Month October 2009

Kevin Kapa is a recent graduate of the University of California San Diego where he doubled majored in Ethnic Studies and Urban Studies and Planning. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the First UU Church of San Diego, where he is an active member of the Journey Towards Wholeness anti-racism/anti-oppression committee. Kevin also serves as one of two young adult representatives with DRUUMM (Diverse Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries), the people of color organization of the UUA.

Kevin works as a community organizer with the Coalition of Neighborhood Councils in inner city San Diego, where he advocates for affordable housing, educational equity and green jobs. Kevin also organizes with the San Diego Youth for Revolutionary Change, a coalition dedicated to building the youth empowerment movement in the region and Anakbayan San Diego, a Filipino based international solidarity organization, rooted in the core values of anti-imperialism, anti-feudalism and anti-bureaucrat capitalism.

In his free time Kevin loves hiking through forests, swimming in the ocean, meditating atop seaside cliffs, deepening his understanding of God and writing/performing spoken word poetry. Feeling compelled to continue pursing his passion for social justice and spirituality, Kevin plans to attend seminary and pursue his Masters in Divinity and work to translate Unitarian Universalism to the next generation.

Victory! / Kevin Kapa

A prayer dedicated to ALL who struggle:

Can you imagine the VICTORY!

WHEN WE WIN

It will be as if heaven’s LOVE / rained down from the sky and flooded the earth with peace.

WHEN WE WIN

Forests shall be regrowN / waters shall be restored / and we will hear the sounds of birds again.

WHEN WE WIN

The ways of the ancestors / will become relevant and their teachings will be burned into our skin.

WHEN WE WIN

Poverty, greed, and fear will be ousted,

And replaced by spiritual well-being, authentic friendship, and deep love.

WHEN WE WIN

The heavens above will ring a mighty sound / calling us home / calling us to LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

WHEN WE WIN

We will no longer have irrelevant or meaningless arguments,

Nor BE afraid of the power of our own voices.

WHEN WE WIN

Little boys and little girls will no longer be afraid to be who they are,

AND love who makes them happy.

WHEN WE WIN

Womyn of Color WARRIORS / will break the patriarchical & heternormative shackles that bind all of us,

SELF-HEALING / through ARTISTIC LOVE celebrations of expression.

WHEN WE WIN

The slave labor / of prison bondage will be DESTROYED,

And replaced by FREE / health care & education for all of our people.

WHEN WE WIN

Golf courses, freeway infrastructure, automobiles and oil forged by death / will become irrelevant,

And replaced by affordable housing, urban GARDENS, and solar mass TRANSIT.

WHEN WE WIN

The military industrial complex / will fall to its knees,

And be overgrown / by farmers MARKETS, CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUNDS and celebrations of solidarity.

WHEN WE WIN

The Aztec Sun / will once again RISE OVER the Brown People of the Earth,

Filling us with an indigenous pride in our ancestors.

WHEN WE WIN

The educational dreams / of undocumented children will manifest

And birth movement makers and spoken word prophets.

WHEN WE WIN

Borders will become meaningless / trade will be FAIR and NOT free / sweatshop abuse will finally END,

And prosperity will be for ALL OF US.
WHEN the victory comes

Indians, Blacks, Chicanos, Filipinos, Asians and Whites / will stand in solidarity with one another,

Fists raised HIGH / united together as one people.

WHEN the victory comes

Jews, Christians, Muslims, Pagans, Buddhists, Hindus and Atheists,

Will be able to share a meal at the table of sisterhood and brotherhood.

WHEN the victory comes

Military recruiters, prostitutes, drug dealers and gangsters / will be replaced by

Youth organizers, spiritual healers, community lawyers and green-collar-job makers,

The leaders of the REVOLUTION.

WHEN the REVOLUTION comes

Love’s flaming arrow / will strike the hearts of the people,

Birthing us into ANGELS here on Earth.

WHEN the LIBERATION comes

Our way to HEAVEN / will be PAVED by the GOLDEN RAYS of the SUN,

And BLESSED by the SILVER SHINE of the MOON.

WHEN the HEALING comes

It will NOT MATTER / what side you were on,

For God will have ALL OF US victorious in heaven.

WHEN the rebirth comes

The prophetic voices of:

Rumi, Che Guevara, Patrice Lumumba, Emilio Zapata,

Gabriela Silang, Philip Vera Cruz, Audre Lorde, Bayard Rustin, Malcolm X, Emma Goldman,

Angela Davis, Jo Ma Sison, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Van Jones,

Will be elementary school vocabulary.

WHEN the resurrection comes

It will be like the BIBLE SAID:

“*Blessed are those who grieve / for GOD will COMFORT THEM.

Blessed are those who are humble / for the WHOLE EARTH will be theirs.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after justice / for they / will BE SATISFIED.”

WHEN the victory FINALLy ARRIVES

We will realize LOVE / to be the FORCE on this planet pushing the world FORWARD

pushing ALL OF US FORWARD.

From Mother to Son,

From Father to Daughter,

From Generation to Generation.

Wherever there is struggle / the people WILL rise up.

Wherever there is fear, injustice or discrimination,

A movement calling for greater LOVE is bound to be birthed.

Whoever you are / whatever circles you travel with,

KNOW there is a movement waiting for your touch.

waiting for your unique soul to bless it / with your presence.

DO NOT BE AFRAID / HUWAG KANG MATAKOT.

Now is the time /TO Step into the light / (AND pierce though the BULLSHIT!)

With the best tools we have at our disposal / our VOICES, our HANDS, and our UNITY!

Ashe. Kapalaran. Amen.