Merry Christmas!!!
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12.25.2009
11.26.2009
Thanksgiving!
Today is Thanksgiving! I have a lot of things for which I am grateful. Family, friends, my fabulous theater life ... all of that and more equals celebration. Even though I miss my parents on this day -- God bless their souls as they dance -- I love Thanksgiving as a kickoff to the holiday season.
Working at an anti-poverty non-profit as well, I know that there are many out there who don't have enough to eat -- not just during the holiday season but every day. I am mindful of this, an encourage you to be mindful as well. Give to your local foodbank as much as you can throughout the year. You can also make a donation to www.hungerthon.org right now to help the less fortunate.
I also like to be mindful that not all Americans celebrate on Thanksgiving. For many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is the National Day of Mourning.
So for my ancestors who were Native Americans, I hold a moment of silence for you. For my other family who celebrates with the best cornbread dressing and collard greens this (and that) side of the Mississippi, I shake a tail feather (you know, dance)!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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Working at an anti-poverty non-profit as well, I know that there are many out there who don't have enough to eat -- not just during the holiday season but every day. I am mindful of this, an encourage you to be mindful as well. Give to your local foodbank as much as you can throughout the year. You can also make a donation to www.hungerthon.org right now to help the less fortunate.
I also like to be mindful that not all Americans celebrate on Thanksgiving. For many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is the National Day of Mourning.
So for my ancestors who were Native Americans, I hold a moment of silence for you. For my other family who celebrates with the best cornbread dressing and collard greens this (and that) side of the Mississippi, I shake a tail feather (you know, dance)!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
-- Posted From My iPod Touch
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10.15.2009
Never Disconnected
So, I'm having a show with on Sunday with five of my fellow Emerging Writers Group members. It's called Never Disconnected, and it's going to be a great evening! A little comedy, a little drama, we've got it all.
Never Disconnected
Sunday, October 18th, 7:00-8:30pm
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Never Disconnected is a 90-minute event, featuring short plays from six members of the inaugural Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater. The plays all fall under the theme, "Never Disconnected." The theme speaks to the state of our world on many levels: in the electronic age, we're always connected by our gadgets; our families; our nationalities connect us; our ethnicities; our arguments; our agreements; our spirituality; our humanity. Playwrights: Akin Salawu, Aladdin Ullah, Chris Cragin, Christina Gorman, Don Nguyen, and Pia Wilson.
Tickets $10/7 students/seniors/advance. For more information or advance purchase visit the Nuyorican website.
Nuyorican Poets Cafe | 236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & C
Labels: EWG, nuyorican poets cafe, theater, theatre
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9.15.2009
9.10.2009
Electric Literature's Single Sentence Animation Series
From Electric Literature (the literary magazine for which I read)! This is the first installment in the Electric Literature Single Sentence Animation series. SSAs are a creative collaboration between writers published in Electric Literature and contemporary visual artists. The writer selects a single sentence from their work and the animator shapes a short film in response.
Here we'll see the animation of a single sentence from Lydia Millet’s “Sir Henry.” The sentence: “Sometimes he wished he could gather all the dogs he loved most and walk off the end of the world with them.”
Luca Dipierro’s film is superb and haunting.
Labels: electric literature, fiction, literary magazines
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8.25.2009
Streets of Fire!!
Why someone hasn't made this into a musical already, I don't know. This last number is made for Broadway!! P.S. Diane Lane, you're gorgeous! Then and now!
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8.06.2009
A Message from Color of Change
It's working.
Last week, after we told you about Glenn Beck calling the president a racist(1), more than 40,000 ColorOfChange members called on advertisers to drop their support for the show, and the advertisers are listening.
Lawyers.com was the first to drop their support for the show. Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance said their ads ran during Beck's show without their authorization and that they'll ensure that the same mistake does not happen again. And we're in conversations with others.
But we still need your voice. Some advertisers are refusing to budge. If we can show that more than 50,000 are standing strong, we believe more advertisers will see the writing on the wall. Can you lend your voice now?
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=1870-530374
We can stop Beck. If we can take away Beck's ad income, we can take away his platform to promote racial fear and division. The leadership that Lawyers.com, Procter and Gamble and Progressive Insurance displayed makes it easier to pressure other advertisers to follow suit.
Not everyone has been so willing to do the right thing, but we believe that 10,000 more of you speaking out would send corporations an even stronger message that Black Americans and our allies mean business. Please take a moment to sign on, and then ask your friends and family to do the same:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?=1870-530374
Folks like Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs,(2) and Rush Limbaugh(3) are increasingly exploiting racism and race-based fear to achieve their cynical political goals, but the dangers of these tactics are real. The Department of Homeland Security recently reported that right-wing extremists are becoming more likely to resort to violence to achieve their aims.(4) At the same time, President Obama receives an unprecedented 30 death threats a day, there's been a drastic rise in the number of hate groups, and Black folks and immigrants are increasingly the victims of violent crimes and threats.(5,6,7)
FOX has had a long history of race-baiting and racism on its shows, and we've run campaigns calling them out.(8,9) But Glenn Beck appears to be taking the network to an even lower standard. He's trying to divide and distract America when we should be coming together and talking about issues that really matter--like health care and the economy.
