Dec. 11, 2018
One of the "jobs I was given was to work with Mobilizition of Resources a Component of LEO. I was also elected to the huge Board of Dirertors, defeating my oponent in the neighborborb election by six votes, because I went door to door introducing myself and descrybimg my "platform," if elected.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Monday, December 10, 2018
Dec. 10, 2018
My first few weeks in the City were a kind of orientatation to programs I'd be working with: the Lyyn Food Coop - where I went to a picnic in the beutiful Lynn Woods and met 50 or more happy people; I was aslo taken to the plant gates to meet 4 Union Stewards leafletting about racicm in the plant. An incredadle story which I will go into later.
My first few weeks in the City were a kind of orientatation to programs I'd be working with: the Lyyn Food Coop - where I went to a picnic in the beutiful Lynn Woods and met 50 or more happy people; I was aslo taken to the plant gates to meet 4 Union Stewards leafletting about racicm in the plant. An incredadle story which I will go into later.
Dec. 10, 2018
The leader of the CAG, Joel, was a Communist commited to working to bringing about Change at the local level - basicaly, in the long run, creating a "Commune,"like the Paris Commune, in which poor people play Leadershirp roles in the Anti-Poverty Program (LEO) - local office of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity.
The leader of the CAG, Joel, was a Communist commited to working to bringing about Change at the local level - basicaly, in the long run, creating a "Commune,"like the Paris Commune, in which poor people play Leadershirp roles in the Anti-Poverty Program (LEO) - local office of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity.
Dec. 10, 2 018
I had my first meeting with the group on my first night; they wanted to know how my background and skills would fit in with their work. They were astounded that I had newsparer experience. For a year they had been putting out a two page paper. With my knolige of typesetting and layout, they thought we might be able to put out a four page issue; with the resources we were getting from the Center for Community Ecomomic Development, because I had enrolled in the Cambrige-Goddard Graduate Program in Social Change. CCED gave my collective a grant which we could use as we saw fit. The most important thing was to expand the paper. It was our "tool" to bring "paticapatory democory" to an old archiac city. Over time, the paper, which had begun as the "Newpaper" and the name never changed, grew to 16 pages.
I had my first meeting with the group on my first night; they wanted to know how my background and skills would fit in with their work. They were astounded that I had newsparer experience. For a year they had been putting out a two page paper. With my knolige of typesetting and layout, they thought we might be able to put out a four page issue; with the resources we were getting from the Center for Community Ecomomic Development, because I had enrolled in the Cambrige-Goddard Graduate Program in Social Change. CCED gave my collective a grant which we could use as we saw fit. The most important thing was to expand the paper. It was our "tool" to bring "paticapatory democory" to an old archiac city. Over time, the paper, which had begun as the "Newpaper" and the name never changed, grew to 16 pages.
DEC. 10, 2O18
The group of people I was going to work with was called the Conversion Action Group. It had been there a year before I came. The name was taken from the concept that the GE plant, which was it's second largest in the country (the largest in Schenendey) - the plant in Lynn was home to the Aircrafct Enginre Group, and this was signifigint because in 1971 the Vietnam War was at it's height. We actually hoped that eventully GE would create goods for peacetime use. Also, the movevement, at that time, had developed the concept that Workers should be managers of the Plant.
The group of people I was going to work with was called the Conversion Action Group. It had been there a year before I came. The name was taken from the concept that the GE plant, which was it's second largest in the country (the largest in Schenendey) - the plant in Lynn was home to the Aircrafct Enginre Group, and this was signifigint because in 1971 the Vietnam War was at it's height. We actually hoped that eventully GE would create goods for peacetime use. Also, the movevement, at that time, had developed the concept that Workers should be managers of the Plant.
Dec. 10, 2018
A little flavor of Lynn: it was a poor city. As I walked along downtown streets there were shops with clothing hanging in front, displaying shirts for $ 1.50 and pants for $ 2.50. One day I saw a pair of shoes that looked really good, very inexpensise- I bought them on a hunch; they wore out two weeks later.
A little flavor of Lynn: it was a poor city. As I walked along downtown streets there were shops with clothing hanging in front, displaying shirts for $ 1.50 and pants for $ 2.50. One day I saw a pair of shoes that looked really good, very inexpensise- I bought them on a hunch; they wore out two weeks later.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Dec. 9, 2018
It's unforunae that the nature of a Blogg is that each segment appears above previous one, so I didn't get to say much already, as I would have if I were writing a book and I could write a whole chapter on my life when I first moved to Lynn. Now, I have to think seriously about what to tell you next. Aftef years of thinking about whether to bring up this period of my life at all, now I think it's going to be very much a "NOVEL".
It's unforunae that the nature of a Blogg is that each segment appears above previous one, so I didn't get to say much already, as I would have if I were writing a book and I could write a whole chapter on my life when I first moved to Lynn. Now, I have to think seriously about what to tell you next. Aftef years of thinking about whether to bring up this period of my life at all, now I think it's going to be very much a "NOVEL".
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