I’m sitting in a Delta Airline window seat on the way back from a really inspiring coupla days in Memphis Tennessee at an event in aid of Amnesty International called ‘Keeping the Dream Alive’ ….. many thanks to DJ Saturna, who you’ll all know is a key player in the whole ‘Feel The Dream’ scene.

I was in San Franscisco where the weather was DREADFUL &desperate to get as far away as possible from this all too English feeling, y’know, cold, damp…. only times 10! The girl in the hotel suggested Vegas, which seemed like fun, so we arranged all the flights & hotels & then just as I’m about to leave, Saturna (AKA Lorin) Facebooked me about the event…. now how could I POSSIBLY miss this??????? So there was an ……errrr quick change of plan!

Highway 101 quick to the airport to try to negotiate some kind of deal…… they refunded my ticket & before you know it I was booked on an 8 hour flight to Memphis Tennessee…… (& wondering if I’d completely lost my mind Plane left at 11.55 pm, touch down in Memphis about 9.00 am next morning… there’s some time difference, don’t ask me to work it out.
Suddenly I am recieving Tennessee hospitality & all fears of jet lag, sleep deprivation or rain was gone out the window. The sun was really shining in Memphis!

The event was in Tom Lee Park in which a group called circle up now, www.circleupnow.org, (really inspiring guys, do really interesting stuff) got a whole bunch of people to make an aerial shot of Martin Luther King’s face, they do this stuff all over the place….. & so we all lay down on the ground like perfect activists, looking up at the helicopters above taking our picture…….You can see the results here.

It was a great day & brought home something I’ve been increasingly noticing since I’ve been here. And that is the effect Obama is having on the people themselves, they’re really getting motivated for some radical change…. they’re gonna be not just supporting him or voting for him…… but civil rights, liberties and radical thought is coming back on strong. I can honestly say, I’ve never felt myself to be in such an inspiring time in America.

There’s more to come, let’s HOPE!

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