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Anaheim homeless activist Lou Noble is feelin’ it.
I received this e-mail on Saturday, April 16, 2016 10:06 PM
Subject: Fwd: HELP! I need more people to come to my volunteer event.
I was not going to open it, thinking that the event would be within a few days, and as it came from Team Bernie, I was going to forward it to the OJB editors before they finally pivot towards Hillary. Although they are feeling the bern, they have not discussed the impact, if any, of the Sanders’ campaign at the local level.
I continued reading the e-mail : “a local volunteer in Anaheim, has asked me to help find some nearby Bernie supporters to attend an event Tomorrow.” Tomorrow, meaning Sunday? at 10:00 AM? Forget it, I don’t even go to church anymore on Sundays, not even to the Unitarian. Then I read further :
Hello, neighbors! I’m hosting a volunteer event and I need a few more Bernie supporters to attend to make this event a big success. Will you please attend my event? Thank you, Edgar
When I saw the name of a paisano organizing this event, I felt that I needed to support him, so I responded. I did not recognize his name among the many activists I know. I thought that he could be one of the High School brothers who give nightmares to our local out of town custodian of the western civilization, or a college guy. I got the directions to the place, which was in an industrial area, not in the fancy Canyon business park but in an old rundown warehouse in central Anaheim.
I showed up with my old laptop and with my limited megabytes phone. Eight volunteers showed up. Old and young, flacos and gordos, a couple of ladies, four latinos. Although I had drunk my yerba mate to make sure to stay awake, I wasn’t alert enough to take pictures of the group. The gordito, like many chubby guys, was a real character, sporting Bernie hat and T-shirt, carrying a bunch of signs and stickers. Between eating his breakfast and figuring out how to plug in into the Bernie dialer, he didn’t make many phone calls. I called people in Puerto Rico, and some were old ladies who were just happy that somebody would be calling them, and we ended up talking about rheumatism , other old age problems and herbal remedies.
Edgar turned out to be a very nice fellow, an upholsterer and wicker furniture maker. We all didn’t talk much as we were busy making phone calls, and we left at the scheduled hours as the fans could not keep up with the hot temperature. I felt good that, in addition to my $27 here and there contributions, I participated in this event. I will be able to say that I did my part in a political revolution, whether this revolution is feasible or not remains to be seen.
*Really want that T-Shirt…..awesome. Heck, the guy in the photo on top even looks
like Larry David. We got our original Bernie 2016 T-Shirt the day they first came out
nine months ago…. Think we paid $32 bucks including shipping.
*Maybe, we should all run down to Sports Chalet and see if anything is going on sale. Most of these closing…..don’t even include discounted goods. Guess they want the entire tax write-off for the whole corporation.
Ricardo, I’ve been phone banking for Bernie. They’re looking hard for fluent Spanish-speakers to phone bank. They do specify “NO CHILEAN ACCENTS,” but I’m sure you could fake an Argentine one — just keep saying “Che.”
I’m not a FB or Twitter guy, so e-mail me! I did very good speaking to Puerto Ricans….
Ricardo, it was nice meeting and having you at the phone bank.
I am running as a candidate (District 39) to serve as a Bernie Delegate to the Democratic Convention. If you belong to this district, I would appreciate your support.
There is also a big need for Volunteers to be poll workers at the caucus (Volunteers need not live in CD 39).
If you have some free time on Sunday I hope to see you there!
The caucus will be on May 1st at:
The Meridian Club
Second Floor, Vela Banquet Room.
1535 Deerpark Drive
Fullerton, CA 92831
I will be there. As somebody else has said: ” we need to keep fighting for a living wage, free public college education, truly universal healthcare, an environmentally and economically sustainable energy system, and an end to the endless wars of regime change that grind up so many men and women in the only jobs program embraced by conventional politics.” and I would add to overturn Citizens United.