Faith in Action

My Saturday didn’t work out exactly like I planned it.  The culmination of the day was supposed to have me sitting with my brothers and sisters at the School of Original Thought to hear The Plan which was produced by the Zero Murder Rate Movement.  However, I never made it to the meeting.  An unexpected family matter required my attention so I had to miss the unveiling of The Plan.  I pray that the community came out and supported the Zero Murder Rate Movement.  I look forward to being filled in.

At least the first half of my Saturday went pretty much according to schedule.  I spoke at a “Gang” Summit sponsored by Sen. Verna Jones in the morning at Mt. St. Joe High School.  I had to cut my speech short because mapquest got me lost and I got to the event late.  I’ll send the full article in to a local newspaper in hopes that they’ll publish it.  Big ups to my brother Von Vargas - local Gospel MC with a Global Message - for blessing the mic and the crowd at the summit.  After that shindig, I stopped by the Radical Book Fair at St. Johns United Methodist Church. 

The Radical Book Fair is one of my favorite yearly events.  Last year, I bought this shirt at the Fair to express my patriotism and it enjoys prime placement in my closet and on my chest every time I get the chance.

This year I didn’t buy any shirts (I’d rather spend my $$ to buy shirts from this Black owned company…or this one) I did add a few books to my already bulging personal library though (surprise surprise).  I bought The Huey P. Newton Reader (Hilliard), Putting the Movement Back in Civil Rights Teaching(Menkart), and A People’s History of the United States(Zinn).

Before leaving the Fair I called my cousin and reminded him of it and he met me there.  He is one of the few people in the world that I can talk to about theology, politics, grassroots organizing, and revolution.  After he bought his books we stood on the corner for about 90 minutes catching up, questioning, strategizing, and wrestling - with ideas that is.

Feel free to check out all of my pictures from the Radical Book Fair (and other events) over at my FLICKR page.