Our illustrious fellowship coordinator Calvin Williams and Matt Birkhold, whom you may remember from his guest blogging tenure, posted a piece on WireTap this week about the Republican National Convention (RNC) demonstrations.

As many of you know, the 2008 Republican National Convention was held from September 1st to September 4th in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The minute the location was announced, activist groups around the region (not just the Twin Cities -- a large part of the Upper Midwest jumped in on this) started to organize their protests.  There were a large range of activities in planning, everything from student walk-outs and concerts to marches and demonstrations to disrupting traffic and blocking off roads.

I spent Labor Day weekend in Miami, and while Hurricane Gustav was not scheduled to make an official, direct appearance at my location, I could certainly feel its effects. As one who grew up in with earthquakes, I was not accustomed to joint efforts of the elements of wind and water teaming up to change the landscape of a city.