Unedited - Short Magsbook Excerpt

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“If you would have told me at any point in my life that one day I would be trying to sleep in the back of a van while a woman who had never met me yelled horrendous things at me through my van doors, I wouldn’t have believed you. Go figure, somehow, we got here, to this bizarre place. And why was that? Because we were trying to have a voice, and our message was effective..”

“Prior to going to D.C. I cleared off a couple shelves in the back to make a small kitchen/food area. Lots of snacks like trail mix, cans of tuna/chicken, chips, energy drinks, granola bars, water, and much more. Thanks to Faith, I had a nice selection. I made room on another shelf for laundry and other things like that. There was even space for a lawn chair back there! My life was complete!

The cage provided everything I needed while I was there, I couldn’t imagine doing that in a car surrounded by windows all the time. No real privacy, no reasonable expectation for it either. The cage was my home, and sometimes it even served as a padded cell when I just needed relief from the stress of it all.”