boothism

Collaboration, network building, technology, thrown in with some whimsy and rhythm: these are the protest and political action tools that get me excited these days.  And just like I’ve been advocating for journalists and media to expand their ideas on what, exactly, compromises News and Journalism, I’ve been looking more into the social justice and grassroots organizing worlds for collabs and innovative campaigns that combine the best of new media coalition building and tech.

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Lots has been going on over the last few that I’ll be writing about and processing over the next few weeks.

We produced a journalism and media conference, won the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for the West Oakland Toxic Tour series, have been engaging in an interesting and eye opening conversation on community, media, tech and representation and have been generally trying to decompress after 5+ months of general life hecticness.

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What do you get when you combine a group of young black folks, a bunch of bikes and a sunny Saturday afternoon?

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You can always tell when the words poised at the edge of someone’s mouth, waiting to spill out in a declarative statement, will be bad news. Doesn’t matter if it’s face to face or phone to ear, there’s always a pause-a heavy hesitation that hangs in the air right before the words come.  Then a sigh.

The hesitation was there when I picked up the phone. “Hey moms, what’s up?”

…

…

Sigh.

Shit. What now?

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Genius Child

-Langston Hughes

This is a song for the genius child.
Sing it softly, for the song is wild.
Sing it softly as ever you can -
Lest the song get out of hand.

Nobody loves a genius child.

Can you love an eagle,
Tame or wild?
Can you love an eagle,
Wild or tame?
Can you love a monster
Of frightening name?

Nobody loves a genius child.

Kill him — and let his soul run wild.

If you’re in Oakland tonight and have ever wondered about how women feel about all those “casual” pickup lines and cat calls that happen on the reg. then you should come see this film tonight. Actually if you’ve never thought about it you probably need to see this film even more. Read the rest of this entry »

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