Story Archives 2011

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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/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

p/p

p I was sitting on a train in Moravia, the eastern province of The Czech Republic, when I heard a woman calling out from the stairway in the middle of the platform. I didn#39;tnbsp; know what she was asking but she was trying to haul a huge suitcase up the station stairs. There were several people gathered on the platform including a conductor, but no one responded to the woman#39;s query, or offered to help her with her bag. My friend said to me, ldquo;that gypsy woman is trying to find the right train to get on,rdquo; which struck me as being a strange observation. I have struggled with that same train locating issue more than once, so I was immediately sympathetic./p p Out the window, I saw her going back down the stairs for what looked like a second bag, and I realized the train I was on wasn#39;t gong to leave for another few minutes, so I hopped off and helped the woman up the stairs with her second bag. The woman seemed grateful for a hand, but she was clearly in need of some information, which I as a foreigner didn#39;t have. Moreover, I didn#39;t know what she was saying beyond our interaction. It was about that moment that the train she was trying to get on pulled away from the platform. This became clear to me after the conductor--who had watched this whole exchange between myself and the woman--indicated that the train she had been asking about was pulling away. I could see its tail lights off to my right, and I wondered why this man had just stood there while this woman missed her train... and indeed, it turned out to be the last train of the evening./p p She indicated to me that she had to get her bags back out of the station, so I took them down the stairs and then back up and deposited them in front of the station for her. I couldn#39;t do more at that moment and ran back to get on the train I was waiting for, where my friend was sitting. This incident led to an argument, because I didn#39;t understand what I had just seen. There was a single woman who needed help and no one who could have helped her find what she needed did anything about it. I, in my ignorance, simply responded to what looked like needed to happen. And I will never know if that woman waited out front of that station until the next morning or what./p p I didn#39;t understand this, but the little I knew about the view of #39;gypsies#39; in Europe led me to see this as a racist event. After all, there are stories of state sponsored sterilization of gypsy women, or Francersquo;s policy of expelling the Roma people from the country as of last year. In my experience, Gypsies are publicly looked down upon. They are openly discussed at dinner as a #39;problem group#39; and any young person has a story of a time a gypsy stole something from them. I myself had an encounter with a fellow who would always ask me for money, or ask me to buy him things, and the one time I saw him with money in his hand he ran the other way./p p But this criminalizing and narrow part of the story leaves out a big piece of the events that have brought us to where we are.. The gypsies aren#39;t exactly interested in assimilating into the dominant culture, of fixed houses, and economic rules and domination. Though they have faced legal discrimination, oppression and harassment from before the Nazirsquo;s to 2011, they have a heritage of traveling, and of trade, and of movement, and they are resisting the colonization of theirnbsp;way of lifenbsp;by any means necessary./p p I had to admire the story I heard of a family of gypsies getting into public housing and stripping the place down of every removable aspect to the house. You can call that many things, but it is surely a method of resistance. It#39;s a way of saying #39;we are not going to bow to the dominant culture.... ever. In a world like this one, where we seek to conform and buy the latest models of the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ipad" data-scaytid="1"ipad/span, a group of people who will defend their culture like this and refuse to assimilate in any way are warriors./p p And it#39;s far beyond the places in which they live, or the way they provide for themselves. The incident on the train was just one of the ways I saw the public ignore and degrade these traveling people, and treat them like trash./p

p class="MsoNormal" strongScroll Down for English/strong/p p class="MsoNormal" Mi span data-scayt_word="pregunta" data-scaytid="3"pregunta/span sera span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="4"este/span el primer span data-scayt_word="paso" data-scaytid="7"paso/span span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="9"para/span los span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="19"jovenes/spanspannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="inducumentados" data-scaytid="31"inducumentados/span?/p p class="MsoNormal" span data-scayt_word="Hace" data-scaytid="32"Hace/span span data-scayt_word="unas" data-scaytid="33"unas/span span data-scayt_word="semanas" data-scaytid="34"semanas/span el span data-scayt_word="governador" data-scaytid="35"governador/span de California Jerry Brownspannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="firmo" data-scaytid="36"firmo/span la span data-scayt_word="propuesta" data-scaytid="37"propuesta/span de span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="39"ley/span span data-scayt_word="AB130" data-scaytid="50"AB130/span span data-scayt_word="conocida" data-scaytid="52"conocida/span span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="53"como/span ldquo;el span data-scayt_word="acta" data-scaytid="59"acta/span de los span data-scayt_word="sueños”" data-scaytid="61"suentilde;osrdquo;/span/p p class="MsoNormal" En span data-scayt_word="verdad" data-scaytid="63"verdad/span span data-scayt_word="ya" data-scaytid="65"ya/span sespannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="71"porque/span le span