Dear President Wright,
I just wanted to write a brief note to say how amazing it was to see the video of PVAMU students marching seven miles to vote. I know you must be awfully proud of them.
I am appalled that it was necessary for them to take such a drastic step to exercise that precious right, but they overcame that obstacle in such an awe-inspiring way. I know that I am not the only one who had a lump in my throat as I watched those hundreds of kids walk down the highway together.
They are the kind of great Americans that will make America great again.
I wish I could thank each and every one of them personally and I hope you don’t mind being the surrogate for my message. I just couldn’t let this moment pass without expressing my gratitude for their contribution to the restoration of hope in my cynical middle-aged heart. Thank you PVAMU.
Sincerely,
Mrs. A. Keith
Dear Dr. George C. Wright,
After reading an article regarding the over seven mile march that many of your students have made in order to vote, I had to express to someone at your institution how deeply moved I was. What extraordinary citizenship. I am a graduate student at the University of Chicago and deeply concerned with the fate of our nation. I continuously moan about the lack of political will to change things, the complicit media and the uninformed public. I have read numerous stories regarding voter disenfranchisement, especially targeting minority communities. I am happy to say that the people responsible for these dirty tricks have underestimated your student body. They have rejected the status quo and have refused to be excluded. They are making our democracy stronger.
I am inspired.
Respectfully,
Paul T. Mungai
Department of Cell Physiology
University of Chicago
Dear Dr. Wright:
Please tell your students how proud I am, as an American here in Barrington, Rhode Island, to see their images on my computer early this morning as they marched the 7 miles or so to vote.
This is our country, and their determination is inspiring, as we work – together – to rectify all the wrongs we’ve been witnessing. If I could have, I would have walked with them.
Some years ago I was moved by images of men and women walking across a bridge in Selma, spread across the highway, a phalanx that has become an icon. Your students are an update.
I’ve practiced law in Seattle, and worked in higher education at universities in Ann Arbor, Berkeley, Seattle and Ellensburg, and Louisville, Kentucky, and now work as a journalist.
Ain’t students great?
Onward.
Tom Killin Dalglish, J.D., Ph.D.
To the students who marched to vote:
I am a 52 year-old special education teacher from Connecticut. Until Barack Obama had come along, I had lost hope that ever again in my lifetime would I see a leader who could inspire me and give me hope for our planet’s future. Seeing the energy and commitment of your student body just adds even more fire to the hope he has kindled in me. God bless you all. Don’t stop!
Mark Loomis
– a citizen who opposes torture, corruption, greed, bigotry, unprovoked violence, killing of innocents, terrorism, pedophilia, fascism, and the Bush-led assault on the principles of democracy on which the USA was founded.