We hit the halfway point on the fall Tinker Tour this week as we bid a temporary farewell to predictions of snow and headed for points South.
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- 2000 student journalists keep us on our toes and keep the First Amendment alive at Michigan Interscholastic Press Ass’n conference in Lansing Oct. 21
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- Arms are for hugging!
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- MIPA pep rally for First Amendment!
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- Gloria Olman, friend of student press rights. When her student, Katy Dean, wrote an article about a lawsuit against the school district claiming diesel bus pollution, her school tried to censor it. Gloria and Katy stood up for quality journalism, and with help from the SPLC, won. We feature this in the Tinker Tour “First Amendment” coloring book.
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- Gabby in front of the Michigan State Capitol building.
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- It’s raining in MI, but don’t tell Mary Beth.
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- Detroit’s Boggs Center For Nurturing Community (Oct. 22): Asking deeper questions, creating networks, celebrating victories
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- Jimmy and Grace Lee Boggs, “solutionaries”
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- Boggs Center says it all!
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- Thanks, Rich and Larry- for teaching us about the Boggs Center, which is growing souls along with a new, community economy
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- Detroit (Oct. 22): we say YES! to YES Academy
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- New friends [Photo by Paul Tinkerhess]
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- Students get into the spirit of the First Amendment at YES Academy
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- i Speak! i Write! i Gather! i Believe! i Petition!
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- Middle school students stand up, speak up [Photo by Paul Tinkerhess]
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- Brittany and her mother, Denise, who said that “people tend to listen to her, so I encourage that.”
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- Mary Beth’s brother (and fellow armband wearer), Paul Tinkerhess, takes photos at YES Academy
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- Peace and love…. [Photo by Paul Tinkerhess]
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- and lots of fun at University YES [Photo by Paul Tinkerhess] Academy in Detroit!
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- Q and A time, “How did you feel when you went to court?” MB: “Really strange!” [Photo by Paul Tinkerhess]
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- On to Indianapolis for late night arrival. Thanks for leaving the lights on!
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- Award winning journalism program
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- With award-winning Principal Evan Branigan III on a “home visit!” Thoughts on student expression? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9SQ_FYc2P4
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- North Central High School’s Award winning journalsm adviser, Tom Gayda
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- Local ABC at TT talk at North Central HS Oct. 23
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- Students at NCHS share cartoons, and we tell them about Herb Block, the most famous editorial cartoonist, and the recent exhibit about him at the Library of Congress.
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- Wow- Is this a dream? No, it’s N Central’s broadcast studio!
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- …and an actual newsroom!
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- How it all happens… whew! The Northern Lights storyboard at NCHS Oct. 23
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- The finished product
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- It’s all about balance. After stay in North Central HS parking lot, wth Steak and Shake bathrooms, Mary Beth and Mike are treated to the palatial Napolitan Alumni House at Franklin College, Franklin, Ind. Oct. 23.
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- Professional piano tuner (as well as pediatric nurse and civil rights hero) Mary Beth Tinker tickles the ivory in the alumni house at Franklin College Oct. 23.
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- Mike Hiestand and Ben Franklin discuss updates to the Constitution during the Tinker Tour’s Oct. 23 visit to Franklin College.
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- Life is good on the Tinker Tour! Franklin College, Franklin, Ind., Oct. 23.
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- Prayer stick at Richardson Chapel, Franklin College in Franklin, Ind., Oct. 23.
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- Tinker Tour stop at the Richardson Chapel on the campus of Franklin College in Franklin, Ind., Oct. 23.
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- Mary Beth Tinker talks to a small group during a Tinker Tour stop at Franklin College in Franklin, Ind., Oct. 23.
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- Oct. 24: On to New Orleans for College Media Advisers Nat’l Convention. SPLC Exec Dir, Frank LoMonte chats it up by Gabby
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- Mary Beth Tinker checks out college newspaper exchange table at the College Media Association’s national convention in New Orleans Oct. 26.
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- Tinker Tour booth at College Media Association national convention in New Orleans Oct. 25
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- CMA ttendees give Mary Beth love with a standing ovation Oct. 26.
Miles traveled this week: 1,657
Miles traveled on Tinker Tour to date: 5,490
(Does not include Mike’s 2,989 mile trip from Ferndale, WA, to deliver the Tinker Bus to the Liberty Bell for the tour’s official kickoff Sept. 17.)
Coming Up in Week 7:
Monday: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
Tuesday: McComb High School, McComb, Miss.
Wednesday: Murphy High School, Mobile, Ala.
Friday: Florida Scholastic Press Association, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
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