community leader who would later be a central figure in the struggle to fight the eviction of Filipino elders from the International Hotel, was inspired by jazz in his physical beingmdash;becoming a dancermdash;with a goal of joining the Alvin span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ailey" data-scaytid="49"Ailey/span Dance Company. nbsp;nbsp;The Fillmore was home to African American families, Filipino families, mixed families that were both Filipino and black, as well as Japanese American and other multiracial families.nbsp; One legendary performer who grew up in the Fillmore to Black and Filipino parents was Sugar Pie span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="DeSanto" data-scaytid="51"DeSanto/spanmdash;who Carlos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zialcita" data-scaytid="33"Zialcita/span has performed and toured with and has lobbied for induction into the Rock nrsquo; Roll Hall of Fame.nbsp; So inspired was Al Robles by this African American art form, this language that touched his life that he wrote:/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Sometimes my heart is Filipino/p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Sometimes my heart is black/p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; And sometimes my heart is Filipino and black/p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; At the same time/p p nbsp;/p p The language of jazz is the language of heartbreak, struggle, survival and resistance.nbsp; The Fillmore was a neighborhood under attack in the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="50s" data-scaytid="53"50s/span and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="60s" data-scaytid="55"60s/span.nbsp; Slowly the neighborhood was demolished to make way for redevelopmentmdash;the idea being that the neighborhood was blighted and needed to be cleaned up.nbsp; Many families were forced outmdash;mostly low income families of color.nbsp; Beautiful Victorian houses were demolished.nbsp; The antique dealers with their affluent clientele from Marin County converged on those abandoned housesmdash;taking door knobs, banisters, and fixturesmdash;anything that could be sold.nbsp; The landscape was bulldozed and scarred but the sound of jazz remainedmdash;nothing could erase its memory deep in the soil and in the concrete canvasses where songs and scores were yet to be composed.nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p The event was a homecoming, anchored by the music of the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pinoy" data-scaytid="57"Pinoy/span Jazz Quartetmdash;whose passionate playing and relaxed presence showed deference and respect to the audiencemdash;a multicultural gumbo of jazz lovers, friends, elders, youthmdash;a multiethnic Bay Area audience who came out en masse to support the gifts of our community within the spacious yet intimate setting of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yoshi’s" data-scaytid="59"Yoshirsquo;s/span.nbsp; The quartet included long time musicians Ben Luis on bass, Rey Cristobal on piano, Melecio Magdaluyo on sax and flute and Richard Aguon on drums. Their range was impressive, expertly handling standards from the great American songbook, as well as classics and fusion.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p San Francisco born vocalist Lena Sunday wowed the audience with her vocal prowess on songs such as ldquo;Centerpiecerdquo; and ldquo;Throw it awayrdquo;mdash;showing why she was the featured singer in Lou Rawlrsquo;s band for 4 years, as well as a session singer/songwriter for artists such as Stevie Wonder and Nancy Wilson.nbsp; Her self-effacing presence was engaging and refreshing in a world of self-absorbed lesser performers who are too often given the label of ldquo;diva.rdquo;/p p nbsp;/p p Millbrae based, world class vocalist Ann Marie Santos revved up the audience with classics such as ldquo;Love for Salerdquo; and ldquo;It donrsquo;t mean a thing (If it ainrsquo;t got that swing)rdquo;.nbsp; Santos, who started singing at the age of 6 and has toured and performed all over Asia, is a returning performer to the Festival, having appeared in 2009, performing a duet with Mon David, bringing down the house in the eventrsquo;s finale. Her passionate performance prompted host Carlos Zialcita to declare, ldquo;Somebody call the fire department lsquo;cause itrsquo;s getting real hot in hererdquo;.nbsp; Her rendition of ldquo;What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Liferdquo; got me teary eyed (but Irsquo;m sure I wasnrsquo;t the only one)./p p nbsp;/p p Pianist Winston Raval shared his giftsmdash;which include being a pioneer in the area of jazz fusion as well as a band leader and musical director.nbsp; His playing struck an emotional chord that somehow connects jazz with our indigenous past.nbsp; Raval is a pioneer in connecting jazz with indigenous Filipino instruments bringing aboutmdash;what Myrna Zialcita describes as ldquo;A redefinition of what jazz means.nbsp; You canrsquo;t keep peoplersquo;s influence from coming into the genre.nbsp; When you bring your culture into jazz, you add it to that gumbo.rdquo;nbsp; Winston Raval is an extremely accomplished musician, having written the scores to 23 films in the Philippines.nbsp; During the evening, he was presented with a lifetime achievement award on behalf of the Festival.nbsp; His humor was not lost on the honormdash;in introducing the song ldquo;Who Can I turn To (When nobody needs me)rdquo;mdash;he changed the title to ldquo;Who can I turn to when your GPS is driving you crazy.rdquo;/p p nbsp;/p p Annie Brazil showed why she is called ldquo;Asiarsquo;s Queen of Jazz.rdquo;nbsp; Her style and repertoire is classic and classymdash;her songs coming from the Great American songbook.nbsp; Singing since the age of nbsp;6, she grew up in the district of San Miguel near Malacanang Palace and has performed all over the world.nbsp; She performed with bands led by Iggy De Guzman, Pepe Merto, Cesar Velasco and Ding Yalung.nbsp; Brazil ran clubs and booked acts which brought her into contact with American jazz performers. She jammed with Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, James Moody, Ellis Marsalis and Sarah Vaughn.nbsp; When asked about Billy Eckstine, she once said, ldquo;I bow to Billy Eckstine.rdquo; nbsp;Her unique voice nailed timeless songs such as ldquo;Satin Doll,rdquo; nbsp;ldquo;Smile,rdquo; and a medley of Tagalog songs.nbsp; The 78 year old Brazil recently released an album of classic songs with new arrangements, produced by her son, vocalist Richard Merck.nbsp; Currently based in New York, she continues to perform regularly./p p nbsp;/p p The festival honored Annie Brazil, Winston Raval and Bob Parlocha with lifetime achievement awards.nbsp; Parlocha, a native of Vallejo and son of a Filipino father and Afro Filipino mother, is a musician and was music director for legendary radio station KJAZ, was affectionately spoken of for his radio programming and knowledge of jazzmdash;a genre that he celebrated on his syndicated program ldquo;Jazz with Bob Parlochardquo;mdash;a program that is aired in both the US and Canada.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p The close of the show featured the three vocalists on stage together, singing in the scatting style that is beyond words but is all feeling.nbsp; And the feeling was that we were at homemdash;in the Fillmore, in the heart of jazz, in the heart of our story that is in a big pot of gumbo and rice and adobo--that pot of jazz in which Filipino musicians have added their own flavor to the many flavors that it is.nbsp;/p
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  • Carving a Life

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p A recent span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Cnn.com" data-scaytid="1"Cnn.com/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="op-ed" data-scaytid="11"op-ed/span piece asked: Are jobs obsolete?nbsp; To those who are unemployed, this questionnbsp;is a luxury.nbsp; There are those who, deep down, ask this questionmdash;fleeting asnbsp;it arrives on our mental landscapemdash;and ponder the existence of life without ldquo;a jobrdquo;.nbsp; We look at the unemployment numbers, we see images of people in linesmdash;multitudes who have been out of work in the large cities and in the not-so large cities. nbsp;nbsp;Black unemployment is twice that of whitesmdash;and factoring in the sub-prime mortgage crisismdash;most black people view the current climate as a depression rather than a recession. nbsp;nbsp;We see unemployment among black youth ages 16-24 at a staggering 31%.nbsp; Resumes are printed, job workshops are scheduled and we scan the online and offline sourcesmdash;as well as our personal circles--for job leads, anything.nbsp; Meanwhile, our people are more demoralized, depressed, sick and anxiety-ridden than ever./p p nbsp;/p p Many of our cultural and community educators and activistsmdash;such as Luis J. Rodriguez a href="http://www.luisjrodriguez.com/"font color="#222222"(/fontspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="www.luisjrodriguez.com" data-scaytid="3"www.luisjrodriguez.com/span/a)nbsp;and Nelson span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Peery" data-scaytid="15"Peery/span (a href="http://www.speakersforanewamerica.com/nelsonpeerydialogue2.html"http://span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="www.speakersforanewamerica.com" data-scaytid="5"www.speakersforanewamerica.com/span/span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nelsonpeerydialogue2.html" data-scaytid="7"nelsonpeerydialogue2.html/span/a), among othersmdash;who have labored in the factories and in the military industrial complexmdash;have seen the shift from manufacturing to white collar, finance based jobs.nbsp; Industrial jobs that once provided decent wages have been sent overseas or have been diminished by corporate greed in collusion with government/lobbyists to undermine and break unions./p p nbsp;/p p The CNN span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="op-ed" data-scaytid="13"op-ed/span cited the rise of digital technology and its ldquo;Slow but steady replacement of working humansrdquo; as the cause of the problems plaguing the US Postal Service.nbsp; People are sending 22% fewer pieces of mail than they did 4 years ago.nbsp; According to the op span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ed’s" data-scaytid="19"edrsquo;s/span author, the real culprit is email and other net-enabled means of communication such as electronic bill payment. nbsp;Other examples of jobs lost to emnon-homo sapiens /emare Google self-driving automobiles--rendering taxi drivers obsolete, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="EZ" data-scaytid="21"EZ/span passes replacing toll-takers and supermarketrsquo;s use of automated check stands.nbsp; The logical progression of this process was thought to be that the replaced workers would be trained to fix or program the robots that have replaced them.nbsp; But the people needed to make the robots are not as many as the people they replace.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p Henry Miller once wrote that making a living has very little to do with living.nbsp; Perhaps what should be asked is how we make a emlife/em?nbsp; The stuff that is made in our society is, presumably, to provide us the essentialsmdash;and often times non-essentialsmdash;of life and/or a standard of living that will make us comfortable.nbsp; But as humans are increasingly taken out of the production equation, where does that leave us?nbsp; With no job, we have no moneymdash;the bottom falls outmdash;and the effects reverberate through our livesmdash;shattering our health, relationships, self-esteem, and ultimately, the future of our children.nbsp; Is it a job that we really need when most of what we needmdash;food, shelter, health caremdash;given the countryrsquo;s productivitymdash;could be provided to the entire population with just a ldquo;fraction of us actually workingrdquo;?nbsp; As the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="op-ed’s" data-scaytid="23"op-edrsquo;s/span author stated, ldquo;Our problem is not that we donrsquo;t have enough emstuff, /emitrsquo;s that we donrsquo;t have enough ways for people to work and ldquo;proverdquo; that they deserve this stuff.nbsp; I have always admired the person with nothing to prove./p p nbsp;/p p One such person with nothing to prove is my father James Robles (a href="http://poormagazine.org/node/2965"http://span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="poormagazine.org" data-scaytid="9"poormagazine.org/span/node/2965/a.nbsp; He worked much of his life as a janitor.nbsp; He always arrived to work on time, always did a good job.nbsp; He started his own janitorial business eventually, where I, as his sole employee, was taught the virtues of never doing a half assed job (his preferred method of spreading this particular gospel was via putting a well placed ldquo;foot in my assmdash;hence my role as ldquo;solerdquo; employeerdquo;mdash;which I still, on occasion, feel to this day).nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p After living in San Francisco most of his life (born and raised), he moved the family to Hawaii 2 decades ago.nbsp; I left shortly after high school graduation; he stayed to raise my brother and sister along with his wife.nbsp; It is not easy to make it in Hawaii, the cost of living is high and housing is tighter than ever due to the influx of people from the so-called mainland.nbsp; He still worksmdash;now as a maintenance man in a condo on Waikiki.nbsp; His work is sometimes strenuous but not overly so.nbsp; He leaves the heavy lifting for the young guys./p p nbsp;/p p In his moments of pause, he looks out at the ocean, its movement, its blueness.nbsp; He reflects on time and life and how it passes and moves forwards and backwards.nbsp; A part of him never fully accepted capitalism.nbsp; As a family, we ate at McDonalds and drank coke with a smile; but my father was never disposable, his mind was not a blank slate for the branding of corporationsmdash;nor was his heart./p p nbsp;/p p He sought out the indigenous Filipino art of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Eskrima" data-scaytid="25"Eskrima/spanmdash;a beautiful art which Filipinos developed to defend their land from colonizers and invaders.nbsp; He learned the art from elders on the islands.nbsp; One elder asked, ldquo;Why should I teach you this art?rdquo;nbsp; My father replied, ldquo;This is my peoplersquo;s art, I have a right to learn itrdquo;.nbsp; It turned out the elder had waited years to hear those words.nbsp; The art is very old and is performed in styles using sticks, knives and open hand techniques.nbsp; He was a student then a teacher.nbsp; He visited the Philippines for the first timemdash;an ancestral homecoming--a few years back with his students to complete in a world span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Eskrima" data-scaytid="27"Eskrima/span tournament.nbsp; The team did well, garnering medals in multiple categories.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p My fatherrsquo;s life is located in the bamboo forests of Hawaii.nbsp; The sticks that he holds, that he honors in his martial art provide the sounds that give his life meaning, gives it life. The sticks are an extension of himmdash;his ribs, his limbsmdash;growing out of the soil of resistance to the colonization of his culture, his history, his mind.nbsp; My father has carved the poetry of his life onto his skin which is the skin of wood.nbsp; He finds pieces of wood, running his hands over each unique piecemdash;burning designs onto each.nbsp; He spends hours carving facesmdash;forming noses, eyes, mouthsmdash;that ultimately speak the story of his life.nbsp; He sends these pieces of art to his family.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p I run my fingers across the faces, each detail is unique, giving honor to our ancestral face, our ancestral blood.nbsp;nbsp; Each mark and gap carved into the wood is a story, a memory that cannot be erased.nbsp; The carvings are evidence of a life lived in resistance, in poetry, in oneness with nature./p p nbsp;/p p Carving is his lifersquo;s workmdash;greater than a job or vocationmdash;for he does it out of sheer love.nbsp; And in that love he shares it with our family and friendsmdash;and with the world./p p nbsp;/p p I see a world where wersquo;re not defined by a job.nbsp; A job is not who you and I are.nbsp; My father has written his own life in the faces, the skin of wood by carving his own life into it.nbsp; Hersquo;s still carving./p
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  • Brown Broken Bodies

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Leroy
    Original Body
