Quite a few days have passed since my last blog entry. You may conclude that as the Forum heated up, Kip and I got totally engrossed and could no longer focus properly on sharing our experiences with our loyal readers.

On Friday afternoon I attended a workshop by the Progressive Technology Project (PTP)  in which various people presented on how they organized with technology. The presenters were mostly female and people of color – African-American, Native-American, and Latino. It was amazing to see how in this workshop intersection of technology and organizing wasn’t ‘owned’ by a bunch of white dudes with laptops, as is often the case.
The nice folks at PTP allowed me to present as well, so I got a chance to showcase DIA in the best possible light. The other stories were amazing though. Example: an organizer
from Oakland  talked about women learning to use radio and sound production facilities to create CD’s for local distribution, so as to reach local young people where they are: on the
other side of the earphones. An organizer working with migrant
workers in Oregon told us about how they established a low power FM radio station. A group of utterly charming teens reported on the training they received in video production, and how they used their skills to teach others skills, as well as values and political education. Wow.