Amber Smith wrote for the
VSU Spectator 20 October 2011,



Occupy Valdosta exceeds participant’s expectations,

I don’t consider myself an extremely political person,
but I do believe
that people should stand up for what they believe in. The Valdosta
community has recently come together to do just that.

On Friday, I participated in the



Occupy Valdosta march
with over 100
students, teachers, and other members of the Valdosta community. I was
excited that I got to shed my title of Spectator reporter and


editor for a
day and actually fully take part in an event. The turnout was, in a word,
amazing. Honestly, I was trying not to get my hopes up too high for this.

The rest of her very interesting experiences and opinions are well worth
a read.
Here’s her conclusion:

Being a part of this march was, in a word, liberating.


I felt like we
were really doing something, like maybe things will begin to change. Not
necessarily because we marched once, but the global movement that the
Occupy Wall Street movement has become has the potential to make big
waves in the world as we know it.

Like Ghandi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”


By
coming out, taking a stand and letting our voices be heard we provide
inspirations for others to do the same.

Eventually, if you make enough noise, someone, somewhere will listen.

Here is Amber the next weekend at the
Vote No School Consolidation March.

-jsq