data-scayt_word="dicen" data-scaytid="77"dicen/span el span data-scayt_word="acta" data-scaytid="60"acta/span de los span data-scayt_word="sueños" data-scaytid="78"suentilde;os/span, span data-scayt_word="pues" data-scaytid="80"pues/span span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="83"si/span, solospannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="sueños" data-scaytid="79"suentilde;os/span span data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="72"porque/span sin la span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="40"ley/span AB 131 los span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="20"jovenes/span no span data-scayt_word="podran" data-scaytid="93"podran/span span data-scayt_word="obtener" data-scaytid="95"obtener/spanspannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="beneficios" data-scaytid="96"beneficios/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="97"que/span span data-scayt_word="realmente" data-scaytid="141"realmente/span span data-scayt_word="necesitan" data-scaytid="142"necesitan/span , y span data-scayt_word="seguiran" data-scaytid="145"seguiran/span en lo span data-scayt_word="mismo" data-scaytid="146"mismo/span , span data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="147"pero/span lospannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="bueno" data-scaytid="153"bueno/span span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="155"es/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="98"que/span la span data-scayt_word="noche" data-scaytid="163"noche/span span data-scayt_word="ya" data-scaytid="66"ya/span span data-scayt_word="paso" data-scaytid="8"paso/span.spannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="Ya" data-scaytid="164"Ya/span span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="165"esta/spanspannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="amaneciendo" data-scaytid="172"amaneciendo/span span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="10"para/span los span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="21"jovenes/spanspannbsp; /spancon la span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="41"ley/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="99"que/span span data-scayt_word="ya" data-scaytid="67"ya/span span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="166"esta/span span data-scayt_word="firmada" data-scaytid="173"firmada/span, span data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="148"pero/span span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="11"para/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="100"que/span sea span data-scayt_word="completamente" data-scaytid="174"completamente/span span data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="175"una/span span data-scayt_word="realidad" data-scaytid="177"realidad/span span data-scayt_word="necesitamos" data-scaytid="179"necesitamos/span la span data-scayt_word="otra" data-scaytid="181"otra/span span data-scayt_word="mitad" data-scaytid="183"mitad/spanspannbsp; /spande la span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="42"ley/span. span data-scayt_word="Entonces" data-scaytid="185"Entonces/span span data-scayt_word="ya" data-scaytid="68"ya/span no sera un span data-scayt_word="sueno" data-scaytid="186"sueno/span span data-scayt_word="sino" data-scaytid="187"sino/span span data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="176"una/span span data-scayt_word="realidad" data-scaytid="178"realidad/span span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="12"para/span span data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="188"ellos/span. span data-scayt_word="Pero" data-scaytid="195"Pero/span span data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="198"estos/span span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="22"jovenes/span span data-scayt_word="necesitan" data-scaytid="143"necesitan/span el Apollo de span data-scayt_word="sus" data-scaytid="202"sus/span padres y span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="84"si/span span data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="189"ellos/span span data-scayt_word="estan" data-scaytid="208"estan/span span data-scayt_word="atados" data-scaytid="211"atados/span de span data-scayt_word="manos" data-scaytid="212"manos/span span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="214"por/span no span data-scayt_word="tener" data-scaytid="223"tener/span span data-scayt_word="papeles" data-scaytid="224"papeles/span. deverian enpesar con darles span data-scayt_word="papeles" data-scaytid="225"papeles/span a los padres./p p class="MsoNormal" Bueno span data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="149"pero/span span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="215"por/span algo se span data-scayt_word="enpiesa.Yo" data-scaytid="1"enpiesa.Yo/span agradesco al sentilde;or Gil Cedillo. Pues el fue quien presento enspan /spanla asamblea estatal la span data-scayt_word="propuesta" data-scaytid="38"propuesta/span de span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="43"ley/span AB 130/p p class="MsoNormal" Que span data-scayt_word="bueno" data-scaytid="154"bueno/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="101"que/span tengamos a Cedillo en California y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="102"que/span siempre trata de alludar a los inmigrantesspannbsp; /spanparese span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="103"que/span span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="85"si/span le importa el futuro de los span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="23"jovenes/span y despannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="5"este/span pais.spannbsp; /spanTabien agradesco a el sentilde;or gobernador span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="216"por/span aber firmadospannbsp; /spanla span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="44"ley/span span data-scayt_word="AB130" data-scaytid="51"AB130/span/p p class="MsoNormal" Con lo cual la juventud indocumentados