Minnesota is Paying Black Activists to ‘Rest’
Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Minnesota is paying a group of black activists $55,000 each to rest.
St. Paul activist Melvin Giles one of seven to receive $55,000 grant for rest and recuperation https://t.co/uHlAM2JiDQ pic.twitter.com/lpJrDWEqUR
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From St. Paul activist Melvin Giles one of seven to receive $55,000 grant for rest and recuperation:
With $55,000, Melvin Giles can buy a lot of fuel — er, bubbles.
Giles, a lifelong Rondo community activist and urban gardener in St. Paul, is known for blowing bubbles as a central part of his peace advocacy. In addition to co-leading the Urban Farm and Garden Alliance and spreading joy with bubbles, Giles also installs peace poles, simple monuments with the inscription ‘May peace prevail on Earth’ in several languages.
And as a “Star Trek” fan, he considers himself a time traveler — looking backward in time to draw lessons from the past, and looking generations into the future at a better world.
His ethos, simply put: “The peace poles are my time traveling vehicles, and the bubbles are the fuel,” he said.