Walk for Democracy - flyers flying...

Often when our politicians let us down the temptation is to throw one’s hands up in resignation and sigh “but what can I do?”

Lots, it turns out.

Just look at what a bunch of regular folks have accomplished. We’re giving voice to the frustration that all of us feel when a privileged few try to take advantage of us all. But we’re taking action, and believe me, the rewards in actually doing something are worth the effort. Come join us and see!

Case in point – just a couple of weeks ago the Walk for Democracy was born of an idea thanks to Manuel Pereda, yet another ordinary person driven by a just cause to work in extraordinary ways. A few calls to friends and neighbours, a few meetings and some more phone calls later, some donated labour and printing and paper and today we are distributing 8,000 handbills throughout the city – with more to come. We’re going to have a terrific event, marching along Kingsway past Emerson’s office to Norquay Park where we’ll rally together and show the politicians in Ottawa that the people aren’t going to lie back and take it any more. And its all happening because of regular people doing extraordinary things.

When you see people out there in Vancouver neighbourhoods putting up signs and passing out flyers just remember these people are your neighbours! We aren’t experienced organizers, we aren’t political operatives promoting a party or some other agenda – we’re just regular people who have come together to fight for whats right. We’re going to make a few mistakes from time to time, but we’ll learn from them and press on. We’re proving that we all can make a difference if people just take one step forward and try, instead of giving up.