Axioms for Organizers

“Don’t waste time fighting the competition; use that time to fight the issues and win and that will take care of the competition.”
“We educate people in order to organize them.  We don’t organize people in order to educate them.”
“Good organizers never give up – they get the opposition to do that.”
“Usually those who can spare [...]

Photos from CBC press conference

Check out a slideshow of my photos from the Congressional Black Caucus press conference on Darfur (May 19, 2009)

Questions & Interventions

There’s an interesting and robust debate going on in the blog-o-sphere on the questions surrounding international interventions.
Amanda at Wronging Rights started off the debate with the following questions, about which she says: “As far as I’m concerned, no intervention can be appropriate unless all of those questions have been answered in the affirmative. Unfortunately, arguments [...]

“Our souls are rested”

Posted at Blog for Darfur.
Gloria White-Hammond from Genocide Prevention Month on Vimeo.
One of the most rousing moments of Sunday’s event was a short speech by Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, the chair of the board of Save Darfur.  Rev. Gloria inspired the crowd to continue the long fight against genocide by recounting the story of Dr. Martin [...]

Washington, DC Honor the Past – Act Now for Darfur event

IMG_6549, originally uploaded by shaggy2797.
Girl adds her postcard asking President Obama to act for Darfur at the Washington, DC event honoring Genocide Prevention Month and calling for action in Darfur.
Photo copyright: Ryan Riley

Taxes – not at ALL like the Holocaust

Dear “tea party” anti-tax activists:
Taxes are not like the Holocaust.  They’re not even like war crimes.  They’re taxes – part of the price we pay to live in a country where we are ensured democratic transition of power, education, and a basic safety-net if things go wrong for us or our families.  Those are all [...]