Free Speech Struggles – San Diego, Then & Now

 

Last September, some friends and I on the Education Committee of DSA San Diego made this video about the history of the 1912 San Diego Free Speech Fight.

To see a timeline and an extensive bibliography click here.

Petition circulates to have Andrew Jackson Post Office in San Diego renamed

This is way better than getting a letter to the editor published!

Read the story online at CBS8.com. 

Check out my petition to rename the Andrew Jackson Post Office in Rolando, San Diego!

UPDATE: 6/23/2020

Dave Summers from NBC 7 showed up at my door so I couldn't turn him away.

I don't look my best but I tried.  As of about noon today, the petition has just under 500 signatures.

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More UPDATES below:

On June 24th, 2020, I managed to get on KUSI-TV:

In March 2021, I was contacted by Charles T. Clark, a columnist at the San Diego Union-Tribune who did half an Op-Ed about the petition to rename my post office. Read the column here.

On November 18, 2022, my Congressmember Sara Jacobs introduced bill H.R. 9308 to change the name of the  Andrew Jackson Post Office to the Susan A. Davis Post Office.

On November 29, 2022, the bill H.R. 9308 passed the House by a majority voice vote, "...the ayes have it."

On December 19, 2022, the bill to rename my post office passed the Senate.

According to ABC News, POTUS signed the bill to rename my post office into law on December 27, 2022. It is now a violation of federal law to refer to it as the Andrew Jackson Post Office in any official document.

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In March 2023, I was invited to participate in the campaign to rename Clay Park and Henry Elementary across the street from the Post Office Formerly named after Andrew Jackson. Please sign the petition here. 

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On July 6, 2023, Sara Jacob shouted out my name at the dedication ceremony, and it got into the San Diego Union-Tribune. 

Thus sayeth the King of Funny Faces.

I.Toasted.Omar

I might have just had the best day of my life today. At least so far. I just did a "scene" on Zoom with Thuliso Dingwall who played Kenard on The Wire. Spoiler alert. His instagram is @i.shot.omar.

I was supposed to toast Omar but as I was writing I realized I couldn't do it without roasting Thuliso and Tristan/MackWilds just a little bit. I was a little anxious in my head about insulting someone I don't know with no warning, so I messaged Thuliso about it beforehand. He had been coming into the zoom quite a bit for the past five weeks and he's so nice, so the answer was "Of course lol."

Then I felt anxious in my head for asking a stupid question, and then I thought if I asked him to play a little part in the toast by insulting me or threatening me back and it happened today.

I saw that the whole thing was recorded somewhere. I don't know if and when I'll be able to get the full video of it, but if I do, I'll be posting it everywhere.

I am the King of Funny Faces. If you come at me, you best not miss.

Assaulted at Trump Rally

While my back was turned. 

By a real. classy.  deplorable. kind. of guy.

They Make Good Films These Days (Just Not in Hollywood ) - #25

This film makes me very excited to be moving to San Diego. I really hope I get the chance to perform a meaningful song and get no applause at all, like what the lead character is looking for. Just to be allowed to finish something in public would be such a blessing.