The good news is that we have the power to stop this. All major media is funded by advertising. And advertisers, more than anything, care what consumers think. If we want to put an end to folks like Glenn Beck having a platform, we can.
It's up to us, and it can start now. Please join us:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?=1870-530374
Thanks and Peace,
-- James, Gabriel, William, Dani and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
August 6th, 2009
Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU -- your energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way. You can contribute here:
https://secure.colorofchange.org/contribute/?=1870-530374
References:
1. "Beck: Obama has 'exposed himself as a guy' with 'a deep seated hatred for white people'" Media Matters, 7-28-09
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907280008
2. "On Television and Radio, Talk of Obama's Citizenship," The New York Times, 7-24-09
http://tinyurl.com/mb467j
3. "Rush and reparations," The Nation, 5-12-2009
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/435392/rush_and_reparations
4. "Homeland Security report warns of rising right-wing extremism, Huffington Post, 4-14-2009
http://tinyurl.com/cpgx6q
5. "Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day, stretching US Secret Service," The Telegraph, 8-3-2009
http://tinyurl.com/nzt95p
6. "Growing hate groups blame Obama, economy," CNN, 2-26-2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/26/hate.groups.report/
7. "Election of Obama provokes rise in U.S. hate crimes," Reuters, 11-24-2008
http://tinyurl.com/nxfdpy
8. ColorOfChange.org email on Fox's attacks on the Obamas
http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/message.html
9. "An overview: Fox News and its problem with African-Americans," ColorOfChange.org
http://colorofchange.org/fox/summary.html
-- Posted From My iPod Touch
Stumble It!
Last week, after we told you about Glenn Beck calling the president a racist(1), more than 40,000 ColorOfChange members called on advertisers to drop their support for the show, and the advertisers are listening.
Lawyers.com was the first to drop their support for the show. Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance said their ads ran during Beck's show without their authorization and that they'll ensure that the same mistake does not happen again. And we're in conversations with others.
But we still need your voice. Some advertisers are refusing to budge. If we can show that more than 50,000 are standing strong, we believe more advertisers will see the writing on the wall. Can you lend your voice now?
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=1870-530374
We can stop Beck. If we can take away Beck's ad income, we can take away his platform to promote racial fear and division. The leadership that Lawyers.com, Procter and Gamble and Progressive Insurance displayed makes it easier to pressure other advertisers to follow suit.
Not everyone has been so willing to do the right thing, but we believe that 10,000 more of you speaking out would send corporations an even stronger message that Black Americans and our allies mean business. Please take a moment to sign on, and then ask your friends and family to do the same:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?=1870-530374
Folks like Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs,(2) and Rush Limbaugh(3) are increasingly exploiting racism and race-based fear to achieve their cynical political goals, but the dangers of these tactics are real. The Department of Homeland Security recently reported that right-wing extremists are becoming more likely to resort to violence to achieve their aims.(4) At the same time, President Obama receives an unprecedented 30 death threats a day, there's been a drastic rise in the number of hate groups, and Black folks and immigrants are increasingly the victims of violent crimes and threats.(5,6,7)
FOX has had a long history of race-baiting and racism on its shows, and we've run campaigns calling them out.(8,9) But Glenn Beck appears to be taking the network to an even lower standard. He's trying to divide and distract America when we should be coming together and talking about issues that really matter--like health care and the economy.
The good news is that we have the power to stop this. All major media is funded by advertising. And advertisers, more than anything, care what consumers think. If we want to put an end to folks like Glenn Beck having a platform, we can.
It's up to us, and it can start now. Please join us:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?=1870-530374
Thanks and Peace,
-- James, Gabriel, William, Dani and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
August 6th, 2009
Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU -- your energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way. You can contribute here:
https://secure.colorofchange.org/contribute/?=1870-530374
References:
1. "Beck: Obama has 'exposed himself as a guy' with 'a deep seated hatred for white people'" Media Matters, 7-28-09
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907280008
2. "On Television and Radio, Talk of Obama's Citizenship," The New York Times, 7-24-09
http://tinyurl.com/mb467j
3. "Rush and reparations," The Nation, 5-12-2009
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/435392/rush_and_reparations
4. "Homeland Security report warns of rising right-wing extremism, Huffington Post, 4-14-2009
http://tinyurl.com/cpgx6q
5. "Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day, stretching US Secret Service," The Telegraph, 8-3-2009
http://tinyurl.com/nzt95p
6. "Growing hate groups blame Obama, economy," CNN, 2-26-2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/26/hate.groups.report/
7. "Election of Obama provokes rise in U.S. hate crimes," Reuters, 11-24-2008
http://tinyurl.com/nxfdpy
8. ColorOfChange.org email on Fox's attacks on the Obamas
http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/message.html
9. "An overview: Fox News and its problem with African-Americans," ColorOfChange.org
http://colorofchange.org/fox/summary.html
-- Posted From My iPod Touch
Labels: color of change, Glenn Beck, Obama, racism
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