On one hand the theme of this conference - sharing, working for better future for all and on the other hand, the view that there are limited resources and we need to batten down hatches to keep our own. Regean administration was a test run for what's happening now. Block grants where the beginning of the current movement toward states rights. How do we use the community initiatives to build across state lines, globally, etc. They try to fragment us.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
We need to figure out what the demand is. They have succeeded in dividing the community. The employment patterns arise not from individual will but from the economic structure. Lead to know and understand what drives labor to cross borders, then we stop looking to blame each other. We need to look to organize across national lines.