On Wednesday I went to the Students for Justice in Palestine weekly meeting at UC Berkeley. It was a great group of people. We all went around and introduced ourselves and said why we were there, and what superpower we want. One guy before me nabbed mine-the ability to freeze time and get everything done that you need to do. I think most of the time that would mean taking a long nap.
We also played Palestine Jeopardy, which officially made it the best activist meeting I've ever been to. What artist recently cancelled his performance at the Friends of the IDF Fundraiser in LA? Stevie Wonder!
Anyways, it was great to soak up that energy, and volunteer some future time to their tabling, flyering, event-attending...they're showing 5 Broken Cameras next week, and having a discussion with people who've been to the demonstrations against the wall in the West Bank. That would be really interesting to go to, I could find a lot of mutual friends there.
Here's a trailer for the documentary about the Berkeley SJP passing their divestment resolution. I haven't seen it yet but it looks fascinating.
"This not only student politics. What you are doing is taking place in the real world...."
"Pressure Points" trailer from Metier Productions on Vimeo.
Conversations of people walking by me at UC Berkeley:
"I just put some tofu and vegetables and sautee some brown rice..."
"And then you your mace..."
"Nah I have a taser"
"Good job! I'm not even gonna, wow..."
"And they were all eating crab, I guess that's like, a big thing..."
After the meeting I walked around campus a little bit. Around the main square there was an a capella group singing to passersby. That was really cool to see, and it made me miss my old grup in college. They were singing this song:
I didn't even know there was a version after Bill Withers, and how I could've possibly missed this 90's gem....
We also played Palestine Jeopardy, which officially made it the best activist meeting I've ever been to. What artist recently cancelled his performance at the Friends of the IDF Fundraiser in LA? Stevie Wonder!
Anyways, it was great to soak up that energy, and volunteer some future time to their tabling, flyering, event-attending...they're showing 5 Broken Cameras next week, and having a discussion with people who've been to the demonstrations against the wall in the West Bank. That would be really interesting to go to, I could find a lot of mutual friends there.
Here's a trailer for the documentary about the Berkeley SJP passing their divestment resolution. I haven't seen it yet but it looks fascinating.
"This not only student politics. What you are doing is taking place in the real world...."
"Pressure Points" trailer from Metier Productions on Vimeo.
Conversations of people walking by me at UC Berkeley:
"I just put some tofu and vegetables and sautee some brown rice..."
"And then you your mace..."
"Nah I have a taser"
"Good job! I'm not even gonna, wow..."
"And they were all eating crab, I guess that's like, a big thing..."
After the meeting I walked around campus a little bit. Around the main square there was an a capella group singing to passersby. That was really cool to see, and it made me miss my old grup in college. They were singing this song:
I didn't even know there was a version after Bill Withers, and how I could've possibly missed this 90's gem....
