Today, the Imagining America conferenc starts at USC. I'll be going to a Cornerstone Theater workshop called "Initial Steps in Turning Community Stories into Art," and seeing a reader's-theater presentation of their new piece, "For All Time: A Dramatic Investigation of Incarceration and Justice in American Society."

Also, this afternoon I'll be part of Day Two of "A Call to Action for Cultural Equity: Voices from the Cultural Battlefront’s Los Angeles Forum," which started yesterday at Farmlab downtown. About 50 people came to that meeting, artists and activists from the many ethnic communities of L.A., as well as some of the people who have been part of past Voices discussions, like Marta Moreno Vega, Dudley Cocke, Olga Garay, Jamie Haft, Ron Bechet, Jan Cohen-Cruz and more. It was a timely meeting, given Voices' concentration on hype-capitalism and its effects on our communities and the rest of the world -- while we met, so did the U.S. Senate, voting on a $700B financial "rescue" bill. We heard from the locals about such L.A. issues as gentrification, immigration, gang membership and the media. Actions were proposed for further discussion -- among them, a Cultural March on Washington.

Yesterday it was 98 degrees downtown. More later.

   

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