Volunteers Hit the Road for Dennis John Kucinich (DJK)
Volunteers Hit the Road for Dennis John Kucinich (DJK):
On Friday, October 17, a young man from Iowa will begin his coast-to-coast journey from Portland, Maine, to the California coast by foot -- a grassroots action for the campaign to elect Dennis J. Kucinich president of the United States. Jonathan Meier intends this pilgrimage to raise awareness of the campaign as he makes connections with individuals and communities along his route.
Meier proposed this walk in an online Kucinich volunteer discussion forum where it immediately generated a large amount of enthusiasm and interest. People committed right away to joining the walk for small stretches and others offered housing and vegan food for the walkers along their path. Most recently, a mother from Washington State, Suzette Lisuk, committed to joining Meier for the trip from New England to California. She expects to be joining Jonathan in November as soon as she completes arrangements for her 15 year old son. Meier will traverse Maine moving from Portland, ME south on Route 1 towards Portsmouth, NH. From there, he will head west across NH towards Keene, Brattleboro, and then down through Western Massachusetts.
The first leg of the trip will take the walkers from Portland to Washington, D.C., where they will meet supporters at the statue of that great walker Mahatma Gandhi on Massachusetts Avenue. Congressman Kucinich won the Gandhi Peace Award in 2003, and Meier himself says he is greatly influenced by the work of Gandhi. The second leg will take the walkers to Des Moines, Iowa, and the third to San Francisco, Calif.
These volunteer walkers will be following in the American tradition of conscientious walkers that includes Martin Luther King, Jr. and those who marched for civil rights 40 years ago, as well as Kucinich supporter Granny D, who crossed the country for campaign finance reform.
"We need to draw awareness to all of the positive steps that Dennis will take once elected, and we need to develop a sense of community through out the U.S., where people will open up to each other, letting go of their fears, and treat each other as brothers and sisters instead of as strangers and 'potential terrorists,'” Meier said.
The Kucinich Campaign applauds and is grateful for this dedication and support. In this campaign, it is the volunteers and supporters who "Make It Happen!"
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