    p nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Times" I wrote this poem in 2002 now its 2011 and I still cry out Brown Broken Bodies/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Times" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Times" bBrown Broken Bodies/b/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Here I stand!/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" but Irsquo;m not Paul Robeson/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" surrounded by Brown Broken Bodies/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Brutality Bullets paints Blue on Brown skinnbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Bruises oozingnbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Brothers canrsquo;t run anymore/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Bones snap by the swing of Batons/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Four wheels equals wheelchairs/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Brown Broken Bodies are one thing/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" but Brown Broken souls are deadly/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" No rehabilitationnbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" now he is weak physically and mentally/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Manhood has disappeared/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Heads hang down low/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" He is still youngnbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" but he feels looks old/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Here I stand!/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" holding Brown Broken Bodies on my Back/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" while Broken souls fills up my heart/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" giving me a heart attack/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Wheelchairs, crutches, canes and schizophrenic minds/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" ex soldiers now are ex residentsnbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" living on the outskirts of their communities/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Picking up faces from the ground/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" but for what!/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" to see more oppression/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" to hear racist comments/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" to feel systemic blows/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" to stare down the burl of a gun held by a black blue uniform/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" to beg for spare charge/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Mother nature looks better than manrsquo;s societynbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Here I stand!/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" with books entitlednbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Why We Canrsquo;t Wait Here I Stand/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" but even on span data-scayt_word="MLK’s" data-scaytid="1"MLKrsquo;s/span and Malcolm Xrsquo;s B. day/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Brown Bodies are being abusednbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Going back in time so where is Harriet Tubman/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" cause wersquo;ve dug up Masta and now hersquo;s in the White House again/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Both George Washington George Bush are a lot in common/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Finishing the King Alfred Plannbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" James Byrdrsquo;s Broken Body didnrsquo;t create domestic war/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" But Broken Bodies in New York and Washington are being usednbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" to send more bodies into battle/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" creating more Broken Bodies and mindsnbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Here I stand!/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" shouting on an isolated island nbsp; nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" sending out an S.O.S. to the motherland/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Marcus Garvey I want to go home/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Even in Africa Brothers Bodies are Broken/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" A disabled world nation/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" and Irsquo;m their spokesman/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" but the world wonrsquo;t give a mike/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" so I write with my brotherrsquo;s blood/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" They speak to me when it is quite at night/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" My book is a flood/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" of their wants, needs, anger and talents/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Brown Broken Bodies might be scattered all over the world/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" but their thought patterns are unified/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" fornbsp; a seamiest to sew together/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" creating a warm blanket, cradling and nursingnbsp; newborns/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" and covering cold Brown Broken Bodies/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" Leroy F. Moore Jr./p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'" 5\02/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 16.0px" nbsp;nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;/p
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  • Occupiers or Gentrifyers?

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p (photo: POOR Magazine family of span data-scayt_word="skolaz" data-scaytid="1"skolaz/span with span data-scayt_word="dignidadrebelde" data-scaytid="2"dignidadrebelde/span span data-scayt_word="artistas" data-scaytid="1520"artistas/span Melanie Cervantes and Jesus span data-scayt_word="Barraza" data-scaytid="4"Barraza/span and their revolutionary work in the background)/p p I used to be able to sleep there,nbsp; One of my street-residing poverty scholar of color brothers, Larry W.nbsp; looked up at me with confused eyes pointing across the street to the span data-scayt_word="Decolonize" data-scaytid="5"Decolonize/span (Occupy) Oakland site. In between talking to me he was talking to and with several hundred voices in his beautiful, traumatized mind. From a western psychiatric diagnostic perspective, he was a paranoid schizophrenic. From many different indigenous deep structure perspectives that i was raised with and actively follow, he was a listener and dreamer living with several forms of post-traumatic slave syndrome, racism and classism in span data-scayt_word="Amerikkka" data-scaytid="7"Amerikkka/span and we had been comrades since when me and mama were living on the span data-scayt_word="calles" data-scaytid="8"calles/span next to him./p p I cried with him, we talked about his mama and mine- and how they were both having some kind of time together and definitely would have some strong opinions about all the Occupations. And then I suggested that we talk with some folks across the street ( at the Occupation site) to get him one of the warm tents so he could sleep elsewhere in it. He vehemently refused, saying, I don#39;t trust those people, last week their help led to me getting arrested,/p p After a while Larry thanked me for listening and walked down the street away from Oscar Grant Plaza( formerly Frank Ogawa Plaza) shaking his head from side to side./p p I went to the Occupy Oakland/span data-scayt_word="Decolonize" data-scaytid="6"Decolonize/span Oakland with POOR Magazine family and saw many beautiful and transformative things such as food sharing, libraries and art-making bynbsp; Melanie Cervantes and Jesus span data-scayt_word="Barraza" data-scaytid="1050"Barraza/span from span data-scayt_word="Dignidad" data-scaytid="1115"Dignidad/span span data-scayt_word="Rebelde" data-scaytid="1339"Rebelde/span and others. We also had a very strange and disturbing series of encounters, where our family of poverty scholars ended up protecting/defending/ supporting the only elder of color who I saw that night from a physical and verbal attack on her person by several 20-something white span data-scayt_word="folx" data-scaytid="9"folx/span, because she had apparently said something insulting in a verbal altercation earlier that day in the camp. This was just one of many encounters we had that night rife with more span data-scayt_word="isms" data-scaytid="10"isms/span than i would like to mention.br / nbsp;/p p After still processing the experience with an unhealthy dose ofnbsp; my own Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD), and hearing similar stories from the people of color caucuses that have been meeting at the span data-scayt_word="Decolonization" data-scaytid="11"Decolonization/span site in Oakland, i was filled with emotion and deep sorrow but i held back from writing anything about the situation because i was trying to honor the movement of peoples against the capitalist machine and i wanted to support the organic-ness of it all and not work to splinter or add stress to the fledgling movement. And then all of a sudden i realized that something else was happening. I was doing what people have historically done with and for people with race, class, gender or ability privilege, make excuses, not hold them accountable for their actions and by default, allow some very abusive actions to go un-checked, un-seen, and un-noticed. And by doing this, enable the abuse to continue, like me and so many of my sisters and brothers who have been abused by these kinds of violence for so long often do./p p Sadly , the actions of the majority of the white occupiers are to be expected ( not excused) as they are peoples born and bred on racist, span data-scayt_word="classist" data-scaytid="12"classist/span US media and values that teach the cult of span data-scayt_word="agism" data-scaytid="14"agism/span, separation, white supremacy,nbsp; angst and overall lack of respect for anyone who doesn#39;t look, act, move and talk like you./p p My brother span data-scayt_word="Muteado" data-scaytid="15"Muteado/span span data-scayt_word="Silencio" data-scaytid="16"Silencio/span, span data-scayt_word="PNN" data-scaytid="17"PNN/span reporter, poverty and migrant span data-scayt_word="skolar" data-scaytid="18"skolar/span spoke on a similar encounter the other night in Occupy span data-scayt_word="Sf" data-scaytid="20"Sf/span, where a span data-scayt_word="houseless" data-scaytid="22"houseless/span person who had normally been sleeping where the occupiers were now staying, had self-marginalized himself to the actual street where cars were span data-scayt_word="wizzing" data-scaytid="26"wizzing/span by. When one of the well-meaning occupiers tried to move the guy, he resisted their attempts, which then led to a span data-scayt_word="po'lice" data-scaytid="27"po#39;lice/span encounter and the span data-scayt_word="houseless" data-scaytid="23"houseless/span guy ended up getting arrested and span data-scayt_word="po'lice" data-scaytid="28"po#39;lice/span abused./p p I know its all very complicated because there are some span data-scayt_word="houseless" data-scaytid="24"houseless/span folks involved in the occupations, but there are span data-scayt_word="alot" data-scaytid="30"alot/span of peoples who are not. Who have never experienced any forms of racism, classism or span data-scayt_word="ablism" data-scaytid="31"ablism/span. Whose consciousness#39; are just being awakened and desperately neednbsp; scholarship on racism, classism, span data-scayt_word="eldership" data-scaytid="32"eldership/span, care-giving, and humility./p p And are we, the ones who can barely keep roofs over ournbsp; babies heads and suffer serious acts of span data-scayt_word="po'lice" data-scaytid="29"po#39;lice/span brutality, racism,wage theft, border fascism and span data-scayt_word="criminalization" data-scaytid="33"criminalization/span every day the ones to bring this to them./p p Our family and extended family of poverty and indigenous scholars at POOR held a discussion at our indigenous news-making circle last night. Some folks were very much about the Occupy movements. One of our newest span data-scayt_word="skolars" data-scaytid="35"skolars/span and reporters, span data-scayt_word="Ayat" data-scaytid="36"Ayat/span, remains one of the twonbsp; span data-scayt_word="African-descedent" data-scaytid="37"African-descedent/span members of Occupy span data-scayt_word="Sf" data-scaytid="21"Sf/span - believing that this is a very important movement and we as poor peoples need to be at the head of it./p p Another POOR span data-scayt_word="skolar" data-scaytid="19"skolar/span believes like many of us, that we as poor peoples of color in struggle have been fighting this revolution for a minute and we span data-scayt_word="dont" data-scaytid="38"dont/span need to get in front of any other peoples movement to become legitimate./p p I#39;m not sure if i believe any other thing or the other. What i know is, this movement is growing, and new in it or not, the folks caught up in the occupations are not getting any more passes or unbridled praise from me for continuing to act in racist, span data-scayt_word="classist" data-scaytid="13"classist/span, span data-scayt_word="ableist" data-scaytid="39"ableist/span, or span data-scayt_word="ageist" data-scaytid="40"ageist/span ways. For continuing to perpetrate an odd form of gentrification, if you will, of activism, of organizing, of resistance./p p The occupiersnbsp; default gentrification isn#39;t just of land from us already span data-scayt_word="houseless" data-scaytid="25"houseless/span occupied peoples on the streets, it is of media, space and resources. So many struggles continue to rage on around and in the streets and barrios where peoples have suddenly setup camps, acting like their set-ups are somehow different and inherently more important than anything before or after, histories and span data-scayt_word="herstories" data-scaytid="41"herstories/span of struggle and resistance movements seem to melt away like butter in a skillet, barely informing the current occupations, making them somehow ahistorical/p p Bob from the Coalition on Homelessness who has worked tirelessly for years trying to fight ongoing span data-scayt_word="criminalization" data-scaytid="34"criminalization/span and incarceration of poor peoples in SF was vexed by some of the special privileges given to the SF Occupiersnbsp; when he noticed special treatment being given to span data-scayt_word="OCcupy" data-scaytid="42"OCcupy/span SF from Ed Lee#39;s office while Ed Lee#39;s office refuses to budge on the Sit-lie law which incarcerates and criminalizes poor peoples for the sole act of sitting or standing while poor in SF. The long-time organizers at Coalition on Homelessness resolved the odd disconnect by creating a flyer that they will be distributing at the Occupy SF site to members that talks about the other fights waging for years in SF against poor peoples movements./p p POOR Magazine, which has been creating poor people-led,indigenous people-led media, education and art with a mandate of no span data-scayt_word="po'Lice" data-scaytid="43"po#39;Lice/span calls ever is in the progress of creating a hand-book b span data-scayt_word="Decolonizers" data-scaytid="44"Decolonizers/span Guide to a Humble Revolution/b which we hope folks in Occupations can use as guide to learn about working with all peoples, each other and all the other movements in need of their support and resources .br / nbsp;br / Finally, at least in the case of the Oakland site, the Oscar Grant plaza (formerly Frank Ogawa plaza) is named after a young African descendent father killed by span data-scayt_word="Po'Lice" data-scaytid="45"Po#39;Lice/span in span data-scayt_word="Amerikkkka" data-scaytid="46"Amerikkkka/span at the span data-scayt_word="Fruitvale" data-scaytid="47"Fruitvale/span BART station. And was launched with a prayer from span data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="48"Ohlone/span 1st nation peoples through powerful span data-scayt_word="wobyn" data-scaytid="49"wobyn/span warrior span data-scayt_word="Corina" data-scaytid="50"Corina/span Gould. This is sacred land and it is sacrilege if elders and children and indigenous and disabled and peoples of all colors are not respected, cared for or thought aboutnbsp; . And sadly, we as poor peoples and peoples of color must be the ones to check it when it doesn#39;t happen. Or, i fear, it will, like this movement, grow and increase and become solidified as ok./p
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  • Prayers of Protest: The Resistance for our Ancestors at the Knoll Burial Site

