Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Mel King interview



OK SO TODAY ME,SEVON,AND JESSICA HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH MEL KING.IT WAS SO COOLLLLLLLL!!! WE WERE UNDER SOME HOT LIGHTS BUT, IT WAS OK. AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE SUPER STRICT AS JUAN DESCRIBED HIM BUT HE WAS THE TOTAL OPPOSITE. HE WAS FRIENDLY AND REALLY EASY TO TALK TO.I HAD FUN DOING THE INTERVIEW. HE KEPT ME LAUGHING AND I HAD SUPPORT FROM MY TEAM MEMBERS. IF U GUYS ARE READING THIS...JESSICA AND SEVON....THANKS A LOT AND I LOVE YOU GUYSSSS!!! =] OKKKKK SO LET ME STOP BECAUSE I'M GETTING ALL MUSHY,LOL.ANYWAYS, IT WAS A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE TO LEARN FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SO LONG.HE WAS SO WISE AND I COULD TELL THAT HE MENT EVERY WORD THAT HE SAID AND HE WASN'T BEING FAKE.ON THE VERY LAST QUESTION OF THE INTERVIEW WAS WHERE I FELT THAT I CONNECTED WITH HIM THE MOST.HE GAVE SOME OF THE BEST ADVICE FOR FUTURE ACTIVISTS. HE SAID THAT YOU SHOULD READ BECAUSE THERE IS POWER BEHIND WORDS, AND THAT YOU ALWAYS NEED TO BE DEDICATED AND FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING.HE ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION PERFECTLY.HIS STRONG INTELLECT MADE ME ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT OUR SOCIETY TODAY AND HOW MY GENERATION CAN STILL MAKE A CHANGE.I FELT EVERYTHING HE WAS SAYING.IT WAS DEEP! MEL KING IS THE MAN,NO DOUBT!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE TENT CITY.

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