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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

p When I arrived at Sacramento, Inbsp;witnessed a press conference formed by ldquo;All of Us or Nonerdquo; (Ex- offenders group). Earl Fears started by saying ldquo;I was visiting one of my friends, a black man, in Pelican Bay. He was in the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="3"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span (Secured Housing Unit) for over 30 years. His skin color had lost its span data-scayt_word="pigmentation.”" data-scaytid="1"pigmentation.rdquo;/span This Poverty span data-scayt_word="skolah" data-scaytid="15"skolah/span thinks of the constitution when he thinks of his friend. The constitution states there shall be no cruel and unusual punishment. The span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="4"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span should be abolished. As it was only established after a moratorium was broken in 1968. Those were the days when they put you back into solitary confinement. They found out that prisoners in solitary confinement were prone to being more violent after they were released./p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p p Prisoners of the infamous span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="5"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span are not even allowed to do simple arts and crafts. Scott span data-scayt_word="Kernan" data-scaytid="16"Kernan/span, Under-Secretarynbsp; of Operations of California Department of Corrections(span data-scayt_word="CDCR" data-scaytid="17"CDCR/span) said in the hearing that if they were given colored pencils that they could potentially signal to other gang members as well as create a more complex code in letters, when they canrsquo;t even see or put any body parts outside of the cell. If such gang ldquo;generalsrdquo; were released, these prisoners would not even be able to comprehend thought or give instructions to their subordinates, due to the wasted time in thorough isolation./p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p p Through my own informed sources, I was told that Scott span data-scayt_word="Kernen" data-scaytid="18"Kernen/span was acting very unprofessional. If he was supposed to be the good guy, I would like to meet his nemesis. When Scott was on the podium he talked to his assemblymen like they were idiots, saying ldquo;That he was more intelligent than they were and that he was superior to a span data-scayt_word="judge.”" data-scaytid="2"judge.rdquo;/span Prisoners found out that some of their relatives were killed due to a guardrsquo;s unemotional provocation and no time to grieve. Letters would mysteriously disappear and the prisoners would think that their families were gone./p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p p Scott justifies this as safety for the people. If a guard has a bug up his backside, they can decide whether or not to give you your hygiene products.nbsp; In 2007, a panel came up with recommendations stating that the condition of the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="6"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span should be reformed along with the interrogations of prisoners in the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="7"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span, better known as de-briefings.nbsp; Another thing that could be changed about the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="8"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span is that a prisonerrsquo;s time in there should not be sentenced by prison guards, who are only there to guard./p p nbsp;/p p Another reason that the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="9"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span should at least be reformed is the ldquo;three-point systemrdquo; to be into the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="10"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span. One of the major reasons why most prisoners are sent to the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="11"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span is from informants, and this scores two points. Other points are put against you for tattoos, or gang related clothing.nbsp; Other prisoners would inform on another just to get out of the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="12"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span.nbsp; A six-year sentence is average in the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="13"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span./p p nbsp;/p p Scott span data-scayt_word="Kernen" data-scaytid="19"Kernen/span should visit the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”--then" data-scaytid="20"ldquo;SHUrdquo;--then/span for the first time he would not be the first in charge. He would realize how cruel and unusual the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="14"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span can really be./p

piframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O35_Ai6EsMU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen/iframe/p div id="watch-description-text" p id="eow-description" Some believe it is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi#39;s plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth./p p It#39;s one of these things that you have to plan almost in secret, because as soon as you say you#39;re going to change over from the dollar to something else, you#39;re going to be targeted, says Ministry of Peace founder Dr James Thring. There were two conferences on this, in 1986 and 2000, organized by Gaddafi. Everybody was interested, most countries in Africa were keen./p p Source: a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://www.rt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.RT.com"http://www.RT.com/a/p /div

