Laurie Blair

laurelleblair@yahoo.com

Posts by Laurie Blair :

• June 16: Poetry Dance Party!

  Posted in Reportbacks-Actions & Shows June 17th, 2008

  The rain can’t wash away the guerrillas – clearing up just in time for us to have a spectacular evening! Poets were spitting their words – seasoned vets Mo, Ted and Jeff were joined by newcomers Willow, Ronnie, Chris and Timothy Tattoo. Special shout-out to all the women who answered the [...]

• May 19: The mic was hot and the rhythms were bumpin’

  Posted in Reportbacks-Actions & Shows May 19th, 2008

• In Memory - Henry Moses

  Posted in Defies Categorization, Photos, Reportbacks-Actions & Shows October 25th, 2007

  Beloved friend, son, lover, brother.

• WRITTEN Testimony: Public Hearing: Bill 17-177, the “Noise Control Protection Amendment Act of 2007″

  Posted in Defies Categorization, Reportbacks-Actions & Shows July 8th, 2007

  Thank you for holding this public hearing on Bill 17-177.  We appreciate the opportunity to participate and have our views heard by the DC Council.  My name is Laurelle Blair.  My comments reflect not only my personal beliefs but also represent the memberships of Empower DC, the Washington Peace Center and the DC Guerrilla Poetry [...]

• ORAL Testimony: Public Hearing: Bill 17-177, the “Noise Control Protection Amendment Act of 2007″

  Posted in Defies Categorization, Reportbacks-Actions & Shows July 8th, 2007

  Delivered Monday, July 9, 2007
  Thank you for holding this public hearing on Bill 17-177. We appreciate the opportunity to participate and have our views heard by the DC Council. My name is Laurelle Blair. My comments reflect not only my personal beliefs but represent the memberships of Empower DC, the Washington Peace [...]

• Lyrical Ambushes in Full effect

  Posted in Reportbacks-Actions & Shows May 22nd, 2007

  Last night was beautiful.  Amazing weather, good beats and poets galore.  Summer time always makes the Dupont Circle Rock!  Met some fire spinner recently and we hope to have a marriage of artistic flare — so keep your eyes posted for that possibility!

• DC GPI Group Piece: War on Terror

  Posted in Poetry March 15th, 2007

  War on Terror
  No particular order of verses, organized on the fly, with who is in attendance.
  Chorus
  War on Terror, War on Drugs (being)
  Perpetrated by the same circle of thugs
  It’s a prison-military-industrial-complex (and its)
  fueled by funds funneled from our paychecks
  (Jessica)
  The pomposity
  of the tyranny
  of a nation that thought it had the right to be
  the aggressor that knows better
  than [...]

• GPI Gathering: Sunday, January 21

  Posted in GPI Gathering notes January 21st, 2007

  Attendees: Laurie, Jeff, Ken
  Jan. 27 Mobilization
  · Rhythm Workers Union are meeting at 5th Ave (on Mall). Putting together Mother Drum Ship at 10:30, call to meet at 11AM. Expecting about 10 DC RWU, with about 5 from out of Town. March moves at 1pm (Laurie [...]

• Radical Caroling - Another year of fun…..

  Posted in Reportbacks-Actions & Shows December 13th, 2006

  We, as in 2006, had a fantastic time going door to door and signing our Radical words! Nary a door was closed (although one women hanigng decorations outside seemed a bit of a grinch). No vegan brownies this year - but we did have one woman unlock her security door to give each [...]

• GPI gathering: Sunday, November 12, 2006

  Posted in GPI Gathering notes December 1st, 2006

  GPI Organizing Gathering   11/12/06
  Attendees:  Laurie, Jeff, MaiLynn, Jess, Shahid
  Reportback from Friday 11/8/06
  Great Show
  Shared bill with Rovics, but didn’t actually see him
  Really engaged students

  anniversary of War actions (full week of activities etc)
  Al-Fishawy getting together college students
  Possible meeting to disucss ideas of what they want to approach [...]