Quick update

On my way to a private art exhibit. Looking forward 2 a day of creativity and inspiration.

Anywho this will be a quick blog...While typing on my blackberry I can't wait to type my news-----I am going vegetarian. Yes, no more meat for me. I've done it before for like 3 weeks but this time I feel like I want it to become a way of life style.

Ttyl peeps. Enjoy ya day.Will blogg soon with a much longer post.

Peace,
Sonia G

I made a Difference in Africa

Early this year I went to DC to staff the Young People For(yp4) 2009 Summit as a Senior Fellow. There I was able to help the new class of fellows get settled in and welcome them to the YP4 family . That by itself was an extraordinary experience. However, what was more amazing was meeting the other senior fellows from other years. One special individual that I was able to meet was Alex Hill.....


Who is this Alex Hill? "He is a 2007 Young People For Fellow.Currently a senior studying International Relations and Global Area Studies: Africa specializing in African Studies and International Development at Michigan State University, Alex likes to spend his time applying his passion to the problems of the world. In his free time Alex runs SCOUT BANANA with a dedication that is renewed each day by the inspiration of others. Alex’s life was forever changed when he traveled to Uganda in 2002 to visit the communities benefiting from a SB funded ambulance. He was able to experience the harsh realities of the world at the ripe age of 14 and realize the amazing potential to make a difference while recognizing the under-emphasized beauty of “banana” yellow.

Alex is the founding director of SCOUT BANANA. He has created the global non-profit organization with a mission to combine efforts with commitment and determination to save lives in Africa by supporting projects and organizations that provide basic health care services to the world's marginalized. He hopes to further develop the organization to expand the impact and involvement of America's youth and university students in a movement where global health is everyone's responsibility."

That is Alex Hill. When speaking to him, I was able to feel such a good vibe from him. Def. he is an inpiration and last night I received a SCOUT BANANA T-shirt from him in the mail. Thank you Alex Hill and keep doing the wonderful work you devote yourself too.

Alex Hill: A great example of youth making a different in todays society.


For more links to Alex Hill:
He is on facebook, twitter him: Alexbhill

Scout Banana links: http://scoutbanana.org/ , http://www.myspace.com/scoutbanana

K'naan Your Amazing!!!

Ahhh his new video...Kanye you did it again...



On another note, I had my Institutionalized Racism class today and we were discussing the Pirates of Somalia and how they have been portrayed as these "pirates" who are doing illegal stuff and are bad people. And we dove into how news are bias and that you have to do your own reserach...the Pirates of Somalia are people who are trying to control their water and fish market because over the years big industries and top nations have been coming to their waterfronts and illegaly dumping toxic waste---polluting their water, and also taking over their fishmarker(meaning fishing in their seaport with no permission)---but the news did not cover this reality...CNN, and all those other channels painted a picture of this US boat getting attack by these savages...and now one of the "pirates" have been found in NY and he will be try as an adult(he is a minor btw) in a NY Court---my question is whose gonna take to court those people that have been polluting Somalia???Check out racewire.org article Why We Don’t Condemn Our Pirates in Somalia hmmm , it goes more in depth....I'll leave you with K'naans video regarding pirates and the interview he gave regarding it.

Dream Act on CNN--Matias you Rock!!!!

Join and Support the mission to getting the Dream Act passed. For more information log on to dreamact2009.com, dreamactivist.org the United We Dream Act Coalition or get involved with the NYS-YLC....... Check out: The DReam Act Portal, the largest online community of undocummneted students. Everyday more news and media are picking up on the Dream Act, check out the article on the New York Times: Immigrant Children in Legal Limbo



Make sure to check out Iamshadow's blogpage---an undocumented student--
And I'll leave ya with a quote I took from his page :
"It’s an impossible position we’ve been put in where we have to choose sending unauthorized migrant youth to die in a war across the sea or in a war in the U.S.A. There’s one thing I know though. It’s that I haven’t met a single unauthorized migrant youth that opposes the DREAM Act. It’s only people that have the privilege of legal status that pretend to know what it’s best for unauthorized migrant youth that oppose the DREAM Act. Kyle at his blog, Citizen Orange.

