This blog chronicles my experiences in the Anne Braden Anti-Racist Training Program. I write to stay connected to my home communities, to share resources and experiences that may be useful to others' organizing work, and to help me process and integrate what I learn. Thanks for visiting!



Thursday, June 23, 2011

Disability Justice blog info!

Here are some links to blogs about disability justice from my friend John, a fellow Bradenista who facilitated a great workshop for us on the topic:

http://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/ - Mia Mingus' Blog

(this essay/post is one of John's favorite and inspiring essays of all time: http://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/where-ever-you-are-is-where-i-want-to-be-crip-solidarity/)

http://blog.cripchick.com/ - Stacey Milbern's Blog

http://creatingcollectiveaccess.wordpress.com/ - Creating Collective Access' Blog

http://dreaminghome.tumblr.com/ - To the Other Side of Dreaming - Mia + Stacey's letters around their journey from the South to the Bay and disability justice.

http://loveandneutronstars.blogspot.com/ - John's friend Tali's blog

Video from Braden Program Panel Presentations!

Here are some video clips from the fantastic panel presentation we had on Indigenous Resistance and (De)colonization, Visionary Politics, and Anti-Racist organizing. There is some really educational and inspiring material here--check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/catalystprojectvideo#p/u

Here also is a link to video of the whole Indigenous Resistance panel.

http://vimeo.com/catalystproject

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Audio and Video Pieces from the Braden Program Reader

Catalyst put together a truly incredible (1000+ page) reader for the Anne Braden Program. Eventually, all the readings will be posted online and I will link to them here. In the meantime, I offer you links to the audio and video pieces from the reader. There is so much rich material here--I hope you enjoy it!

Audio

White Supremacy and the United States by James Baldwin
(http://www.freedomarchives.org/Braden%20Audio.Images/BaldwinWeb.mp3)

Indigenous Resistance Part One: Buffy Saint Marie and Joanne Tall
(http://www.freedomarchives.org/Braden%20Audio.Images/Indigenous%20Resistance1Web.mp3)

Indigenous Resistance Part Two: from the Freedom Archives' Roots of Resistance Compilation
(http://www.freedomarchives.org/Braden%20Audio.Images/Indigenous%20Resistance2Web.mp3)

Black Liberation audio Part 1: Sweet Honey in the Rock, James Baldwin, Freedom Songs
(http://www.freedomarchives.org/Braden%20Audio.Images/Black%20Liberation%20Web1.mp3)

Black Liberation audio part 2: Malcolm X and Assata Shakur
(http://www.freedomarchives.org/Braden%20Audio.Images/Black%20Liberation%20Web2.mp3)

Global Resistance-South Africa audio: Winnie Mandela
(http://www.freedomarchives.org/Braden%20Audio.Images/South%20AfricaWeb.mp3)

Global Resistance Africa to Palestine from Roots of Resistance: Amilcar Cabral, Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Chris Hani, South African national anthem, June Jordan
(http://www.freedomarchives.org/Braden%20Audio.Images/Africa%20to%20Palestine.mp3)

Silvia Federici talk on KPFA's Against the Grain, July 11, 2006
(http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=15059)


Video:

Andrea Smith speaks on Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (Her talk starts at 9:30)
*please note this talk has explicit descriptions of sexual violence*
http://fr.truveo.com/andrea-smith-conquest-sexual-violence-and/id/2342712737

Marilyn Buck: A Tribute, video by the Freedom Archives
http://vimeo.com/16406539

Come September by Arundhati Roy
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=945405493000735497

Transformative Organizing Panel from the US Social Forum, 2010
http://thestrategycenter.org/node/5147

Text
Love Letter to the Clinic by Catherine Jones
www.cwsworkshop.org/katrinareader/node/459