It’s interesting how when we try to launch our on campaign, we keep getting sucked into other ones. For instance, we’ve been asked to join 1Sky, the Forgotten People, and now the Boys and Girls Club would probably rather have us volunteer with their programs than run our own.
It’s unfortunate that the lack of activism here leads to a lot of issues being kind of tackled, but not to the extent that anyone who is working on it would like to see. Each issue only has a few, if not just one, person working on it and yet even when groups overlap in interests, they don’t seem to want to work together. This is probably the most frustrating thing as the drive and passion is there but the lack of resources make it impossible. It’s more than just a matter of getting funding for specific groups, the entire community is ravished and without basic needs. Information doesn’t spread. Unwise decisions get made. All because the fucking United States forced these people into this whack-ass situation, stripping them of all means to pull themselves up.
I’m finding it increasingly difficult to stick to my guns and really get our project to see the light of day with all this other shit going on. It seems like I really could just fuck school and volunteer here for eternity. At least we’re on the B&G Calendar for November.
