Originally I was going to be live blogging from the National Equality March but there were several factors that kept that from happening, so let me now share with you how things went. Join the Impact MA brought over 250 people to Washington DC by bus, which traveled overnight each way, arriving at our destinations in the wee hours of the morning. On the way there we watched movies and talked about everything under the sun, and some were even able to catch a few winks of sleep although the comfort level on a bus leaves much to be desired.
Saturday morning we spent in part waiting for our rooms to be readied and the middle part of the day either consisted of attending various workshops geared to bring people more ability as activists, or as we did, some people broke away in order to enjoy the sites. I had promised Ray my spouse that we would go to the National Art Gallery so he could do research for a class project he has, so I can't tell you much more about the planned events that day. When we got back to out hotel room it was our intention on meeting up with the rest of our group and attending the night time events, but our lack of sleep caught up with us and we ended up staying in. The day of the march is an entirely different story. Early in the morning we received word that the planners of the rally were concerned because they had provided for 100,000 people showing up, but instead there were an estimated 250,000 that joined the march.
I was going to spend my time getting the close ups from the press box near the stage but at last minute chose to stay in the streets in order to get a multitude of personal mini-interviews and pictures of the participants. The amount of information we received will take some time to go through and properly put into cohesive stories, but allow me to share a taste of what's to come:
I'll put some of the videos up in the next few days once I've been able to catch up on my work and sleep! Thank you for all the kind words and well wishes that people have shared with me, and thank you to all the people who participated in our effort to capture this momentum on film. I can tell you all I want how uplifting this experience was, but these pictures and the videos to come will do that much more effectively than I ever could. Stay tuned... ;)
reported by John Hosty-Grinnell
John, you're looking mighty fit.
Posted by: John | October 16, 2009 at 08:55 AM
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/edcetera/2010120154_petition_signatures_should_be.html
Posted by: The Patriot | October 25, 2009 at 12:47 AM