Sometimes you just cannot believe your luck.<\/p>\n
Seeing the candidates in person was really not a possibility\u00a0in either of my first two election forays. \u00a0For reasons of timing and range, it simply could not be. \u00a0And while the cargo city bus allows me so much more flexibility and greater range,\u00a0I barely allowed myself to hope that my path would cross with either of the candidates.<\/p>\n
But there I was\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0when my morning campaign website check in revealed that Hillary Clinton would be at Iowa Democratic Party \u201cWomen Win\u201d early vote rally in Cedar Rapids\u00a0just as I was arriving. \u00a0Newbo City Market at 1:00. \u00a0Register, send, celebrate.<\/p>\n
No such luck with the Trump calendar. \u00a0That is, not until yesterday morning. \u00a0It appeared as an added stop on the Trump schedule. McGrath Amphitheater, Cedar Rapids at 7:00pm for the same day. \u00a0Register, send, celebrate.<\/p>\n
And in the spirit of celebration, please meet Jade. \u00a0She is a poet and youth activist that I met at Goodwin Memorial Baptist Church. \u00a0A local, she is currently working in New York City and I think you will see that she takes the\u00a0GMBC spirit wherever she is.<\/p>\n
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