Poverty Hero Goes to the Akkkademia Nuthouse

p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"I arrived here nervous, but Lola looked nice when I got off the bus.spannbsp; /spanWe went to her apartment and I took a bath and a nap.spannbsp; /spanThe next day we infiltrated the University of Washington.nbsp; /font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"nbsp;/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"Lola teaches span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="skolas" data-scaytid="1"skolas/span.spannbsp; /spanHer class is a class full of geniuses.nbsp; Cat is an elder and artist and personal friend of John T.nbsp; She is 10 times more intelligent than the majority of university students with IQ#39;s of a kumquat, but big egos and degrees.nbsp; Reggie was another span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="skola--a" data-scaytid="67"skola--a/span gentleman that worked as a fisherman up in Alaska.nbsp; He is a fantastic writer and writes Reggie#39;s Corner Rap for span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="PNN-WA" data-scaytid="19"PNN-WA/span.nbsp; Lola wouldnbsp;smile at me and Reggie when we would talk forever about how many friends we have on span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="facebook" data-scaytid="25"facebook/span.nbsp;E. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Duplessis" data-scaytid="27"Duplessis/span is anbsp;musician and formerly homeless and his girlfriend Leah who was a privileged woman that was assisting the class.nbsp;nbsp;Andnbsp;the spirit of John T.,nbsp;community elder that was an eagle shot down from the sky by the Seattle span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Po'lice" data-scaytid="31"Po#39;lice/span departmentspannbsp;was with us.nbsp;/span/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"We all went together to the Seattle Campus in the University district.spannbsp; /spanIt looks a lot like downtown Berkeley or any other cloned university area with coffee shops and bars and other colonizer span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="accoutrements" data-scaytid="33"accoutrements/span. I was sweating bullets from being nervous at this big institution that looks like Hogwarts, as span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="lola" data-scaytid="35"lola/span calls it, on steroids.spannbsp; /spanIt was the University of Washington and POOR Magazine was about to span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="skool" data-scaytid="37"skool/span the hell out of it.spannbsp; /spanWe got there as students slowly filed in.spannbsp; /spanPeople of color were not looking at each other.spannbsp; /spanThere were two African descent people that looked so opposite.spannbsp; /spanOne looked like a colonizer.spannbsp; /spanOne looked like he wanted to be somewhere else./font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"nbsp;/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font size="3"font face="Calibri"Lola opens the class with the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="PNN-WA" data-scaytid="21"PNN-WA/span slam bios. spannbsp;/spanThen I told the class the history of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="PNN…tellin" data-scaytid="39"PNNhellip;tellin#39;/span how a poor mother and daughter started a program from a note from a social worker that said something about a grant in the 90rsquo;s.nbsp; Mama Dee and Tinyspannbsp;turned a note into a revolution.nbsp;/spanThat started it all.spannbsp; /spanAfter I told the history of POOR Magazine, we watched a video about POOR Magazine.spannbsp; /span/font/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"nbsp;/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font size="3"font face="Calibri"Then Lola went through span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="PNN" data-scaytid="45"PNN/span WA rules.spannbsp; /spanTheyrsquo;re a little different from span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="PNN" data-scaytid="47"PNN/span SF rules span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cuz" data-scaytid="53"cuz#39;/span the people there are so square, they wouldnrsquo;t know what a circle was.spannbsp; /span/font/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"nbsp;/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font size="3"font face="Calibri"We watched a video of the murder of John T Williams.spannbsp; /spanHe was killed for crossing the street with a piece of wood in one hand and a supposed open knife that was actually later found sheathed.spannbsp; /spanIt was the instrument of a woodcarver that tells the stories of pieces of wood.spannbsp; /spanThe cop was so untrained as an officer that when seeing a person with a piece of wood and a folded up knife in his hand thatrsquo;s old enough to be his grandfather, he sees that as a threat. He called out to John, ldquo;Hey!rdquo; but did not identify himself as an officer. spannbsp;/spanAnd 4 seconds later you hear gunshots.spannbsp; /spanThe class was horrified.spannbsp; /span/font/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"nbsp;/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font size="3"font face="Calibri"Later she broke the class into two parts.spannbsp; /spanHalf the class was taught about Core-prick (corporate) news by the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="PNN-WA" data-scaytid="23"PNN-WA/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="skolas" data-scaytid="41"skolas/span and the other half of the class deconstructed the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Progr-Ass-have" data-scaytid="55"Progr-Ass-have/span (progressive) media.spannbsp; /spanspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Skolars" data-scaytid="57"Skolars/span were taking their proper place as authorities and privileged kids from the university listened and learned from them.spannbsp; /spanReal span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="skolaship" data-scaytid="59"skolaship/span ndash; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="PNN" data-scaytid="49"PNN/spannbsp;spannbsp;/spanstyle.spannbsp; /spanWhen they came together, the core-prick part of the class was hearing what the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Progr-ASS-haves" data-scaytid="61"Progr-ASS-haves/span heard.spannbsp; /spanAnd vice versa.spannbsp; /spanThen span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="PNN" data-scaytid="51"PNN/span WA span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="skolas" data-scaytid="43"skolas/span read their article about John T Williams to the class.spannbsp; /span/font/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font face="Calibri" size="3"nbsp;/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" font size="3"font face="Calibri"The class started asking questions and the teacher from the next class had to come and kick us out because we had gone overtime but nobody wanted to leave yet.spannbsp; /spanThe students from UW said they loved the presentation and even stayed in the hall to talk to the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="skolas" data-scaytid="3"skolas/span.nbsp; /font/font/p