Here I am. An organic intellect grown from the environmental justice movement. In praxis and leadership alongside all those movements that have come of age over the last 40 years. Squeezed out by a superficially uber-profesh cabal of ivy leaguers in charge. Living in poverty.
@BootsRiley The movie I'm connected to - and just spent 20k to license that we don't really have so we can pay for labor - is "First We Bombed New Mexico." It is being barnstormed to activate people to get 100k in reparations for radiation exposure from atomic empire building.
@BootsRiley I just don't think mass movies are efficacious. And I'll be epistemically honest - my work is connected to similarly gross systems of funding.
It's your movie. One that seems cool and I want to see. But just a movie. It's not part of movement cultural production nor strategy.
I have a lot to offer. But the movements that trained me can't find a place for me. Over qualified for jobs that I trained 25,000 people to do. Can't even get a human response (bots) from the fellowships and other resources that fit my experience, expertise and what I can offer.
I really like Deb Haaland. As a person and as a leader. But I really don't like the bubble of consultants and professional operatives that surround that level of politics. It turns real, good people into weirdos.