Monday, June 28, 2010

ussf 2010

late last night a young woman from california and i drove into new york from an intense and inspiring week in detroit attending the
USSF 2010 | Another World Is Possible | Another US Is Necessary
. it was very encouraging to see young people, not only attending in large numbers but also organizing the forum and presenting projects and workshops.

another detroit is happening - testimony to that can be seen in a number of projects including the Heidelberg project in which code pink participated by burying the hummer (pics), d-town farm, and many others. the local communities are stepping up and taking charge to save detroit,

i was most impressed with young desis involvement, particulary, young women working for civil liberties. monami, a young bengali american woman, founded drum 10 years ago, before 9/11 to help working immigrants some non-documented, mostly from south asia.
they are doing wonderful work in collaboration with similar organizations with some amazing results.

another very impressive workshop was presented by young philipino women
one of the guest presenter, hector, a torture survivor from nicaragua was awesome as were two young philipino women who traveled to villages. one published a book of stories written by people who could not get them published. the other brought back traditional musical instruments and wrote and sang a soulful song. this was an unusual interactive workshop.

on the whole it was quite overwhelming.

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