Rodstarz of Rebel Diaz-How to Organize Your Hood & not be a 'Fake' studio Revolutionary

Rodstarz touched town in Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest SXSW conference. He came by Resistencia Bookstore and talked to community folks about the origins of Rebel Diaz. He aslo talked about the Community Center they built in the Bronx. Rod explained that the Bronx community center is the result of seeing the value in each community member and working with them to create something everyone feels connected to.. Rod cautioned us to not do the things many movement people do which is look down upon and shun the people they're supposed to be helping uplift..He also talked about the tendency to have lots rhetoric and talking points but no ability to organize people on the block. Lastly Rod talked about moving away from foundation models and develpoing something closer to the needs of the people and more sustainable.