Went to Providence's slutwalk Yesterday, it was an event for a worthy cause so i was most disappointed that there was such a small turn out. however it was not well advertised either, as i had learned about it only through class and heard others there say that they just happened by. i was sadden to see that only one person came out from any of the D.V organizations.and i hope that it was due to lack of knowledge of the event rather then they wanted to disassocate them selves with the name.
it's sad that people lost a great opportunity to stand up and support such a wonderful and worthy cause. but more on the event. not only was it poorly attended but it was poorly organized and not well supported. it was great that they allow anyone to speak but the did not have a proper speaker, even the organizers who spoke was unseasoned and ill-prepared and worse of all they too spoke against the name of the event in detail, on the plus side there were some great poems and readings. : )
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it! I showed up at the Libertalia Autonomous Space at 280 Broadway in Providence for the talk. I got there at 5:30 like the website said the talk started and the woman came out and said they decided to do the talk at 3pm instead because people were getting antsy. So I guess you are right that it was very disorganized... Hopefully we can talk about it in class so I know what I missed.
ReplyDeleteSocial movements depend on the energy of the people... sounds like this one was a little rough around the edges! Glad you went anyway...
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