Three Weeks and Change: 24 Days to Departure

With just over three weeks 'til I make my way South I'm still prepping, but overall, I'm ready to roll. 

24 days and counting, 22 days of walking.  

My mind has been set on taking this journey for nearly a year. October 1st 2011 at 12:30AM I walked among the tents at Dewey Square. I saw folks huddled under tarps on the soaking ground in the pouring rain.  Maybe it's the rain, on a night just like tonight just under a year ago, my world abruptly shifted, and expanded. 

Why Walkabout? Archive: V.1

#opwalkabout explained after a fashion...

Second Row from the front second in from the left.

"Dear Family and Friends and Folks,
I just wanted to let you know that everything is going well here in Boston. "

I moved from Eagle Point, OR to Boston, MA on August 27th 2002 (correct me if I'm wrong Mom).  My parents co-signed my student loans and off I went, although it's never as simple as that.

"Since I started working here, I've been given opportunities to learn about (and hopefully eventually work with) non-profit organizations that blockade foreclosed homes, rehabilitating disabled/ homeless veterans, and working with inner city children."

The Evolving Mission of My Walkabout

Over the past month, I've had to put a lot of thought into my motivation for this walk.  

Explaining myself several times a week to friends, coworkers, and strangers has honed (and altered) my response. I'm walking from Boston to Washington D.C. for several reasons. Without getting too into the politics of it, there is a pretty severe disconnect between state and federal legislation.  


As we've seen with "hot button" issues like abortion and cannabis reform, the federal government has a habit of stepping in when it suites, violating any tacit agreements between state and federal government or implied sovereignty of state legislation.  That being said, there's also a pretty severe disconnect on the end of the American public.

Keep on keepin' on

Well shit, it's been a while. Work work work work work, life interrupts. Besides the usual tomfoolery on twitter, I've been researching up and coming legislation nationally, as well as gathering information on upcoming changes in voter registration laws.

Why Walkabout? On "An UNGregular Afternoon" on UNregular Radio

Yesterday in the midst of assisting in booking bands for the National Lawyers Guild Gala, UNregular Radio's own Greg Runge asked me to hop on the air to talk about #opwalkabout.

Tuesdays and Thursdays 2PM to 5PM you can catch drive time battle rap, talk, and god only knows what else on An UNGregular Afternoon with host Greg Runge.

The Hammer Comes Down Twice in Oakland

Founder & correspondent from FreeMassMedia Niki Smokes, has a lot to say about cannabis reform.  With Monday's raids on high profile cannabis dispensaries and reports of shootings up the street from the raids. I wanted to hear what this seasoned activist had to say.

"It has now become very clear that our Federal Tax Dollars are not being used in the interest of public safety. The suspect in the Oikos University Shooting, One L. Goh was heavily in debt with Federal Tax Liens and on top of that he sustained numerous family deaths.  One death stands out, his brother, U.S. Army Sgt. Su Wan Ko, died in a car crash last year while engaged in a special forces training mission.