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New American commented on Hella Gloire's group 'Street Fighters of Public Health' Jan 16, 2011

Street Fighters of Public Health

We are a community of Public Health Advocates fighting Rattling Cages with Ethics, Evidence & Epidemiology. We are taking the well-being of the community into our creative hands and fighting with whatever tools we haveSee More

New American joined Hella Gloire's group Jan 16, 2011

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New American replied to American-Ninja's discussion 'OK, lets Rebuild.' in the group Inland Empire, CA Jan 15, 2011

White Flag Warriors 101 at Flobots.org Community Space

May 23, 2010 at 5pm to May 29, 2010 at 12pm

How do we become White Flag Warriors? What tools and skills do I need to practice being a White Flag Warrior in my local area? How do I use culture and art to support my own transformation for social justice and change work?White Flag Warriors 101 is an institute designed to start talking about these questions, building skills to do change work in our community, and developing analysis about how we function in the world and involve ourselves in change.Some of the Skills & Topics at the institute:- using media & art in social change work- organizing community events for social change- grassroots fundraising- different models & strategies of social change- dialogue-based strategies for change- non-violent action- group facilitation, leadership, and decision-makingTuition:$100 includes materials, lodging, and food for the week of the institute;$35 due at time of registration with remaining tuition due at the institute;A limited amount of scholarships for tuition and travel are available – for more information about these, please contact seth@flobots.orgRegistration for WFW101 available through the FWT site March 15 – April 30, 2010. Registration link: http://flobots.twomile.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=12See More

New American might attend seth's event Mar 9, 2010

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I am a(n): individual

City: San Bernardino

State: CA

Zip: 92408

Date I Joined Fight With Tools: July 3, 2008

Gender: Male

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Racial/Ethnic Background: Latino

About Me: Recent California State University San Bernardino graduate with a B.S. in Community Health Education and Promotion & B.A. in Biology in 2003. I'm also a member of Eta Sigma Gamma, a public health honors society, and other public health organizations. I'm looking forward to working in public health and empowering those individuals who are in poverty and disenfranchised.

How I would like to change the world:: I would love to make the world a more compassionate and understanding place. We are all different and to understand other people's backgrounds and reasoning is important in creating an environment that is nurturing and more insightful. I would like to educate and build self-efficacy to empower people to make change around them and to join with others to make a stronger effort. I would also like to find a way to redistribute the wealth in this country and the world to provide people with better access to health care, education, food, and water. These are rights all people have no matter where they are from. Unfortunately, the top 1% doesn't agree with that wants to continue to own 80% of the world's assets.

Tools I Have: With my B.A. in Biology and pre-med background, I understand some medical terminology and procedures, genetics, biological and chemical processes, ecology, and laboratory testing. My B.S. in Community Health has provided me the knowledge to conduct community organizing; diffusion of knowledge and information throughout communities and society; advocating for people's rights and policies; grant writing; developing, implementing, and evaluating community health programs; using different media outlets to advocate or disseminate information; conducting statistical analysis; and issues of politics, society, and international health. Through my position as Research Assistant and Study Coordinator, I have become more comfortable speaking publicly to different audiences, conducting health assessments, interviewing, counseling people with drug and alcohol addictions, and providing informed consent and HIPAA regulations. I also listen to public radio (KPFK) and Democracy Now to keep up on current events around the country and the world.

Tools I Need: I would like to have more experience in advocacy work, policy, and legislation. Also, more experience in various community health programs. An ecological approach is the best way to make change (interactions between individual/community, environment/society, and policy).

Favorite Bands: FLOBOTS (of course), Common, Coldplay, a little bit of Kanye West, System of A Down, Juanes, Celia Cruz, U2, The Beatles, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Pearl Jam, Anthony Hamilton, John Legend, Benise, Panic! at the Disco, Green Day, The Roots, Talib Kweli.

What issues are you most passionate about?: yes

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At 12:42pm on January 18, 2011, Sheppard said…: I guess I can't complain on things here in PA. Yea, I had messaged you a while back about something, but can't remember exactly what it was about now. Anywho, finished my MPH. B+ on the thesis, so now they just have to mail me the diploma!

FWT on this side of the country seems to be dieing a slow death unfortunately. With my thesis taking all my time since the summer, I had to put the street team on the back burner and I haven't heard from Dan, my co-leader in a while. Maybe soon, I'll see about picking things back up as the Spring arrives.

At 3:53am on March 12, 2010, Travis Howell said…: It's pretty dead here in Vegas, but I just recently got the internet hooked up again, and I'm going to send messages or email everyone else in the group to see if they're still active. The activate booth fell through for me since I never found a ride to the show and at the time lived way on the south end. Do you have any tips on how I could get more people in the area to join FWT?

At 10:59pm on February 18, 2010, Amanda Requa said…: Hey! Thanks! That's great! I am a Pre-K teacher and educational director at a private school. It blows my mind every day. Let me know when you have some more info; my group is working with the local Library Foundation right now trying to create an Independent Library District so that it doesn't have to close. (lost it's county funding) As we are becoming somewhat known in our community it would be nice to be recognized on the website. Thanks again!

At 10:39am on February 14, 2010, Amanda Requa said…: Hey, I have a Hood RIver group off and rolling, hoping to make contact with someone to make us a group/give us a page. We just successfully raised 1500 dollars for Red Cross by holding a silent auction.We recruited more members and have had a lot of interest and we're ready to keep the momentum rolling, we just haven't heard back from anyone. Hit me back, let me know what we need to do to be a group.

At 2:43pm on December 19, 2009, James K. A. said…: Yes, that is where I go to church. You just reminded me of one of my youth pastors long ago, and I was a little curious. And the We The People Festival, don't worry about it. I believe I was busy that weekend, and now that football season's over, time is something that I've gained a good amount of. I recently vollunteered at my church for the "Bee A Blessing" program for women, yet due to rain, the part where we get to fix cars was rescheduled to sometime in January I believe. I went to my church last night, and the youth pastors are doing a program to help get more people in our Junior High thing.

At 9:19pm on December 7, 2009, Timothy Gonzalez said…: Its cool man. Good luck with that. Yea i heard it was cancelled. But hey im totally interested in doing a project how do i do that?

At 11:10am on November 20, 2009, Timothy Gonzalez said…: Hey man whats up. Yea i went to the Flobots show. Its was intense. Can you tell me more about that LA event

At 12:42am on November 15, 2009, James K. A. said…: btw, have you ever heard of CCV? (Christ's Church of the Valley?)

At 8:14pm on November 14, 2009, James K. A. said…: thanks. I might be busy that weekend if I have a Bowl game for LVSD Pop Warner, but I wish you guys the best of luck if I can't go. I am a Boy Scout, so in a way I am helping go green. but If you haven't read my page, I'm only 13, and I do encourage my parents to support our local stores and stuff like that. Random go green tip: next time you shower, when you use shampoo or conditioner or both, turn the water off as you lather your hair, then turn it back on and continue. I'll check out that site.