Friends, and will be there Monday as well. Great luck---had two very vibrant experiences with tenth graders, getting to know that class very well. Left Friends feeling incredibly relaxed and open---a kind of "all is right in the world" feeling, as I walked down third avenue and then west on 22nd street to my bank.. But is it? And if I feel very fulfilled by a work experience does it allow me to forget some of the anger and sadness that i feel about different problems that are faced by the city. Balance, balance.
The march was a remarkable experience---I did the whole thing. There was great energy and strength in the marchers, as we chanted all through Brooklyn. A great walk as well, especially as we walked north on Tompkins to Myrtle, and then the whole walk towards Queens on Myrtle Avenue. A real look at what mostly people of color experience as displacement and aggressive posture of the development community. Also, a real betrayal by the current Mayor in terms of the promises that he made four years ago to unite "the Two New Yorks" He has not done this, and I don't believe that any policy he has in the next four years, unless he changes his vision at some point, will make life easier for people with little money. At the final stopping place, a mini mall where Wycoff meets Myrtle, the anger was intense. So where do we go from here?
Not much else to say, perhaps today I will got to see The Rat Movie at the Bunin. A movie about exterminators in Baltimore---and you know how important I feel it is to find out as much about that city as possible.Baltimore---the only other home I have known besides New York. So the movie tonight, if I am not too tired, then will report tomorrow.
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