Sunday, October 01, 2006

Marilyn Kimmerling

Marilyn Kimmerling is fifty-eight and a mother to two terrific grown sons she would like to pass a better world on to. She has worked as a counselor to children and families in the community mental health system for the past 21 years, was born and raised in the DC area, moved to San Francisco during the 60's (of course!) and came to the Tacoma area in 1971.

Her journeys in activism have led her down many paths, but all have the common thread of promoting a greener, more peaceful and more just local, national and world community. She has been involved in: the Counter-Inaugeral Bawl and march against the reelection of Nixon, planting sod in People's Park in Berkeley during the anti-Vietnam war movement, protesting the nuclear plant at Satsop, picketing the Ruston smelter for the very first Earth Day and generally protesting against violence whether domestic, national or international. Marilyn was also responsible for bringing the Liar-Liar-Pants-on-Fire-mobile to the Tacoma area for a fun-filled week of voter registration and levity on it's cross country tour in 2004.

In addition to her paid job as a counselor she is currently a member of United for Peace of Pierce County, America in Solidarity, Jobs with Justice, The Tacoma Raging Grannies, the Progressive Democrats. Marilyn is a founding member of the Progressive Roundtable and also a PCO for the mainstream Dems - she supported Kuchinich for President (of course). Although she has no expertise at all in TV or documentaries, she loves to write and she DOES bring enthusiasm and energy to what she is passionate about and is willing to do whatever it takes to bring true public access TV and real information about the community and the world to the Tacoma/Pierce County area.

In Marilyn's words:
"I am willing to do whatever it takes because I know that the current arrogant, destructive fascist administration must be held accountable and stopped, and this can only be done when enough people know the truth and get mad enough to do something about it. I believe that what it will take is an informed population that consists of each person realizing that they are not powerless, each refusing to have his or her voice silenced, reaching out to find others and standing up TOGETHER against the abuse of power that typifies our current administration."


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1 Comments:

At 8:20 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like what you wrote. I agree.

looking for you if you went to WJ HS in Bethesda, Md. 1966 so you are a classmate. Having a cook-out reunion 9/30/07 and want you to look at the class web site at www/wj1966.com

Please let us hear from you soon.

Tom meleney 704-890-6314

 

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