"Children of the Sun"

Hello,

 

            I would firstly like to admit that I’ve been lagging on this week’s blog due to midterms… I would also like to say that I do also wonder what would of happened if PEP had done their workshop.  I haven’t been in LFS for that long, but I can share how AB has planned a retreat and has a similar program to JUFRAN called the Social Justice Academy. I also think that programs like JUFRAN and AB’s SJA target a specific group of people who aren’t on the same level as a LFS/AB GA member.  I can share my experience in coming into a retreat with no background at all in organizing and it can be PRETTY OVERWHELMING with all the things that an Organization can throw at you… Committee after committee… Whew… At the same time it can agitate the hell out of youth and ignite excitement to do more with the work.  So even though the ED about the BSB was there, I also think that building the relationships needed to be able to create a space and build more as people comes first. Like how Chairman Mao says it

“Learn from the masses, & then teach them.”

For example, I’ve been consumed in doing the work in the past so much that burnout is second nature, probably me being part of AB’s EC for a while. A kick-it to relax the mind a bit isn’t so bad. Abiding by our internship’s theme “Kasama Kannections” comes first hand I believe.

Capacity also has to be put into consideration, meaning that we are all College Students who may/may not work. So we all have to work with each other’s capacity to work. Also personal relationships shouldn’t get in the way of how we all learn as a collective. I’ve seen groups & orgs sink down the drain when things are taken personally and drama fills the air. Also the guidelines we all have to follow go everywhere with us. So if someone needs to be checked, then by all means check them, but also be weary of yourself too, when things are said. Tendencies may hit highs and damage relationships. We’re all Kasamas going through this experience together, we got nothing but to build and grow from the experiences we face. Can’t we all get along?

Everyone has their own way of living and principles set, but also we all have to put in mind that other people may not agree with a certain lifestyle and it’s always going to happen. Through constructive criticisms we can all come to a consensus. For example, the role of the facilitator isn’t to drop all the knowledge, but to gather up everyone so we can all come to a higher point of understanding together and make that consensus as a collective. It’s why we “Isang Bagask”, “Own Down, One Fall”, & it can all help us move on from what is/has happened.

The retreat was really fun, I got to know a bunch of people more, or my comfort with folks grew since we’re eating, sleeping together as a group.  I also feel that something as an ED on an Expo Trip can take as one session. It’s understandable if it was a brief intro what an expo is. Overall I think the retreat did its job and we all got closer. Also it would have been cool if we got the folks of the Green Palace to join us.

 

So Facebooking around I ran into this song by Deep Foundation.

I swear… This is like one of the hardest Fil-Am Hip Hop Songs that is like a  lyrical bomb dropping consciousness, history, & knowledge on my mind…

 

Enjoy.

 

 

One Love,

“Ian who be screamin’”