I heard 'em say ...."I gotta find my peace of mind"

Tupac told me: During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams.----In life there r going 2 b some things dat make it hard 2 smile. But whatever u do, through all da rain & pain, u got 2 keep ur sense of humor, u got 2 smile 4 me now REMEMBER THAT----If u don't know me, don't judge me.

Lupe said:

"my greatest enemy is my inner me"
"I'm just a rose in weeds
And I arose with reasons, to stay on this road I lead
'Til I leave with what I sold, my soul, indeed
Leave my son with the sum of what I sold in deeds..."
"stop feeding all of the bullshit, starve all of it"



Idk i kept listening to their recors, reading Tupacs poems and these lines kept appearing in my mind, like ferris wheels these lines rotate over and over again with passengers that are so called events in my life time...

For the past couple of days I've stop writing in my book of LiFelines..I havent gone running in a while too...to be honest..i been feeling "confused"....my fingers dont feel like they are holding a pen..for the pen been replaced with Jesus cross.....and with each letter i scribble down feels like sins washed up in blue ink...understanding myself...I gotta find peace in mind....and this ferris wheel starts rotating again...and Lauryn Hills song comes to mind..Listen





I hope someday, maybe when I go to Church on Sunday..I can find peace...
Tomorrow is a new day ..look forward to going running again--miss those 6 am joggings
and miss what I use to see--->midway in my run through the tracks @ Riverbank I would stop and look up and see the heavens



^^^^ actual pic. taken one early morning when running....

Life gives you lessons and I get them through texts and IM's

Well everything that happens happens for a reason, and the things that don't go slightly our way is part of a learning process.

In the past 64 hours Lol...A lot of things have gone down. I dove back into the Dream Act campaign after a week of family problems and personal issues...I have written more pieces that I soon will start working on in order to perform it....I'm planning an open mic on June 20th (2nd Annual Artist F-Our: Youth)...I'm going to Yale next week as a speaker with YLC. I paid my phone bill so my blackberry is back on....and a certain individual has connected back into my life. He knows I missed him like I miss Power Rangers and Hey Arnold! Lol 3 am walk on a Friday night was an unexpected event-but surely made my day.....( I Hope you don't promise me something you can't keep)

On another note in the past weeks I've learned to enjoy the simple things in life. "A hug from your family.. a laugh with your friends.. a stroll thru the park,. the small things in life are great! plus thers so many of em!!"

I've managed to hang out with my girls more: had some Cuban food with them, had some drinks with them Lol( Tomi baby where do you live?? Who Is better Jay-Z or Nas ? Lol) And I have learned tru friendship doesnt depend on how many times you see them, I haven't seen my best buddy Uko( since Christmas when we exchange gifts) but yet he has always maintained in contact with me. Advising me about dudes and telling me to not stress the lame ones."Promised to never love a slore" Lol "Uko is the epitome of a god". lol

I love my big brother Uko and hope he can find a good lady someday.And his text has kept me sane through out these two years.

Certain individuals have begun to reach out to me recently. I haven't spoken to them in months. Its nice to know I have been on their minds but it just a reminder of how friendships/relationships to them is just some shit they can pick up anytime they feel lonely. So to my dear friend:
I truely don't regret the moments we may have spend together, from funny times where I couldn't get you out my house in time. Or the day where you took my trash can with you Lol I adore you with all my heart, but you made the decision of our friendship when you chose to play with my heart. I don't have a grudge against you, if anything you shall remain a very important factor in what became the Sonia G. Babe I hope you find a good lady for yourself and I hope you enjoy life( don't pout too much)


So my dear reader, I could have writen a blog about how Kanye has his girl on that photo shoot for his shoes or how Lil Kim has been doing well on Dancing with the stars but that's not part of my life. And as much as we may want to include them in our life lessons, life lessons comes with actions and reactions we chose to take....so hopefully what you got out of this blog is that : one should enjoy and appreciate the simple things in life, and learn to forgive people when they have done you wrong....life is like a box of chocolates and inside of them chocolates there is a life lesson :)

Go with the flow....

This is how my horoscope read today:

You're pushing towards a new beginning, but nothing is a sure thing -- you are still on thin ice with the situation and need to tread lightly. A friend's promise may fall through at the last minute. No matter what happens, try to just go with the flow, and don't get angry about it. Things will get to where they need to be if you are cool and flexible about how they get there.


