Greg Gelburd invites us all to join him in
silent protest of the current
administration's
policies:
In recent months, it has become more evident
that we are being led in many horrible
directions by
our administration. Most of us have sat
idly watching it, maybe complaining to each
other but
doing little. Polls indicate 70% of us do
not approve of our president. Recently
elected
democrats, now with the majority in the
house and the senate, are reluctant to
impeach our
president and vice president, even as
atrocities on our citizens and our world
continue. Consider
that our children will be paying our debts,
monetarily and otherwise, the rest of their
lives. I
believe each of us, as citizens, have a
right and a duty to move our country back in
the right
direction.
In some countries people march often for
what they believe. In Colombia, a silent
march was held
in 1948 to support a presidential candidate.
No signs or voices, but people knew what
they were
marching for.
While a march or demonstration of any kind
may not lead to impeachment or changes, I
feel that we
as Americans cannot sit by idly and watch.
I am ambivalent about this concept of a
march, but
Gandhi said we may accomplish little in our
lives but we are failures if we don't try.
What is a silent march and when and where?
There is power and strength in silence. It
speaks louder than screams. The march will
consist of
walking on the downtown mall, without
placards, signs or voices, once a week, from
the free
speech wall to the Omni and back. A ten
minute walk. In silence, centering on moving
the world in
the right direction. Each week, at first at
6 PM this Thursday, September 20th, then on
Friday's
at 6 PM starting September 28th. Wear
white.
Greg Gelburd 979 4639