p August 26, 2011/p p ldquo;We are not evacuating span data-scayt_word="Rikers" data-scaytid="2"Rikers/span Island,rdquo; Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/08/mike_bloomberg_mandatory_evacuation.php"news conference /athis afternoon. Bloombergnbsp;span data-scayt_word="annouced" data-scaytid="5"annouced/spannbsp;a hostnbsp; of extreme measures being taken by New York City in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, including a shutdown of the public transit system and the unprecedented mandatory evacuation of some 250,000 people from low-lying areas. Butnbsp;in response to a reporterrsquo;s question,nbsp;thenbsp;mayornbsp;stated in no uncertain terms (and with more than a hint of annoyance) thatnbsp;one group of New Yorkers on vulnerable ground will be staying put./p p a href="http://solitarywatch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/rikers1.jpg"img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3751" height="188" src="http://solitarywatch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/rikers1.jpg?w=244h=188" title="rikers1" width="244" //aNew York City is surrounded by small islands and barrier beaches, and a glance at the cityrsquo;s a href="http://www.mockpaperscissors.com/2011/08/26/why-isnt-the-rikers-island-jail-being-evacuated-for-hurricane-irene/"evacuation mapnbsp;/areveals all of them to be in Zone A (already under a mandatorynbsp;evacuation order) or Zone Bndash;all, that is, save one. span data-scayt_word="Rikers" data-scaytid="3"Rikers/span Island, which lies in the waters between Queens and the Bronx, is not highlighted at all, meaning it is not to be evacuated under any circumstances./p p According to the New York City Department of Correctionsrsquo; a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/doc/html/about/facilities_overview.shtml"own website/a, more than three-quarters of span data-scayt_word="Rikers" data-scaytid="4"Rikers/span Islandrsquo;s 400 acres are built on landfillndash;which is generally thought to be more vulnerable to natural disasters. Its ten jails have a capacity of close to 17,000 inmates, andnbsp;normally house at least 12,000, including juveniles and large numbers of prisoners with mental illnessndash;not to mention pre-trial detainees who have yet to be convicted of any crime. There are also hundreds of corrections officers at work on the island./p p We were not able to reach anyone at the NYC DOC for commentndash;but the a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/hurricane-irene-questions-and-answers/"emNew York Times/emlsquo;s City Room /ablog reported: ldquo;According to the cityrsquo;s Department of Correction, no hypothetical evacuation plan for the roughly 12,000 inmates that the facility may house on a given day even exists. Contingencies do exist for smaller-scale relocations from one facility to span data-scayt_word="another.”" data-scaytid="1"another.rdquo;/span/p p For a warning of what can happen to prisoners in a hurricane we need only look back at Katrina, and the horrific conditions endured by inmates at Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans. According to a a href="http://www.aclu.org/prisoners-rights/aclu-report-details-horrors-suffered-orleans-parish-prisoners-wake-hurricane-katrin"report produced by the ACLU/a:/p blockquotep [A]nbsp;culture of neglect was evident in the days before Katrina, when the sheriff declared that the prisoners would remain ldquo;where they belong,rdquo; despite the mayorrsquo;s decision to declare the cityrsquo;s first-ever mandatory evacuation. span data-scayt_word="OPP" data-scaytid="6"OPP/span even accepted prisoners, including juveniles as young as 10, from other facilities to ride out the storm./p p As floodwaters rose in the span data-scayt_word="OPP" data-scaytid="7"OPP/span buildings, power was lost, and entire buildings were plunged into darkness. Deputies left their posts wholesale, leaving behind prisoners in locked cells, some standing in sewage-tainted water up to their chests hellip;/p p Prisoners went days without food, water and ventilation, and deputies admit that they received no emergency training and were entirely unaware of any evacuation plan. Even some prison guards were left locked in at their posts to fend for themselves, unable to provide assistance to prisoners in need./p p nbsp;/p div id="content" h2 August 27, 2011/h2 div class="post-627 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-627" div class="storycontent" div div p strongspan style="font-size: small;"span style="font-family: Georgia;"Take Action for span data-scayt_word="Rikers’" data-scaytid="38"Rikersrsquo;/span Island Prisoners!nbsp; Demand the City Create an Emergency Evacuation Plannbsp; /span/span/strongbr / span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;" /span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"Mayor Bloomberg has announced that in the event of a hurricane, that he will not evacuate prisoners at span data-scayt_word="Rikers’" data-scaytid="39"Rikersrsquo;/span Island, claiming instead to have a ldquo;contingency planrdquo; in place. The experience of prisoners in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina shows that city authorities will abandon the basic rights of prisoners in the face of disaster.br / /span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"We canrsquo;t let Bloomberg get away with this!br / /span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"span style="font-family: Georgia;"(1.) Demand the city strongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"create an emergency evacuation plan by span data-scayt_word="5pm" data-scaytid="42"5pm/span today to evacuate prisoners at span data-scayt_word="Rikers" data-scaytid="13"Rikers/span Island in the event that other areas in Zone B or C around span data-scayt_word="Rikers" data-scaytid="14"Rikers/span Island are evacuated./span/strong/spanbr / /span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"Call NYC Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs at a href="http://alaa2325.