SEIU

Got to report on what the old crew is up to. MFA and SEIU Local in Seattle have teamed up on a video project to ask young folks and musicians about their health care status and opinions on the system:

David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion)

There's a good idea in here somewhere, but I don't see an endgame. What are the videos being collected for? Most young people know we have shitty to no health care. Telling their stories (or allowing them to tell their own stories) is cool, but what next? This is an SEIU partnership . . . so what is SEIU and how might they help me? (That's a rhetorical question - I know what SEIU is, but a lot of younger folks probably don't). Is there a way to build this into part of a statewide movement to reform Washington's health care system like Massachussets and other states have done?

Cool shit in and of itself doesn't help us. Cool shit that gets other shit done is what we need to be aiming for.

So what comes next? What are we looking to get done, and how does this get us there?