A Local Activist Group Holds Free Weekly Movie Nights, Both to Recover From the Protests and as a Form of Activism on Their Own
“It’s really easy to disassociate,” says Bittakis, who handed Snack Bloc over to its current president, Masyn Wade, last year but still organizes with the group. “What does it look like now when I’m like, ‘Hey, ya’ll, want to go out?’ Before, that was like, ‘Let’s go to a show, let’s go to an art gallery, let’s go get dinner.’ Now, ‘Hey, you want to go out?’ means ‘Hey, we’re going to bloc up and go be chased around.’”