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/take-action-for-rikers%E2%80%99-island-prisoners-demand-the-city-create-an-emergency-evacuation-plan/%28212%29%20788-2485" target="_blank"(212) 788-2485/a/span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"a href="mailto:lgibbs@cityhall.nyc.gov" target="_blank"span data-scayt_word="lgibbs@cityhall.nyc.gov" data-scaytid="22"lgibbs@cityhall.nyc.gov/span/a/span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"Twitter: span data-scayt_word="@NYCMayorsOffice" data-scaytid="44"@NYCMayorsOffice/spanbr / /span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"(2.) Call strongon span data-scayt_word="NY1" data-scaytid="45"NY1/span to investigate the status of the ldquo;contingency planrdquo; for span data-scayt_word="Rikers" data-scaytid="15"Rikers/span Island prisoners/strong:/span/p p span style="font-size: small;"span style="font-family: Georgia;"nbsp;a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/contact_us/" target="_blank"http://span data-scayt_word="www.ny1.com" data-scaytid="23"www.ny1.com/span/content/contact_us//a /span/span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"Tel.: nbsp;a href="http://alaa2325.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/take-action-for-rikers%E2%80%99-island-prisoners-demand-the-city-create-an-emergency-evacuation-plan/212-691-6397" target="_blank"212-691-6397/abr / /span/p p span style="font-size: small;"span style="font-family: Georgia;"(3.) strongSubmit evacuation plan demand to cityrsquo;s website: /strong/span/span/p p span style="font-size: small;"span style="font-family: Georgia;"strong-/strongGo to a href="http://nycsevereweather.crowdmap.com/reports/submit/" target="_blank"http://span data-scayt_word="nycsevereweather.crowdmap.com" data-scaytid="24"nycsevereweather.crowdmap.com/span/reports/submit//anbsp; ndash;this is a website set up by the city for people to submit weather-related service problems.nbsp; Locate span data-scayt_word="Rikers" data-scaytid="16"Rikers/span Island on the map and drag the red marker there./span/span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"-Copy and paste this text (or write your own!):/span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"Title: Evacuation plan needed/span/p p span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"The city has no evacuation plan for span data-scayt_word="Rikers" data-scaytid="17"Rikers/span Island, despite its low elevation and its nearly 13,000 prisoners. Please do not let these individuals, or the ones at the nearby floating Vernon C. Bain Correction Center, suffer./span/p /div /div /div /div /div /blockquote

p emAugust 25, 2011/em/p p ...Spanish follows. 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span data-scayt_word="Reverby" data-scaytid="30"Reverby/span , span data-scayt_word="descubrió" data-scaytid="31"descubrioacute;/span span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="32"este/span span data-scayt_word="experimento" data-scaytid="35"experimento/span , span data-scayt_word="donde" data-scaytid="36"donde/span span data-scayt_word="informa" data-scaytid="75"informa/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="8"que/span el span data-scayt_word="Gobierno" data-scaytid="76"Gobierno/span de span data-scayt_word="Estados" data-scaytid="77"Estados/span span data-scayt_word="Unidos" data-scaytid="81"Unidos/span span data-scayt_word="uso" data-scaytid="85"uso/span span data-scayt_word="guatemaltecos" data-scaytid="86"guatemaltecos/span y span data-scayt_word="guatemaltecas" data-scaytid="87"guatemaltecas/span a span data-scayt_word="quienes" data-scaytid="88"quienes/span se les span data-scayt_word="infectado" data-scaytid="90"infectado/spannbsp; con span data-scayt_word="sífilis" data-scaytid="18"siacute;filis/span y span data-scayt_word="gonorrea" data-scaytid="21"gonorrea/span span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="23"para/span span data-scayt_word="experimentos" data-scaytid="3"experimentos/span span data-scayt_word="médicos" data-scaytid="91"meacute;dicos/span./p p span data-scayt_word="Según" data-scaytid="92"Seguacute;n/span span data-scayt_word="informes" data-scaytid="93"informes/span span data-scayt_word="archivados" data-scaytid="96"archivados/span en la Universidad de Pittsburgh ldquo;71 de span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="97"las/span personas a span data-scayt_word="quienes" data-scaytid="89"quienes/span se les span data-scayt_word="inoculo" data-scaytid="102"inoculo/span o span data-scayt_word="infecto" data-scaytid="103"infecto/span span data-scayt_word="han" data-scaytid="104"han/span span data-scayt_word="muerto”" data-scaytid="105"muertordquo;/span/p p SE span data-scayt_word="INFECTABA" data-scaytid="106"INFECTABA/span A span data-scayt_word="PROSTITUTAS" data-scaytid="107"PROSTITUTAS/span/p p Para span data-scayt_word="propagar" data-scaytid="108"propagar/span span data-scayt_word="fácilmente" data-scaytid="110"faacute;cilmente/span la span data-scayt_word="enfermedad" data-scaytid="111"enfermedad/span se span data-scayt_word="infectaba" data-scaytid="115"infectaba/span a span data-scayt_word="prostitutas" data-scaytid="116"prostitutas/span, span data-scayt_word="soldados" data-scaytid="118"soldados/span, span data-scayt_word="enfermos" data-scaytid="119"enfermos/span span data-scayt_word="mentales" data-scaytid="120"mentales/span, span data-scayt_word="prisionero" data-scaytid="122"prisionero/span, y a span data-scayt_word="niños" data-scaytid="123"nintilde;os/span y span data-scayt_word="niñas" data-scaytid="125"nintilde;as/span. span data-scayt_word="Estas" data-scaytid="126"Estas/span span data-scayt_word="pruebas" data-scaytid="127"pruebas/span de span data-scayt_word="enfermedades" data-scaytid="129"enfermedades/spannbsp; span data-scayt_word="venéreas" data-scaytid="130"veneacute;reas/span se span data-scayt_word="efectuaron" data-scaytid="131"efectuaron/span en span data-scayt_word="secreto" data-scaytid="133"secreto/span, sinnbsp; span data-scayt_word="consentimiento" data-scaytid="134"consentimiento/span span data-scayt_word="ni" data-scaytid="135"ni/span span data-scayt_word="conocimiento" data-scaytid="136"conocimiento/span de span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="98"las/span personas span data-scayt_word="afectadas" data-scaytid="137"afectadas/span./p p Dos span data-scayt_word="informes" data-scaytid="94"informes/span span data-scayt_word="más" data-scaytid="138"maacute;s/span span data-scayt_word="sobre" data-scaytid="140"sobre/span