via Raven’s Eye and fellow co-blogger, Guerilla Mama

when i hear woc org’s tell me that they cannot afford in terms of time, money, energy, etc. to do trans national organizing. even when i explain to them that my survival in part requires media support. and that as a woc. i have very little access to that support. i have no idea what to do.

do i explain that i really cannot invest more time and energy into folks who see my life, my survival as an ‘issue’. as a part of some abstract notions of justice and internationalism and whatever else…

do i explain that i resent, yes, get angry, when i am a member of a group that refers to itself as family and community expects me to justify why paying attention to the conditions under which i work and live. is. what. family. community. does.
do i explain that in my humble view, supporting mothers in a given organization, or women of color, or working class, or whatever populations, and i am in that org. (that i wouldnt need to ask for this if i wasnt a woc or working class or a mother…that the reason i am so vulnerable is b/c little poor black girls dont travel.and poor black mamas definitely dont travel unless they are illegal immigrants…which is how i got locked up in israel because they thought i was an illegal immigrant come to work under the table and steal jobs from…ok…) anyways. my survival as a woc, mama, working class genius is at stake.
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or do i wait and see if there is a chance. that folks will stop seeing my articulation of my life as a series of ‘issues’ . that my survival is relevant to their work. that i am worthy? too?
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right now i am at the wait and see point.
not sure if im done with woc organizing.
but it might be done with me.
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i have made a commitment that whoever, i dont care how the fuck you identify who is willing to do media support for us in case we are a part of the next blogger crackdown, or we end up in israeli prison again…i am down with you. and in return you tell me what you need. and if i can do it. you got it.