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[The March to ReEnergizeNH is sending us guest posts about their time on the road marching for renewable energy in NH. You can join them on all or any of those days, from August 1 through the 5th. This is Tuesday’s post. I’m backdating it to sit below my last post about this March. –Lynne]

All of us, organizers and volunteers, are in the campaign office. Laptops, phone lists, signups on the walls, folded chairs, empty juice bottles strewn everywhere. There’s a nervous excitement in the air.

This evening – Tuesday, July 31 at 6:30pm – the March to Re-Energize New Hampshire is celebrating its kickoff in Greeley Park, at 105 Concord St. in Nashua. Granny D, no stranger to long journeys for a cause, will talk to us about the power of walking, and give her blessings as we prepare to go.

Join us for the March to Re-Energize NH! July 31, 6:30pm: kickoff celebration in Greeley Park, Nashua, 6:30pm; Aug. 1-5 (walking through various locations, see our schedule), or the noon rally in Concord NH on Sunday, Aug. 5.

www.climatesummer.org/march

We’ve devoted the last two months of our lives to organizing the March to Re-Energize New Hampshire. Wednesday morning, dozens of marchers will leave Nashua’s City Hall, bound for Concord to issue one of the loudest calls yet for real global warming solutions.

We know that soon – very, very soon – it’s going to be out of our hands, and into yours.

All that we’ve been able to do, all summer, is to create a container. We’ve set aside an empty space, which you and others can fill with your energy, voices, and power to create positive change. Quite literally, on Sunday August 5th, downtown Concord will be empty, ready to be filled with our feet, our voices, and our call for a prosperous, clean energy economy.

Can we move America towards cutting carbon 80% by 2050, and creating millions of clean energy jobs? If there’s anyone in this country that has this power, it’s Granite Staters, right here, right now. We know how to get things done, and we don’t wait around for someone else to make it happen. It’s time to tell our leaders to follow our lead.

What is it about walking that will give this movement its power? I have a feeling that our walking will deepen our commitment, to each other and to this wonderful, challenging and worthy endeavor. Plus, it’s not too often you see hundreds of people simply walking, from one place to another. We might just catch a bit of attention along the way, that we might not have otherwise. Here in New Hampshire, we are, in fact, holding the national megaphone; that means, we have a special privilege and responsibility to speak at this crucial and historic moment.

It’s out of our hands now, and up to you to make this happen. If ever there were a moment to move America towards a clean energy economy, it’s here and now.

Sign up to join us for the March to Re-Energize NH: Aug. 1-5, or the rally on Sunday, Aug. 5:

www.climatesummer.org/march

Regards,
Zo Tobi