Sonia Sanchez / Activism / Poetry
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/276
I went to her poetry event yesterday. Apparently she is a big deal but for me the poetry was alright. She had some that i thought were really good. she also spoke about how she was arrested 2 years ago for sitting in a recuitment center. When people would come in she and her crew would advise the youth (because mainly youngsters join the army to kill and die) on things they wanted. For instance, a recruiter will tell a young person he can become a Dr. by serving the army for XYZ years. So she would tell them I know a few DR., i’ll set an appointment for you and you can speak to a real Dr. about steps to becoming one. I just thought that type of sit in was really creative. She said they used to do things like that when other wars were happening. I agree that the war needs to end and we need to leave the people in that part of the world alone and save our own streets.
I started to ask myself, what can I do that is on par with that to make a change? what would you do or are doing?

