last week a occasion to go past downtown oakland to the far end of lake merritt,a place where i always get lost. so coming home i opt for the easy way out ,driving straight up broadway ,something i rarely do,and whenever i do i am always shocked when i come to the intersection where judi and darryl were bombed.
no one was ever charged with this crime.
judy was a labor organizer before she was a forest activist and became a target for her work being able to connect with loggers and mill workers.
they didn't manage to kill her than altho it wasn't the first time they tried. she died 7 years later of breast cancer that the fbi claimed she was faking.
being an activist can be dangerous . i know from my early experience .
her passing in 1997 left a gape that grows. her memory inspires me to keep on trying to learn the skills it takes to build bridges
altho i sometimes give up and despair of ever learning to be truly affective, hope eventually reasserts its self.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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