[Vision2020] Installment #44 - Vision

[Joe Campbell]

I went with a friend and we both brought our 11 year-old sons. Mine fell asleep but he learned a bit about affirmative action and racism, asking questions about the protest signs while we were on the line to get in.



On Feb 7, 2011, at 10:40 PM, "Saundra Lund" <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm> wrote:

> Sorry I didn’t see you there, Joe!  And, wow – what a packed audience!
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> He was fantastic, wasn’t he?  Today was my daughter’s 21st birthday, and she was absolutely thrilled for the opportunity to listen to him speak on her special day.
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> I don’t know that I have a favorite line (I had many), but I really appreciated the talk about the importance of all forms of justice, particularly economic justice, and that really resonated with the people sitting around us.
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> I also really appreciated his talk about the importance of education, but I notice that he didn’t tie the importance of education to getting a job, but rather to it putting some breadth in your length.  That’s something Donovan would probably disagree with, but it’s what I was always taught was the purpose of higher education.
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> “Keep hope alive!”
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> Saundra Lund
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> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
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> ~ Edmund Burke
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> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Joe Campbell
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 9:30 PM
> To: Jeffh
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Installment #44 - Vision
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> Speaking of vision, I saw Jesse Jackson tonight. 
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> He was great; made me proud to be an American, and kept me mindful of the importance of folks in from the "back streets and rural America." 
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> My favorite line: "the democratization of democracy."
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> "Keep hope alive!"
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