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p (image courtesy of spanBradley Stuart / a href="http://indybay.org/" target="_blank"span data-scayt_word="Indybay.org" data-scaytid="59"Indybay.org/span)/a/span/p p br / At todayrsquo;s ldquo;Save the Knoll span data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="10"Ohlone/span Burial Site BBQ and Gatheringrdquo; Charlene Sal, Director of the Confederation of span data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="11"Ohlone/span People, called out an amplified request, ldquo;All I ask is, for the sake of the ancestors, pay attentionrdquo;. Her calm yet insistent voice rang as unshakable as a bell through a still circle of native and non-native people gathered on a cool Santa Cruz afternoon to save something sacred./p p ldquo;If you donrsquo;t think you know me you do,rdquo; Charlene said. ldquo;Maybe its today that wersquo;ll meet for the first time, and maybe we met a hundred years ago. Itrsquo;s not for me to say. But what I do know for absolute sure is that the ancestors called us here today right now to reunite. What I do know is that theyrsquo;re asking for your protectionhellip;rdquo;./p p The language of calling always hits me somewhere rebellious in my preacherrsquo;s daughter knee-jerk rejection of all things span data-scayt_word="divinized" data-scaytid="16"divinized/span. But as I listened closer, what I heard her saying was that we were being called not just to this Grant Street Park, not just to this informal informational gathering for BBQ and brainstorming creative ways to stop KB Home, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, from disrespecting the span data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="12"Ohlone/span burial site and village by disrupting the dead and erecting a housing development on sacred span data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="13"Ohlone/span land. Charlene was asking us to pay attention to the fact that we were being called to a different way of activism, a different vision for protest. None of the nearly 50 people gathered on the green field of the sun soaked park appeared to be strangers to the brandishing of signs and chanting of slogans so familiar to the scene of workers strikes and antiwar rallies. These women were clearly inviting us to engage in still another kind of collective action./p p ldquo;Our society is so absent of the sacredrdquo; elder Anne Marie span data-scayt_word="Sayers" data-scaytid="17"Sayers/span explained, the closest identified relative of the small child whose body was unearthed by a development crew at the span data-scayt_word="Branciforte" data-scaytid="21"Branciforte/span Creek site on August 2nd. The disruption of more burial sites was planned to resume tomorrow, August 22, but has been delayed for now, for reasons unknown. The contract allowing KB Homes to continue with the housing project still has yet to be broken. Though the City of Santa Cruz knew of the presence of sacred land at this site they have permitted KB Homes to proceed. Though KB Homes knew of the presence of sacred land before they purchased it they have proceeded to demolish the site and uproot a native child from the land in order to build seven homes, a road and a driveway./p p Ms. Anne Marie span data-scayt_word="Sayers" data-scaytid="18"Sayers/span was asked by one of the lead organizers of the Save the Knoll Campaign to share with the group gathered there in support what the significance of the burial site is to her and her people./p p ldquo;My mother believed that when the burial is disturbed the spirit of that individual is left wandering,rdquo; Ms. span data-scayt_word="Sayers" data-scaytid="19"Sayers/span said. ldquo;She watched bulldozers go through Native American cemeteries in the span data-scayt_word="40s" data-scaytid="22"40s/span and span data-scayt_word="50s" data-scaytid="23"50s/span where there was no law in place, there was nothing that could be done outside of watch. Today there are some laws in place, but like the majority of native laws that are for native peoples they donrsquo;t have any teeth. So I say well letrsquo;s gum them to death then. I think we can do it. I really believe so and with the power of prayer, believe in prayer or not I do, it canrsquo;t go on!rdquo;/p p The elderrsquo;s energy was contagious. We were all paying more attention now and Charlene Sal added to the urgency of her message saying, ldquo;this space that we are talking about right now is just one of many examples of desecrations and there are so many more. But it takes all of us. The spirits donrsquo;t care how old we are, they donrsquo;t care what we look like. They donrsquo;t care about anything except our presence so that we can speak for span data-scayt_word="them.”" data-scaytid="1"them.rdquo;/span/p p Paying attention. Being Present. Protecting the past to preserve the future. Were we all already praying? No pews, no books, nor priests were needed and yet spirit was moving, calling us to protest differently, sensible simply because we were listening, paying attention to something sacred./p p The development happening on Market and Isabel near Santa Cruzrsquo;s beautiful Market Street Field was approved by the City Council in 2007 despite ldquo;wide spread opposition from local residents, environmentalists, archeologists and historic preservationistsrdquo;. (Save the Knoll flyer)The Save the Knoll campaign is growing but needs support to garner sufficient social pressure to make KB Homes realize that honoring sacred space should become part and parcel of their calculus for identifying when and where to develop new homes and build new communities out of an understanding of the priceless relationship of ldquo;progressrdquo; to healing the past./p p To this end at the close of the Sunday afternoon gathering everyone was invited to contribute to the making of sacred prayer ties which Ms. Anne Marie offered to take up to the burial site Monday morning as a way to call the developers too to pay attention to a different kind of bottom line. As Ms. Anne Marie explained to me the red, white, black, and yellow cloth ties filled with sacred tobacco and prayers represent the four directions, the color of life. They are part of a practice of protest meant, ldquo;to remind them [the developers],rdquo; she said, ldquo;that our ancestors are here and these are prayers for our ancestors not to be destroyed span data-scayt_word="anymore.”" data-scaytid="2"anymore.rdquo;/span/p p Charlene Sal went on to explain, ldquo;So the one great wonderful things about having something physical that is a part of prayer to people who donrsquo;t really understand is that here is an actual thing made by real people who are supporting Ms. Anne Marie and the span data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="14"Ohlone/span people in this action, if you donrsquo;t believe in spirits thatrsquo;s finehellip; To say, ldquo;the ancestors donrsquo;t appreciate thisrdquo;, [the developers] may or may not believe that, but the prayer flags represent all the community who donrsquo;t appreciate this and that might make a difference!rdquo;/p p If you too are feeling called, please join in the urgent collective outcry and supportnbsp; Ms. Anne Marie span data-scayt_word="Sayers" data-scaytid="20"Sayers/span and the span data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="15"Ohlone/span People protect whatrsquo;s sacred TODAY. The developers could resume their work as soon as Tuesday and the more time we can stall them the more time we will have to move KB Homes and the City of Santa Cruz into alignment with the people whose land this has been for 6,000 years. Please follow the links below and sign the petition, write a letter, come participate, but also never underestimate the precious and powerful practice of prayer./p p emJasmine is a graduate of POOR Magazine#39;s Race, Poverty and Media Justice Program and a special reporter to Indigenous Peoples Media Project on span data-scayt_word="PoorNewsNetwork" data-scaytid="24"PoorNewsNetwork/span/em/p p br / emstrongWhat You Can Do:/strong/em/p p nbsp;nbsp; embull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Spread the word.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Sign and share our online petition.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Call and email KB Home and City of Santa Cruz representatives to request that they take action to stop the desecration this ancient settlement and burial site. Please CC emails to [a href="mailto:info@savetheknoll.org" target="_blank"span data-scayt_word="info@savetheknoll.org" data-scaytid="3"info@savetheknoll.org/span/a].br / City of Santa Cruz
/emem/emspan data-scayt_word="citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com" data-scaytid="5"ema href="mailto:citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com" target="_blank"citycouncil@cityofsantacruz./a/ema href="mailto:citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com" target="_blank"wbr/wbr/aema href="mailto:citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com" target="_blank"com/a/em/spanem
a href="tel:%28831%29%20420-5020" target="_blank" value="+18314205020"(831) 420-5020/abr / Ryan span data-scayt_word="Coonerty" data-scaytid="25"Coonerty/span, Santa Cruz Mayor
a href="tel:%28831%29%20420-5027" target="_blank" value="+18314205027"(831) 420-5027/a
a href="tel:%28831%29%20423-8939" target="_blank" value="+18314238939"(831) 423-8939/a
a href="mailto:rcoonerty@cityofsantacruz.com" target="_blank"span data-scayt_word="rcoonerty@cityofsantacruz.com" data-scaytid="6"rcoonerty@cityofsantacruz.com/span/abr / Juliana span data-scayt_word="Rebagliati" data-scaytid="26"Rebagliati/span ndash; Director of Planning and Community Development
/emem/emspan data-scayt_word="jrebagliati@cityofsantacruz.com" data-scaytid="7"ema href="mailto:jrebagliati@cityofsantacruz.com" target="_blank"jrebagliati@cityofsantacruz./a/ema href="mailto:jrebagliati@cityofsantacruz.com" target="_blank"wbr/wbr/aema href="mailto:jrebagliati@cityofsantacruz.com" target="_blank"com/a/em/spanem
a href="tel:%28831%29%20420-5103" target="_blank" value="+18314205103"(831) 420-5103/abr / KB Home South Bay:
a href="tel:925-750-1700" target="_blank" value="+19257501700"925-750-1700/abr / KB Home Corporate Headquarters
Tel: a href="tel:310.231.4000" target="_blank" value="+13102314000"310.231.4000/a
a href="mailto:customerrelations@kbhome.com" target="_blank"span data-scayt_word="customerrelations@kbhome.com" data-scaytid="8"customerrelations@kbhome.com/span/a, a href="mailto:ethics@kbhome.com" target="_blank"span data-scayt_word="ethics@kbhome.com" data-scaytid="9"ethics@kbhome.com/span/a
10990 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Fax: a href="tel:310.231.4222" target="_blank" value="+13102314222"310.231.4222/abr / KB Home Central:
888-KB-HOMESbr / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Donate money to our Emergency Defense Fund.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Help maintain a presence in front of the construction site on each work day, holding signs and handing out flyers.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Visit the land. It is located at the North end of Market Street in Santa Cruz, just after the Highway 1 overpass. The front gate is at the intersection of Market St. and span data-scayt_word="Isbel" data-scaytid="27"Isbel/span Dr., and the official address of the property is 5 span data-scayt_word="Isbel" data-scaytid="28"Isbel/span Dr., Santa Cruz, CA.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Print out flyers/leaflets to give away. Print out blank petitions and collect signatures.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Show your support by attending events, gatherings and demonstrations.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Help us obtain letters statements from neighbors, organizations, and political leaders, in support of protecting and preserving the Knoll.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Offer your prayers for the land, for the ancestors who have been disturbed, and their families.br / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; bull;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Please email a href="mailto:info@savetheknoll.org" target="_blank"span data-scayt_word="info@savetheknoll.org" data-scaytid="4"info@savetheknoll.org/span/a with questions, or to offer support./em/p
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  • We Don't Want Your Money/Lakota Nation Say the Black Hills are NOT for Sale

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p Long beforenbsp;I was born, my people, the Lakota, lived andnbsp;thrived within and around span data-scayt_word="Paha" data-scaytid="1"Paha/span span data-scayt_word="Sapa--or" data-scaytid="7"Sapa--or/span Black Hills.nbsp; My people have always lived there.nbsp; Our creation stories came fromnbsp;Wind Tunnel, which is now privately owned bynbsp;the tourist industrial complex.nbsp; They chargenbsp;admissionnbsp;for entry ontonbsp;ournbsp;sacred grounds./p p Although many will tell you that the Cheyennenbsp;first inhabited span data-scayt_word="Paha" data-scaytid="2"Paha/span span data-scayt_word="Sapa" data-scaytid="8"Sapa/span,nbsp;we will tell you otherwise.nbsp; We believe that Mother Earth gave us birth--that we too grew like a seed in her belly.nbsp; We hold many sacrednbsp;ceremonies and have many ancestors buried there.nbsp; span data-scayt_word="Paha" data-scaytid="3"Paha/span span data-scayt_word="Sapa" data-scaytid="9"Sapa/span was taken from us, forcefully.nbsp; The government thinks that a number or dollar amount can change that.nbsp; The people whonbsp;gavenbsp;the word on gold in the Black Hills was the Hearst Corporation./p p Thenbsp;Hearst Corporation conspired with General Custer, as well as with the people that passed the treaties to take over the land that was once our people#39;s, and is now owned by big corporations that make big money.nbsp; The Hearst Corporation now havenbsp;a castle named after its founder,nbsp;William Randolph Hearst saidnbsp;span data-scayt_word="Quanah" data-scaytid="13"Quanah/span Parker span data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="14"Brightman/span of United Native Americans Inc. (span data-scayt_word="UNA" data-scaytid="15"UNA/span Inc.) during a rally in front of the San Francisco Chronicle, a subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation./p p When I was a child, i remember my elders talking about how they would never take the money, that they would rather have died than betray our ancestors.nbsp; We always believed that span data-scayt_word="Paha" data-scaytid="4"Paha/span span data-scayt_word="Sapa" data-scaytid="10"Sapa/span was specifically The heart of everything that was and always will be.nbsp; It is a meaning that goes farther back than AIM (American Indian Movement)./p p If you do a span data-scayt_word="google" data-scaytid="19"google/span search of The Black Hills, the first things you#39;ll get are tourist sites, like Mt. Rushmore, or historical Keystone.nbsp; The most disturbing thing is that the people who teach our children teach them that the Cherokee first inhabited The Black span data-scayt_word="HIlls" data-scaytid="20"HIlls/span.nbsp; That is not true.nbsp; My people have been there since before we can remember.nbsp; Science proves that our people have been there since 7000 BC!/p p If you look at a topographical map of the Black Hills, you will see that it looks like a human heart, an Island of trees in a sea of grass.nbsp; I believe this to be true.nbsp; I have lived in and around the Black Hills Range--from Pine Ridge, a desolate land where not much is in store, to the vibrant green and cool atmosphere of span data-scayt_word="Paha" data-scaytid="5"Paha/span span data-scayt_word="Sapa" data-scaytid="11"Sapa/span.nbsp; The 1851 and 1868 treaties of Fort Laramie had previously confirmed the Lakota#39;s ownership of the Teton Sioux Mountain Range.nbsp; So in violation of that treaty, a remnant regiment of Gen. George Custer marched into the Black Hills and sent all the Lakota to the reservations where we are now./p p From the beginning we have said that the Black Hills were not for sale. We will always stand behind that promise and never lose faith in what is important to us.nbsp; The government decided that money was more important than people living where they belonged.nbsp; So in turn the government keeps wasting their time and money by holding an interest bearing trust account, which we will never take.nbsp;nbsp; To this day, it now holds up to 1.3 billion dollars./p p Many people would go to Pine Ridge, Kyle, span data-scayt_word="Wanblee" data-scaytid="21"Wanblee/span, Porcupine, and many other desolate areas on the Pine Ridge Reservation and ask, Why won#39;t the Sioux just take the money to expand what they have?nbsp; Because if you have ever been to my home, you would know just from seeing how bad things are there. We live below the poverty line.nbsp; If you have seen the ghettos out in the big cities, you would be shocked to find out that the reservations are worse./p p span data-scayt_word="UNA" data-scaytid="16"UNA/span Inc. wants reimbursement for the theft of the gold in span data-scayt_word="Paha" data-scaytid="6"Paha/span span data-scayt_word="Sapa" data-scaytid="12"Sapa/span.nbsp; Black Elk, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and many others declared the Black Hills not for sale.nbsp; I do see where span data-scayt_word="UNA" data-scaytid="17"UNA/span would want to fight for reimbursement on the gold, none of us every peeped that the gold was not for sale.nbsp; So in other terms, home invasion is legal, but the thievery of our resources is what span data-scayt_word="UNA" data-scaytid="18"UNA/span is trying to fight./p p I know this road will be long and difficult, but we will never give up hope that someday we may have our land back, or at least reimbursement for our resources./p p nbsp;/p p Phillip Standing Bearbr / Indigenous Peoples Media Project/p p style="margin-left: -0.5in;" Long/p
