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THE SECOND FIRE DRILL FRIDAY / GREEN NEW DEAL
It was a successful action last Friday. The crowd was bigger, there was more press covering it and spirits were high. Press is important because that’s how to get the word out: “Wake up fo...
Facebook Live Teach-In: Green New Deal
We’re Live! Join Jane Fonda, Sam Waterston, and Joanna Zhu with Sunrise Movement to talk about why a Green New Deal is so critical if we stand any chance to protect our climate.Join us this Friday at ...
The Launch of Fire Drill Fridays
Speaking today at the launch of Fire Drill Fridays. 17-year-old Jerome Foster 11, who has been striking for Climate every Friday in front of the White House. Left to right: Medea Benjamin of Code Pink...
The Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama
I went to the Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama today. Each hanging block represents a county in a southern state and has the names of the victims and the date of their deaths. Some blocks had ...
STUDENTS’ CLIMATE STRIKE
I’m inspired by Greta Thunberg and the young people who came out in unprecedented numbers, behaving like the mature adults in the room. Greta has called on us to get out of our comfort zones, stop bus...
RISE WITH OUR SISTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
In this time of escalating femicide in South Africa – ONE BILLION RISING (OBR) – AS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT AND AS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY – STANDS WITH OUR SISTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA, as we RISE,...
ORGANIZING IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY WITH WORKING AMERICA
Yesterday I went to Modesto in the northern part of the Central Valley to canvass with Working America and attend a joint fundraiser for them and the North Valley Labor Federation. Two years ago, labo...
Deep Culture Dive
Today was a deep culture dive. In the morning the “Soul of a Nation” exhibit of African American artists at the Broad Museum. Moving, powerful, beautifully curated. Tonight at the Hollywood Bowl, Gust...
FAME
I just got home from a short speaking tour. 4 events. I realized that’s about my limit because it requires me to be awake, rested and present. When Dona (a long-time blog follower) told me her d...