span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="54"como/span quien dise span data-scayt_word="ya" data-scaytid="69"ya/span pueden enpesar a caminar con span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="167"esta/span primera parte de la span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="45"ley/span span data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="150"pero/span span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="13"para/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="104"que/span puedan caminar vienspannbsp; /spannesesitan los dos pies no solo span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="156"es/span isquierdo no solo el span data-scayt_word="derecho.Asi" data-scaytid="2"derecho.Asi/span span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="157"es/span sentilde;or gobernador span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="105"que/span piense en el futuro de span data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="199"estos/span span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="24"jovenes/span span data-scayt_word="pues" data-scaytid="81"pues/span span data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="190"ellos/span son los del mantilde;ana .Quizas span data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="191"ellos/span pueden lograr cosas buenas span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="106"que/span span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="6"este/span pais necesita y alcanzar metas span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="107"que/span la guente hoy no lo a logrado realizar. span data-scayt_word="Pero" data-scaytid="196"Pero/span nesecitan el apollo de las personas span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="108"que/span hoy span data-scayt_word="estan" data-scaytid="209"estan/span y tienen el poder de hacer leyes span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="109"que/span span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="86"si/span veneficien no solo a la gente, span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="87"si/span no a el pais completo. Por eso usted quien tiene en span data-scayt_word="sus" data-scaytid="203"sus/span span data-scayt_word="manos" data-scaytid="213"manos/span la span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="46"ley/span sentilde;or gobernador, le pidimos span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="110"que/span lo span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="111"que/span span data-scayt_word="ya" data-scaytid="70"ya/span empezo no lo deje a medias y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="112"que/span firme la span data-scayt_word="otra" data-scaytid="182"otra/span span data-scayt_word="mitad" data-scaytid="184"mitad/span de la span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="47"ley/span, span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="113"que/span span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="158"es/span la AB131 span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="14"para/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="114"que/span haci podamos decir span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="115"que/span span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="88"si/span se a cumplido el ldquo;acta de los span data-scayt_word="sueños”" data-scaytid="62"suentilde;osrdquo;/span y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="116"que/span nuestros span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="25"jovenes/span no encuentren piedras en su camino y tropiecen su carrera span data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="73"porque/span hay muchos span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="26"jovenes/span con demaciado talento span data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="151"pero/span no lo pueden ejerser span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="217"por/span esa barrera span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="117"que/span existe, span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="118"que/span son los span data-scayt_word="papeles" data-scaytid="226"papeles/span y luego span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="218"por/span esto muchos span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="27"jovenes/span prefieren hacer otras cosas span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="119"que/span no usan su talento span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="219"por/span falta de oportunidades o vecas. Ellos no sacan aflote span data-scayt_word="sus" data-scaytid="204"sus/span brillantes ideas y talentos ./p p class="MsoNormal" Y decimos span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="120"que/span Estados Unidos span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="159"es/span el pais mas rico del mundo, no puede ser span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="121"que/span sea en otras cosas menos en oportunidades span data-scayt_word="verdad" data-scaytid="64"verdad/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="122"que/span no? span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="220"por/span eso yo le pido a Dios span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="123"que/span el gobernador firme span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="168"esta/span span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="48"ley/span AB131 span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="15"para/span poder pulir estas piedras presiosas span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="124"que/span span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="160"es/span la juventud span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="125"que/spanspannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="necesitan" data-scaytid="144"necesitan/span becas y asistensia financiera estatal o de otros fondos./p p class="MsoNormal" spannbsp;/spanSi no, jamas veremos