Gray Panthers, Youth in Action, and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (live blogging #USSF)
Here are summaries of some of the workshops I attended today: Organizing Across Communities: Age & Youth in Action by the Gray Panthers of Metropolitan Washington A workshop run by a sweet group of older (wise) people focused on bridging the gap of age in activism and building an intergenerational movement. Gray hair = gray … Read more
reporting from "ground zero" (live blogging US Social Forum #USSF)
The United States Social Forum launched in 2007 based on the successes and excitement of the World Social Forums. The year 2010 is being marked by various regional events like the US Social Forum to take the place of the World Social Forum. So the fact that Detroit was chosen to host the US Social … Read more
why are there no doctors?
(photo: empty waiting room at Zonke Clinic 2, no doctor) Over the past 8 years Africa, international development, and health care have been the focus of my work and studies. Just last year (it’s been a year already?) I completed an internship in South Africa at a center for children and youth affected by HIV/AIDS … Read more
