Text and video by Sarah Phelan
I posted this video–shot moments after the Board voted 8-2 to approve Sup. David Campos’ amendment to the sanctuary ordinance– to remind myself what it sounds like when folks that have been disenfranchised of their rights, and told there is no way to help them–feel that their concerns have been listened to–and acted upon.
Since Tuesday, when the Board supported Campos’ legislation, all we’ve been hearing is how the mayor plans to ignore these folks and their concerns because he’s afraid of the right wingers. But when I listen to this video, it reminds me of how folks felt last November, when the nation elected Obama, and how hope lives on, even in the hardest and unfairest of times.