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November 04, 2005
My Message to the UTC College Democrats~Make Politics Local
UTC College Dems Prez Meredith Preston (left) invited me to speak. Standing to my right is Vice Prez Angela Franklin
I was honored to speak to about 25 UTC College Democrats at Fletcher Hall yesterday. I taught writing at UTC from 2000 to 2003. So I was happy to be back on the campus. I now teach at Chattanooga State College.
My message to these young Democrats was simple: All politics is local. Start on campus and move out to the city, then the county, the state, the country, and finally the world. But start here! Change lives and minds here. I added that they could do that by helping any one of many campaigns locally, including mine. At least a dozen signed up at the end of the hour.
Let me say something about Meredith Preston, president of the UTC College Democrats. She is doing a great job in recruiting and organizing Democrats on campus. She says she has a list of about 200+ members and friends of the group right now. WOW!
I also want to mention the hard work of two other people helping the college dems, Adam Green and Angela Franklin. Adam started the UTC College Democrats in 2003, when there were few Democrats visible on campus. And Angela has stepped up as vice president of the group and works on the Harold Ford campaign.
Finally, I want to say a big thanks to Samantha Bayles, our campaign volunteer coordinator, for assisting me at this event.
| By wjbailes | 07:11 AM
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