I am responsible for the progress of my communities I am accountable for the actions of our community I am one person inspired by many people, for these reasons I will never give in, give up, or let go of the struggle
Following the election results, I felt the students around me swallowed by hopelessness. I can't put into words how this made me feel at this very moment. It compelled me to speak to maintain our voice. I don't know what came over me but I stepped into the middle of the unity circle with a hope of uplifting the students...despite the outcome, there is success. I've seen volunteers hold their ground while being taunted because they were flyering with green T-shirts. I've experienced slander from a gentleman who accused us of being "Anti-Jew" in front of Powell Library while one of the opposing candidates remained silent. He claimed "Freedom of Speech" at the cost of slandering others. I walked side by side with a SF! volunteer, we stood straight up to him and this opposing candidate. "You are running for office, you need to be more polite..and do not call us anti-jew when we are clearly not." This opposing candidate lost. I ran into her following election results, later that night. She was intoxicated and shouted obscenity at Quan and I (we had our green SF! shirts on). We continued walking and did not react.
But the more non-reactionary we are, the more aggressive the attacks become. Enough is enough. In the face of the gentleman who broke into the unity circle and yelled "Fuck all of you", in light of the Bruins United mockery of SF!'s sacred chant, and in the spirit of the people who understand the real issues that our communities face, Bui production presents 'One Love'. Hope is not lost because it lives in us each and every day. We have to keep going, we have to keep moving, we have to keep working for the changes that need to take place.
