YLSN July 2008 update
Tracey Amos performs at the Longest Walk 2 Pow Wow and Concert on the Mall, culminating the Longest Walk 2 from Alcatraz to Washington, DC to support Indigenous Rights. (more pics coming soon!)
In June, DC folks participated in the Great Labor Arts Exchange and Conference on Creative Organizing, below, Kristen leads a drumming empowerment workshop.
The GLAE features performance, workshops, jam sessions and more
Pedro from California shares arts-activism with folks from NYC, DC, SF and globally.
There is no generation gap here, and there is much to be done...
The intergenerational youth workshop included participants aged 9 -- 91
Discussions included learning about arts-activist Paul Robeson
Liberian union workers share strategies and success
GLAE and Liberian Union Leadership celebrate Steelworker Theater
Steelworkers use street theater to make the point
street theater is theater for everyone
GLAE provides space for performers to sing together
The Exchange ends with a public solidarity concert.
Julius Margolin, 91 years young, has been organizing since 1934.
Host a screening of "A Union Man: The Life and a Times of Julius Margolin"
sound clips: Pedro, dance 1 and dance 2, mike's piano
and so forth and therefore
links: longest walk
tayo
laborheritage
steelworkers
liberians
YDEP
EmpowerDC