There are pros and cons to identifying one's self with a particular organization. CodePink, for example. (Imagine that!) Since we fly under the pink banner, some people have preconceived notions and ideas about us, and they therefore expect us to comply with their idea of what we should be. It really doesn't work like that. Everyone has their own row to hoe. What works for pinksters in Podunk may not be the right actions for pinksters in Portland. In addition to that, what works for me may be all wrong for the person standing right next to me. So there's some degree of conflict inherent in the system.

On the PRO side, if someone wants to get active, they can find their way into activism via CodePink. We're hard to miss. We're the LookAtMe people. As we sang at the DC March....we are CodePink, we are proud, we are sisters, we are LOUD. ... We stand out in a crowd, so people come to US. We don't have to constantly look for things to do. Ideas sometimes present themselves to us. (Some may say we would be better off ignoring some of those ideas, but you can't unring a bell, so get over it.)

ahem. Anyway...

We were asked to speak to a grad level class about women and peace activism, and we've been asked to have a voter registration booth at the SD Indie Music Festival. And since the march in DC, we've had several new people ask to join our email list. All good things.

Plus the people who don't hate us like us a lot, so it's fun. :-)