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  • Las Pandillas legales de America/The Legal Gangs of Amerikkka

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
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/spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="65"para/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esforsar" data-scaytid="69"esforsar/span la leyspan.nbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Todos" data-scaytid="71"Todos/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sabemos" data-scaytid="73"sabemos/spanspan /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="75"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="eso" data-scaytid="109"eso/span no span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="115"es/span nada span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nuevo" data-scaytid="119"nuevo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="121"pero/span, lo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="77"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="llamo" data-scaytid="129"llamo/span mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="attencion" data-scaytid="133"attencion/spanspan /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="117"es/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cuando" data-scaytid="25"cuando/span vi un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="reportaje" data-scaytid="135"reportaje/spanspan /spanenspan /spanlaspan /spantelevisionspan de /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cuando" data-scaytid="27"cuando/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="alguien" data-scaytid="139"alguien/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="llamo" data-scaytid="131"llamo/spanspannbsp; /spanaspannbsp; /spanlaspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="policia" data-scaytid="37"policia/spanspannbsp; /spana la casaspannbsp; /spande span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="143"una/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="147"familia/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mexicana" data-scaytid="161"mexicana/spanspan /spany span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="163"ellos/spannbsp;les span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="digieron" data-scaytid="177"digieron/span a la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="149"familia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="79"que/span le span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="bajaran" data-scaytid="179"bajaran/span a la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="musica" data-scaytid="181"musica/span,spannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="165"ellos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="respetaron" data-scaytid="183"respetaron/spanspan /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="185"las/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ordenes" data-scaytid="193"ordenes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="123"pero/span la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="policia" data-scaytid="39"policia/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="todavia" data-scaytid="195"todavia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pateo" data-scaytid="199"pateo/span la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="puerta" data-scaytid="203"puerta/spanspannbsp; /spany span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="empesaron" data-scaytid="205"empesaron/spanspannbsp; /spana span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="golpear" data-scaytid="207"golpear/spanspannbsp; /spana span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="todos" data-scaytid="209"todos/span en laspannbsp; /spancasa.spannbsp; /span/p div nbsp; div p class="MsoNormal" Si span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ustedes" data-scaytid="211"ustedes/span me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="preguntan" data-scaytid="213"preguntan/spanspannbsp; /spana mi,spannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="167"ellos/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estaban" data-scaytid="215"estaban/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="siendo" data-scaytid="217"siendo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="racistas" data-scaytid="219"racistas/spanspannbsp; /spancon span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esa" data-scaytid="221"esa/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="151"familia/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="223"por/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="81"que/span sonspan /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mexicamos" data-scaytid="227"mexicamos/spanspan /spany span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="225"por/span la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="manera" data-scaytid="229"manera/span en span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="83"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="169"ellos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fueron" data-scaytid="231"fueron/span tratadosspan.nbsp; /spanLa span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="153"familia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="va" data-scaytid="233"va/span a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="poner" data-scaytid="239"poner/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="145"una/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="demanda" data-scaytid="241"demanda/spanspannbsp; /spancontraspannbsp; /spanla span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="policia" data-scaytid="41"policia/span.span /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Cuando" data-scaytid="243"Cuando/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="yo" data-scaytid="7"yo/span vi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ese" data-scaytid="245"ese/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="reportaje" data-scaytid="137"reportaje/spanspannbsp; /spanmespannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="regreso" data-scaytid="249"regreso/span a mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pasado" data-scaytid="251"pasado/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cuando" data-scaytid="29"cuando/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="yo" data-scaytid="9"yo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tenia" data-scaytid="253"tenia/span 17 span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="años" data-scaytid="259"antilde;os/span,span /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="yo" data-scaytid="11"yo/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="unos" data-scaytid="261"unos/span amigosspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="despues" data-scaytid="263"despues/span de la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="escuela" data-scaytid="269"escuela/span.spannbsp; /spanNos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="paro" data-scaytid="271"paro/spanspannbsp; /spanla span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="policia" data-scaytid="43"policia/spanspan /spany nos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ordenaron" data-scaytid="273"ordenaron/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="85"que/span nos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tiraramos" data-scaytid="275"tiraramos/span al span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="suelo" data-scaytid="277"suelo/spanspan /spany span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="despues" data-scaytid="265"despues/spanspan /spanun span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="policia" data-scaytid="45"policia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="salio" data-scaytid="279"salio/span de la nadaspannbsp; /spany me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pateo" data-scaytid="201"pateo/spanspan /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="duro" data-scaytid="281"duro/span en e span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cuello" data-scaytid="283"cuello/spanspan /spany me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="decia" data-scaytid="285"decia/span:spannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="yo" data-scaytid="13"yo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="odio" data-scaytid="287"odio/span a los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mexicanos" data-scaytid="289"mexicanos/spanspannbsp; /spanen span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ese" data-scaytid="247"ese/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tiempo" data-scaytid="291"tiempo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="yo" data-scaytid="15"yo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="todavia" data-scaytid="197"todavia/span era un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="menor" data-scaytid="293"menor/span y mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="madre" data-scaytid="295"madre/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tenia" data-scaytid="255"tenia/spanspannbsp; /spanel span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="poder" data-scaytid="61"poder/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tomar" data-scaytid="299"tomar/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="accion" data-scaytid="305"accion/spanspan, /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="125"pero/span mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="madre" data-scaytid="297"madre/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tenia" data-scaytid="257"tenia/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="miedo" data-scaytid="311"miedo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="313"porque/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="187"las/span personas le span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="decian" data-scaytid="321"decian/spanspan /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="87"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nadie" data-scaytid="323"nadie/span le span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="podia" data-scaytid="325"podia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ganar" data-scaytid="331"ganar/span contra la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="policia" data-scaytid="47"policia/spanspannbsp; /spany span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="89"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tomando" data-scaytid="333"tomando/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="accion" data-scaytid="307"accion/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="toda" data-scaytid="335"toda/span la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="155"familia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="podia" data-scaytid="327"podia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ser" data-scaytid="337"ser/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="deportada" data-scaytid="341"deportada/span.spannbsp; /span/p /div /div div nbsp;/div p class="MsoNormal" span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Por" data-scaytid="343"Por/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="eso" data-scaytid="111"eso/span me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gusta" data-scaytid="347"gusta/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="91"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="351"esta/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="157"familia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="va" data-scaytid="235"va/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tomar" data-scaytid="301"tomar/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="accion" data-scaytid="309"accion/span contra span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="policia" data-scaytid="49"policia/span de Los Angeles span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="315"porque/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="171"ellos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nesecitan" data-scaytid="359"nesecitan/span saber span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="93"que/span no span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="353"esta/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="bien" data-scaytid="361"bien/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="95"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="abusen" data-scaytid="363"abusen/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="189"las/span personas,span /spansolo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="317"porque/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="173"ellos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tienen" data-scaytid="365"tienen/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="poder" data-scaytid="63"poder/span.spannbsp; /spanLo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="97"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="paso" data-scaytid="367"paso/span en mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="caso" data-scaytid="369"caso/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fue" data-scaytid="375"fue/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="99"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="despues" data-scaytid="267"despues/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="101"que/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="policia" data-scaytid="51"policia/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fue" data-scaytid="377"fue/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="investigado" data-scaytid="379"investigado/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fuimos" data-scaytid="381"fuimos/span a la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="corte" data-scaytid="383"corte/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="67"para/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="explicar" data-scaytid="385"explicar/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="caso" data-scaytid="371"caso/span.nbsp; Solo me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="dijieron" data-scaytid="387"dijieron/spanspan /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="103"que/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Iba" data-scaytid="389"Iba/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ser" data-scaytid="339"ser/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="traslado" data-scaytid="391"traslado/spanspan /spana span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="otro" data-scaytid="393"otro/spanspan /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estado" data-scaytid="395"estado/spanspan, /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="127"pero/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="105"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="397"si/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="golpiava" data-scaytid="399"golpiava/span a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="alguien" data-scaytid="141"alguien/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mas" data-scaytid="401"mas/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="yo" data-scaytid="17"yo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="podia" data-scaytid="329"podia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="testificar" data-scaytid="403"testificar/spanspannbsp; /spanen span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="su" data-scaytid="57"su/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="caso" data-scaytid="373"caso/spanspan.nbsp; /spanY a mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="casi" data-scaytid="405"casi/span me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="dio" data-scaytid="407"dio/span un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ataque" data-scaytid="409"ataque/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cuando" data-scaytid="31"cuando/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="oi" data-scaytid="411"oi/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esto" data-scaytid="413"esto/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="319"porque/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="175"ellos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pueden" data-scaytid="415"pueden/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="abusar" data-scaytid="417"abusar/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="191"las/span personas y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nomas" data-scaytid="419"nomas/span los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="regañan" data-scaytid="421"regantilde;an/span y los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="dejan" data-scaytid="423"dejan/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ir" data-scaytid="425"ir/span. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Por" data-scaytid="345"Por/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="eso" data-scaytid="113"eso/span me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gusta" data-scaytid="349"gusta/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="107"que/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="355"esta/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="159"familia/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="va" data-scaytid="237"va/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tomar" data-scaytid="303"tomar/spanspannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="357"esta/span accion./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" strongspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Engles" data-scaytid="427"Engles/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sigue" data-scaytid="429"sigue/span/strong/p p class="MsoNormal" Sometimes I get surprised when the policemdash;the legal gang of America--abuse their powerbr / to enforce the law. We all know that itrsquo;s nothing new, but what caught my attention--br / enough to take time to write some lines--was that the other day when I was watching thebr / news on TV.../p p I see this report about how the police were called to the house of a Mexican family in Losbr / Angeles. They told them to lower the music. They did lower it, but the police still kicked thebr / door down and started hitting everybody in that house. If you ask me they were just beingbr / racist with that family, because they were Mexicans. And because of the way they werebr / mistreated they#39;re going to make a complaint against the Los Angeles Police Department./p p When I saw that report, it took me back in time to when I was only seventeen years old.br / Me and some span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="vatos" data-scaytid="431"vatos/span after school got stopped by the San Francisco Police and they told usbr / to get down and spread like an eagle. Then out of nowhere, one comes from behind andbr / kicks me really hard and tells me, I hate Mexicans. At that time I was still a minor so mybr / mother had the power to take action. But my mother got scared because people told herbr / that nobody wins against the police and that in the end the whole family was going to getbr / deported if we fought back./p p Thatrsquo;s why I like the fact that this family in LA is going to take action against these pigs;br / because they need to learn that it#39;s not okay to push people around just because theybr / have the power to. What happened in my case was that after that pig was investigated, webr / went to court to stand in front of a judge, just so they could tell me that he was span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gonna" data-scaytid="433"gonna/span bebr / transferred to a different state. They said if he hits somebody else I could go and testifybr / against him. I#39;m like, Why they telling me that it#39;s ok to hit people and just get a slap onbr / the wrist and walk away like nada? Thatrsquo;s not cool./p p People need to wake up and really resist the police abuse in our barrios. Thatrsquo;s why I tookbr / the time to write this article/p
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  • Review of 67 Suenos Mural

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p Me span data-scayt_word="dió" data-scaytid="3"dioacute;/span span data-scayt_word="tanto" data-scaytid="4"tanto/span gusto span data-scayt_word="haber" data-scaytid="5"haber/span span data-scayt_word="estado" data-scaytid="6"estado/span span data-scayt_word="presente" data-scaytid="7"presente/span en lanbsp; span data-scayt_word="inauguración" data-scaytid="8"inauguracioacute;n/span del span data-scayt_word="nuevo" data-scaytid="9"nuevo/spannbsp; mural span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="10"que/span span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="39"esta/span span data-scayt_word="localizado" data-scaytid="42"localizado/span en la pared de un span data-scayt_word="lote" data-scaytid="43"lote/span span data-scayt_word="baldío" data-scaytid="44"baldiacute;o/span span data-scayt_word="adyacente" data-scaytid="45"adyacente/span a span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="46"las/span span data-scayt_word="oficinas" data-scaytid="55"oficinas/span de Quaker House, en el 65 9th Street (span data-scayt_word="entre" data-scaytid="56"entre/span Market y Mission).nbsp; La span data-scayt_word="importancia" data-scaytid="57"importancia/span de span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="58"este/span mural no span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="66"es/spannbsp; span data-scayt_word="solamente" data-scaytid="77"solamente/span span data-scayt_word="su" data-scaytid="155"su/span valor span data-scayt_word="artístico" data-scaytid="158"artiacute;stico/span y cultural,nbsp; si no tambieacute;n el mensaje span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="11"que/span proclama con sus imaacute;genes tan viacute;vidas e impactantes, span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="67"es/span un vehiacute;culo para denunciarnbsp; lo difiacute;cilnbsp; span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="12"que/span span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="68"es/span para los inmigrantes llegar a span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="59"este/span paiacute;s.nbsp; Este Proyecto fue creado por el muralista Pancho Pescador y fue una colaboracioacute;n con el ldquo;Community Rejuvenation Projectrdquo;nbsp; y un grupo de estudiantes, span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="13"que/span se hace llamarnbsp; ldquo;67 Suentilde;osrdquo;, algunos de ellos indocumentados y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="14"que/span fueron parte vital de span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="60"este/span proyecto, de donde nacioacute; la inspiracioacute;n para el mural, ya span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="15"que/span en el mural se ven reflejadas span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="47"las/span luchasnbsp; de los inmigrantes y el mensaje escrito span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="69"es/spannbsp; claro; ldquo;Ningun ser humano span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="70"es/span ilegalrdquo;nbsp; y el nombre de 67 Suentilde;os, span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="16"que/span span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="71"es/span un grupo de estudiantes indocumentados y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="17"que/span fueron parte vital de span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="61"este/span proyecto.br / br / Organiceacute;nbsp; a un grupo de mujeres transLatinas con la intencioacute;n de darnbsp; visibilidad a span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="40"esta/span comunidad, span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="18"que/span tambieacute;n tiene span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="48"las/span mismas experiencias span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="19"que/span los inmigrantes ynbsp; algunos de los estudiantes tambieacute;n.nbsp; La Ceremonia estuvo amenizada con comida, la venta denbsp; playeras con la insignia de ldquo;67 Suentilde;osrdquo;, y la presentacioacute;n del video tan conmovedor span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="20"que/span hicieron unas estudiantes span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="21"que/span relata span data-scayt_word="su" data-scaytid="156"su/span situacioacute;n como estudiantes indocumentadas.br / br / El mural estaacute; encabezado del lado izquierdo con la frase ldquo; Ninguacute;n ser humano span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="72"es/span Ilegalrdquo;; y tiene imagenes span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="22"que/span expresannbsp; culturas ancestrales, tiene la imagen de un jaguar, mirando hacia una cabeza Olmeca, y un colibriacute;,nbsp; encima de unos sembradigrave;os de maiacute;z, todos estos siacute;mbolos denbsp; culturas iacute;ndigenas. Junto a estos siacute;mbolicos caracteres, se ven dos figuras masculinas de dos inmigrantes, aparentemente caminando por el campo, y arriba de uno denbsp; ellos, se puede leer, ldquo; Nos sacan de span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="49"las/span escuelasrdquo; y arriba del otro inmigrante se lee; ldquo;Los medios nos ignoranrdquo;, aplaudo estos mensajes en el mural, ya span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="23"que/span denuncian la injusticia contra los inmigrantes.nbsp;nbsp; Tambieacute;n, interesantemente, se ven imagenes de un indviduo, aparentemente de descendencia indigena y con un altavoz del cual salen unos escritos tal vez describiendo una lengua indigena, y al mismo tiempo, dando luz a una de span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="50"las/span barreras span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="24"que/span muchos inmigrantes afrontan en span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="62"este/span pais, span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="25"que/span span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="73"es/spannbsp; la diferencia del idioma.br / br / Lo maacute;s impresionante del mural para mi, fue le conjunto de imagenes span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="26"que/span hay en el lado derecho de span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="63"este/span, span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="27"que/span son muy impactantes y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="28"que/span nos cuentan span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="51"las/span muchas historias de tantos inmigrantes span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="29"que/span cruzan la line sin documentacioacute;n.nbsp; Se ve a una nintilde;a, con span data-scayt_word="su" data-scaytid="157"su/span muntilde;eca a un lado, bajo una serpiente dragon, en un campo lleno de cruces de madera con nombres de personas en ellas.nbsp; Tambieacute;n se ven un par de botas, con una tarjeta verde a un lado.nbsp; Aparentemente la nintilde;a ha sido abandonada y span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="41"esta/span espantada ynbsp; estas imagenesnbsp; claramente demuestran span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="30"que/span no span data-scayt_word="solamente" data-scaytid="78"solamente/spannbsp; todas logran alcanzar el ldquo;Norterdquo; y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="31"que/span no solo personas adultas cruzan la frontera, sino tambieacute;n nintilde;os y nintilde;as, hombres y mujeres.nbsp; Tambieacute;n se ve, de espaldas, a un oficial de ICE poniendole span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="52"las/span esposas a un inmigrante indocumentado, una de span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="53"las/span realidades span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="32"que/span enferentan muchos y muchas de estos hombres y mujeres.br / br / Este mural span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="74"es/span uno de los trabajos denbsp; mas hermosos span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="33"que/span he visto en San Francisco y el mensaje span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="75"es/span una denuncia directa contra el racismo y la injusticia span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="34"que/span son parte de span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="64"este/span sistema capitalista en el span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="35"que/span vivimos.nbsp; Y Mientras no haya una reforma inmigratoria, seguiraacute;n llegando los inmigrantes sin documentacioacute;n y descubriraacute;n span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="36"que/span el ldquo;Suentilde;o Americanordquo;, no span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="76"es/span para todos.nbsp; Espero el impacto de span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="65"este/span mural en span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="54"las/span demaacute;s comunidades, sea para bien y paranbsp; hacer conciencia, de span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="37"que/span nuestra gentenbsp; seguiraacute;nbsp; luchando por nuestro lugar en estas tierras span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="38"que/span fueron de nuestros ancestros.nbsp;nbsp; Que todos nosotros,nbsp; con documentos o sin documentos, todos,nbsp; somos iguales.br / br / I really enjoyed to participate in the official unveiling of the new mural located in an empty lot next to the Quaker House Building on 65 9th Street (between Market and Mission Streets).nbsp; The importance of this mural is not only relevant for its artistic and cultural contents, but it is also because of the message that its images proclaim.nbsp; These images are vivid and impacting, as they are a vehicle to denounce the hardship many immigrants have to go through to get to the span data-scayt_word="U.S" data-scaytid="1"U.S/span.nbsp; This project was created by the talented muralist Pancho Pescador in collaboration with with the Community Rejuvenation Project, andnbsp; a group of students called ldquo;67 Suentilde;osrdquo;, some of them undocumented,nbsp; from where it was inspired, as the mural shows some images of the many battles immigrants have to fight an there is also a message that is loud and clear; ldquo;No human being is illegalrdquo;.br / br / I organized a group of transgender Latina women with the intention of giving visibility tonbsp; our community, as I feel we also have experienced the same hardships and battles as many immigrants have and some of these students as well.nbsp; The unveiling ceremony provided some food, and the sale of some T-shirts with the logo ofnbsp; ldquo;67 Suentilde;osrdquo;, and the presentation of a shocking video made by some of these students narratingnbsp; their situation as undocumented students in the span data-scayt_word="U.S" data-scaytid="2"U.S/span.br / br / The Mural has on the top left the powerful phrase ldquo;No human being is illegalrdquo;; and it has images of some cultural ancestors, a jaguar looking toward an Olmec head stone and a colorful hummingbird, flying over a corn field, all these, symbols of indigenous origin.nbsp; Next to these symbolic characters, one can see two men, apparently two immigrants crossing the border through some fields, and right above them, it reads, ldquo;Are pushed out of High Schoolrdquo;, and above the other man, it reads, ldquo;The media ignore usrdquo;.nbsp; I myself applaud these statements, as it denounces some the injustice committed against immigrants.nbsp; Interestingly, there is also an indigenous looking character holding a blow horn that has some kind of writing in an ancient language, giving light to the voices of many, and also to be interpreted as one of the many barriers many immigrants face when they arrive here, the difference in language.br / br / What impacted me most about this mural is the series of images on the right side, they tell so many stories of many immigrants that crossed the border undocumented.nbsp; There#39;s a little girl sitting down on a field with her toy doll next to her on a field with many wooden crosses with names on them, and serpent dragon above her, a pair of boots with what seems to be a ldquo;green cardrdquo; next to them. Apparently, this little girl has been left abandoned in the desert and she#39;snbsp; very scared.nbsp; These images tell exactly what happens to many when crossing the border undocumented, not all of them make it to ldquo;El Norterdquo;, not only adults cross the border undocumented, there are children, men, and women.nbsp; Also, in a corner, with their backs, there#39;s an ICE officer putting the handcuffs to an immigrant, one the realities these immigrants will confront while trying to cross the border without documentation.br / br / This mural is to me one of the must beautiful I have seen so far in the city, but it is the message it sends out that makes it an important piece of work.nbsp; The denounce it makes against racism and injustice, which are part of this capitalist system we live in.nbsp; And as long as there isn#39;t an immigration reform, many more undocumented immigrants will come and discover that ldquo;The American Dreamrdquo; is not for all.nbsp; I hope the impact of this mural is to create awareness that our people will keep on fighting for our right to stay on these lands that belonged to our ancestors.nbsp; That all of us,nbsp; documented or undocumented , we all are created equal./p
