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Melis

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About Me

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Greetings!! I'm Melis but my friends call me Ladybug and Kleinman. I'm an HIV/AIDS worker but wear the hat that pays the billz. I'm an active member of FIST, a youth org of Workers World Party (workers.org), centered in NYC. I love people, the earth, REVOLUTION, art of all forms and being a part of anything worthwhile.I respect and care for all living things big and small. I'm a peaceful and outgoing individual with alot of love to give. I come from immigrant people and hail from Vancouver, BC but I've been a mountain girl most of my life, growing up in Colorado. I am at my best when I am being helpful and striving towards positivity. Why should ANYONE have to suffer when we can build the sort of world we want to live in. I say lets create a better more healthy exsistance for all!

My Interests

Nothing better than learning!! And in everyday life there is a lesson. I enjoy learning different languages, dances and arts. I love creativity, books, film, comedy, cooking, animals people and mother earth. Love putting my feet in the dirt, sand and water. I dig gardening, the ocean, magical sunsets and bright full moons. Sippin tea, candle light and lavendar baths put me at peace. I am invested in social consciousness and change, building socialism. While we are here, let's make it happen. Keep on loving and keep on fighting!

I'd like to meet:

Political, Social, Artistic, Revolutionary, Poetic and Creative Mindz

Music:

Any!! Dig hip hop, bebop, jazz, blues, funk, reggae, soul, rock, afrolatin, world music and other vibrations

Movies:

Frida, Benny and June, Chocolate, A Beautiful Life, Pan's Labyrith, most Spike Lee joints and documentries.

Television:

Not big into TV but I enjoy Lost, CSI, cartoons & animal planet.

Books:

I could go on and on. I'm a huge reader!! I love fiction, historical fiction, Auto/Biographies and inspirational. Just to name a few: The life of Pi, Assata, Malcolm X Bio, Nelson Mendela Bio, Things fall apart, The red tent, In Rena's Hands, When I was puerto rican, The lost art of war, Carmelo, Harriet Jacobs (slave narrative), Nectar in a sieve and Communist Manifesto.

Heroes:

Beautiful People and the Mother's who birthed them!! Che, Fidel, Malcolm X, Frida, Hughy P Newton, MLK jr, Rosa Parks, Crazy Horse, Mumia (ALL political prisoners in the struggle), Palestinian Freedom Fighters, Assata, Harriot T, My Jewish Fam, Miriam Makeba, Nelson Mendela, Sankara, Marx, Trotsky, Miles, Coltrane, Louy, Billi, Ella, Gil S Heron, Donny the list could go on and on..there are so many more to mention. Maybe you could be a hero too!!

My Blog

Poem 4 Cindy Pacheco RIP

i miss you cindy. in your honor i wrote a poem i awoke with a startle and fixed my thoughts on you. where are you my friend?  how did you know my spirits color when we met? you lived with trust i...
Posted by Melis on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:59:00 PST

People of color denied medication

People of color denied pain medication across the U.S.By Melissa Kleinman Published Mar 7, 2008 11:31 PM Imagine being in pain, serious pain that debilitates you in your day-to-day life. Once you fi...
Posted by Melis on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:50:00 PST

Pack the court, Show support!!

..> On Nov. 30, 2007 African-American police brutality and anti-war activist Larry Hales was arrested after 10 cops illegally busted into his home without a warrant and without permission, physical...
Posted by Melis on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:57:00 PST

Iraqi Woman Speaks

Dahlia Wasfi is a well known speaker and activist on social justice focusing on Iraq. Her interesting background comes from her father, who is born is Basrah, Iraq and her mother an Ashkenazi Jew from...
Posted by Melis on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:15:00 PST

Take Back MLK Day!

 
Posted by Melis on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:38:00 PST

CUABP Block Party Summer, 2007

This summer Colorado Communities United Against Police Brutality will be having a number of Block Parties to build unity between oppressed communities and to further politicize our communities through...
Posted by Melis on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:33:00 PST

DON"T BLAME HIP HOP FOR IMUS'S RACISM

Don't blame Hip Hop for Imus's racismPublished Apr 19, 2007 12:21 AMSince MSNBC decided to cancel Don Imus's radio program and was followed by CBS firing the "shock jock,' " the capitalist media and t...
Posted by Melis on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:58:00 PST

Women, Prison and HIV

Women, prison and HIVBy Melissa KleinmanPublished Mar 23, 2007 11:46 PMWomen in prison are suffering from HIV, and their pain and their courage are going unnoticed.A health care worker who has been pr...
Posted by Melis on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:45:00 PST

Imperialist Stand by as AIDS Crisis Grows

Imperialists stand by as AIDS crisis growsBy Melissa Kleinman Published Dec 23, 2006 12:24 AM In the year to come, thousands of Caribbean people will die of AIDS and thousands more will become i...
Posted by Melis on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:44:00 PST