Initially I was wait-listed to get community credentials for the final night of the DNC and Barack Obama's historic speech accepting the nomination at Invesco. I was pretty bummed out, until i quickly reminded myself that it meant that so many people wanted to attend...and that was good news. But, the campaign office in my little Northwestern Colorado rural town where i have been volunteering called to say that I received a ticket!
I stood in line for about two hours to get in. Security was the same as getting onto an airplane, but the police were wonderful and the campaign had people handing out free water along the way. Like myself, tens of thousands of campaign volunteers were there on their own, not with a friend or family member. But what I had said to my husband before i left was so true...i was there with 80,000 of my closest friends!
Barack of course did not disappoint with his speech, but that was not the most amazing thing about the experience. The most amazing thing was that i was surrounded by tens of thousands of people just like me, gay or straight, black or white, old or young and in-between...all of us knowing that we MUST move towards taking back this country and WE must be agents of change, not expecting politicians to do it for us. If you were not there, you could have missed this--it might have looked simply like a huge political rally for a candidate. but the rally was the rally of everyday people who care about other people, and want to better the situations of all people. the Promise delivered by Barack was that if we are willing to work, we can make things better for families, our friends, and our communities. if you heard the cheering, it was because those of us in that stadium accepted the Promise and are willing to work to see it happen!
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