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  • Reginald Latson aka Neli’s Cultural Campaign for Freedom Justice: Songs, Poetry, Visual Art, Short Stories

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Leroy
    Original Body
    p Reginald span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“Neli”" data-scaytid="5"ldquo;Nelirdquo;/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Latson" data-scaytid="7"Latson/span aka span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli’s" data-scaytid="9"Nelirsquo;s/span mother, Lisa Guthrie Alexander, family, friends with Leroy Moore, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Krip-Hop" data-scaytid="17"Krip-Hop/span Nation, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Emmitt" data-scaytid="19"Emmitt/span Thrower, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Kaya" data-scaytid="21"Kaya/span Doug are calling for a cultural campaign to go hand in hand with the political/street activist campaign to help bring this young Black man with autism home from the wrongful incarceration and to reveal state abuse that was leveled on span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="23"Neli/span by police when they profiled him while he was just waiting on the library lawn in Stafford, VA./p p nbsp;We all know that artists have played an important role in bringing justice to individuals and our community as a whole from Al span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Hibbler" data-scaytid="33"Hibbler/span to Curtis Mayfield to Chunk D to Nina Simone to span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Letta" data-scaytid="35"Letta/span Neely.nbsp; However when it comes to our Black and other people of color disabled brothers and sisters the cultural activism have been lacking.nbsp; However recently the cultural activism by disabled people of color have been getting louder from Hip-Hop Black disabled activists like Keith Jones to Black Deaf Spoken Word artist, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ayisha" data-scaytid="37"ayisha/span knight and a lot more.nbsp; Now itrsquo;s time for us to not only do our arts for span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="25"Neli/span but also to sing, speak, draw, paint, write from our activist, people of color, Blackness and disability lingo/culture artistic creative palette without hiding or downplaying or pitying any part of the identities we share with span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="27"Neli/span.nbsp; If you are a Black man, a Black disabled man, a mother with a son, a mother that has a son with autism, a White disabled activist, a White mom with a son with a disability, a college student, a poet, a Hip-Hop artisthellip;we all can and should feel the pain of injustice that colors the story of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="29"Neli/span./p p At this point we have poems, a Hip-Hop song and an upcoming video all by a handful of people from across this country but we want this handful to become a whole library full of writings, art and songs that will work hand in hand with the family and street activists to play the rhythm and color the path to freedom for span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="31"Neli/span.nbsp; Of course all the art will be approve by span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli’s" data-scaytid="11"Nelirsquo;s/span mother, Lisa, before it can be apart of emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli’s" data-scaytid="13"Nelirsquo;s/span Cultural Campaign for Freedom Justice:nbsp; Songs, Poetry, Visual Art, Short Stories /em/p p strongSend art to:/strong/p p strongemspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Neli’s" data-scaytid="15"Nelirsquo;s/span Cultural Campaign for Freedom Justice/em/strong/p p strongAttn:nbsp; Leroy Moore/strong/p p strong1370 University Ave #316/strong/p p strongBerkeley, CA 94702/strong/p p strongOr/strong/p p strongEmail at span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="kriphopproject@yahoo.com" data-scaytid="1"kriphopproject@yahoo.com/span/strong/p p strongnbsp;/strong/p p strongNote: if your art is a song please make it radio version with positive lyrics and email it as an mp3 file.nbsp; Also if your art is written like poem, story and small drawing please also email it to us span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="kriphopproject@yahoo.com" data-scaytid="3"kriphopproject@yahoo.com/span.nbsp; Put your name and if you want contact info on the art or in the email etc./strong/p
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  • Capitalism: The Real Reason for Libyan War???

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    div id="box" h3 Coalition governments have already begun facilitating business relationships with the rebel council/h3 /div p Major businesses are gunning for first dibs on Libyarsquo;s natural resourcesnbsp;asa href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/dash-for-profit-in-postwar-libya-carveup-2342798.html" a new race to turn a profit out of the war-torn nation begins/a. Many business leaders, most with close connections to their respective governments, are planning to send representatives to Benghazi to meet leaders of the Transitional National Council (span data-scayt_word="TNC" data-scaytid="3"TNC/span)./p p img align="right" src="http://news.antiwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ly-map1.gif" /International oil companies from Europe, America, Russia, China, and the Middle East, many with previous business ties in Libya,nbsp;aa href="http://news.antiwar.com/2011/08/22/international-oil-companies-eager-to-restart-libyan-operations/"re preparing to resume exploration, drilling, and production/a as soon as it is safe and span data-scayt_word="Gadhafi" data-scaytid="5"Gadhafi/span is out. Billions of dollars are being invested in Libyannbsp;oil fields, which are currently producing a 10th of the 1.6 million barrels a day that were exported pre-conflict./p p There is also an intense lobbying effort for the span data-scayt_word="multibillion-dollar" data-scaytid="7"multibillion-dollar/span reconstruction contracts that US and NATO governments are expected to issue once security is restored.nbsp;rdquo;It is still too fluid a situation in Libya to be able to say exactly what we are doing,rdquo; one official at a company involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq told emThe Independent/em. ldquo;If business goes back to Libya, we will undoubtedly span data-scayt_word="follow.”" data-scaytid="2"follow.rdquo;/span/p p Expectedly, those governments involved in the air campaign and proxy war to oust span data-scayt_word="Gadhafi" data-scaytid="6"Gadhafi/span have had a jump start in facilitating the corporatist industrial and reconstruction plans. France and Germany have already begun trade negotiations with the span data-scayt_word="TNC" data-scaytid="4"TNC/span, and Britain and America mdash; which has spent a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/08/us-military-intervention-in-libya-cost-at-least-896-million-.html"nearly one billion dollars/a on the war mdash; are sure to follow suit./p
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  • Men's Tears

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p (Editor#39;s note: Luis J. Rodriguez is the author of Always Running, Republic of East LA, Hearts and Hands, Creating community in violent times, as well as anbsp;children#39;s book, poetry collections, a novel--Music of the Mill, and many essays dealing with youth, community and culture.nbsp; This piece is reprinted from his blog:nbsp; a href="http://luisjrodriguez.com/blog/"http://span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="luisjrodriguez.com" data-scaytid="20"luisjrodriguez.com/span/blog//a)/p p nbsp;/p p Even though Irsquo;ve acted out the tough guymdash;in gangs, in boxing, in labor as a steelworker, carpenter, foundry worker, in constructionmdash;I am a sensitive person. I carry a lot of feminine energymdash;in my writing, creativity, learning interests, and community work. I also have a strong masculine energy, in particular the attention I pay to details, getting things done, in moving projects. Together these energies, if properly aligned, make for a visionary and productive person./p p However, growing up, as a small tyke, I didnrsquo;t understand any of this. I recall once playing with dolls with a girl my age who lived a few doors from our house. When I was found out, I never heard the end of it. The implication was that I was gay. That came up more than a few times. Without thinking, I tried to compensate against this by being a bully, a fighter, and never again acting out my active imaginative mind with others. Later in juvenile hall, in jail, or the streets, I would attack any male who looked at me the ldquo;wrongrdquo; way. Once I punched a dude at an after-hours club thinking he had given me such a lookmdash;I recall him skimming along the dance floor from the force of the punch./p p While I know I am not gay, I suffered for a brief time the stigmahellip; for being sensitive and artistically inclined./p p Now, as a mature thinker, healer, and revolutionary, I understand all this. Irsquo;m now free to be the poet, fiction writer, performer, and imaginative person I was meant to be. I donrsquo;t hold back, but I know far too many males who do. Even to show tears, the particularly important man tears, is a ldquo;no-nordquo; in our culture./p p That makes for some highly explosive, dangerous, and raging men who canrsquo;t get to the deep source of their rage since it is often linked to a deep grief./p p Everyone has feminine and masculine energies in all aspects of their lives. Sometimes the feminine is stronger, other times itrsquo;s the masculine. The feminine may be stronger in the areas of the mental, artistic, or workhellip; or other fields of interest. Maybe itrsquo;s the masculine. In sexuality, when a man has more feminine (which has many manifestations, not just so-called effeminate ones) he is most likely Gay. Again, my feminine sides sprouted in other areas of my life, not in my sexuality./p p Thatrsquo;s just the way the propensities and qualities I possessed took shape. This doesnrsquo;t make me any better or worse than others./p p In span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Mexika" data-scaytid="4"Mexika/span indigenous circles, we say span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“Ometeotl”" data-scaytid="6"ldquo;Ometeotlrdquo;/span to represent the Creator spirit. But itrsquo;s not really a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="diety" data-scaytid="8"diety/span of some sort. It actually means ldquo;Two Energyrdquo; or ldquo;Two Spiritrdquo; or ldquo;Female/Malerdquo; vibrations. Itrsquo;s to honor the supreme generating principle of the universe, what we call feminine and masculine energies./p p ldquo;Two Spiritrdquo; is a term some Native Americans use to designate a Gay person. Itrsquo;s in recognition that this is a natural part of all of us. That every community, every family, in all times, have had people with different degrees or levels of feminine or masculine energies that in sexual matters can take the form of Gay or Lesbian./p p Itrsquo;s natural, part of all humanity, and vital to all life./p p I write about this now because this issue came up strong during the annual menrsquo;s conference at the Woodland Camp in Mendocino, CA, part of the majestic redwood forest. My two youngest sons, Ruben, 23, and Luis, 17, took part. At one point, I talked about my struggles as a child with being put down for having a sensitive naturemdash;and the way I responded by raging and fighting./p p I felt this issue was an honest thing to speak about, finally, so my sons know that whatever sensitivities they may havemdash;again in whatever areas of their lifemdash;they should understand this is what makes them who they are./p p The ongoing political and rising physical attacks against Gay people in the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="U.S" data-scaytid="1"U.S/span. and other parts of the world are not naturalmdash;they are criminal and obscene. Anti-Gay sentiments, laws, and such are man-made, a social construct, used to scapegoat and detach us from our own human impulses./p p Itrsquo;s time we recognized all these attacks for what they are./p p Irsquo;ve been taking part as a teacher and poet in the Mosaic Multicultural Foundationrsquo;s menrsquo;s conferences, youth events, mentoring workshops, male-female summits, and more for seventeen years. Created by mythologist and storyteller Michael Meade, Mosaic helps gather the broken pieces of community so they can become authentic and whole./p p My oldest son Ramiro, my wife span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Trini" data-scaytid="10"Trini/span, and daughter Andrea have also participated in one or more of these kinds of events over the past seventeen years./p p Mosaicrsquo;s eventsmdash;including ldquo;voices of youth, voices of community,rdquo; ldquo;the poetics of peace,rdquo; and their ldquo;walking withrdquo; projects with incarcerated youthmdash;have become one of the most important ways Irsquo;ve learned to recover, to heal, mostly from addictions (drugs and alcohol) as well as from deep-seated rage./p p You can find out more about their books, CDs, DVDs, their workshops, their conferences, and more at a href="http://www.mosaicvoices.org/" target="_blank"span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="www.mosaicvoices.org" data-scaytid="3"www.mosaicvoices.org/span/a./p p I thank all the man, young and old, of all ethnicities, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sexualities" data-scaytid="12"sexualities/span, social classes, and professions for helping hold some amazing stories, even if traumatic, and for allowing me space to read poems and teach aspects of a poetic life (and what it means to be a man today)./p p I particularly have to thank Ruben and Luis, who witnessed their dadrsquo;s mad moments, poetic moments, lost moments, and even tearful moments for a whole week. Knowing our true natures, and knowing how this plays out in our manhood, is key for the respectful, meaningful, and loving relationships we need with women and other lovers, family, and friends. These become important as men and women learn to find their actual callings, passions, and ultimately their real paths in life./p p Any change in our social compact, social relationships, in any new economy, against the exploitative and abusive, should be charged with such a vision./p
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  • Rest in Power Compa- A tribute to Eric Quezada

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p I stand alone en span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="1"las/span span data-scayt_word="calles" data-scaytid="2"calles/span en la span data-scayt_word="mision" data-scaytid="3"mision/span seeing places where you should be standing and remembering span data-scayt_word="verdad" data-scaytid="4"verdad/span y span data-scayt_word="palabraz" data-scaytid="5"palabraz/span you said- words and chants you spoke, protests you marched in -remembering your humble revolution/p p I stand alone on the span data-scayt_word="streetz" data-scaytid="6"streetz/span of our collective minds fighting your same fights, dreaming similar visions of self-determination, indigenous liberation and people-led movements/p p I stand alone span data-scayt_word="tryin" data-scaytid="7"tryin/span not to cry- no span data-scayt_word="llores" data-scaytid="8"llores/span, no span data-scayt_word="llores" data-scaytid="9"llores/span i say to myself - because i know you are still here- span data-scayt_word="aqui" data-scaytid="10"aqui/span span data-scayt_word="estamos" data-scaytid="11"estamos/span y no nos span data-scayt_word="vamos" data-scaytid="12"vamos/span fighting span data-scayt_word="gentriFUKation" data-scaytid="13"gentriFUKation/span, removal, racism and border fascism, from a different place while watching, span data-scayt_word="loveing" data-scaytid="14"loveing/span and protecting span data-scayt_word="su" data-scaytid="15"su/span span data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="16"familia/span Lorena y span data-scayt_word="Ixchel" data-scaytid="17"Ixchel/span/p p i stand alone in this place remembering all of the span data-scayt_word="gente" data-scaytid="18"gente/span who are still here with you in all of our heartsbr clear="all" /br / br / Rest in Power span data-scayt_word="Compa" data-scaytid="19"Compa/span!/p
