2nd September 2000
Been there. Still there. “A View of the Democratic National Convention”
The context for my latest adventure is that my career in music was forged in the political fires of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the 1970s. I worked with women all over the United States who understood the transformative connexion between politics and culture. My performances were often at events where these two powerful and empowering forces were effortlessly intertwined. Imagine then what a sublime pleasure it was to attend the recent Democratic National Convention and find many women who have participated in building the Women’s Music Movement still involved in the electoral process as delegates, elected officials, campaign workers and political organizers. As Alix Dobkin says: “Been there. Still there.”
I spent the week in Los Angeles immersed in the convention from the point of view of Vice President Gore’s campaign manager, Donna Brazile. My pal Kerry Lobel, recently retired Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and now executive producer of my current CD project made this extraordinary opportunity possible through her friendship with Donna. As a result, we moved throughout the convention environment from backstage, to the delegate floor to the podium, the skyboxes and caucuses. Here I saw a community of people who are decent and fiercely committed to electoral politics and progressive values in ways that were deeply moving.
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I was moved by this visible showing of solidarity by Jews and African-Americans on the night of Sen. Lieberman’s nomination. One of the extraordinary moments of the week was meeting Joseph and Hadassah Lieberman. I was surprised and quite affected by how spiritually present they both were.
