Scenes From the NH Rebellion

On Jan. 24 the Unitarian Universalist Church in Nashua was NH Rebellion central, serving as host for the fledgling organization's celebration of the resurrection of the spirit of Granny D, their inspirational leader.

Pews inside were filled with those who, even if they didn't walk the walk, were engaged by the talk of ridding the U.S. political system of corruption by targeting the infusion of money, particularly from corporate interests.

Several hundred revelers came together to celebrate the completion of a 185-mile trek, from Dixville Knox to Nashua, pulled off by a dedicated core group of walkers over the course of two weeks who were joined along the way by those who rotated in and out of formation from stop to stop.

Leading the charge was political activist and Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig, who in the accompanying video here relates his impression of  how to walk this particular philosophical walk in increments of "Granny Ds."

Lessig and by extension, NH Rebellion, are hoping to get America talking about how to get big money out of politics, aka "moneypolitics" by the next Presidential election – a movement inspired by Doris "Granny D" Haddock, who capped off an extraordinary life of tangible activism and service to others by walking across America in the name of campaign finance reform. She completed the walk in 2000, after two years on the road, at the age of 90.

She died 10 years later. Friday would have been her 104th birthday.

During Friday's celebration, Lessig, talked at length about the evolution of this revolution, and how and why Granny D's big idea has the power to change American politics [see excerpt in clip uploaded above.]

"I recognized we should create a new unit of measurement. Let's call it a 'Granny D.' What is a Granny D? A Granny D is 3,200 miles, and Granny D she accomplished one Granny D, walking 3,200 miles," said Lessig.

Then he did the math, multiplying how many 'Granny Ds' the team of NH Rebellion walkers accomplished on their 185 mile walk across New Hampshire, extrapolating to the real question of the day:

"Can 2,016 Granny Ds change our government?"

NH Rebellion is hoping so. They are asking the public to learn more about the movement, and contact lawmakers to pass a Resolution for a Constitutional amendment [such as HCR 10] that will overturn the Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision, which says corporations are people, and reserve Constitutional rights for natural persons only and reiterate that money is not "free speech."

Learn more here at NHRebellion.org.

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