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Kokumo: Community Organizer

Started by Allamakee, August 23, 2010, 05:02:01 AM

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A Gay in the Life -  Kokumo: Community Organizer
by Kate Sosin
Windy City Times (LGBT newspaper)
August 18, 2010
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/images/publications/wct/2010-08-18/current.pdf  (page 9)

QuoteKOKUMO, 21, is a student at Chicago State University, but she's devoting much of her summer
to community organizing. This day was a continuation of KOKUMO's work on the "Safe and Affirming
Education" campaign. KOKUMO attended a training on community organizing and then
helped plan the organization's upcoming events and actions.

"I wish somebody would have done it for me," she said, noting that protections for queer students
would have made her days in Chicago Public Schools easier. "The change is only going to
come when we force it to."

NB: short article, with six photos.  Earlier WCT article which briefly mentions Kokumo is at
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=26241



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