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I got here on Friday night around 10:30 pm. I had started out around 11:30 am. Little did I know how bad my day was to get. I was in Pennsylvania then back in Dover, then back in Pennsylvania. With the day I had, I almost said, "The hell with everything." But here I sit two days later. And I am very happy I came. My first night I got my room. My roommate and I talked about the homeless. I told him of our plans and what we are trying to do for the homeless men in Dover and how no one wants to help these men. He was taken by this and said that he had someone he would like me to meet. The next day I met her. She is one of the nicest ladies I ever met. Shes a nun. But indeed a nun you say! But this nun is not your everyday black and white kind. Sister Grace is the T-shirt-blue-jean-wearing, kick-ass kind with a heart of pure gold. She and three other nuns took me into their hearts, as I took them into my own. I also met a lot of good people from all over --like: New Mexico, Georgia, Illinois, California, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida-- with only one thing in mind -- to help the poor and homeless. A lot of people like our plans, and I was asked to come to Georgia, New York, and some other cities to speak to homeless men and the poor there. Today about 300 hundred of us marched the city streets for 8 to 10 blocks to the state house. Yelling and singing. Waving flags and carrying banners. People in cars and on the sidewalks cheered us on. The cops and news came. One cop came up to me and asked me, "Who are you people?" I smiled at him and said, "We are the poor and homeless, and we are here to take back our rights." They told us we must leave, but we said no. We stayed an hour or so, and in that hour I saw something: The vote, the cops, and even the state had no power. Instead, the poor had the power and rights. And though it was only an hour, it showed me that we can get all our rights back. We have a weapon they cannot stop. Its love and togetherness. As I leave here I will carry home with me the flag from todays march. But I will also take home with me the love and hopes and dreams of everyone here. And when we leave here today, we will not say, "Goodbye," but, " See you in the next town or city. Maybe mine or yours." Today, one hour. Next time, maybe a day. And so on. So you
do have the power. Not the state. So, take it back. Its yours. |