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  • 67 Suenos - A PNN ReViEwSfoRtheReVoLution

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p strongScroll down for English/strong/p p Me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="dió" data-scaytid="5"dioacute;/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tanto" data-scaytid="7"tanto/span gusto span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="haber" data-scaytid="9"haber/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estado" data-scaytid="11"estado/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="presente" data-scaytid="13"presente/span en lanbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inauguración" data-scaytid="15"inauguracioacute;n/span del span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nuevo" data-scaytid="17"nuevo/spannbsp; mural span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="19"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="77"esta/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="localizado" data-scaytid="83"localizado/span en la pared de un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="lote" data-scaytid="85"lote/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="baldío" data-scaytid="87"baldiacute;o/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="adyacente" data-scaytid="89"adyacente/span a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="91"las/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="oficinas" data-scaytid="109"oficinas/span de Quaker House, en el 65 9th Street (span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="entre" data-scaytid="111"entre/span Market y Mission).nbsp; La span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="importancia" data-scaytid="113"importancia/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="115"este/span mural no span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="131"es/spannbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="solamente" data-scaytid="153"solamente/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="su" data-scaytid="157"su/span valor span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="artístico" data-scaytid="163"artiacute;stico/span y cultural,nbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="165"si/span no span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="también" data-scaytid="167"tambieacute;n/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mensaje" data-scaytid="175"mensaje/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="21"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="proclama" data-scaytid="181"proclama/span con span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sus" data-scaytid="183"sus/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="imágenes" data-scaytid="185"imaacute;genes/span tan span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="vívidas" data-scaytid="187"viacute;vidas/span e span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="impactantes" data-scaytid="189"impactantes/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="133"es/span un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="vehículo" data-scaytid="193"vehiacute;culo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="195"para/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="denunciar" data-scaytid="209"denunciar/spannbsp; lo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="difícil" data-scaytid="211"difiacute;cil/spannbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="23"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="135"es/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="197"para/span los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inmigrantes" data-scaytid="213"inmigrantes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="llegar" data-scaytid="229"llegar/span a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="117"este/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="país" data-scaytid="231"paiacute;s/span.nbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Este" data-scaytid="233"Este/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Proyecto" data-scaytid="237"Proyecto/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fue" data-scaytid="239"fue/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="creado" data-scaytid="245"creado/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="247"por/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="muralista" data-scaytid="253"muralista/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pancho" data-scaytid="255"Pancho/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pescador" data-scaytid="259"Pescador/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fue" data-scaytid="241"fue/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="263"una/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="colaboración" data-scaytid="283"colaboracioacute;n/span con el ldquo;Community Rejuvenation Projectrdquo;nbsp; y un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="grupo" data-scaytid="285"grupo/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estudiantes" data-scaytid="291"estudiantes/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="25"que/span se span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="hace" data-scaytid="301"hace/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="llamar" data-scaytid="303"llamar/spannbsp; ldquo;67 Suentilde;osrdquo;, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="algunos" data-scaytid="305"algunos/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="309"ellos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="indocumentados" data-scaytid="313"indocumentados/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="27"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fueron" data-scaytid="317"fueron/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="parte" data-scaytid="323"parte/span vital de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="119"este/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="proyecto" data-scaytid="329"proyecto/span, de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="donde" data-scaytid="333"donde/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nació" data-scaytid="335"nacioacute;/span la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inspiración" data-scaytid="337"inspiracioacute;n/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="199"para/span el mural, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ya" data-scaytid="339"ya/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="29"que/span en el mural se span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ven" data-scaytid="343"ven/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="reflejadas" data-scaytid="351"reflejadas/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="93"las/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="luchas" data-scaytid="353"luchas/spannbsp; de los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inmigrantes" data-scaytid="215"inmigrantes/span y el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mensaje" data-scaytid="177"mensaje/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="escrito" data-scaytid="355"escrito/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="137"es/spannbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="claro" data-scaytid="357"claro/span; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“Ningun" data-scaytid="359"ldquo;Ningun/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ser" data-scaytid="361"ser/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="humano" data-scaytid="365"humano/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="139"es/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ilegal”" data-scaytid="369"ilegalrdquo;/spannbsp; y el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nombre" data-scaytid="371"nombre/span de 67 span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sueños" data-scaytid="375"Suentilde;os/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="31"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="141"es/span un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="grupo" data-scaytid="287"grupo/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estudiantes" data-scaytid="293"estudiantes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="indocumentados" data-scaytid="315"indocumentados/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="33"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fueron" data-scaytid="319"fueron/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="parte" data-scaytid="325"parte/span vital de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="121"este/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="proyecto" data-scaytid="331"proyecto/span./p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Organicé" data-scaytid="383"Organiceacute;/spannbsp; a un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="grupo" data-scaytid="289"grupo/span de mujeres span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="transLatinas" data-scaytid="385"transLatinas/span con la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="intención" data-scaytid="387"intencioacute;n/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="dar" data-scaytid="389"dar/spannbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="visibilidad" data-scaytid="391"visibilidad/span a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="79"esta/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="comunidad" data-scaytid="393"comunidad/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="35"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="también" data-scaytid="169"tambieacute;n/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tiene" data-scaytid="395"tiene/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="95"las/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mismas" data-scaytid="401"mismas/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="experiencias" data-scaytid="403"experiencias/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="37"que/span los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inmigrantes" data-scaytid="217"inmigrantes/span ynbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="algunos" data-scaytid="307"algunos/span de los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estudiantes" data-scaytid="295"estudiantes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="también" data-scaytid="171"tambieacute;n/span.nbsp; La span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ceremonia" data-scaytid="405"Ceremonia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estuvo" data-scaytid="407"estuvo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="amenizada" data-scaytid="409"amenizada/span con span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="comida" data-scaytid="411"comida/span, la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="venta" data-scaytid="413"venta/span denbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="playeras" data-scaytid="415"playeras/span con la insignia de ldquo;67 Suentilde;osrdquo;, y la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="presentación" data-scaytid="417"presentacioacute;n/span del video tan span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="conmovedor" data-scaytid="419"conmovedor/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="39"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="hicieron" data-scaytid="421"hicieron/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="unas" data-scaytid="423"unas/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estudiantes" data-scaytid="297"estudiantes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="41"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="relata" data-scaytid="425"relata/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="su" data-scaytid="159"su/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="situación" data-scaytid="427"situacioacute;n/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="429"como/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estudiantes" data-scaytid="299"estudiantes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="indocumentadas" data-scaytid="431"indocumentadas/span./p p El mural span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="está" data-scaytid="433"estaacute;/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="encabezado" data-scaytid="435"encabezado/span del span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="lado" data-scaytid="437"lado/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="izquierdo" data-scaytid="445"izquierdo/span con la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="frase" data-scaytid="447"frase/span ldquo; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ningún" data-scaytid="449"Ninguacute;n/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ser" data-scaytid="363"ser/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="humano" data-scaytid="367"humano/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="143"es/span Ilegalrdquo;; y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tiene" data-scaytid="397"tiene/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="imagenes" data-scaytid="451"imagenes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="43"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="expresan" data-scaytid="459"expresan/spannbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="culturas" data-scaytid="461"culturas/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ancestrales" data-scaytid="465"ancestrales/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tiene" data-scaytid="399"tiene/span la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="imagen" data-scaytid="467"imagen/span de un jaguar, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mirando" data-scaytid="469"mirando/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="hacia" data-scaytid="471"hacia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="265"una/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cabeza" data-scaytid="473"cabeza/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Olmeca" data-scaytid="475"Olmeca/span, y un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="colibrí" data-scaytid="477"colibriacute;/span,nbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="encima" data-scaytid="479"encima/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="unos" data-scaytid="481"unos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sembradìos" data-scaytid="485"sembradigrave;os/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="maíz" data-scaytid="487"maiacute;z/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="todos" data-scaytid="489"todos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="497"estos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="símbolos" data-scaytid="505"siacute;mbolos/span denbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="culturas" data-scaytid="463"culturas/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="índigenas" data-scaytid="507"iacute;ndigenas/span. