The People's Freedom Caravan to the USSF

This is video 1 of a series of 4 that makes up a video journal. The KUNM Youth Radio Project attended the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit, MI, June2010, by way of the People’s Freedom Caravan (PFC), organized by The SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP), Southwest Workers Union (SWU) and Southern Echo. The PFC stopped in various communities along the way to the 2010 USSF, where the Caravan Freedom Riders stood in solidarity with the activists and grass roots organizers.

In this first video, KUNM Youth Radio Project’s Josh Horton interviews Cecilia Frescas, a member of SWOP, and Lucia Martinez, a member of both SWOP and the KUNM Youth Radio Project, about their initial thoughts before the PFC trip and the 2010 USSF.

Ponca City and the Toxic Tour

This is video 2 of a series of 4 that make up a video journal. The KUNM Youth Radio Project attended the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit, MI, June 2010, by way of the People’s Freedom Caravan (PFC), organized by The SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP), Southwest Workers Union (SWU) and Southern Echo. The PFC stopped in various communities along the way to the 2010 USSF, where the Caravan Freedom Riders stood in solidarity with the activists and grass roots organizers.

The Ponca City Native American Nations hosted the People’s Freedom Caravan on its first stop in Ponca City, OK. The Freedom Riders went on a toxic tour in Ponca City and saw first hand the pollution and environmental racism inflicted by Conoco Phillips Oil Refinery. The youth react to what they learned on the Toxic Tour and to the Leaders of the Ok, First Nation people. KUNM Youth Radio Project’s Josh Horton interviews Cecilia Frescas, a youth activist at SWOP, and Lucia Martinez, a youth activist at SWOP and a KUNM Youth Radio Producer, about their experience in Ponca City, OK.

2010 People's Freedom Caravan Protest Peabody Coal

This is video 3 of a series of 4 that make up a video journal. The KUNM Youth Radio Project attended the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit, MI, June 2010, by way of the People’s Freedom Caravan (PFC), organized by The SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP), Southwest Workers Union (SWU) and Southern Echo. The PFC stopped in various communities along the way to the 2010 USSF, where the Caravan Freedom Riders stood in solidarity with the activists and grass roots organizers.

The Caravan’s second stop was St. Louis, MO where the Caravanistas stood in solidarity with local activist protesting Peabody Coal, whose headquarters is in St. Louis, MO. Peabody Coal claims coal as an alternative energy source but it is highly detrimental to the environment and Coal mining devastates the land, the communities and the people who live on the land. KUNM Youth Radio Project’s Josh Horton interviews Cecilia Frescas, a youth activist at SWOP, and Lucia Martinez, a youth activist at SWOP and a KUNM Youth Radio Producer, about their experience in St. Louis, MO.

2010 People's Freedom Caravan through Louisville, Chicago, and to Detroit for the 2010 USSF

This is video 4 of a series of 4 that make up a video journal. The KUNM Youth Radio Project attended the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit, MI, 2010 June, by way of the People’s Freedom Caravan (PFC), organized by The SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP), Southwest Workers Union (SWU) and Southern Echo. The PFC stopped in various communities along the way to the 2010 USSF, where the Caravan Freedom Riders stood in solidarity with the activists and grass roots organizers.

The People’s Freedom Caravan sang and chanted its way through Louisville, KY., where they held a rally and moved on to march on City Hall in Chicago, IL. When the Caravan arrived in Detroit, MI the Caravanistas marched in solidarity with close to 20,000 activists from around the nation and the globe in the opening march of the 2010 United States Social Forum. Caravans from Atlanta, Georgia, New Orleans, Lo., San Francisco, Ca., and many other joined the New Mexico, Texas, Mississippi Freedom Riders from SouthWest Organizing Project, Southwest Workers Union, Southern Echo and The KUNM Youth Radio Project were a few of the many.

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