Hmmm so I'm those type of ppl that sure enough read horoscope in hope to get insight of the future or to make sense of current things. But I never do take it seriously....I read it, and within the next 30 minutes I forget all about what my horoscope said...

Anywho what attracted to paying attention to todays horoscope Is the last part :
" No matter what happens, try to just go with the flow, and don't get angry about it. Things will get to where they need to be if you are cool and flexible about how they get there" Lol

I just had an hour conversation regading me "going with the flow" with one of the realist dope guy I ever met in my life. The phone call took place last night, funny call cause I haven't spoke to him in years. Well more like a month or so Lol He goes by the name MC Skywalker and he is an interesting individual.


So the conversation began with him poking fun @ my cornballish jokes(for the record I am funny) We dove into faith and believing in things. And just like how my horoscope , he spoke about me learning to go with the flow, and how I tend to analyze things too much and how I just have to believe. Have Faith.....I attempted to tell him I analyze things because I just wanna prepare and that I just wanna be certain that I'm doing the correct thing. I always been this way:over analyze things, and look for flaws and test things cause they seem to be too good to be true. I always find reasons for things. Yet I didn't believe those reasons, for every thing in life has purpose but I had yet to understand that concept.

Well the conversation was a conversation that I expected to have with him for he is an interesting individual. He always impressed me and that's why I always admired him. To tell you the truth aside from my friend Uko, he is one of the men I respect. And I am very thankful to have him in my life.

He told me to read the Bible( he is religious) and to have faith. But what I loved about his advice is the fact that he doesn't look down upon my way of going about things. He treats me with respect and his advice are said in the nicest way possible, and very positive criticism.

So while I sit here in my couch typing on my blackberry i can tell you(my reader) life is a journey, go with the flow have faith- cause that's what I'm doing today:)

Mommas Hip Hop Kitchen 2009/ladies night

These are some random pics. from Mommas Hip Hop Kitchen Vol 2. event in the Bronx(March 2009) ---I went with my ladies. The show was bananas...Def. the ladies held it down. True talent no doubt..Kayan baby you did your thang. Love it...Inspiration from start to begining.

Check more pics. of the event on my myspace photo album or my facebook....

Love it..cant wait to hear it

"Sonia stop pouting, just smile baby girl"...and so I did

Life is good, aint it?

"I'm even smiling for me,
Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me,
Smiling for something,
I'm hiding from falling,
Now what you know about what smiles are all about
I hide my tears from the crowd
By smiling"

Certain things you may not know about Sonia G

There are certain things that I've keep to myself ..but i think I should share some with ya:

1) I have no fav. colors but my room is pink and green
2)I wear glasses, but currently my glasses are broken(cause i slept wearing them and they broke on the side)
3)I love highlighting things, i guess i love words so why not color them
4)I'm letting my hair grow as long as it can possibly grow just cause
5)I dont know how to swim or ride a bike ...
6) I like getting French tips and hate doing my own nails
7) I love the shows : Monk, Law and Order, and Psych
8)Never been in love (what ever that is lol)
9) I use to keep a diary, now i just write and share it with the world
10)music literally saved my life--kept me sane
11) I want atleast 10 more tats on my body
12) I want to be or will be a Congresswomyn
13)My fav. # is 5
14)I have no ipod :( ------long story
15) I play soccer, always been tomboyish...yet I am lady like(wat ever that is)
16) I love the movie Pretty in Pink ---def. love the scene where Duckie sings Try a little tenderness by Otis Redding

