I have to admit I started this election cycle on the fence. After the trauma of 2004, I didn’t care who went to the White House as long as it was a Democrat. After the voters in this great country narrowly returned W. to Washington, I thanked God I lived in Manhattan, could still walk outside and see a same-sex interracial couple pushing a baby carriage, and in isolation secretly prayed for succession from the rest of the United States. Then came Iowa. Everything changed. I had the opportunity to vote for something rather than just against. I have been actively involved ever since. On the night of the Mississippi primary, I created a fundraising page in honor of that victory, and even if I’m not selected for the dinner, I wanted to share it with the campaign:
Mississippi is no longer burning, just fired up.
Neshoba County, Mississippi. Infamous for the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964. I met a friend of Monique's from Neshoba County who writes for the Jackson Press. White, female, my age. She told us that she and all her friends grew up knowing the men who killed Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman. Nothing they could do about it. Today, Neshoba County has only about 30,000 residents total, approximately 65% white, 20% black. Tonight, Barack Obama won Neshoba County. No matter how the cynics try to spin him as just a "black" candidate, what is happening across this country is so much more. This country is ready. A change is going to come. Barack Obama won Neshoba County.
In honor of this campaign's win tonight in Mississippi and to honor all those who worked, risked and even gave their lives for change, I've set my own personal fundraising goal for the campaign, which you can see in the thermometer to the right.Will you make a donation to help me reach my goal? Even $5 will help.
I know I've badgered many of you throughout the past two months but this a historic moment in time that we cannot let slip away. Our country can be transformed. Yes We Can.
xo, Nat
"The time is always right to do what is right."
Martin Luther King, Jr.(1929-1968)
I sent this page to my mother and her brother, who was a SNCC organizer in the sixties. They have been on the phone throughout this campaign, giddy as teenagers, “Do you think this could happen in our lifetime? Can you imagine if Mama were here to see this?” and on and on. Hearing them alone, has been reason enough to keep me going no longer how long this goes on!
