SWOPblogger Returns!

I've been out of the office (and somehow far away from internet access) in the Bay Area for the last couple of weeks. I was at an orientation, training and leadership convening of Grassroots Global Justice, an alliance of grassroots US groups and organizations working to build power in disenfranchised communities in the US and solidarity with global social movements.

The orientation was for a delegation of GGJ to the World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela next January. SWOP will be sending a small delegation of members as well. I will attend with Celia, Jeremy, and Sylviana. I am looking forward to a powerful experience.

Quick Headlines around SWOP:

• Governor Signs Executive Order On Environmental Justice;

• Pajarito Mesa Residents Pressure Gov On Services for Community;

• State-Wide Minimum Wage Increase Gaining Traction, Dems Jump On Board;

• SWOP End-Of-Year Party this Saturday at Office, Bring the Children;

• SWOP 25th Anniversary Committee Meets Tonight;

• Rosina Roibal, youth cultural coordinator at SWOP, Plays with Kanye West In El Paso Tonight...