17) I always been a kid @ heart, love cartoon movies
18)I dont pay bills on time, thats why my phone is always getting disconnected
19)I have a 1/2 sister
20)I dont think I'll ever get married
21)I love Mac makeup
22)I intimidate ppl with my stare--well actually I had ppl fallin for me cause of my eyes lol
23)I have a thing for Kid Cudi
24) I sometimes paint with my eyes close
25)I have bad ankles
26)The best nickname ever given to me is Baby LUna
27)I freestyle for fun lol
28)I love playing 007 in my uncles Xbox
29)I have the same birthmark that my lil brother and my father have
30)I'm not a good speller
31)I like singing while running (you can catch me on the act when I'm in riverbank at 5am in the morning running)
32)I hate clubbing, never liked the whole "grinding on strangers"
33)I been pronouncing my last name incorrectly my whole life lol
34)I dont like when ppl cant hold a conversatin on the phone..like i hate that long silence or pause in a call like come on say something if u call me
35) I love this Colombian restaurant in Queens, yummmm "cat food" lol (inside with tam, Maro and Judy)
36) I always wanted to be a B-girl
37)I miss Power Rangers, and Hey Arnold
38)I am a good quarter back and love to throw softballs
39)I pout all the time
40) I no longer read newspapers, i read my google alerts lol
41)I didnt see my parents till the age of 5
42)I envy the wind cause it is clear, cold and warm, its everywhere and anywhere I wanna be
43)I hate feet
44)I dont wear sneakers anymore, except when i go running
45)I use to film, I wanna go back to doing that and be the next Spike Lee
46)I love the Color Purple and Breakfast Club
47)I like writing in blue ink
48)I'm lactose intolerant
49)I cant sleep without the TV or something being on
50) I'm kinda afraid of the dark
51)I raised my little sister
52)I had mad pets when growing up(from turtles to little chicks)
53)I think I know my times tables...
54)I dont like wearing dresses
55)I wanna learn how to skateboard( currently I'm waiting on this dope dude named Troy to teach me)
....When i think of more I shall post it up , but this is all for now

I love you so...

"When I talk about love, when i think about love ..in your dreams do you see me...in your mind can you see me, in your dreams can you see we?..............."

I met this lady for the first time last year.Trust me she is Hip-HOP...This song has been on my myspace profile, in my head, in my sleep, when i run,when i write... and so i figure i share with ya what real hip-hop/real poetry/real lyrics/real talent is----

Toni Black feat. Meta ---"I love you so"



Damn her lyrics are so perfect...

Are you an artist?

Ever since i could remember i always wanted to paint, write, and sing...I always put them off because I never had time for it, always had a busy schedule or always thought i didnt have the skills to pain write or sing( well I def. cannot sing lol so lets focus on painting and writing)......

This year i decided to dive in and do what i am destined to do...I started to do more writing, and paint..yes paint (Im actually pretty good at it, not that there is a good scale in good art and bad art)...What has pushed me further into this creativity has been my session with Toni Blackman and reading the book Artist Way by Julia Cameron..they have both taught me to pursue what i want to do with no fear. Pretty simple advise, but implementing it has been a struggle. trying to balance my school work, community activism work, and social life is hectic --

Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.
You need to claim the events of your life to make yourself yours

^ These are the words by Julia Cameron, she is helping me reintroduce myself to creativity in a 12 week process. u kno, everyone has creativty, and everyone can create --it is how we channel it --and most of us block that channeling with our busy schedules or fear that we cant do it...So I wanted to share with ya my answer to the question " Are you an artist?

I am an artist. I create. I am willing to create, There us a divine plan of goodness for me..I, Sonia am a brilliant and prolific writer and painter.

"Zeroes and Ones"

Woah these are such incredible videos..when u lacking creativity and need to reboost yourself def. you can just watch these and bounce back with energy----Carlos La Rotta did a damn great job at directing the first video ..and kanye always comes through with his videos--its moving art...Enjoy!



The Black and White Years - "Zeroes and Ones" from birds-on-fire films on Vimeo.

April 4th 2009 Reflection

Going to Cornell University this weekend was bitter sweet. I was able to see two old friends(Tamara baby and Tony Touch) , def. that was a great feeling. Haven’t seen them since last year. I love those 2 ladies.

And it was bitter in the way that I was at a campus that could have been my campus. Although a good candidate to attend that school I couldn’t go because of my status in this country and also cause money. That was my dream school, a school I could have said yes to, unfortunately I had to turn it down and go to Hunter College. That is not to say that I regret the life I have now as a CUNY student, def. being in the city I have experience so many things, staying in the city has led to my personal growth. You know, things are always for the best, It was meant for me to stay here and be at this point of my life.

