KBOO covers the United States Social Justice Forum in San Jose, June 2015
Thank you KBOO board members for having the fore sight to send someone (lucky me) to the USSJFSJ.
From the momont I stepped into Adam Carparelli's car until three days later when I wave goodbye to Michael (Strike Debt Willson's house, he so generously gave to the for of us, Every single person I met was true. People give lip service to the plight of our world. People comisserate and empathize with the less fortunate but mostly we, as a society blame someone when things aren't right. We get "housing task forces" and "blue ribbon commissions" from our elected officals well after they opened the doors to those problems. Yes, lip service, lipstick on the pig that's what let's us sleep at night and keep voting these people in. The homeless, POC, the formerly incarcerated and the impovershed get the blame in the end when those programs fail. I left the forum with not the feeling, but the knowledge that "protected class" should mean our most vulnerable. If as a soiciety we can manage that then we are on the right road. Again thank you board members and staff for honoring me with this task. Over the next few weeks I will be updating this blog with analysis and information about what I experienced there.
Kristin
From the momont I stepped into Adam Carparelli's car until three days later when I wave goodbye to Michael (Strike Debt Willson's house, he so generously gave to the for of us, Every single person I met was true. People give lip service to the plight of our world. People comisserate and empathize with the less fortunate but mostly we, as a society blame someone when things aren't right. We get "housing task forces" and "blue ribbon commissions" from our elected officals well after they opened the doors to those problems. Yes, lip service, lipstick on the pig that's what let's us sleep at night and keep voting these people in. The homeless, POC, the formerly incarcerated and the impovershed get the blame in the end when those programs fail. I left the forum with not the feeling, but the knowledge that "protected class" should mean our most vulnerable. If as a soiciety we can manage that then we are on the right road. Again thank you board members and staff for honoring me with this task. Over the next few weeks I will be updating this blog with analysis and information about what I experienced there.
Kristin