Words and Lyrics of Inspiration

Here are a few of my favorite lyrics from songs that motivate me to stay involved.
From Sophia by the Cruxshadows

"So you must carry this light into the darkness
You shall be a star unto the night
You will find hope alive among the hopeless
That is your purpose to this life

The lips draw words and hands find actions
Still there is more within one heart
Into the silence will you answer
Before the chaos will you come

Do not injustice to another
Defend the weak and innocent
Let truth and honor always guide you
Let courage find the light within

Stand up when no one else is willing
Act not in hatred or in spite
Be to this world as a perfect knight
Even if it means your life "

From Activism by Ryan Harvey

"slept through my classes and I stayed up late
Writing leaflets, painting signs to demonstrate
I wrote a message on my shirt and I wore it everyday
I'm letting everyone know what I have to say

There's a new world in my heart that I can feel
And I'm gonna work to make it real

I pasted a bunch of posters on the wall
I wrote a little message in the bathroom stall
I started up a conversation on the train
I convinced my friend's brother not to join the Marines

I wrote a song and sang it at the top of my lungs
I held a banner up til my hands went numb
I pushed my way through the barricades
Went down the sides streets and had my own parade

I saw a bunch of people looking hungry on the street
So I got a bunch of food and gave it all away for free
I stole from rich corporations and I gave to the poor
One day I won't have to do that anymore

Now there's hundreds of thousands dead in Iraq
I won't turn my head away while they're under attack
I'm a force for change, I'm an activist
I will organize and struggle for a peace that sticks

Everybody's waiting for a miracle cure
Asking everybody else when no one's sure
The answer's in your hands, that's what you gotta know
You gotta shape it, if you wanna see it grow"

From Desert Rat we have
“the extent to which a nation can democratically decide what goods and services they are going to produce and consume, under what conditions these goods and services are going to be produced and consumed, with what entities they will engage in trade, and under what conditions this trade will take place, how the resulting wealth will distributed, and what result these activities will have on the natural environment, is the extent it is a nation.”

First post, what I'm thinking.

I’m thinking of a lot of things right now. I’ve been going through my notes on my first introduction to power and how it works against people.
She is thinking about war, what it is, how it works, the people and industries involved and why it is hard to end it.
She is thinking about gender, how it is constructed, and the systems that keep it working mostly to the disadvantage of women and children.
She is looking at the soul of veterans, not just the ones in war, but the ones of the social change movements.
She is wondering how IPSA can re-imagion itself and bring back to a core of understanding we are fighting power. We use service as a reactionary instant relief, but if we only treat symptoms then we aren’t fixing things. We need to remember it goes further. It is only one strategy, and is nesseccary, but not the end of our work.
She is thinking that time is what she needs. Time with others.
She needs to talk right now, but she has other pressing engagements as part of her work that it won’t happen yet. Yet.

Plan:
IPSA/progressive organization alliance of Pocatello.
Film Group
Groups to invite
IEA
LVW
ICAN
Open Spaces Committee
Co-Op
Poky Free Bikes
HALO
Human Rights Committee
City Environmental Advisory Board
UU/UCC
Concerned Citizens
Church Women
Anderson Center
FSA
Aid for Friends
SCSC/ISU
SAB-ISU
Community Garden group
City Recyling Group
Belmont
League of Conservative Voters-Conservation League
Public Library
City Services/environmental fair group
Idaho Rivers United
District 6 health department
Food Bank
SEICCA
ICAN in poky
PFLAG
Idaho Equality Committee
PNHS
NAU/Tribal Government
NAACP
Genesis Project
Rural Health