#opwalkabout Makes BostInno!

"[Kristen] Hoye is fed up with what continues to happen in this country.

After realizing that problems people face today mirror those that previous generations dealt with, including sexism and racial profiling, she has decided it’s time to do something different...."

#opwalkabout Media Rundown 12 days and counting

Parkman Bandstand; Boston Common: Boston, MA

Media Rundown: 8/16/2012 #opwalkabout

"I'm walking because I'm ignorant. I'd thought that I was ready to teach, only to find as I'm preparing for this journey, that I have so much more to learn."

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 8:00AM I am departing from Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common, and starting a 462 mile trek to 100 Congress St. SW in Washington, D.C.

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Press Release and follow up (See release below pagebreak)

Boston Metro Coverage (Page one inside cover left column)
http://issuu.com/metro_us/docs/20120815_us_boston

Had an interview with Boston Innovation today!  Should be up on Saturday.

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An Evening of Folk Music and History 9/22/2012

Charlie King and Karen Brandow present... 

Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7 pm.
"Occupy Lawrence 1912" a multi-media performance about the Bread and Roses textile strike that took place in Lawrence, Massachusetts 100 years ago.

Sponsored by Arlington United for Justice with Peace, Jobs with Justice, Occupy Arlington, the 25% Solution (Arlington), with thanks to New England War Tax Resistance for a grant.

Chris Nauman and Kenny Selcer open.

Steve Early discusses unions – then and now.

Event: Unfolding Changes at Center for Marxist Education 8/18/2012

8/18 Unfolding Changes in Cuba's Economic Organization and Food Production

"Cuba is undergoing significant changes in its economic organization and food production. Two of the speakers, Duncan McFarland and Cristina Martinez, participated in a week-long conference in July co-sponsored by the University of Havana and the US-based Radical Philosophy Association. 

Boston Metro: 460

#opwalkabout get's page one Boston Metro love!

"A Boston woman said she plans to walk 460 miles - all the way to Washington, D.C. -- 

...to personally hand political leaders a letter about "human suffering."  Kristen Hoye (that's me) said she will depart from Parkman Bandstand on the morning of Aug. 29.

Hoye asks in the letter, which was posted yesterday in the State House News Service, "Why is the suffering others, so that we may live, systemic?" and writes "I am afraid for the future, I am afraid for my future children".

Click the "Boston Metro" link and hop over to page one in the left hand column to check it out!

15 Days and Counting: 22 Days of Walking

Now would be a hell of a time for me to get writers block...

The update is short and sweet today.  I stayed in JP on Sunday night after a stacked set of closing shifts last week.  The combination of tasty food, dodgy wi-fi, and quite possibly the most comfortable futon mattress on the planet scored that particular host a five out of five knapsacks.

Last night saw your intrepid explorer back in Brighton on the tiny couch, this time (thankfully) no dog. The letter to the press is out, we'll see what floats out of that log jam, in the mean time? Back to work.

-KC