span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="126"que/span span data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="200"estos/span span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="28"jovenes/span no span data-scayt_word="podran" data-scaytid="94"podran/span hacer nada span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="16"para/span span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="169"esta/span gran nacion, Por eso goviernos yo les pido span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="127"que/span span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="221"por/span favor apollen a span data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="201"estos/span span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="29"jovenes/span y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="128"que/span span data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="222"por/span span data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="192"ellos/span se abran puertas span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="17"para/span los padres span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="129"que/span bastante lo span data-scayt_word="necesitamos" data-scaytid="180"necesitamos/span span data-scayt_word="pues" data-scaytid="82"pues/span span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="55"como/span dize un dicho ldquo;nadie span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="161"es/span rey en su propia tierrardquo; y span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="89"si/span los span data-scayt_word="jovenes" data-scaytid="30"jovenes/span pueden span data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="74"porque/span negarles la oportunidad de span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="130"que/span span data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="193"ellos/span crescan en saviduria./p div class="im" p class="MsoNormal" Aunque hay gente span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="131"que/span no span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="170"esta/span deacuerdo con span data-scayt_word="esta" data-scaytid="171"esta/span span data-scayt_word="ley" data-scaytid="49"ley/span, gente span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="132"que/span critica y dicespannbsp; /spancosas span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="56"como/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="133"que/span solamente esto sirve span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="18"para/span alentar mas inmigracion illegal/p p class="MsoNormal" no span data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="162"es/span sierto span data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="75"porque/span hay mucha gente span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="134"que/span aun tiene miedo y no se decide agarrar ningun beneficio. Que Dios los vendiga y span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="135"que/span ayude a span data-scayt_word="sus" data-scaytid="205"sus/span padres span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="136"que/span span data-scayt_word="estan" data-scaytid="210"estan/span travajando. Porque hay muchos de span data-scayt_word="ellos" data-scaytid="194"ellos/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="137"que/span paga span data-scayt_word="sus" data-scaytid="206"sus/span inpuestos y eso span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="90"si/span no lo ve nadie y no lo qruitican, span data-scayt_word="pero" data-scaytid="152"pero/span span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="91"si/span el govierno queire ayudar eso span data-scayt_word="si" data-scaytid="92"si/span lo ven mal span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="57"como/span./p p class="MsoNormal" Yo me pregunto, span data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="76"porque/span lo ven tan mal? Luego piensan mal encontra de nosotros los indocumentados. Cuando hay mucha gente span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="138"que/span de los cheques span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="139"que/span ganan, les quitan la cuarta parte y jamas se lo devuelven auque paguen span data-scayt_word="sus" data-scaytid="207"sus/span inpuestos./p /div p class="MsoNormal" span data-scayt_word="Pero" data-scaytid="197"Pero/span span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="58"como/span no tienen span data-scayt_word="papeles" data-scaytid="227"papeles/span jamas se lo debueblen y quien se queda con ese dinero? Preguntence esto ustedes span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="140"que/span piensan lo contrario, y hasta se enojan y nos critican./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" strongEngles/strong strongSigue/strong/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"Is this the first step for the undocumented youth?/span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"nbsp;A few weeks ago the Governor of California Jerry Brown signed into law AB 130, known as the ldquo;The Dream Actrdquo;. I know why they call it that--it is because without AB 131mdash;the other half of the bill--the youth will not be able to acquire the financial assistance that they really need to realize their dreams of higher education. Unless this happens they will continue on the same path.spannbsp; /spanBut good news comes and the night fall has passed. Now the sun is rising for the migrant youth with the passing of AB 130mdash;which would make undocumented immigrant college students eligible for financial aid access to California Community Colleges, state colleges and public universities. But in order for the dream act to be fully realized, the other half of the bill must be passedmdash;AB 131--then it will not just be a dream but a reality. /span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"The youth need the support of their parents--whose hands are tied for lack of documentation.spannbsp; /spanA good start would be to