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Together Across America - 40th Anniversary of Hands Across America · Indivisible Roseville CA

Join us for our Memorial Day celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Hands Across America. Placer County's RATT Pack is hosting this Together Across America event in the spirit of the original Hands Across America. We are coming together for the common good and looking to help our community. Even if you are unable to join us for our little celebration, we encourage you to show some love to Feeding the Foothills. They are working to end hunger in our local area as part of a larger effort to end hunger in the United States. We will not be collecting donations at our event, but you can learn more at the event and start assisting Feeding the Foothills today at https://feedingthefoothills.org/lets-solve-hunger-together/ Guest speakers (listed alphabetically by last name): Sean Frame, union education worker and CA State Senate candidate; Tyler Vandenberg, former marine and Congressional District 6 candidate Together Across America is a national, people-powered movement that bridges political and social divides by uniting diverse individuals and communities across the country to drive meaningful, grassroots change. Learn more at https://www.togetheracrossamerica.org/

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In Episode 75, Bill shares the tale of 1986's "Hands Across America" event and ties it to the No Kings rally in Greenwood, SC.

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NaugaFeb 13, 2024
Scanned negatives from 35mm photos I took on May 25, 1986 during the Hands Across America event. I was attending the University of Wisconsin - Madison at the time. My roommates and I drove to the nearest link in the chain - some rural area outside Chicago that I now forget. I wonder whether an event of this scale could ever be pulled off today.

From Wikipedia: Hands Across America was a public fundraising event held on Sunday, May 25, 1986, Memorial Day weekend, which attempted to create a continuous human chain of people held hands across the contiguous United States. The event was promoted and organized by Ken Kragen, a co-founder of USA for Africa, the charity organization which produced "We Are the World" in early 1985 to raise money to fight famine in Africa. President Reagan had previously said he would not join the chain. However, in the days leading up to the event, the president made a controversial remark that "where there is hunger ... you have to determine that that is probably because of a lack of knowledge on the part of the people as to what things are available". Shortly after his comments were criticized in the press, Reagan announced that he and his family had decided at the last minute to join Hands Across America, although press secretary Larry Speakes denied that there was any connection between the two events. Reagan's participation was itself criticized by activists, who said that the president's cuts to social programs had dramatically worsened hunger in America. Rev. Jesse Jackson stated, "He should not be in the line. His policies created the line." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America

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Hands Across America - Wikipedia