Summary
After her long bus ride from Maine to New York City on Aug. 29, and her participation in a peace march along Seventh Avenue with thousands of other protesters, Connie Jenkins began to contemplate the bold next step she was about to take in her life as an anti-war activist.
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, as the Republican National Convention was under way in midtown Manhattan, she intended to put her principles on the line and get herself arrested.See the full content of this document
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Sacrificing Comfort for a Cause
Jenkins, a 56-year-old neonatal nurse practitioner and grandmother of two who lives in Brewer, had been active in the peace movement during the Vietnam War. A young mother at the time, she had joined an organization called Another Mother for Peace, as well as the Catholic-based anti-war group known as Pax Christi. She had marched in Boston and Washington, D.C., but had never been arrest...
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