Checking in from the beautiful, albeit chilly and damp, Pacific Northwest… Where earlier today I spent a few hours braving the Portland shvitz with neither hat nor hood… But truly, I had no choice. Resistance is called for, and resist we must.
A minor aside… I rarely write diaries because I tend to make such big productions out of them most of the time when I do, and they take me weeks to wax in poetic perfection. Therefore, I will wax on to say I dedicate this diary to ALL the brave students who are speaking truth to power, and also to Stephon ‘Zoe’ Clark, who also died for no goddam reason due to the insane regard for guns that is so deeply entrenched in the sick parts of our culture and society. And then I will wax off and say to you, enjoy this photo diary. Once posted, I will make all these images available to all DK users.
I stayed for all the speakers… There were six, seven, eight… I lost count… But they were all students, from 8th grade through college, from Portland, Beaverton, and Clackamas County. Each young person spoke truth to power, and each one spoke with a maturity, clarity, and sense of nuance I have yet to hear from the average adult these days. I was brought to tears by a few of them. They are our hope for a better future for all of us, and we need to give them all the support they need, however we can.