As I was standing before a powerfully beautiful shrine in Tokyo I felt nothing. It was a hot, crowded Sunday morning. You would think that would make things worse. But suffering of any sort often helps me find a connection. I might think it’s simply because I’m from the west and I’m not tuned into […]
Yesterday we boarded up all the windows on our house that shelters homeless people. Today I will be finishing that work on boarding up the doors. I will also be signing a no trespassing document so the police can arrest anyone at the house from this point forward. In all the years I've done this […]
Here’s what the smoke looks like when you burn wire. It’s dense, dark and smells like cancer. I took this picture just now. Our neighbors were yelling out their windows about the smoke. I was yelling about burning wire on my property. This is one of the reasons we are boarding up this house next […]
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 122 Based on the CNN Donald Trump Town Hall, Donald Trump is as good as ever. His base loves him. And Joe Biden is no match for this guy.
Suzanne Thomas was found dead in a scrapyard in Canton April 26 2023. I've been meaning to talk about this for some time. But it's a bit of a difficult subject for me. Suzanne was a close friend of our homeless community. She lived at our tent village for quite some time. She also was […]
We've been starting to clean out this church. It has sat completely empty for years. Random people come and go. But nothing really significant was happening there. Within a couple weeks of us working in the church we now have no less than 5 people living in this church. How could it go from having […]
I hope you have had a chance to read about Jordan Neely. He was the mentally ill, Black, homeless man that was choked to death on a New York subway by a blond Marine man. Every one of those details matter to the story. Race, mental illness, inner city, homelessness, gender. All these things matter. […]
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 121 We're going to look at my election for Akron city council and why I lost so spectacularly. We'll also look at who won and who else lost. I'd like to talk a little about where I'm thinking about going from here.
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I’m sorry. I tried really hard. And I know that there are some people that wanted to see me win. But clearly, most of Ward 8 did not see it that way. That’s fine. I absolutely respect their decision. This is not the first time I’ve lost. Far from it. I’ve lost more times than […]
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 120 We are going to look at the forced mental health treatment courts in Akron Ohio.
Something I don't currently talk much about (because there is so much else to discuss) is my deep love of technology. I am currently obsessed with AI and what it means for the future of humanity. Here is an image I created with an AI image creator called Midjourney. The prompt I gave it was: […]
Here's a picture of me and Imokhai Okolo. It was taken in mid-March of this year. Imokhai has been betrayed by his city. Jayland Walker was murdered in extreme cold blood with 94 bullets all meant for his unarmed body. The city of Akron did something similar to Imokhai. They looked to destroy his character. […]
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 119.I tried to be understanding and empathetic of the police. They chose to makes us hate them. Here are the links I referenced in this show: If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you […]
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The more radical I become in my activism the more extreme my positions of love become. I often like to tell you to love pedophiles. I do that because I know it’s the hardest challenge of love for many of you (unless of course you have a loved one that is a pedophile, like I […]
This is the memorial that was created near where Jayland Walker was shot and killed. It's at East Wilbeth and South Main. I took this picture at a very peaceful protest last night. I kept coming back to this little tree. I'd take pictures from different angles. Like in hopes that it would tell me […]
Look, if you know, you know. Tara Mosely is exactly what Akron needs right now. We are entering a time of sadness, desperation, isolation and hopelessness. I'm telling you, Jayland Walker's murderers will not be indicted We will, yet again, learn that the laws of the system are only here for one thing: To protect […]
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 118. We have to realize that the global corporate powers are using highly sophisticated mechanisms to convince us to think a certain way. The minute you think you are not susceptible to their manipulations they have instantly won.
I was out talking to voters yesterday and a woman asked me this question: “Will you play well with others?” That’s a really good question. It represents a deep understanding of who I am. I really appreciated the question. She is wondering if I will be able to work with other members of city council […]
This is the big project I want to work on for the next 4 years as the Ward 8 City Council Person. I'm calling it the Ward 8 Community Alliance. Here's what it looks like: The foundational building blocks of this idea is the Block Club concept. I feel like a Ward leader is probably […]
Not killed. Murdered. I know this for a fact simply by the admission of Chief Mylett. I have heard him say on several occasions that an officer must be able to account for every single bullet that leaves the barrel of his gun. As soon as the threat is eliminated they must stop firing. By […]
The Akron Police Department is trying to prepare us for the outcome of the grand jury hearings happening in April. I think it just made things worse.
This event took place on March 30, 2023 at 8 - Point Bistro. I only had 60 seconds to make a statement. So I could only speak part of it. Here is the full speech. 60 seconds is a difficult amount of time to lay out a complete philosophical strategy of uprising. So let me […]
I just got this question from a person on Facebook. This is what they wrote: This is what I wrote: This is a favorite topic of mine. I LOVE thinking about it. And I'm so sorry you are experiencing this in your family. It's brutally difficult. This is what I tell people: Think of yourself […]
Here Are My Rankings For Akron Mayor After The Saturday March 18 2023 ForumFirst: Tara MoselySecond: Mark GreerThird: Shammas MalikFourth: Marco SommervilleFifth: Jeff WilhiteSixth: Joshua SchafferSeventh: Keith Mills I thought it might be useful to talk about my biases. Each time I do these rankings after a debate I ask myself if I’m letting certain […]
My Rankings For Akron Mayor After The 3rd Debate: The BIG winner of the Social Justice Forum debate last night (March 16, 2023) was Mark Greer. The questions they asked were right up his alley and he knocked them out of the park. The first question the candidates were asked was "what is the most […]
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 116. We talk about the candidates and racism, classism and misogyny.
First: Tara MoselySecond: Marco SommervilleThird: Mark GreerFourth: Shammas MalikFifth: Joshua SchafferSixth: Jeff WilhiteSeventh: Keith Mills My rankings have definitely changed since the last debate. Tara and Marco are still in the top 2 spots. But Mark Greer is just amazing. He's a younger Black man who really gets it. At one point the question was: […]
I'm really excited about the abortion access amendment groups are trying to get on the November ballot in Ohio. The proposed amendment would provide that every “individual has a right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” including abortion. On top of that there is an Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative that I think […]
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