span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="33"este/span span data-scayt_word="caso" data-scaytid="141"caso/span/p p El span data-scayt_word="primiero" data-scaytid="142"primiero/span span data-scayt_word="titulado" data-scaytid="143"titulado/span span data-scayt_word="problemas" data-scaytid="145"problemas/span span data-scayt_word="Sereologicos" data-scaytid="147"Sereologicos/span sen span data-scayt_word="Centroamérica" data-scaytid="148"Centroameacute;rica/span, de Genevieve span data-scayt_word="Stouty" data-scaytid="149"Stouty/span y John .C. Cutler, span data-scayt_word="estos" data-scaytid="150"estos/span span data-scayt_word="informes" data-scaytid="95"informes/span son span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="99"las/span span data-scayt_word="pruebas" data-scaytid="128"pruebas/span span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="9"que/span span data-scayt_word="efectuaron" data-scaytid="132"efectuaron/span con span data-scayt_word="niños" data-scaytid="124"nintilde;os/span en el span data-scayt_word="puerteo" data-scaytid="151"puerteo/span de San span data-scayt_word="José" data-scaytid="152"Joseacute;/span span data-scayt_word="Escuintla" data-scaytid="153"Escuintla/span./p p El span data-scayt_word="segundo" data-scaytid="155"segundo/span span data-scayt_word="informe" data-scaytid="156"informe/span span data-scayt_word="titulado" data-scaytid="144"titulado/span span data-scayt_word="Avances" data-scaytid="157"Avances/span span data-scayt_word="Venereológicos" data-scaytid="158"Venereoloacute;gicos/span en la span data-scayt_word="sección" data-scaytid="159"seccioacute;n/span de la span data-scayt_word="Dirección" data-scaytid="160"Direccioacute;n/span General de span data-scayt_word="Sanidad" data-scaytid="161"Sanidad/span span data-scayt_word="Publica" data-scaytid="162"Publica/span de Guatemala del span data-scayt_word="médico" data-scaytid="163"meacute;dico/span span data-scayt_word="guatemalteco" data-scaytid="164"guatemalteco/span Juan span data-scayt_word="María" data-scaytid="165"Mariacute;a/span span data-scayt_word="Funes" data-scaytid="166"Funes/span span data-scayt_word="Fonseca" data-scaytid="167"Fonseca/span span data-scayt_word="donde" data-scaytid="37"donde/span describe span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="168"como/span se contagiaba o inoculaba la bacteria a span data-scayt_word="prostitutas" data-scaytid="117"prostitutas/spannbsp; span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="24"para/span span data-scayt_word="propagar" data-scaytid="109"propagar/span la span data-scayt_word="enfermedad" data-scaytid="112"enfermedad/span./p p span data-scayt_word="Estados" data-scaytid="78"Estados/span span data-scayt_word="Unidos" data-scaytid="82"Unidos/span Lidero los Experimentos/p p Esto sucedioacute; durante la administracioacute;n de Harry Truman en los antilde;os 1945 1953. ldquo;Es algo chocante condenable, es traacute;gico y span data-scayt_word="Estados" data-scaytid="79"Estados/span span data-scayt_word="Unidos" data-scaytid="83"Unidos/span desde luego se disculpanbsp; ante todos aquellos afectados por estordquo; afirmo el portavoz de la Casa Blanca Robert Gibbs./p p El presidente Colon de Guatemala aceptonbsp; span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="100"las/span disculpas y dijo ldquo;Estos delitos pueden considerarse span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="169"como/span delitos de LESA HUMANIDAD ldquo;/p p Este descubrimiento se suma a span data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="101"las/span buenas relaciones entre Guatemala y span data-scayt_word="Estados" data-scaytid="80"Estados/span span data-scayt_word="Unidos" data-scaytid="84"Unidos/span de Norteameacute;rica, span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="10"que/span apoyo el derrocamiento del presidente electo Jacobo Arbenz en el antilde;o 1954 y tambieacute;n bombardeo a la opinioacute;n puacute;bica nacional e internacional con la informacioacute;n span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="11"que/spannbsp; una nuevanbsp; amenaza surgiacute;a ennbsp; Guatemala con un creciente comunismo, span data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="25"para/span concluir con el apoyo a varios gobiernos militares, represivos y sangrientos durante una larga guerra interna de 40 anos span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="12"que/span costoacute; span data-scayt_word="más" data-scaytid="139"maacute;s/span de 200,000 personas muertas, 45,000 desaparecidos, y exilia dos y auto exiliados./p p nbsp;Significado de algunas palabras del presente articulo/p p Para entender mejor la siguiente noticia se agregan algunos temimos y palabras, no todos los lectores conocen span data-scayt_word="este" data-scaytid="34"este/span vocabulario./p p Ennbsp; lenguaje de la academia se define span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="170"como/span criacute;menes de Lesa humanidad: Son atrocidades cometidas por los gobiernos, u organizaciones gubernamentales en contra de grupos de personas civiles y trabajadores span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="13"que/span estaacute;n bajo su control./p p Atrocidades el diccionario dice: Accioacute;n cruel y violenta barbaridadnbsp; y agrega ldquo;En todas la guerras se cometennbsp; atrocidades, bestialidades ldquo;/p p QUE SIFILIS/p p Siacute;filis suena span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="171"como/span un buen personaje de caricatura span data-scayt_word="como" data-scaytid="172"como/span micifuz, pero span data-scayt_word="sífilis" data-scaytid="19"siacute;filis/span, te puede matar. Siacute;filis es una span data-scayt_word="enfermedad" data-scaytid="113"enfermedad/span de transmisioacute;n sexual y se puede transmitir de la madre al fetonbsp; y al nacer el bebe puede morir pronto o desarrollar ceguera, sordera, paraacute;lisis, deformidades o span data-scayt_word="problemas" data-scaytid="146"problemas/span span data-scayt_word="mentales" data-scaytid="121"mentales/span./p p GONORREA/p p Enfermedad de transmisioacute;n sexual por una bacteria span data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="14"que/span