February 7
Marching as a Vehicle for Social Change,
a Report on the "Save America March"
to build unity, one step at a time
Meeting # 3,854 -
Ed S. Fallon is an American activist, former politician, talk show host,
author and urban farmer from the State of Iowa. He was previously a
Democratic candidate for Governor of Iowa and the U.S. Congress,
and served as a member of the Iowa General Assembly from 1993 to 2006.
Fallon’s history of marching as a vehicle for social change dates back to
1986, when he organized the Iowa stretch of the coast-to-coast Great
Peace March. Since then, Fallon has organized five long marches and walks.
“Our democracy is being supplanted by authoritarian rule,” said Fallon.
“We’ll never address the existential threats of climate change and nuclear
weapons, or any other pressing issue for that matter, without a functional
democracy. Violence isn’t the answer. The approach of leaders like
Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, and Dorothy
Day is what will save us.”
“Authoritarianism has been spreading for a while,” said Fallon. “This year, it’s gone from bad to worse. The civility that used to define public engagement is being supplanted by name-calling, lying, and flouting the Constitution.”
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