Wade Rathke looks at the connections and contrasts between the revolutionary upheavals of the Arab Spring in the Middle East and the Occupy Movement at the 20th conference of AADERT (African and African-American Development, Education, Research, and Training) at Springfield College on June 2nd, 2012.
Category: Organizing
Art & Activism in Oakland, California
Organizers and activists came together at the Art & Activism Conference held in Oakland, California on July 13th, 2012. Organized by Gary Delgado and Gina Acebo, the conference was a fruitful discussion on how the role of art and culture in the fight for social justice. In this video, Wade Rathke discusses the role of …
Immigration Reform Bus Rolling South
New Orleans The last several years of efforts for immigration reform in the United States have had been twists and turns, sometimes seeming to move forward, and other times were falling behind. Enforcement and deportations are up, Congress is stalled, states have become battlegrounds, some relief has come from the White House for DREAM-students and …