When the Levees Broke with Spike Lee

Last week there was a showing of Spike Lee's "WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS" at the SF Moma.

It was the documentation of the effect Katrina had on the people of New Orleans and our government's response. If you haven't seen it, please do. It was funny, sickening. poignant, and sad. It also illustrated the resilience of people

Spike said a few words before the movie to us all (sorry for the blurry picture). Many people I happened to see it with were from New Orleans. Talking to people about their personal experiences of growing up, today's devastation, the ripping apart of families was hard to hear. But these are people I knew and listening to them brought the tragedy to life.


As we move closer to the '08 elections, I think we need to listen to more of these stories.

Special thanks to Jonathan P. Batiste Black Spectrum Project Manager for organizing this eye opening activity. and inviting activelyOUT.

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Barack Obama in Oakland- March 17 (activelyOUT.com)

It was fun being in Oakland this past weekend to view Barack Obama. Ok so there were 12,000 people at Oakland city center. My friends and I could not even see him. We did hear what he had to say.


While it is early in the season, it was nice to be there to hear him for myself. I wish there was a Q&A so we could have asked him some tough questions especially around the comments made by General Pace.


But another activelyOUT person got there early, and snapped a shot. He is shaking my friend's hand. Go Angela!

What were your thoughts on Barack or any of the other candidates. Feel free to share by clicking on the "Comment" button below.

If you have suggestions for political events, please email to events@activelyOUT.com. We love hearing from you! We are non-partisan and want to provide various forums for us as LGBT professionals and alums to hear and see some our candidates for ourselves.