Wooten is from Winston Salem, North Carolina and is a college student at the University of North Carolina and a facilitator for Dream Camp (which is a movement building training). Here is his story.
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My name is Wooten and I went to a very small high school that was split down the middle with white and Latino students. Since the school was so small, all of the Latino students were my friends (and still are). I found out, though, that some of them were undocumented and I really did not know what that meant. Basically they told me they could not go to college and I felt conflicted with a lot of emotions because one friend in particular, Oscar, took the same classes as me, the same tests, and had the same homework and always did as good as I did and sometimes better. But because of his status, he could not continue his education. Oscar is now in Mexico working in a hotel, though he had wanted to be a doctor. Now when I am sitting in college and I look around the room and see all these empty chairs, I get infuriated because why are they empty when my friend Oscar wanted to be here! Education is a basic, fundamental right!
At the last training I facilitated, my friend told me, “This movement attracts beautiful people.” This is so true. It feels like a huge family and I love everyone and I think we should all live together in the same house.
I want the people out there who have been living in fear for so long to be afraid of nothing. I want all kids to know that they can reach whatever goal they have! I want hope to be restored into all communities. No matter where we all come from, we will end up in DC on March the 21st and together we shall overcome.
I’ll be ready to document the march experience using my skills from the Movement Building training workshop. I am recruiting people for a bus going to the march and encouraging friends, family, and colleagues to sign up — online or through text message. I’m also using Facebook and Twitter to spread the word, and I am emailing my friends asking them to join the march.
We, united, are an unstoppable force and impossible to ignore! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
How can you help make this march a huge success? Become a fan on Facebook, then invite your friends on Facebook to march (go to the Events page, click March For America, and then “Invite People to Come”), and most importantly … sign up to march either on the website or on Facebook.
Categories: March For America, North Carolina, Youth
