Feb

5

Interview with Willow from Join the Impact & socialist activist Sherry Wolf – #CC10

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It’s been a particularly moving day for me at Creating Change (#CC10) today. I sat in on two workshops: (1) Telling: Knights Out and (2) Strengthening the Connection: Racial Justice and LGBT Rights (presented by The Applied Research Center). I was mostly pleased with the DADT workshop, until I sat in the Racial Justice workshop that mentioned a key fact about DADT that was ignored (not mentioned? forgotten?) in the DADT workshop.

The President & Executive Director of The Applied Research Center stated that Black female service members are affected by DADT more than any other group of service members. I found it a tad bit annoying that I didn’t hear that statistic in the DADT workshop – especially since 2 of the 3 presenters were women (white women, but women nonetheless).

Anyway . . . after leaving the Racial Justice workshop I felt extremely energized and, quite frankly, extremely sexually turned on. There’s something about passionate people who work diligently to secure equality for all people that’s a major form of pseudo-foreplay.

Enough about that.

I had an opportunity to speak with Willow (from Join the Impact) and socialist LGBTQ activist Sherry Wolf. I planned to remove the background noise but decided against it because I wanted the interviews to maintain their authenticity. Hope you enjoy hearing these two phenomenal activists speak about their passions as much as I did.

Willow’s interview:
http://sisterstalk.net/willow.mp3

Sherry Wolf’s interview:
http://sisterstalk.net/sherrywolf.mp3

More #CC10 commentary coming throughout the weekend. Stay tuned. And, if you’re on Twitter, follow the #CC10 tweeters.

Feb

5

Daily Tweet Digest

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What I Posted on Twitter Yesterday:

  • 08:46 My cab driver is flyin’ thru downtown Dallas traffic while talking on his mobile phone. Pray for me. #cc10 #fb #
  • 09:09 Sitting in the New Media Training Institute (#NMTI) at #CC10 #
  • 09:17 Speaking now @rashadrobinson – #NMTI #CC10 #
  • 09:23 Speaking now: Fred Sainz, VP Communications and Marketing – Gill Foundation #CC10 #
  • 09:26 Gregory Rae is now discussing how the LGBT community is currently using new media #NMTI #CC10 #
  • 09:33 Gregory Rae uses No on 8 campaign as an example of LGBT activists who weren’t prepared to use social media #CC10 #
  • 09:36 Join the Impact applauded as organization that was better prepared to use social media but still needed better direction. #CC10 #NMTI #
  • 10:12 Just met @transponder at #CC10 #
  • 10:16 Speaking now: Christopher Hoyt, Asst Director AT&T (@therecruiterguy) #CC10 #NMTI #
  • 11:05 Great presentation by @therecruiterguy at #NMTI #CC10 #
  • 11:23 Current presenter: Jed Alpert, Founder of Mobile Commons (@mobilecommons) #NMTI #CC10 #
  • 11:32 I’m not sure if @mobilecommons is a good fit for small companies and non-profits. #NMTI #CC10 #
  • 12:20 Next presenter: Scott Goodstein (@sgcatalyst) on Lessons in Social Mobile & Media Case Study – Obama for America. #NMTI #CC10 #
  • 13:24 @blkademic So far #CC10 is great. Very informative. #
  • 13:30 Presenting next: @JuliaRosen, Political Director at Courage Campaign. Topic: Creating an Online Strategy #
  • 14:34 It’s becoming pretty obvious that large(r) LGBT orgs are behind the Twitter curve. Lots of good FB advice, little Twitter advice. #NMTI … #
  • 16:32 Taking a break from #CC10 (so far so good) to check and respond to emails. #
  • 17:04 @sarabaethbrooks @wonderwillow @equalizeit @GenoPunk @transpondercast @harveymilk – Attending the reception tonight? #CC10 #
  • 17:10 Don’t forget: Win 2 round-trip airline tickets to Lilith Fair, plus 2 tickets to the event. How? bit.ly/aCqS3H #
  • 17:19 @wonderwillow Excellent. See ya there. Make sure I don’t miss ya. If you see me, come over and say "hey girl!" #
  • 17:20 I just noticed I have 25K+ tweets. Do I really talk THAT much? #
  • 17:22 @znmeb Ok. Whew! I was startin’ to worry. #
  • 17:24 @JGrayWebcomic GREAT answer. It’s very neutral and non-combatant. You work in corporate America, dontchu? #
  • 17:37 @chocl8girl Ha! Yes, you can answer it. I heard the sudden tweet count jump was a Twitter glitch though, so I feel a little better. #
  • 18:31 Update: In reference to this (bit.ly/9oIM3Z), I received notice that EQCA has modified their article – bit.ly/c8tM0I #
  • 20:05 Just shook @KateClinton’s hand. #CC10 #
  • 20:07 Snagged an audio interview with Kit Yan. I’ll upload later. #CC10 #
  • 20:13 NGLTF is providing interpretation services in both ASL and Spanish at #CC10 this weekend. Kudos! #
  • 20:40 @KateClinton is hilarious! Great jokes about GW Bush’s post presidency activities. #CC10 #
  • 21:28 Great speech by Thomas Saenz, President of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. #CC10 #
  • 22:30 @GenoPunk I headed back to my hotel. I’m exhausted and I have some work to do. See ya tomorrow! #CC10 #
  • 23:05 twitpic.com/11g1s3 – Me and Kate Clinton at #CC10 in Dallas, TX #
  • 23:06 twitpic.com/11g1ut – Me and Kit Yan (from Good Asian Drivers) at #CC10 in Dallas, TX #
  • 23:31 Audio: Interview with Kit Yan at #CC10 – bit.ly/bUv6sy #

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