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Amanda

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About Me

I want justice and fairness. I want the people of Arkansas to care about compassionate reform as much as I do. I want a new box! I want the West Memphis 3 OUT of prison! I want the state of AR to STOP perpetuating the lies and deceit involved in the Janie Ward case! I want reform of oppressive drug laws! I want to start seeing some respect around here for the First Amendment! Could go on but you get the gist....I currently have the good fortune of working with some pretty awesome groups, made up of some awesome Arkansans. I am a co founder of arwar.org, and FED UP (Fighting Education Depriving Uniform Policies. I also serve as the Vice President of the Drug Policy Education Group (dpeg.org) and on the board of directors for The Alliance for Reform of Drug Policy in Arkansas (arkansasalliance.org). I am currently co chair for the Jefferson County local chapter of the Green Party of Arkansas would like to see some equal ballot access for this amazing group of people!I also have a family and a real job. I love my family and they love me too. It's all groovy.Oh, and I am NOT a communist. Thanks.

My Interests

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All of my heroes I haven't met already!Cheri HonkalaI was there for this. That rocks.

My Blog

Frank and Immoral Advice for Nonprofits

This should be required reading for all activists. Van Jones' keynote address at the Craigslist Foundation's "Nonprofit Boot Camp" last year. http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/12/25/miracles/- 10 Zen M...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:48:00 GMT

Tribute to JERIMY

  JERIMY JEWELL WAYNE SMITH December 17, 1980 - November 12, 2004   Jerimy,   November 12, 2007 will soon come to pass.  As I await the 3rd anniversary of your death, I am tormen...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:06:00 GMT

Christopher Lowry

Christopher Lowry, MY NEPHEW, I am so proud of you. Love you dude. Just remember who you get it from!The ACLU of ARKANSAS Proudly Honors Five Young People Who Stood Up for their Rights:Devon BeardenCo...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:35:00 GMT

We Stood for Justice!

Standing for Justice is something many of us try to do every day.  It is not, however, a daily occurrence that we have such an opportunity to publicly stand in solidarity with so many stouthearte...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:09:00 GMT

AR 1000 for the WM3

If you are in Arkansas and have not signed this petition, please take a few seconds to do so. http://www.petitiononline.com/ARforWM3/petition.html The goal was to have all 1000 signatures ready for pu...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:35:00 GMT

Cops Kill De'Andre Glenn

..> Need some more people blogging this story.  It needs more google results.  I find it sad that there are only a couple of hits for such a tragic event. Secrecy surrounds informant invo...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:42:00 GMT

Benefit pics are up!

Here they is.  http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y252/missmarymakk/ARWAR%20P HOTOS/ The benefit rocked!  Thanks to Vino's as a whole, Johnathon, Robert, Fletcher, Kelly, Emily, Amy, Udit, Ben...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:53:00 GMT

WM3 Awarenes Day Event

It's that time again.  We're working really hard to represent with an awesome benefit.  Spread the word!  
Posted by on Wed, 10 May 2006 20:48:00 GMT