Showing posts with label election 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label election 2008. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
LGBT Blogger Conference Day 2
Day 2 of the blogger conference started out talking about blogger activism, how the Prop 8 and Amendment 2 (Florida) campaigns were managed online, and then I participated in a diversity on the web workshop and how to become a citizen journalist. This was great for me since I do want to make writing a career and I learned a lot about how people think, motivating factors, and really just how much religion and diversity dominate the discussion around homosexuality.
What I learned:
People want to be heard.
It is time to stop operating in fear.
Black folk don't have a monopoly on diversity.
There are many different viewpoints in the LGBT community.
Attacking religion is not a good defense when discussing LGBT issues.
Language is key in communication. (In school they called it word choice)
There is room at the table for different voices. It's time for us to sit down.
It is important to take responsibility for your own actions. Stop the blame game.
There are many ways to do something, some lead to more positive results than others.
It was a great day. I saw so many people needing and wanting to express their love, it's just built up inside ready to burst open on humanity.
What I learned:
People want to be heard.
It is time to stop operating in fear.
Black folk don't have a monopoly on diversity.
There are many different viewpoints in the LGBT community.
Attacking religion is not a good defense when discussing LGBT issues.
Language is key in communication. (In school they called it word choice)
There is room at the table for different voices. It's time for us to sit down.
It is important to take responsibility for your own actions. Stop the blame game.
There are many ways to do something, some lead to more positive results than others.
It was a great day. I saw so many people needing and wanting to express their love, it's just built up inside ready to burst open on humanity.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Anything is Possible
I have been trying to come to grips with this feeling of elation inside of me. Trying to figure out why I am so excited; what it is called...excitement just doesn't seem appropriate. It's more than excitement, jubilation, and similar expressions combined. Moving forward throughout the day as I ran into more people, talked to family and friends all across the country the sense of something bigger than us was going on and there indeed was hope for a better America. Hope. Peace. Love. I went to church last night, great message, leave the past behind and move forward looking toward the possibilities of better days. That triggered the simple phrase that accurately depicted how I was feeling all day:
With unwavering, unshakeable, unmoveable faith, anything is possible.
With unwavering, unshakeable, unmoveable faith, anything is possible.
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