news from Austin Hall, who is walking with Ed Wiley

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hi folks,
here is an excerpt from a recent post on the Appalachian Voices front porch blog, posted by Austin Hall, who is on the road with Ed Wiley.

Ed Wiley is walking to Washington, DC to raise awareness about his granddaughter's elementary school, which sits directly in the flood-path of 2 billion gallons of liquid coal waste.

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" We are still receiving amazing support, people from all walks of life agree on that we must get the students of our community a new school.

Just yesterday on a lonely stretch of road I had the opportunity to share Ed’s story with a small group of state inmates working with the WVDOT. These men were outraged at the situation, awestruck that children would be subjected to this clearly negligent situation.

As I told these men of Ed and his journey they became visibly inspired. I spoke with them for a half an hour. By the end of our converstation they had given Ed their snacks from their bag lunches, and vowed to write letters to Joe Manchin quoting with a grin “ All we have is time, we can manage a letter”...

One inmate who wished to remain anonymous expressed his concerns about his own children and that Ed is truly fighting for all children of Appalachia. Upon seeing the aerial flyover shot of Marsh Fork Elementary he exclaimed “ man, they wouldn’t even build a prison there much less an elementary school”...

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