Back to the Drawing Board

It has been months since I have been to this website, inspired to write to the people. I suppose I shall give an update as to what I’ve been up to lately. I’ll start where I left off.

1. Looptopia, Chicago. I never entered the art festival sponsored by Around the Coyote . My work was not selected to be shown. From what I gathered volunteering at Around the Coyote (Atc), we have different ideologies about art. My art serves the purpose to create change and challenge the existing power structure. It is for the People Whereas AtC prefers artists who have already made it within the existing power structure. I now no longer volunteer at Around the Coyote and my art is currently on display in my apartment where friends and visitors can challenge themselves when they come to visit.

2. Education. In mid February I applied for the paralegal program at Roosevelt University and got accepted for the fall semester. It is a 5 month program and I will be finished by February 2009. Afterwards, I have the goal of working for a civil rights law firm as a legal assistant where I can hopefully make a difference within the existing power structure. I also hope to meet people who are willing to work outside of the system to create change. ie, build a movement.

3. Relationships. I don’t mean to put my personal business out in public, but I think that it is important for the people to know that a black heterosexual couple’s relationship is thriving in a society that constantly sees black men as pimps and players and black women as objects and whores for the black men and whose relationships are generally dominating and authoritarian as a result from the traumas of slavery. My psrtner an I both strive to live outside the box of ‘blackness’, which is used to describe poor black folks. (remember this is a class war not a race war) and I have found that communication is key to any relationship friend or romantic. It has been 10 months and my partner moved into my apartment in june and things are going beautifully well thanks to our practice of open communication and truthfulness with our selves.

4. Now. I am currently working as a bike delivery driver for a sandwich shop while waiting for summer to pass and school to start. I make enough to sustain myself minimally by working 15-20 hours per week and I spend my free time educating myself about my people’s political history by reading books about the black power movement, the labor struggle, and the women’s liberation movement. I can truly say that I am enjoying my current position in life, but I wish I could be doing more for the people- I want to ‘integrate theory with practice’ as Huey Percy Newton states. I am only 23 and Bobby Seale was 30 when he helped found the BPP, so I guess I have some time yet.

As for blogging, I wish to use this site to post my ideas and critiques that I have a about society. I welcome all posts criticisms and debates.

power to the people!