My apologies to everyone. On this day where we remember the infinite resolve and conviction of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, I am acknowledging my own failings
I should be at the phone bank making calls for Martha Coakley. But the past few days, I have been so full of despair. Today, I was asked to perform with an Interfaith Church group
Save Them Now, calling for Prison Reform
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Its a group that helps incarcerated felons get back to civilian life.
I realize that I am better at playing harp/slide guitar at events like these and cooking at the soup kitchen then community organizing. I don't have the stamina> I wish I did. I realize that being in reform/social justice movements means you have to accept defeat/scorn/condemnation
I greatly admire the folks in Mass right now.
manning the phone banks and more importantly in the streets. Hopefully,they can knock on doors and drive folks to the polls. I hope it pays off. The folks in Mass are the true believers who can withstand defeat and scorn.
In them, MLK lives. It is my understanding, the civil rights movement took defeat after defeat before it was signed by LBJ. We are still fighting.
Maybe some day we will have justice, health care for all. Tomorrow does not look like it will be that day
My apologies to everyone. But I will admit to the truth. I don' have the stamina for this!