2011: Year of the Activist
In 2008, community activists struggled to be heard as the noise from the presidential race convinced voters that the fate of our nation lay in a battle between two juggernauts, and that non-partisan organizing, once the back-bone of our democracy, had become superfluous.
Fast forward four years, and everything has changed. Seeing our hijacked democracy hurtling towards a fiery crash, the American citizen wrestled itself into the driver’s seat, and is putting our country back on track. We see that our futures will be determined, not by blind hope that a politician will do right by us, but by our country’s most marginalized voices coming together to advocate, loudly and tirelessly, for each other.
2. The failure of legislation that would have mandated a government-issued photo ID to vote in Ohio. This saved 900,000 Ohio voters from being disenfranchised.
6. The failure of Amendment 26 in Mississippi. As long as we live in a society that preaches abstinence-only education and allows rape culture to persist, no politician should support something that gives more rights to a fetus than the woman carrying it.
Just last week Kanye West supported #OccupyWallStreet. Now this week we have Bun B, David Banner, and Tom Morello. Bun B feels that he should be a part of this because their are not enough celebrities and hip-hop artists that talk about the issues we have in America. Watch these videos and see what they have to say for yourself….
One day, everybody will be entitled to a great education and health care. I believe that the two most important things to any society is education and health. A well-educated society is the most productive type. However, there are still too many gaps in both.
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