Here is a picture of my town's little peace march last Saturday. I found it in the local paper. The head count was about 150, which is rather sad. My plan is to go to San Francisco in March, for the next protest. I wish I could head to D.C., but that just isn't realistic right now. Anyway, it's all about making your voice heard, no matter where that may be.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Last Saturday
Here is a picture of my town's little peace march last Saturday. I found it in the local paper. The head count was about 150, which is rather sad. My plan is to go to San Francisco in March, for the next protest. I wish I could head to D.C., but that just isn't realistic right now. Anyway, it's all about making your voice heard, no matter where that may be.
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I got a letter in the mail from one of my Senators today. Having written dozens, and signed lots of petitions that I know he got copies of, it struck me rather odd to finally hear from him now.
But then he wasn't running for President before...
My Representative (Dennis Moore) on the other hand, always writes, several times handwritten and signed.
Hmmmmmmm!
alan
Which Senator, Alan?
The protests in our area are always pretty sparse, and now with temps hovering in the twenties and relentless snow, I rarely see them on their regular corner.
The fact that they all fit on one street corner means I can see when the faces have changed -- it's not always the same group of people.
For every one we see, in my mind, there are at least five more: one had to be at work, one had to visit an ailiing parent in the hospital, one decided to attend a pro-choice demonstration, one was baking cookies for a school bake-sale, one was circulating impeachment petitions, one was taking sandwiches to the local shelter, one was giving birth, one was working on a Habitat for Humanity home, one took the kids to soccer practice, one was volunteering at the soup kitchen, one was canvassing neighborhoods to promote a proposal to preserve farmland, one was walking for a cure, one was out of towwn for a wedding, another for a funeral, another for a christening, one was working with a pregnant teen through the Doula program, one was at home riding the phone trying to persuade every local phramacy to carry Plan-B, one was manning the phones at a crisis intervention center, one was babysitting her infant grandchild so her daughter could work or go to school, one was supporting a friend who needs to leave an abusive husband, one was circulating petitions for asbestos testing in an old school building, and f course there are a few who simply overslept ... what I'm saying is that 150 may seem sad from the inside looking out, but from the outside looking in, 150 seems powerful, because this is a wild world and there is so much good that needs getting done.
I'm proud of you for participating.
Large or small, every single one counts. Perhaps as we stand up, they (the administration) will stand down.
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