Again, I'm Here Near The Place I Was Last April

[Shana A]

Again, I'm Here Near The Place I Was Last April
by: Autumn Sandeen
Mon Nov 15, 2010 at 16:45:00 PM EST

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17974/again-im-here-near-the-place-i-was-last-april

As you read this, I've again began engagement in direct action with my peer activists over Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Five of the six of us who handcuffed ourselves to the Whitehouse Fence on April 20th are again here -- I'm here with Mara Boyd, Jim Pietrangelo, Evelyn Thomas, and Dan Choi. There are others here too, and these include Robert Smith, Geoff Farrow, Miriam Ben-Shalom, Michael Bedwell, Justin Elzie, Robin McGehee, Scott Wooledge, Chris Tina Bruce, and Ian Finkenbinder -- among others. Eight of us are in military uniform, many who are not in uniform are here too.

I'm again at the same place in the sense I'm here in Washington DC, and in the sense that I'm emotionally and idealistically in the same place as I was last April.

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I'm Out And Safe
by: Autumn Sandeen
Mon Nov 15, 2010 at 23:51:05 PM EST

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17978/im-out-and-safe

Hi all,

Just a quick note to say I'm out of jail, and my experience was a much better experience than my last jail experience last April.

I'll write more tomorrow, but all thirteen of us who handcuffed ourselves to the White House fence today (November 15, 2010) are out of jail after being cited. All are doing well.