I need to put a new connector on a cable that plugs an antenna into my video camera, so I go to a place called Electronic City in Burbank. The guy there doesn’t have the correct connector but can order it for me and he finds me a crimping tool [...]
One of the best things about Occupy? You get to meet a lot of great people.
Here is ReFund California’s Jono Shaffer, legendary organizer, speaking at the January 1, 2012 Occupy the Rose Parade kick-off teach-in event. The guy to his (camera) right is my good friend blogger/agitator Marty Berg who [...]
Here is a clip from a teach-in on the mortgage crisis, at All Saints Church, that preceded the Rose Bowl Parade. For other streams visit me at livestream.com/califather:
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After reading this post by Nirvi Shah, California Father commented tersely:
I guess no one in the NCLD teaches. Keeping schools accountable by teaching children with disabilities to the same mind-numbing, spirit-killing tests we subject general ed kids to is doing them no favors. NCLD should [...]
As we gear up for Occupy The Tournament of Roses Parade can thoughts of occupying the Oscars be very far off? Thinking about it put me in mind of two fellow CalArtists who crashed that glamorous event nearly 25 years ago, bringing down the Hollywood 1% before it was in style.
When I learned that Sarah Mason the LA Occupier from Highland Park was the real life “Protester”, this year’s Time Magazine Person of the Year, I went in search of her in footage I shot at the n17 Occupy LA action at BoA. I found her, in the image of a woman, her back to [...]
“Who are you with?” the kid asked as I knelt over the camcorder trying to get the damn thing to stream.
“I’m with myself. I blog.”
“What do you blog about?”
I had to give that one some thought: “About the privatization of education.”
“You’re against it?”
Stupid motherfucking camera! I replugged the [...]
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This morning I read a post that said the Occupy movement is dead. It dismissed the movement as a mistake, a misunderstanding, an acid trip. No movement which rejects proper sanitation, it said, should be taken seriously.
The last time I visited Occupy LA, there was a powerful smell of shit. A [...]
Read this great article about the impact of homelessness on education. I share my comment below:
This is quite a beautifully written article, Scott, about a vitally important topic. For obvious reasons, I sympathize with the kids. As a special ed teacher myself, I have seen what negative impact homelessness [...]
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I am a 54 year-old father. My seven-year-old boy was diagnosed with mild/moderate autism December 17, 2008. A writer and filmmaker, I have been teaching children with disabilities since 1985.
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