Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Back To Work

Can it be I stayed away too long?

So yes, this blog and website have been on a long hiatus. I expected it to be about a month, and that turned into three more, and so now here we are.

It’s been nice, honestly. At the end of last year, I was pretty burned out on blogging. And I needed to get re-oriented for 2009.

I was grinding it out with speaking engagements, work around arts and cultural and racial justice activism, and getting started on a couple of new books. (More news here.)

A big shout-out to everyone whom I’ve had the pleasure to meet over the past 4+ years while talking about CSWS and Total Chaos. You’ve been so good for my soul. Hope I’ve been able to be of a fraction as much good for you.

I won’t be out and about as much over the next couple of years as I work on Who We Be. But I will be back to more regular blogging, and will be adding much more to the website. This is the spot we can connect.

So here’s to the near future. I expect to see you soon right here.

posted by Jeff Chang @ 1:01 pm | 5 Comments

5 Responses to “Back To Work”

Dallas Taylor says:

June 2, 2009 at 8:58 am

What up Jeff I just want to say that Total Chaos and CSWS have really opened up my eyes and my mind. I’m seeing the world we live in today in a whole different way. I’m stoked on the release of Who We Be, keep on doin what you’re doin. Peace
-Dallas
ronnie brown says:

June 2, 2009 at 8:55 pm

nice, clean look. What’s the story on “Who We Be”??
shing02 says:

June 3, 2009 at 12:51 am

right on!!!
Jeff Chang says:

June 4, 2009 at 6:28 am

Uh, gimme a second. I’m working on it right now!
ronnie brown says:

June 4, 2009 at 8:35 pm

oops!…for some reason, i missed the timeline in your post; sleepy eyes, i guess…

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