crece y se multiplica el pene y la vagina de la mujer. La madre puede transmitir al feto la span data-scayt_word="enfermedad" data-scaytid="114"enfermedad/span, el bebe al nacer le provoca ceguera infeccioacute;n en articulaciones y infeccioacute;n sanguiacute;nea./p p/p p...Ingles singue..../p p EXPERIMENTS/p p From 1946 through 1948, United States scientists led by Dr. John C. Cutler infected hundreds of Guatemalan people with syphilis and gonorrhea. US scientists then practiced illegal experiments on these forcefully infected people to test the power of the medicine, penicillin. In Dr. Susan Reverby#39;s 2010 discovery of this experiment, she revealed that the United States government used Guatemalan men and women to perform medicalnbsp; experiments, many of whom were later not provided treatment. Over the course of studies based at the University of Pittsburgh, 71 infected Guatemalan subjects were observed to have died./p p THEY WOULD INFECT PROSTITUTES/p p To spread the sickness faster they would infect prostitutes, as well as soldiers, people institutionalized in mental hospitals, prison inmates, and young kids. The tests were performed in secret without peoples#39; consent. In addition to Dr. Cutler#39;s report, two other scientists#39; reports verify that Cutler and associates infected kids in the Port of San Jose span data-scayt_word="Escuintla" data-scaytid="154"Escuintla/span in Guatemala./p p One of these alternative reports, found under venereological advances in the general index of Guatemala#39;s public health department, from Dr. Guatemalteco Jose Maria, describes that scientists would infect prostitutes with the bacteria to spread the sickness. The experiments were conducted under President Harry Truman#39;s cabinet, between the years 1945 and 1953./p p Dr. Reverby#39;s revelatory report was very hard to believe for many people. According to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, United States officials apologized to all the people that were effected by the experiments. President Cabellaros of Guatemala accepted the apologies and said that these kinds of things should be punishable by law./p p This apology helped to maintain good relations between Guatemala and the United States today, but in the 1950s, such scientific experimentation helped remove then-president Jacobo Arbenz from power in the year 1954. With this experimentation, the US government was also able to keep track of Communist activity in Guatemala. Over the following 40 years, US involvement in Guatemala, with the help of various other governments,nbsp; sustained the long war of 40 years that killed more than 200,000 people. 45,000 were never found./p

p The poet Charles span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Bukowski" data-scaytid="16"Bukowski/span wrote that it is sometimes necessary for a writermdash;addressing a particular subjectmdash;to have some distance between him (Or her) self and said subject.nbsp; It has been a quarter of a century since I worked at a church in the capacity of sextonmdash;also known as janitor. I currently occupy the position of door attendant at an upscale apartment complex in the city.nbsp; I cannot afford to live at this complex, nor can I afford the array of polo shirts I see clinging to the various emin-shape/emmdash;and sometimes emout-of-shape/em--bodies as they make their way past the desk.nbsp; I sometimes feel like a beauty contest judge as I watch this passel of humanity sauntermdash;and occasionally limpmdash;past me.nbsp; Where is the beauty, I ask?nbsp; I see lots of new clothes and very expensive shoes which bring to mind a quote by span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="H.D" data-scaytid="1"H.D/span. Thoreau:/p p nbsp;/p p emldquo;It is an interesting question how far men would retain their/em/p p emrelative rank if they were divested of their clothesrdquo;/em/p p nbsp;/p p The quote is liberatingmdash;so much so that I copy it on an index card and slip it in my back pocket.nbsp; I read the quote and get the urge to run through the halls of this high end apartment complex, stripping myself of clothing, shedding them like leaves.nbsp; I picture myself running across the halls, banging on doors and running away.nbsp; I imagine myself naked and free, people looking at me as if Irsquo;d lost my mind as I call on them to join me in this new found freedom.nbsp; Then I hear a siren followed by two very large men who seem to occupy the space between two words: Stolid and stupid.nbsp; They are wearing clothesmdash;uniformsmdash;blue, to be exact.nbsp; They proceed to toss my naked ass in the squad car.nbsp; Peace restored./p p nbsp;/p p Which brings me back to 25 years ago when Imdash;fully clothedmdash;was hired as a sexton at a church about 6 blocks from my current place of employment.nbsp; The church was large, Presbyterian, with a congregation of mostly elders.nbsp; The staircase was imposingnbsp;and the entire structure was topped with anbsp;precise roof.nbsp; A friendrsquo;s mother, who knew I was in school and in need of a job, suggested I see a fellow named Art--the maintenance supervisor--at the Church.nbsp; She had attended the church years ago and stayed in contact with some in the congregation.nbsp; Art, apparently, was looking for a part time janitor to carry some of the load following his 3rd heart attack.nbsp; ldquo;Itrsquo;s all set uprdquo; my friendrsquo;s mother said.nbsp; ldquo;I told him yoursquo;ll be there tomorrow, at 2rdquo;.