I can’t abide meetings where everyone just wants to get together and complain: although it is certainly good for people to be able to vent, what I wanted to do when helping to organize the April 26 community meeting at my church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, is to find out what is being done, what can be done, and how we can help stop the violence in Oakland. 

Ever watch something and knew almost immediately that what you were watching was important, amazing, and groundbreaking? As soon as it was done you went and told everybody- making pleas with them to watch the movie for their own benefit.