Wednesday, February 13, 2008

my own first words about our loss

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:45:26 PM

hello, my cherished friends y tribespeople:

raul was one of my mentors. he was the first person to invite me to publicly perform when i moved to austin in the early 1990s. he embraced me and made me one of his Red Salmon Poets, which traveled as a group to shows around town, to San Antonio. i got to chill with him at pachangas, see him light up hearts and minds at rallies and other public activist events, and got to teach alongside him at juvenile detention centers in Austin and San Anto.

i wish so much to carry on his yoke, his torch, his voice, and the power of these combined.

que viva raul r salinas !!! que viva!

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