Reporting from Rhode Island

December 8, 2007

I am writing this post from a hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. I am here doing a training for Campus Camp Wellstone at Brown University, teaching students how to become organizers.

If I could steal a page from Garlin’s book, I want to give you a glimpse of what is happening as I travel. In 2005, Rhode Island boasted a Black population of 6.2% and when over the past two days, I have seen about three Black people and they were all students. Regardless, it’s a cute city and has a ton of character. Right now I am looking at the famous (and very ritzy) Biltmore hotel, which is ironic because Biltmore was the name of the street I lived on growing up in Detroit. Life is a trip right?

Posted by Brandon Q.
Filed Under Issues and Politics
Tags: Travel
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TSA Makes Travelling Suck and Why we need Root Cause Analysis

April 14, 2007

I have just returned from a vacation trip to Italy, which was absolutely amazing. However, on my way back to Seattle from New York, I had a run-in with my friends from the Transportation Security Administration, and now I’m mad at a bunch of people. “President” George Bush. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff. TSA Director Kip Hawley. LaGuardia Airport General Manager Warren Kroeppel. The TSA Supervisor who was working LaGuardia’s Security at 530 AM Eastern on Wednesday, 11 April 2007.

Posted by Garlin II
Filed Under Issues and Politics
Tags: "So-called" war on terror, Foreign Policy, National Security, Travel
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