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p I arrive at the church door at 2. I look at the grain of the wood.nbsp; The door would be appropriate in a fortress.nbsp; I feel like a dwarf.nbsp; Inbsp;surmise it would take 2, maybe 3 people to push it open.nbsp; It is beautiful.nbsp; A metal door ring is affixed to the door. nbsp;I get the crazy idea that knocking would hurt the wood.nbsp; I stand and look at the trees a few yards away near the sidewalkrsquo;s edge.nbsp; I consider walking away but I need a job.nbsp; I lift the ring and give the door three reverent knocks.nbsp; No answer.nbsp; I give three more knocks--this time irreverent.nbsp;/p p ldquo;Heyhellip;Hey!rdquo; a voice calls from outside./p p I descend the stairs and look both ways.nbsp;/p p ldquo;Over here!rdquo;/p p I look down.nbsp; A manrsquo;s head is sticking from a window, hands waving.nbsp; I walk towards him./p p ldquo;Irsquo;m here for the janitorialmdash;ldquo;, I begin/p p ldquo;I know, I knowrdquo; he says, waving me over.nbsp; ldquo;Come on down to the glory holerdquo;./p p He closes the window. I walk past a few skinny trees and bushes and head down a flight of stairs and into the glory hole./p p nbsp;/p p The glory hole is stuffymdash;smelling of holy water, urine and rancid meat.nbsp; The ceiling is low./p p ldquo;Come on inhellip;I ainrsquo;t span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gonna" data-scaytid="18"gonna/span hurt span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ya”" data-scaytid="20"yardquo;/span./p p I wade through a path lined with paint cans and industrial cleaning supplies and head towards a desk strewn with papers and partially crushed soda cans.nbsp; I take a seat./p p ldquo;My name is Art Carneyrdquo; said the man, moving papers, searching for something./p p ldquo;Art Carney?rdquo; I said.nbsp; ldquo;You mean, like the guy onmdash;ldquo;/p p ldquo;TVhellip;yeah, I know.nbsp; Irsquo;ve heard that a million times.nbsp; But I span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="aint’" data-scaytid="22"aintrsquo;/span him and he ainrsquo;t merdquo;.nbsp;/p p I looked at Artrsquo;s facemdash;fat, slightly freckled, receding hairline.nbsp; The room looked like an adult playroom.nbsp; Cassette tapes were lined on a shelf next to bottles of beer.nbsp; I scanned the walls for a picture of Jesus.nbsp;/p p ldquo;You do janitorial work before?rdquo;/p p ldquo;Yes, with my dadrdquo;/p p ldquo;Where?rdquo;/p p ldquo;In the city.nbsp; He had a janitorial businessrdquo;./p p Art shook his head.nbsp; He searched my face, as if to verify something.nbsp; He reached below to open the desk drawer but his belly was in the way.nbsp; He backed away, pulled it open./p p ldquo;Fill this outhellip;itrsquo;s an applicationrdquo; he said, tossing a tablet with applications towards me.nbsp; I tore one off, leaving one behind.nbsp; I begin writing my name.nbsp;/p p ldquo;Where it says emposition applied for/emhellip;you write in emsexton/emrdquo;./p p ldquo;Sexton? I thought it was janitor?rdquo;/p p Art looked at me, inhaled./p p I put a line through the word janitor./p p How do you spell sexton? i asknbsp;/p p ldquo;Yoursquo;ll start this Sundayrdquo; he said, not hearing my question.nbsp; ldquo;Donrsquo;t be laterdquo;/p p ldquo;I wonrsquo;t/p p nbsp;/p p I got there on time.nbsp; I, as my uncle would say, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sexton’d" data-scaytid="24"sextonrsquo;d/span my ass off.nbsp; I cleaned toilets with a red solution that resembled span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Chambord" data-scaytid="26"Chambord/span liqueur.nbsp; My uncle was also a janitor, working for the city and county.nbsp; He would mention to his friends that I was a sextonmdash;implying that it was a higher class of janitor.nbsp; His friends, not knowing the term sexton (They kept pronouncing it span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sexin’" data-scaytid="28"emsexin/emrsquo;/span), thought it had something to do with sex.nbsp; When he mentioned that I was working in a church, they were convinced.nbsp; ldquo;Tell young blood to watch his assrdquo; theyrsquo;d say.nbsp; ldquo;You know about them priestshellip;the moment you bend over to change the toilet paper they span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gettin" data-scaytid="29"gettin/span#39; off inside span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="yo’" data-scaytid="31"yorsquo;/span assrdquo;.nbsp; I checked the soap dispensers, cleaned the toilets, sink and changed the toilet papermdash;making sure to be mindful of my surroundings prior to flushing.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p Art Carney seemed fairly decent.nbsp;nbsp; He began opening up to me, slowly.nbsp; One day we were washing the church windows.nbsp; He stood holding the ladder which I ascended, intent on illustrating my glass cleaning artistry.nbsp; I used the squeegee like a paintbrush, gliding left to right, turning the curves as if painting a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="rubenesque" data-scaytid="33"rubenesque/span female in the presence of saints.nbsp;/p p ldquo;Hey!rdquo;/p p I look down./p p ldquo;Yeah?rdquo;/p p Art was leaning on the ladder more then steadying it.nbsp; His red face was sweating in the chilly air./p p ldquo;Donrsquo;t waste time being fancy.nbsp; Just use one motion with the squeegeehellip;top to bottomhellip;up then downrdquo;/p p ldquo;Okrdquo;/p p I lifted the squeegee, brought it down in a cutting motion.nbsp; It was faster this way but I found it boringmdash;no variationmdash;like sex performed in one positionmdash;up and downmdash;heaven or hell, right or wrongmdash;no room for argument. I stepped to the bottom of the ladder.nbsp; I lifted it onto my shoulder.nbsp; Art inspected my work.nbsp; We headed back towards the glory hole. I felt powerful, balancing the metal laddermdash;heavy but not overly so.nbsp; We stopped at the door.nbsp; Art dug into his pocket./p p ldquo;They never told merdquo; said Art/p p ldquo;What?rdquo;/p p ldquo;That red meat was bad for yourdquo;/p p ldquo;Is that how you got 3 heart attacks?rdquo;/p p ldquo;Nohellip;the red meat was responsible for 2 of themrdquo;/p p ldquo;And the other?rdquo;/p p ldquo;I got it from a niggerrdquo;/p p I looked at Art.nbsp; I wasnrsquo;t sure Irsquo;d heard him correctly, or did I?rdquo;/p p You mean span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="niggah...right" data-scaytid="3"emniggah/em...right/span?/p p I span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="meant...nigger" data-scaytid="4"meant...emnigger/em/span/p p Well, i span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mean...there" data-scaytid="6"mean...there/span is a difference you know, between nigger and emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="niggah" data-scaytid="35"niggah/span/em.nbsp; And it is well documented that span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="niggah's" data-scaytid="39"strongn/strongiggah#39;s/span stronga/strongren#39;t stronga/stronglways strongc/strongolored strongp/strongeople?