So I and two other NYSYLC core members went up to Cornell as guest speakers for the 2009 Spring ECCSF Conference that was held by M.E.Ch.A. ( Def. let me give my thumbs up to the Cornell’s M.E.Ch.A, those students def. did a great job at putting about the conference).

The conference touched upon Latinas/os in Higher Education in Anti-Immigrant America.
-Dr. Alan E. Gomez a Professor at Arizona State University discussed The State of La Raza
-Dr. Belisa Gonzalez a Professor at Ithaca College & Cornell University discusses Affirmative Action in a Race blind society
-Dr. Sofia Villenas a Professor at Cornell University discusses Ingles Only (Bilingual Education)
-Dr. Alfonso Gonzales a Professor at NYU discussed Immigration Climate: Political and Social Impact in our Communities
-Me, Jenny, and Marisol discussed A Dream Deferred (Dream Act)


Overall the Conference led to an understanding of where we are as people and how youth can have an impact in the change we want . One thing I left with was with the understanding that “ we are all part of a continental struggle”. We are not secluded in the struggle we face day by day in New York or even Arizona, we are part of a bigger spectrum were people in Ecuador to the people in Africa are also facing the same struggles. So our fight in our communities , is a fight for the people everywhere.

It may be a long walk to freedom but we are not walking alone….

Funny clip before i go upstate

So I'm going upstate for a Conference @ Cornell University this weekend to discuss the Dream Act. I been packing all day(well unpacking cause I tend to take od stuff for no reason lol). Anyhow, I was forward this video clip and its funny in a thruthful way. Enjoy.

Heard 'em say...

“They say people in your life are seasons,
And anything that happen is for a reason”

Waking up to 4 am call when your having the best sleep ever is never a good look…
Specially if the person on the other line is telling u bullshit
“ I miss you, can we give it a try…”


Give it a try? And so I wonder to myself, “we did give it a try” or maybe he just forgot.So I sat in my bed for about 30 minutes listening to his voice, a voice that was unpleasant to my eardrums.5 minutes later I hanged up the phone and attempted to watch some Law & Order( cause sleep was out of the question after such call)…Unfortunately I couldn’t enjoy the episode for the only thing crossing my mind was all the people that have been seasons in my life.

*People who I treated like sisters, devoting my time to hear out their problems
*People who I treated like friends, developing a friendship that I hope was no bother

People who …

*People who I was willing to purchase them all the ice cream in the world just so that they could smile
*People who I shared poetry with, hoping that lines penetrated more that just pages on a book that maybe it penetrated the heart
*People who I texted or IM’ed a “hey babe” to let them know I was thinking of them even if my busy schedule preventing me from seeing them face to face
*People who I travel through boroughs in order to see their shows , to show support and show love
*People who I sang to (even though I can’t sing) just to get them to laugh and enjoy the sweet melody that my heart attempted to express in order to show how I felt about them
*People whose face I touched, caressing their fears away, assuring them I wont ever let go
*People whose lips I kissed, letting them take my breath away because I trusted them with my life

And yet these were the people that treated me less than a sister, less than a friend People who were willing to purchase all the pain in world and serve it to me just to see me frown , who shared with me their discontent and who never texted me or IM’ed me back, who travel through boroughs in order to see “the other” ,who sang sweet nothings in my ear, whose face I never saw, whose lips kissed others

“They say people in your life are seasons,
And anything that happen is for a reason”

And those people were seasons but I don’t regret their presence in my life……And I’ll end this blog with the line I used to end that 4am call : “ Cuz every worthless word we get more far away, and nothing's ever promised tomorrow today, And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe, it hurts but it may be the only way”

Whose world is this? Its mine , its mine, its mine

So i found out that Nas is coming to my college to perform($10 a ticket to see a legend, thank you Hunter College) After a decade he still makes good music, and def. they are classic.So I'll leave ya with one of my fav. songs/video , and def. look forward to seing him perform it live on May 1st.




"All I need is one blunt, one page, and one pen
One prayer - tell God forgive for one sin
Matter fact maybe more than one, look back
at all the hatred against me...
ALL I NEED IS ONE LIFE, ONE TRY, ONE BREATH I'M ONE MAN
WHAT I STAND FOR SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND...This is crazy, I'm on the right track I'm finally found
You need some soul searchin, the time is now

All I need is one mic...."