give documentation to the parents. But assembly bills 130 and 131 is a start. I thank Gil Cedillo (California Assemblyman, 45supth/sup District) who was the gentle man that presented the AB 130 proposal. I am happy that we have people like Cedillo in California for always helping migrants. He cares about the future of our youth in this country. /span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"I also want to thank the Governor for signing AB 130, in which the undocumented youth, one would say, can walk on a straight path; but without the other part they will be missing a foot--and you need both feet to walk.spannbsp; /spanAB 131 would allow undocumented students access to Cal Grantsmdash;the state financial aidmdash;and allow undocumented college students to qualify for board of governors fee waivers for community colleges which allows low income students to have their tuition waived.spannbsp; /spanIt would also allow students at the University of California system to be eligible for university grants. spannbsp;/spanAnd so governor, please think of the future of these youth because they are the people of tomorrow. /span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"nbsp;/span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"Maybe it is possible to achieve the good things that this country needs to accomplish--the goals that people have not yet completed. That is why, Governor, it is in your hands. We ask that you finish what you started and that you sign the other half of this bill, AB 131 so that we can say that the ldquo;act of dreamsrdquo; is completed--so that our youth have no bumps and falls on their journey to begin their careers. Many youth with amazing talents cannot attain further education because of the barriers that exists--which is documentation--and it is for the same reason that they do jobs that do not develop their talents. They never chase their career dreams. /span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"nbsp;/span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"And we say that the United States is the richest country in the world. It canrsquo;t be that it is the richest in other things except opportunities, right? I pray to God that the Governor signs the AB 131 to help these precious youth that need grants and financial state assistance and other resources. If not, we will never see these youth do something great for this nation. Governor, I ask that you please support these youth and that the doors become open for the parents that desperately need it. Just like that saying goes, ldquo;Nobody is king in his own landrdquo;, and if the youth can have this why not give them the opportunity to grow wiser./span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"nbsp;/span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"Even though there are people that are against this law, like people that criticize and say that laws like this only work to increase illegal immigration. This is not true, because a lot of people are scared and they decide not to take any benefits. May god bless and help all those parents that keep working hard.nbsp; A lot of those parents pay their taxes but when the government wants to help anyone that is seen negatively and as a bad thing./span/p p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;" span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"nbsp;/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" font face="Calibri" size="3"nbsp;/font/p p br / nbsp;/p

p Terry Baum who is running for Mayor of San Francisco Visited POOR Magazine#39;s Indigenous News-making Circle- Community Newsroom./p p Community Newsroom at POOR Magazine is open to ALL candidates who would like to speak to the youth, adults and elders in poverty who are part of our family. POOR Magazine doesn#39;t endorse ANY candidate running for office in span data-scayt_word="Amerikkka" data-scaytid="1"Amerikkka/span/p

p As many of you are aware, Indigenous Scholar, Korean War Veteran, Professional Football Player, Resistance Leader: Lehman L. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="11"Brightman/span suffered a stroke this past July 22, 2011 and is currently recoverispan class="text_exposed_show"spanng in the hospital. /span/span/p p span class="text_exposed_show"spanDr. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman's" data-scaytid="31"Brightman#39;s/span bio: Lehman L. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="13"Brightman/span is a Sioux and Creek Indian who was born on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Professor span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="15"Brightman/span is the founder and National President of United Native Americans, Inc. an Indian organization formed in 1968, to promote the progress and general welfare of American Indians. /span/span/p p span class="text_exposed_show"spanIn his capacity as President of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="UNA" data-scaytid="33"UNA/span, Mr. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="17"Brightman/span has testified in two span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="U.S" data-scaytid="1"U.S/span Senate Hearings on the deplorable conditions of Indian boarding schools and hospitals on reservations. He led investigations of seven Indian boarding schools and three Indian hospitals due to the poor service and abusive treatment of Indian people. He is a former football and track star at Oklahoma State University where he earned a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="B.A" data-scaytid="3"B.A/span. degree, and he has an span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="M.A" data-scaytid="5"M.A/span. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="19"Brightman/span is an ex-Marine and served one year in the Korean conflict where he was wounded in action. /span/span/p p span class="text_exposed_show"spanProfessor span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="21"Brightman/span established and coordinated the first Native American Studies Program in the United States at span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="UC" data-scaytid="35"UC/span Berkeley in 1969, and has since taught at the University of California in San Diego, Sacramento State University, D-Q University, and Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="23"Brightman/span is the author of numerous articles on the history of Indian education and federal boarding schools. /span/span/p p span class="text_exposed_show"spanHe is the former editor of the first International Indian newspaper called Warpath, and was involved in the occupation of Alcatraz, and the takeover of Wounded Knee, and led the takeover and occupation of Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota in 1970. He was one of the national coordinators of the Longest Walk in 1978, and the Long Walk for Survival in 1980. /span/span/p p span class="text_exposed_show"spanAt the present time, Mr. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="25"Brightman/span is writing a book on the history of the Indian Civil Rights Movement from the 1960#39;s to the present. Dr. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="27"Brightman/span is in need of financial assistance in paying his medical expenses, back taxes, and his mortgage. Any monetary gift is generous and is greatly appreciated. Kindly mail your donation to: United Native Americans, Inc. 2434 span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Faria" data-scaytid="37"Faria/span Avenue span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pinole" data-scaytid="39"Pinole/span, California 94564. /span/span/p p span class="text_exposed_show"spanThe entire span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="U.N.A" data-scaytid="7"U.N.A/span. family would like to personally thank you for assisting us in helping Lehman span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Brightman" data-scaytid="29"Brightman/span during this difficult time. Your continued prayers for his health and welfare are greatly appreciated. For more information, please contact unitednativeamericansinc@gmail/spanwbr.com or (510)672-7187 Sincerely, United Native Americans, Inc.span _fck_bookmark="1" style="display: none"nbsp;/span/wbr/span/p

p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p Editors Note: emspan data-scayt_word="PNN's" data-scaytid="1"PNN#39;s/spannbsp; span data-scayt_word="WeSearch" data-scaytid="2"WeSearch/span is people-led (rather than institution led)nbsp; research and media created by the people who are impacted by the issue we do the research on. in this series we focused on the Military Industrial Complex and its impact on young people in poverty across span data-scayt_word="Amerikkka" data-scaytid="3"Amerikkka/span./em/p p emThis span data-scayt_word="Wesearch" data-scaytid="4"Wesearch/span focus produced one written narrative and a video documentary- the Findings are embedded in both:/em/p p nbsp;/p p strongFrom Papa Bear, Disabled/span data-scayt_word="Houseless" data-scaytid="5"Houseless/span Vietnam Vet/strong/p p nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" People call me Papa Bear. I am span data-scayt_word="houseless" data-scaytid="6"houseless/span. They used to call me Bear, but I help out other folks on the street. If I get something, I share it. I look out for people and help them get what they need. So they started calling me Papa Bear./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" I have a Masters in Psychology from Ohio State, and I have Post Traumatic Stress span data-scayt_word="Sydrome" data-scaytid="7"Sydrome/span (PTSD)spannbsp; /spanfrom my years in the war in Vietnam./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" I killed over 200 people in Vietnam. When you are in that situation, taking life, you lose touch with reality. Anytime you take a life it#39;s traumatic. I started to enjoy it. That is sick. Taking someonersquo;s existence started to make me feel like a god. That is also sick./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Irsquo;m on the highest dose of medication for PTSD and Irsquo;m scared because itrsquo;s starting to not be enough. I hear voices, see faces, of people I killed. Theyrsquo;re dead. I want to tell them to stay dead, donrsquo;t talk to me and donrsquo;t let me see your face./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" I want to get off these streets. I want the government to do what its supposed to do. I volunteered to serve my country, I wasnrsquo;t drafted. And they donrsquo;t even give me a penny to live on./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" I am proud that I was born here, but Irsquo;m totally dissatisfied with this country. I went and got my masters degree. What happened to our ancestors did not happen to us. If you want to do something in this country, you do it. So I volunteered to serve. Now, I am on the streets because of George Bushrsquo;s program to re-evaluate Vietnam vets./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" I have a file of medical records and documentation that is 37 inches high. A yard is only 36 inches. This is over 3 feet tall. I did not need to be re-evaluated./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" I am open to passing on what I learned, but you cannot force another human being to take your opinion if you donrsquo;t want to. I tried talking to young people and they said you donrsquo;t know what yoursquo;re talking about, Irsquo;m still going to do what Irsquo;m going to do. I am very willing to talk about it if people want to listen./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" But not the specifics. You canrsquo;t talk about what happened, because talking about it brings up the memories and those are memories most of us are trying to forget. I donrsquo;t watch movies about the war. span data-scayt_word="Vietmam" data-scaytid="8"Vietmam/span was not something to brag about. Too bloody. Too sad./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p em(this series is dedicated to Philip SB)/em/p

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

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