Too little time / too many flames in Los Angeles
Published November 15, 2008 @ 10:57PM PT
It appears that Los Angeles is totally ablaze, and I just missed being barricaded in the city by a wall of flames/smoke. A few pre-catastrophe highlights from my time in birthplace of Guns and Roses / setting of Terminator 2:
- I met with Christian Lander of Stuff White People Like over a few beers in order to talk about an unconventional year on race (and what its like to get asked to give a commencement speech on the basis of being a very popular blogger).
- I talked with a beautiful, young, fashion-oriented woman at a hipster-posh bar who explained to me her political/modern-consciousness awakening that was dawned entirely by the candidacy of Barack Obama. What was her diet for eye-opening? A whole lot of NPR, she explained.
- I was especially sad to miss out on meeting with anyone from Participant Media, but I had to take a very-unfortunate rain check due to a case of the mixed-up insides.
- I was fortunate, though, to be able to meet up with ever-incredible Morley Winograd, co-author of Millennial Makeover, and biggest academic inspiration to me regarding the subject of political movements and modern young people. We discussed a time when publishers didn't believe there was a millennial phenomenon, so-to-speak, the role of the academic in the world of generational advocacy, and what's he plans on scribing next.
And now a few questions for you, my friend:
- Who should I have been in contact with in Los Angeles? Who should I reach out to upon my return?
- What cool stuff is happening re: digital activism and natural disasters?
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Alex is a freelance journalist, activist, and online community management consultant based in Boston and Portland, Maine. He currently serves as executive editor of MakeSomethingHappen.net, where he writes about online organizing and the power of collective action.
