I have two important recommendations for you.
- Get your tickets for Nullify Now Raleigh, North Carolina now while they are still available.
- Bring something to write with; paper, pencil, tablet—whatever.
I promise, you WILL learn more history, constitutional principles and activist tools at Nullify Now Raleigh, North Carolina than you can remember. You will want to take heed of the wise old saying “the palest ink is superior to the sharpest memory.”
You may be wondering: how he can make this prediction?
Allow me to explain.
As the state coordinator for the Florida Tenth Amendment Center, I have helped produce and host two Nullify Now events in Florida along with Outreach Director Francisco Rodriguez. The first NN was the second ever of the tour. It was held on 10/10/10, just outside Orlando at the Champions Gate Golf Resort. A more fitting date could not be imagined for a Tenth Amendment Center event. The second was held on Oct. 22, 2011, in Jacksonville. Both of these events had profound influence on the liberty movement in Florida. These were the first large scale informative events addressing Jefferson’s rightful remedy in the Sunshine State. Prior to these events, people talking about nullification were few and far between.
While our first event was more of a rally in nature, there are presentations I still remember as if it was yesterday.
Greg Giordano, chief legislative aide for one of our state senators, gave a presentation on how bills become law. Basic information that is still not as well known or understood by activists as it should be. Knowing the rules of the playing field in your state capital is a must for successful legislative advocacy. Francisco Rodriguez gave a presentation on organizing locally by state House and Senate districts and zip code to maximize information and action as quickly as possible when needed. The concept behind this presentation went on to become a popular activist handbook called The Neighborhood Project; a collaborative effort by Francisco, Alex Snitker and Danielle Alexandre.
In Jacksonville, legendary Austin, Texas, local activist and founder of Texans for Accountable Government, John Bush, presented a motivating action oriented tool kit for dealing with local government and their experiments with Agenda 21.
It was in Jacksonville that I first met TAC’s national communication’s director Mike Maharrey and heard his recounting of how nullification was used to protect runaway slave Joshua Glover and neutralize the federal Fugitive Slave Acts in 1850’s Wisconsin.
These presentations were not just interesting; they were then, and remain now, useful items in the citizen’s tool box to restore liberty. Yes, there were some more widely known and acclaimed speakers…but while I know they were excellent too; it’s the bread and butter, nuts and bolts presentations that have stayed with me.
Nullify Now Raleigh, North Carolina, the first of the new generation Nullify Now events, promises to be superior to all that have gone before. As someone with some experience at this, I tell you this with great confidence. Why?
Look at the preliminary itinerary: 1. The Constitutional history of Nullification.
2. How Nullification was used in early American history - against attacks on freedom of speech and more.
3. Nullification vs Slavery. The mainstream wants you to believe that Nullification was used to support slavery. This is either ignorance or a lie. Hear the heroic story of nullification being used to reject federal slave laws in the 1850s.
4. How Nullification is being used today. right now, across the country, dozens of states are implementing nullification bills.
5. About Nullification as a Tool for Protecting Liberty. Nullification is a powerful tool to protect your right to keep and bear arms, stop “indefinite detention,” protect your health freedom – and more. You’ll learn about model legislation that can be used on a state OR local level – and effective methods to get nullification bills passed.
6. What YOU can do right now – you won’t leave Nullify Now! with just a bunch of great information. You’ll also be provided with a practical, actionable plan to do something today. The time to act is now, not next year and not next week. Today, not tomorrow, now.
Since the original Nullify Now tour, dozens of states have advanced nullification legislation. Just as importantly, local governments are also using interposition to take a stand against growing federal interference with our liberties. For all intents and purposes, the advancement in nullification awareness today and its growing usage are as different from the recent Florida events as an old Magnavox bubble tube television is from today’s internet ready high tech plasma TVs.
– Andrew Nappi State Coordinator for the Florida Tenth Amendment Center