Courage Campaign Needs Your Support to Televise the Prop 8 Trial

  
The battle for the legality of Prop 8 is heating up before it even starts. Currently, Judge Walker is asking the public to comment on whether or not to televise the trial. The pro-Prop. 8 side doesn't want the trial to air preferring to keep their prejudice, discrimination, and hate a secret from the public fearing truth shall see the light of day. The anti-Prop. 8 crew wants everything aired.

Courage Campaign is currently trying to recruit signatures and comments to ensure that trial does go public. Do your part and express your comments  by signing their petition here.

More history on California's Proposition 8, click here (links to Towleroad).

7th Annual Intergenerational Writers Lab Applications Announced

  
Kearny Street Workshop, Intersection for the Arts, and AMATE: Women Painting Stories announced that applications for their 7th Annual Intergenerational Writers Lab yesterday via Twitter. The goal of the Writers Lab is to provide emerging writers with supports and opportunities to take their craft to another level. This includes eight workshops, performing works publicly, and creating a community of writing peers. Writers Lab instructors include Lorna Dee Cervantes, Leticia Hernandez, and Ben Fong‐Torres.

More here.

Anarchonda's Oxymoron

   
Anna Conda (aka Glendon Hyde), candidate for District 6 supervisor, maintains a blog called Anarchonda where she chronicles stories and politics from the finge. She is hoping to make it big in San Francisco politics by championing the voices of the overlooked, underserved, and marginalized.


Recently, she wrote an opinion piece titled "Oxymoron" detailing the disparities be left wing activism and conservative activism ala Tea (Party) Baggers. She calls us to action demanding that we stand up for what we believe in and take to the streets. Her voice is one of courage in the midst of a swirling pool of mindlessness, consumption, and apathy.

This is a must read for anyone interested in hearing from someon other than their own head and fear. It is a message of hope.

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The richest country in the world has about 3.5 million US residents (about 1% of the population) [correction: according to the Census, the population of the USA is approximately 308 million making it approximately 4.5% of the global population], ...statistics for homeless families are even graver -- 52% were turned down by homeless shelters. Change means stepping up a war and paying more money to Huge Insurance Corporations so that the rich can get richer. Moderate means Right Leaning. Right is using fascist scare tactics to pass unconstitutional laws in favor of bigotry and hate and having very little resistance from the liberal media. Nor any opposition from politicians who are hired by the people to take care of the people. More people know who Kim Kardashian is than who the Vice President is and we can't find funding for schools. Texas; since they buy the most books for schools; gets to help right history for our countries public school system. No wonder we are all as fucking stupid as George Bush!

Continue reading here.