[Little32]

@DSTCHAOS
I am not sure what can work in the long term for young people. I guess that one of the reasons that I think of the next generation as so young, age-wise, is because I am on the young side myself (under 30). This is one of the things that has continually frustrated me in my experience with activism is the sort of flash in the pan character it takes on not only with this younger generation, but with folks in my own generation. I have not seen much of an enduring commitment to social activism in the broader population, and that in part is due to the prevailing perspective on the state of union so to speak.

I think that involvement in certain organizations is a good way to support sustained involvement with a myriad of issues. The work of our organizations is important to that end. I am interested in seeing how our group, formed as a result of our participation in a march in support of justice for the young men in Jena, fares, whether the intensity of interest continues as this moment recedes into the background. As an educator, of course, I am always in favor of using the classroom environment as a space to develop social consciousness in my students (which is not to say that I am on a soapbox in my classrooms (in fact, just the opposite, I rarely share my own opinions), but that I attempt to create a space where they can question and I hope that they carry that critical engagement with them into their everyday lives).

@LadyGreek There were some semantics issues that we had to hash out there.