When I Was A Kid, I Had

I Grew Up A Squatter On The Lower East Side, So It's Kind Of A Given That I'd Have Very Strong Opinions On Everything From Cyclical Violence To Teenage Pregnancy To Environmental Justice.

Whenever We Do Voter Registration, We Ask, 'why Haven't You Voted Before?' The Response Is Often, 'no One's Asked Us.' It's Not About Telling People What To Do - It's About Sharing What They Can Do.

People Watch More Documentaries Too Now. These Movies That Would Normally Be Shown In These Little Art Houses, And Unless You Walked By The Theater, Or Happened To Read That Tiny Zine That Contained The Info For It, Or Went To A Film Festival, You Might Miss It.

Back In The Day, You'd Walk Down To A Street Corner And See Some People Making A Story With A Hat In Front Of Them. It's Ancient Entertainment, Ancient Storytelling And Oral History - Now We're Doing It On Youtube.

When People Start To Complain, "voting Doesn't Matter," I'm Like, The People Of Wisconsin Weren't Boycotting And Hitting The Streets And Blowing Up Those Rooms Because Voting Didn't Change Those Situations For Them. That Was Their Livelihood. There's Revolution Going On All Over The World Because They Actually Can't Have A Voice.