Jim Miller is blogging for San Diego News Network
Posted by Brandon Ortiz on Mar 09
Author, educator and activist Jim Miller, one of the "core marchers" who will walk from Bakersfield to Sacramento, wrote his first blog post today for the San Diego News Network. Here is an excerpt:
It’s Saturday evening and I’m sitting in the blogmobile looking out at the twilight through the trees on the street outside Shafter High School trying to write but people keep knocking on the door. First it’s the Chief of Police who has come to greet the marchers and who tells us he’s given up on Sacramento’s dysfunction and learned how to survive despite them. He tells us that lobbying up there is like dealing with a bunch of squabbling children. Then it’s Adrian, JC, and Ken from the local high school who have stopped by to say hi and tell us that they’ve laid off large numbers of teachers in the county schools and this has made their classes too big and is threatening their drama club budget, arts, and sports funding. They shake my hand and invite me to their play based on Don Quixote, later that evening ...
Be sure to read the whole post.