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Junto" data-scaytid="509"Junto/span a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="499"estos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="símbolicos" data-scaytid="511"siacute;mbolicos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="caracteres" data-scaytid="513"caracteres/span, se span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ven" data-scaytid="345"ven/span dos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="figuras" data-scaytid="515"figuras/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="masculinas" data-scaytid="519"masculinas/span de dos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inmigrantes" data-scaytid="219"inmigrantes/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="aparentemente" data-scaytid="521"aparentemente/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="caminando" data-scaytid="525"caminando/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="249"por/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="campo" data-scaytid="527"campo/span, y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="arriba" data-scaytid="531"arriba/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="uno" data-scaytid="535"uno/span denbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="311"ellos/span, se puede leer, ldquo; Nos sacan de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="97"las/span escuelasrdquo; y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="arriba" data-scaytid="533"arriba/span del otro inmigrante se lee; ldquo;Los medios nos ignoranrdquo;, aplaudo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="501"estos/span mensajes en el mural, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ya" data-scaytid="341"ya/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="45"que/span denuncian la injusticia contra los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inmigrantes" data-scaytid="221"inmigrantes/span.nbsp;nbsp; Tambieacute;n, interesantemente, se span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ven" data-scaytid="347"ven/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="imagenes" data-scaytid="453"imagenes/span de un indviduo, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="aparentemente" data-scaytid="523"aparentemente/span de descendencia indigena y con un altavoz del cual salen span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="unos" data-scaytid="483"unos/span escritos tal vez describiendo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="267"una/span lengua indigena, y al mismo tiempo, dando luz a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="269"una/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="99"las/span barreras span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="47"que/span muchos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inmigrantes" data-scaytid="223"inmigrantes/span afrontan en span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="123"este/span pais, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="49"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="145"es/spannbsp; la diferencia del idioma./p p Lo maacute;s impresionante del mural span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="201"para/span mi, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fue" data-scaytid="243"fue/span le conjunto de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="imagenes" data-scaytid="455"imagenes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="51"que/span hay en el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="lado" data-scaytid="439"lado/span derecho de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="125"este/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="53"que/span son muy span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="impactantes" data-scaytid="191"impactantes/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="55"que/span nos cuentan span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="101"las/span muchas historias de tantos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inmigrantes" data-scaytid="225"inmigrantes/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="57"que/span cruzan la line sin documentacioacute;n.nbsp; Se ve a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="271"una/span nintilde;a, con span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="su" data-scaytid="161"su/span muntilde;eca a un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="lado" data-scaytid="441"lado/span, bajo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="273"una/span serpiente dragon, en un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="campo" data-scaytid="529"campo/span lleno de cruces de madera con nombres de personas en ellas.nbsp; Tambieacute;n se span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ven" data-scaytid="349"ven/span un par de botas, con span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="275"una/span tarjeta verde a un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="lado" data-scaytid="443"lado/span.nbsp; Aparentemente la nintilde;a ha sido abandonada y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="81"esta/span espantada ynbsp; estas span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="imagenes" data-scaytid="457"imagenes/spannbsp; claramente demuestran span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="59"que/span no span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="solamente" data-scaytid="155"solamente/spannbsp; todas logran alcanzar el ldquo;Norterdquo; y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="61"que/span no solo personas adultas cruzan la frontera, sino span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="también" data-scaytid="173"tambieacute;n/span nintilde;os y nintilde;as, hombres y mujeres.nbsp; Tambieacute;n se ve, de espaldas, a un oficial de ICE poniendole span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="103"las/span esposas a un inmigrante indocumentado, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="277"una/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="105"las/span realidades span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="63"que/span enferentan muchos y muchas de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="503"estos/span hombres y mujeres./p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Este" data-scaytid="235"Este/span mural span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="147"es/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="uno" data-scaytid="537"uno/span de los trabajos denbsp; mas hermosos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="65"que/span he visto en San Francisco y el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mensaje" data-scaytid="179"mensaje/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="149"es/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="279"una/span denuncia directa contra el racismo y la injusticia span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="67"que/span son span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="parte" data-scaytid="327"parte/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="127"este/span sistema capitalista en el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="69"que/span vivimos.nbsp; Y Mientras no haya span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="281"una/span reforma inmigratoria, seguiraacute;n llegando los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="inmigrantes" data-scaytid="227"inmigrantes/span sin documentacioacute;n y descubriraacute;n span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="71"que/span el ldquo;Suentilde;o Americanordquo;, no span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="151"es/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="203"para/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="todos" data-scaytid="491"todos/span.nbsp; Espero el impacto de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="129"este/span mural en span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="107"las/span demaacute;s comunidades, sea span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="205"para/span bien y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="207"para/spannbsp; hacer conciencia, de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="73"que/span nuestra gentenbsp; seguiraacute;nbsp; luchando span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="251"por/span nuestro lugar en estas tierras span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="75"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fueron" data-scaytid="321"fueron/span de nuestros ancestros.nbsp;nbsp; Que span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="todos" data-scaytid="493"todos/span nosotros,nbsp; con documentos o sin documentos, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="todos" data-scaytid="495"todos/span,nbsp; somos iguales./p p strongEngles sigue/strong/p p I really enjoyed participating in the official unveiling of the new mural located in an empty lot next to the Quaker House Building on 65 9th Street (between Market and Mission Streets).nbsp; The importance of this mural is not only relevant for its artistic and cultural content, but it is also because of the message that its images proclaim.nbsp; These images are vivid and impacting, as they are a vehicle to denounce the hardship many immigrants have to go through to get to the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="U.S" data-scaytid="1"U.S/span.nbsp; This project was created by the talented muralist span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pancho" data-scaytid="257"Pancho/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pescador" data-scaytid="261"Pescador/span in collaboration with with the Community Rejuvenation Project, andnbsp;a group of students called ldquo;67 Suentilde;osrdquo;, some of them undocumented. From where it was inspired, as the mural shows,nbsp;are images of the many battles immigrants fight and there is also a message that is loud and clear: ldquo;No human being is illegalrdquo;./p p I organized a group of transgender Latina women with the intention of giving visibility tonbsp; our community, as I feel we also have experienced the same hardships and battles as many immigrants have and some of these students as well.nbsp; The unveiling ceremony provided some food, and the sale of some T-shirts with the logo ofnbsp; ldquo;67 Suentilde;osrdquo;, and the presentation of a shocking video made by some of these students narratingnbsp; their situation as undocumented students in the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="U.S" data-scaytid="3"U.S/span./p p The Mural has on the top left the powerful phrase ldquo;No human being is illegalrdquo;; and it has images of some cultural ancestors, a jaguar looking toward an Olmec head stone and a colorful hummingbird, flying over a corn field, all these, symbols of indigenous origin.nbsp; Next to these symbolic characters, one can see two men, apparently two immigrants crossing the border through some fields, and right above them, it reads, ldquo;Are pushed out of High Schoolrdquo;, and above the other man, it reads, ldquo;The media ignore usrdquo;.nbsp; I applaud these statements, as it denounces some the injustice committed against immigrants.nbsp; Interestingly, there is also an indigenous looking character holding a blow horn that has some kind of writing in an ancient language, giving light to the voices of many, and also to be interpreted as one of the many barriers many immigrants face when they arrive here, the difference in language./p p What impacted me most about this mural is the series of images on the right side, they tell many stories of many immigrants that crossed the border undocumented.nbsp; There#39;s a little girl sitting down on a field with her toy doll on a field with many wooden crosses with names on them, a serpent dragon above her, a pair of boots with what seems to be a ldquo;green cardrdquo; next to them. Apparently, this little girl has been left abandoned in the desert and she#39;snbsp; very scared.nbsp; These images tell exactly what happens to many when crossing the border undocumented, not all of them make it to ldquo;El Norterdquo;, not only adults cross the border undocumented, there are children, men, and women.nbsp; Also, in a corner, with their backs, there#39;s an ICE officer putting the handcuffsnbsp;on an immigrant, one of the realities immigrants will confront while trying to cross the border without documentation./p p This mural is to me one of the must beautiful I have seen so far in the city, but it is the message it sends that makes it an important work: the condemnationnbsp;it makes against racism and injustice, which are part of this capitalist system we live in.nbsp; As long as there is no immigration reform, many more undocumented immigrants will come and discover that ldquo;The American Dreamrdquo; is not for all.nbsp; I hope the impact of this mural is to create awareness that our people will keep on fighting for our right to stay on these lands that belonged to our ancestors.nbsp; That all of us,nbsp; documented or undocumented ,nbsp;are allnbsp;created equal./p p nbsp;/p
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  • Speaking as a Recycler Myself

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
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    p Speaking as a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="recycler" data-scaytid="3"recycler/span myself, I must say something about the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="criminalization" data-scaytid="13"criminalization/span and incarceration thatnbsp; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“houseless”" data-scaytid="15"ldquo;houselessrdquo;/span or independent recyclers constantly face.nbsp;/p p Throughout San Francisco, the Bay area--and even most of the country--people look downnbsp;onnbsp;those in poverty as ifnbsp;they were something disgusting. I was watching anbsp;morning newscast,nbsp; trying to wake up, when I heard people being interviewed in Castro Valley. They were telling reporters that the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“houseless”" data-scaytid="17"ldquo;houselessrdquo;/span need to findnbsp;a job instead of ldquo;going through trash bins looking for junkrdquo;, as one neighbor put it. But to put it that way is, for lack of a better word, ignorant. First you must understand what I mean by the more dignified term ldquo;independent span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="recycler”" data-scaytid="19"recyclerrdquo;/span. To be an independent span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="recycler" data-scaytid="7"recycler/span, you must first label yourself as an independent span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="recycler" data-scaytid="9"recycler/span. To do that, you havenbsp;consciously resistednbsp;tonbsp;label yourself as ldquo;bumrdquo;, or ldquo;hobordquo;./p p class="MsoNormal" I would like to once again bring up a proposal that was brought up by my colleagues at POOR Magazine--a proposal that would, instead of criminalizing and persecuting a subject--would be hailed as a simple man/woman who chose to recycle as a job because it was available for capitalism. What I was taught in school is that to capitalize on a specific object, for example paper, it must be in demand. People write books, music scores, and many other things, so it is profitable by demand./p p class="MsoNormal" The officials at the top want to focus on jobs. nbsp;I say that they are blowing out their backsides. If they wanted more jobs there would be more. The only reason they donrsquo;t think about independent recyclers as subcontractors is because they believe that it does not bring in a significant amount of profit./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family: 'times new roman bold'"bPOOR Magazinersquo;s Independent Recycling Proposal :/b/span/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family: 'times new roman italic'"ildquo;Independent Recyclers as Subcontractorsrdquo;/i/span/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family: 'times new roman italic'"iAll independent recyclers should hold the same rights as all the major recycling companies. Independent recycling should be decriminalized, recognized and appreciated for the meticulous work it is. POOR#39;s proposal for independent contractors should include not only decriminalization but remuneration and benefits for the independent contractors. This could be accomplished in many different ways. One proposal is if the recyclers were able to obtain vendor cards that would allow them to acquire their recyclable products without being harassed. One option is vendor cards could be made available to them for no charge. These cards do not need to be too complex, just a simple card with their name, address and photo should be sufficient. Two cross streets could be used as a valid address if the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="recycler" data-scaytid="11"recycler/span is span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="houseless" data-scaytid="20"houseless/span. The cards should also provide free medical care for the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="holder.”" data-scaytid="1"holder.rdquo;/span/i/span/p p class="MsoNormal" So to all the people in Castro Valley, we can make this work if we can change our perception of what is acceptable in society and what needs more attention than others. We donrsquo;t need to criminalize these independent recyclers, we need to give them the jobs that they seek. You talk about how they need to get a job, well this is the job that they do. In no manner am I belittling the recycling unions that do a lot of hard work--I just want to let them know that we still appreciate all the hard work that they do./p p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in" Sincerely, Phillip Standing Bearspannbsp; /span/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /span/p
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