I don’t consider myself an extremely political person,
but I do believe
that people should stand up for what they believe in. The Valdosta
community has recently come together to do just that.
On Friday, I participated in the
Occupy Valdosta march
with over 100
students, teachers, and other members of the Valdosta community. I was
excited that I got to shed my title of Spectator reporter and
editor for a
day and actually fully take part in an event. The turnout was, in a word,
amazing. Honestly, I was trying not to get my hopes up too high for this.
The rest of her very interesting experiences and opinions are well worth
a read.
Here’s her conclusion:
Being a part of this march was, in a word, liberating.
I felt like we
were really doing something, like maybe things will begin to change. Not
necessarily because we marched once, but the global movement that the
Occupy Wall Street movement has become has the potential to make big
waves in the world as we know it.
Like Ghandi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
By
coming out, taking a stand and letting our voices be heard we provide
inspirations for others to do the same.
Eventually, if you make enough noise, someone, somewhere will listen.
2 thoughts on “Being a part of this march was, in a word, liberating —Amber Smith”
matthew richard
john, man, this is a lot of work . . . i think you need an intern! i wonder if communications can give you a couple? if not, i will see if our department can–i think i can convince my coordinator of the value of it . . . that is, if you are interested?
Interns are good; we like interns. Label videos in YouTube, watch them and select ones they like, scribble notes to turn into blog entries, edit videos into movies, go to events and take videos, upload videos, search our video archives for old videos that illuminate current events, etc…. -jsq
Occupy Valdosta exceeds participant’s expectations,
Occupy Valdosta march with over 100 students, teachers, and other members of the Valdosta community. I was excited that I got to shed my title of Spectator reporter and
editor for a day and actually fully take part in an event. The turnout was, in a word, amazing. Honestly, I was trying not to get my hopes up too high for this.
I felt like we were really doing something, like maybe things will begin to change. Not necessarily because we marched once, but the global movement that the Occupy Wall Street movement has become has the potential to make big waves in the world as we know it.
By coming out, taking a stand and letting our voices be heard we provide inspirations for others to do the same.
Here is Amber the next weekend at the
Vote No School Consolidation March.
john, man, this is a lot of work . . . i think you need an intern! i wonder if communications can give you a couple? if not, i will see if our department can–i think i can convince my coordinator of the value of it . . . that is, if you are interested?
Interns are good; we like interns. Label videos in YouTube, watch them and select ones they like, scribble notes to turn into blog entries, edit videos into movies, go to events and take videos, upload videos, search our video archives for old videos that illuminate current events, etc…. -jsq