Hello World,
Another lap, another update, same heat. All of the lawyers, advocates, and others I have met in my advocating journey can vouch for my behavior, and certain elements of my story in their own way. That is why the national coalition I spoke of still exists after the chaos of this first unfolded. My peers, your experts, have seen what I can do because I have already proven myself to some, and others had their first experience at Christmas. I have demonstrated when I am doing the dumb guy approach, however they have all been waiting for this moment too.
The ones that saw Mikey at the Newark NARPA and the one's that saw me at the Orleans NARPA had something to talk about, however once again, YOUR EXPERTS in this line of work can vouch that what I told them would happened has happened. They get Mikey in the meetings wether they realize it or not, some believe, some are skeptical but they are all still waiting for this too, I can't lose the credibility I need to make this work. I had to do this for some of them privately, as part of this too, I can't wait for Portland and when I will be able to present my project in NARPA 25, which I hear might be New Orleans again, second chances?
They have been patiently waiting and while I was tying up all these loose ends, they have created the framework to get our organization going, but like all things, its not all my ideas, I share mine, they share theirs, and we have agreed upon rules like any other organization in how to conduct yourselves. I won't say much else about them, but we are close to accepting new members and have drafted the potential rules in how we are going to vet people properly, so if you think you align with this type of work in any form, wether its big picture, writing letters, or just want to make donations, there are many other ways to advocate, feel free to apply, but do know that we will have a process. Like I said, we just got started and part of my efforts had to be placed on hold at a couple portions of this to focus on delivering!
We have agreed on a common goal. My story provides examples and reasons why, but like I said, we as a society have to solve this crisis.
One of my many photos, this is from the Idaho State Fair a few years back. I shoot on a Canon but do my streaming on a Sony.
Thank you,
Mikey