{"id":1123,"date":"2011-02-27T15:59:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T20:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2011-11-03T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T20:52:52","slug":"rally-to-save-the-american-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=1123","title":{"rendered":"Rally to Save the American Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I met my friend Pat at Mac\u2019s and we drove to Montpelier for the rally. It started out as a \u201cWe stand with Wisconsin\u201d rally but along the way it turned into a \u201cSave the American Dream\u201d rally.\u00a0 There were rallies in all 50 states.\u00a0 Pat and I parked downtown and walked to the Capitol Building.\u00a0 The speakers were on the stairs and we were all on the first big terrace.\u00a0 Some people had done all the shoveling so we\u2019d have a place to stand \u2014 we gave them a big round of applause.\u00a0 When Pat and I got there, we were handed signs:\u00a0 \u201cDON\u2019T CUT US OUT\u201d with silhouettes of public workers, and \u201cUNIONS MAKE US STRONG\u201d.\u00a0 I went up to the top landing to get our signs stapled to two sticks.\u00a0 I also tried to get a picture from up there but alas my batteries had run down.
\nWhen we first arrived, someone was leading the crowd in singing.\u00a0 Then one of the organizers said \u201cWhat does democracy look like?\u201d and we all shouted back \u201cThis is what democracy looks like!\u201d over & over, louder & LOUDER!\u00a0 A woman who\u2019d been in jobs that were unionized and jobs that weren\u2019t, spoke about the differences in her experience \u2014 the difference between having to work at several low-paying jobs in order to make ends meet, and having a living wage that lets you spend time with your family.\u00a0 A man spoke about \u201cthe American Dream\u201d and how it used to be about a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage, but now it\u2019s about people needing relationships and co-operation, not another material goody.\u00a0 At the end, one of the organizers spoke of the many reasons he has hope.
\nI\u2019m really glad I went.\u00a0 It felt good to stand there with a bunch of people who don\u2019t like what\u2019s happening in our country, to cheer and clap and wave our signs.\u00a0 There were even signs connecting us to the Egyptian revolution \u2014 \u201cWALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN,\u201d and one that said \u201cmore cheese – less sleaze\u201d with a picture of Wallace & Grommit.\u00a0 One person was wearing a hat that looked like a big piece of cheese.\u00a0 Pat told me that\u2019s Wisconsin\u2019s claim to fame.\u00a0 You can see a lot of those hats in the pictures.
\nAbout 7PM last night I went to the MoveOn site and saw pictures of all the rallies<\/a>.\u00a0 There were at least 4 that I could recognize as Montpelier.\u00a0 It gave me such a sense of hope to feel that we had all done this together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I met my friend Pat at Mac\u2019s and we drove to Montpelier for the rally. It started out as a \u201cWe stand with Wisconsin\u201d rally but along the way it turned into a \u201cSave the American Dream\u201d rally.\u00a0 There … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-present-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}