/p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Documented...where" data-scaytid="8"Documented...where/span?/p p You#39;ve heard of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="N.A.A.C.P" data-scaytid="10"N.A.A.C.P/span. haven#39;t you?/p p What#39;s that?/p p Never mind.nbsp; How about a hamburger?/p p ldquo;This nigger popped out of the bushesrdquo; Art continued.nbsp; ldquo;Scared the shit out of me.nbsp; I fell to the ground wishing I had my gun.nbsp; Anyway, the guy helps me up, asks me I could give him a dollar.nbsp; I tell him to take my walletrdquo;./p p ldquo;Did he take it?rdquo;/p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“Yeah...he" data-scaytid="12"ldquo;Yeah...he/span took it, opened it and took a dollar out.nbsp; Then he walks me to the glory hole, sits me down, calls 911 and leaves.nbsp; Can you believe that?rdquo;/p p Art finds his keys, opens the door.nbsp;The conversation about nigger vs.nbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="niggah" data-scaytid="37"niggah/span was disconcerting.nbsp; I felt the urge to kick him in the balls but--even if i did--given Art#39;s girth in the midriff area, i doubt i would hit anything other than fat. nbsp;I follow his 3 heart attack-having, two-ton redneck ass into the glory hole, the ladder heavy on my shoulders./p p nbsp;/p p I spent one more month cleaning toilets, making coffee for the church ladiesmdash;who took me by the wrists and told me what a nice boy I was.nbsp; I cleaned the toilets, mopped the floor and blew leaves of the sidewalk with a very loud leaf blower.nbsp;I would have to vacuum the main sanctuary at night, which was scary.nbsp; There were air pockets, or perhaps holes, that i wasn#39;t aware of where air would come through.nbsp;nbsp;The noise sounded like emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ooooooooh...oooooooh" data-scaytid="14"ooooooooh...oooooooh/span/em.nbsp; I always hurried through that portion of the job.nbsp; Mostlynbsp;I did what I was told: emStay down in that glory hold until the service ends/em.nbsp; I ended my service leaving only my keys behind./p p nbsp;/p p That was a quarter of a century ago.nbsp; I sometimes think about Art.nbsp; Is he still alive?nbsp; Did he improve his diet?nbsp; Did his wife stick with that yoga class?nbsp; I sit here at my present job, watching the affluent go bymdash;one by one.nbsp; I take my rag and buff the French door windows.nbsp; I see myself,nbsp;the kid I was washing the church windowsmdash;one motion: up/down/, right/wrong, heaven/hell.nbsp; Irsquo;ve come far in a distance of six blocks.span _fck_bookmark="1" style="display: none"nbsp;/span/p p nbsp;/p p emstrongPhoto courtesy Davis Wiki--nbsp;a href="http://daviswiki.org/" target="_blank"font color="#0068cf"http://span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="daviswiki.org" data-scaytid="40"daviswiki.org/span//font/a/strong/embr / nbsp;/p

p (Co-editor#39;s note--This wonderful piece was written by poet span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sarahí" data-scaytid="9"Sarahiacute;/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yajaira" data-scaytid="15"Yajaira/span.nbsp; I came across it through mutual friend, poet Marvin White via his Facebook page.nbsp; The piece made me think of food, and how it brings us together--how it beckons our ancestors and allows us to give thanks to them and acknowledge their presence.nbsp; POOR Magazine thanks span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sarahí" data-scaytid="11"Sarahiacute;/span for allowing us to republish this piece from her blog.nbsp;To read more of her work, check out her blog:nbsp; a href="http://writingdistillslove.wordpress.com/"http://span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="writingdistillslove.wordpress.com" data-scaytid="1"writingdistillslove.wordpress.com/span//a.nbsp; Tony Robles--Co-Editor, POOR Magazine)/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="jamas" data-scaytid="131"jamas/span le span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="niegues" data-scaytid="19"niegues/span anbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="alguien" data-scaytid="21"alguien/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tres" data-scaytid="23"tres/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cosas" data-scaytid="25"cosas/span:br / un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="vaso" data-scaytid="27"vaso/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="agua" data-scaytid="29"agua/span,nbsp;un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="plato" data-scaytid="31"plato/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="comida" data-scaytid="33"comida/span,br / el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="uso" data-scaytid="35"uso/span de un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="baño.”" data-scaytid="3"bantilde;o.rdquo;/span/embr / span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="-Doña" data-scaytid="37"-Dontilde;a/span Juananbsp;Rivera/p p nbsp;/p p in 1985./p p my emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="abuela" data-scaytid="39"abuela/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="juana" data-scaytid="47"juana/span/em was a Mother.nbsp;to her eleven children, forty-six grandchildren and a little six-storynbsp;tenement building that sat in the middle of a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="spanish" data-scaytid="49"spanish/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="harlem" data-scaytid="51"harlem/span, new span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="york" data-scaytid="53"york/span city block in the 12 orsquo;clock shadow of the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="taino" data-scaytid="55"taino/span towers./p p 218 e. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="122nd" data-scaytid="57"122nd/span street./p p on span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sundays" data-scaytid="59"sundays/span my emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="abuela" data-scaytid="41"abuela/span/em cooked. and when i say she cooked, i mean she had the emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cucharones" data-scaytid="63"cucharones/span/em banging on emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="calderos" data-scaytid="65"calderos/span,nbsp;el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="horno" data-scaytid="67"horno/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="encendio’" data-scaytid="69"encendiorsquo;/spannbsp;/emmaking music in that kitchen to the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="rythmn" data-scaytid="71"rythmn/span of my aunts chatter and emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="chismes" data-scaytid="73"chismes/span/em. while the men played emdomino/em talking emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pelota" data-scaytid="75"pelota/span y lorsquo; span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="yankis" data-scaytid="77"yankis/span o los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mets…" data-scaytid="79"metshellip;/span/emnbsp;and the kids ran up and down emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="81"las/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="escaleras" data-scaytid="83"escaleras/span./em/p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sunday" data-scaytid="85"sunday/span was another way of saying family. if we werenrsquo;t at span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="randall’s" data-scaytid="89"randallrsquo;s/span island, we were at emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="abuela’s" data-scaytid="91"abuelarsquo;s/span /emor at emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Titi" data-scaytid="93"Titi/span Isabelrsquo;s. /embut cooking was happening. and so was eating. and Love./p p when it was time to eathellip; my grandma would lead us in prayer and she would always say something along the emldquo;hellip; y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="95"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="aquellos" data-scaytid="99"aquellos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="97"que/span no span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tienen" data-scaytid="101"tienen/span de comer, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="encuentren" data-scaytid="133"encuentren/span el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="camino" data-scaytid="105"camino/span a mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cocina.”" data-scaytid="5"cocina.rdquo;/span /em(hellip;and may those who donbsp;not have a meal, find their way to my kitchen)./p p cooking lesson 101: we are responsible for each other (blood related or not)./p p this isnbsp;something that has always stayed with ushellip; as the cousins have all grown older, we always tell each other, ldquo;stop by therersquo;s always a plate for one span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="more.”" data-scaytid="7"more.rdquo;/span and we remember emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="abuela" data-scaytid="43"abuela/span./emnbsp;it was never a lesson that we werenbsp;taught in the sense of sitting us down to tell ushellip; it was just a natural way of nurturing./p p between the emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pernil" data-scaytid="107"pernil/span, el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pollo" data-scaytid="109"pollo/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="arroz" data-scaytid="111"arroz/span con span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gandules" data-scaytid="113"gandules/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ensalada" data-scaytid="115"ensalada/span de papa, y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="escabeche" data-scaytid="117"escabeche/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mollejitas" data-scaytid="119"mollejitas/span/em we realized we had enough to fill our bellies and our hearts and those around us./p p hellip;yoursquo;d always see a few of us bringing somebody else. ldquo;this is my span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="amiga" data-scaytid="121"amiga/span from schoolhellip;rdquo; you didnrsquo;t even have to finishnbsp;saying her name, whonbsp;she was related to, hownbsp;shenbsp;got herehellip;nbsp;when she was already being handed a plate. and thennbsp;someone shouting, emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“quien" data-scaytid="123"ldquo;quien/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="falta" data-scaytid="125"falta/span de comer?rdquo; /em/p p emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="abuela" data-scaytid="45"abuela/span /emfed more than just our bellies. she fed our hearts with a sense of responsibility that lives in each of us eighteen years after her physical body left us. but her presence is still present in our meals./p p feeding thenbsp;collective emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="127"familia/span/emnbsp;is not just culturehellip; itrsquo;s a commandment. food is just food if it has no nourishment that goes beyond the one it provides the physical body.nbsp;emstrongnbsp;ifnbsp;you cannot feed the soul, donrsquo;t even bother to cook./strong/em/p p on span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sundays" data-scaytid="61"sundays/span and every dayhellip; may i always feed souls./p p ~span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Sarahí" data-scaytid="13"Sarahiacute;/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Yajaira" data-scaytid="17"Yajaira/span, 2011 copy;/p p emwriterrsquo;s note: a special thanks to Marvin span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Bings" data-scaytid="129"Bings/span and Antonio Robles for inspiring my span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="sunday" data-scaytid="87"sunday/span muse./em/p

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

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

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