this is a pretty fair account of how i felt in those first few hours as well... and then the workshops began... i'm not sure if there is an easy solution to getting our voices heard... but the classroom set up of "you listen while we teach" through me off. i wanted more. nothing i could really put my finger on until i began to meet fellow indymistas... the passion, the urgency, the world perpectives that come into every conversation, the vision and the voice of each member i met along the way re-animated me. not to say that everything else was uninspired - there were great highlights - the women and people of color space, for instance, were great! but the fact that i had to chose which part of me to represent speaks to how community and social justice present HERE TODAY, in this moment, were overlooked, or maybe considered just not "big issue" enough.