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Originally this blog was about my student exchange to Montreal and North America (and later, south and cental america). This was the 'chaos land' of the title. However, once overseas I soon realised that Australia (and especially Sydney) was the real chaos land, -I would monitor Australian news with increasing feelings of trepidation, in reaction to all the huge and worrying political changes Australia is going through, eg industrial relations laws. So this blog is dedicated to trying to understand the chaos of this world, to find its beauty, and to direct its energy to something good and life affirming.
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On Tuesday night I went to this amazing public meeting in Chicago. It was about affordable housing, which is so important because many areas of Chicago are becoming gentrified, hence pushing poor residents out, and fragmenting their communities.
I walked in and the hall was full to the rafters with Latinos and African Americans and elderly anglo people/ Seniors. They ACTUALLY all responded really loudly and excitedly when the speaker at the front said "WHAT DO WE WANT?" ... Anyway- you might be able to see a placard that says "Si Se Puerde"- It means "Yes We Can" in Spanish.
I took lots of photos, (here are some: one, two, three.) standing on the edge, in incredulous excitement about this event. I spoke to one woman from Chicago Acorn, and she was telling me about how they organise according to city blocks, meeting with friends in living rooms, firstly demanding small things like traffic lights and then gaining confidence and becoming more engaged... wow...
My friend Allyson from JPUSA did a training course with another group represented there- the training was run by a woman pastor, who was a speaker at the forum. Allyson was really proud of her.
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