Shortly after @theblcklst website launched, I was introduced to Tony Hsieh, who asked me what I next needed to accomplish our mission of supporting talented aspiring professional screenwriters in making their way into the industry....
My answer was rambling: About the need for community, about wanting to start a screenwriters lab, about not having the resources to execute it
A week later he emailed to say that he could give me 15 bedrooms in downtown Las Vegas for a full week if that would be helpful.
Small, intimate, inspirational inauguration thats heavy on packaged video and that respects the reality of the global pandemic we’re living through and then immediately back to work.
Save the party for the first July 4 that it’s safe to gather at scale again.
Though I’ve yet to see evidence that supports the claim, it’s certainly plausible that the branding of “defund the police” had a negative effect in some more conservative environments, but we should also be very clear that branding and policy are different.
I would love to see polling on the constituent elements of Defund the Police separate from its branding as such.
Like, is there anyone who’s actually against reducing police capacity for violence in favor or providing more effective constituent services in such a way that reduces crime and improves quality of life?