go zoe!

For those who live in Philly:
Dear Friends,I have a great need for volunteers on the day of May 6th.
There are 2 big jobs that aren’t covered…
I need folks who can help me sweep up potential puddles that form under the
highway around noon on the 6th. It looks like it might rain Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, [...]

don’t forget monday

A National Day Without an Immigrant
Do what you can.
I saw a really good documentary last night, Crossing Arizona. It was amazingly, to its credit, unbiased, though I have to say the lines of good and evil were nevertheless clearly drawn for me. I guess because I don’t own a television so don’t get to see [...]

if you live in n.j. (or n.y.)

Suzan-Lori Parks is brilliant and it certainly sounds topical, but I have to say it creeps me the fuck out to see the name Frist all over my alma mater. To see it anywhere, really.
The Black Arts Company: Drama proudly presents
The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World
A Showcase Performance
Written by [...]

this makes me sad

(all images by Bayeté Ross Smith)
Now that I work in San Francisco I rarely get in my car to go anywhere. I like taking public transportation, even when the escalators are broken for weeks or there are too few trains for passengers so if your sitting down your face is pressed up too close to [...]

sickening but not surprising

(I’m not sure what the original source is of this article for citation; there’s a related article at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/18/104520/931
Also, a NY times (registration required) article:
http://tinyurl.com/na78q

Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301699.html

And on this page from the Smithsonian Institution, you can find a link
(dated 3/17)to the announcement press release.http://newsdesk.si.edu/
Go here to download a letter to send to Lawrence Small,
the Secretary [...]