I used to enjoy reading about politics. In high school, when I was just developing a conciousness about politics, I used to find the littlest, most menial government tasks absolutely fascinating, and I would exuberantly encourage my peers to read about…
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Harm Reduction Superheroes!
So last Thursday I did a panel speech and presented a workshop at YSB’s forum. It was called Building Bridges and it focused on youth ‘in transition’ from youth to adulthood and how we can better support them.Oh yeah, on a side note, things with Kristy…
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: An open letter to all bank-bombing anarchists who claim to be acting on behalf of Native Rights.
Dear Bank-bombing Anarchists,
I really appreciate that you are probably young, frustrated and appalled by a number of injustices in the world. I am too. I know I mostly blog about Indigenous stuff, but I get pretty outraged about homophobia, bigotry, …
Continue readingNothing too exciting…
So, nothing too exciting has been happening. I had court this morning, and was surprised to hear that my lawyer didn’t go to the Counsel Pre-Trial he set for Monday — when I talked to him yesterday he made it sound like he went, and he wasn’t even the…
Continue readingYouth Stories Project update, and a couple other small things!
So, as I mentioned previously, I’ve been working on a groovy project at YSB called the Youth Stories Project. Myself and a couple other youth from the youth engagement program were selected for our strong writing skills. We’ve been interviewing youth, …
Continue readingJets Overhead and a sneaky plan!
So after having read about the members of my new favourite band — which, if you didn’t notice, is the band Jets Overhead from Victoria, BC, I decided to try and add the two lead singers on Facebook. I figured not a whole lot of other people would have…
Continue readingPolitical spin makes me dizzy!
So, as much as I disagree with all that happens behind the scenes at the Olympics, I do support athletics and I do believe that our athletes are the best in the world. I don’t think it’s their fault that these games cost so much and that they do a lot …
Continue readingNaloxone programs
So I just found out that a good friend of mine died of an overdose while I was in jail last week. It came as quite a surprise to her family because she appeared to be a young urban professional with a bright future, and nobody knew that she was secretl…
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