    As President Obama approached the Portland, OR Convention Center where he was to
speak today at a fundraiser, I had the honor of standing with members of
Ceasefire Oregon, picketing and protesting the lack of action by our government
in response to the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo. It was an honor to share
Ceasefire's picket signs demanding a ban on assault weapons and other action to
end the terrorism caused by gun violence in America. In fact, it felt like a
relief to be with like-minded people, some who had lost loved ones to gun
violence, others like activist Heidi Yewman, an author and graduate of Columbine
High School, who I was so happy to run into, as she had done a book reading at
my bookshop, East Line Books in Clifton Park, NY a couple of years ago. A truly
satisfying day uniting the activism of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (of which I am a member) with
that of Ceasefire, Oregon. |
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