I arrived at 7:30 a.m. and the crowd lining the street at the entrance of the Marriott Hotel where the meeting was going to take place, was already in the hundreds – people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexes and sexual preferences.  It continued to build steadily as buses and carloads of people kept streaming in.

The energy was palpable from the thousands of Hillary supporters and to those voters from Florida and Michigan who demanded that their voices be heard and their votes counted.  Supporters from states around the country were there in solidarity.  Hand made signs ranging from “Single Women Count” to “DNC: Does Not Care” to a six year old’s sign which read: “I Can Count; Why Can’t You” were carried by supporters.  Honking cars passed demonstrating their support.

At 9:30 a.m. we marched down the hill for two blocks chanting to the park where our rally was being held. I was one of several speakers who spoke to the crowd.  The crowd was pumped and energized.  I was fortified by the electric response and impassioned chanting from the crowd as I made my remarks.  Folks rocked to the music between speakers and shouted their support for Hillary.

After 2 hours we marched back up the hill and continued the vocal vigil on the street as the DNC committee worked inside.  Updates were brought down to us by folks who had been inside.  Although the crowd was doused by a deluge of rain, their spirits were not dampened.  The vigil of remaining participants continued until about 7:30 p.m. until the decisions were made.

We made our way into the lobby of the hotel where we watched live feeds of the final debates on the votes.  When they were done, the doors of the room burst open on the floor above with Hillary supporters shouting “DENVER, DENVER!”  Those of us downstairs and looking up to the balcony joined in the chants!   You could feel the outrage and frustration.

While happy they decided to count the votes of Florida and Michigan and seated the delegates, HRC supporters were of course upset that they only counted one half, and especially upset about the Michigan allocation.  My opinion:  how do you consider it fair to allocate the delegates who were UNCOMMITTED all to BO?  AND to top it off they actually gave 4 of the delegates that Hillary won to him?  This is why Harold Ickes was so angry and said HRC reserves the right to take it to the credentials committee in Denver!  

Afterwards, still unable to leave, several of us remained and exchanged cards, emails and phone numbers vowing to contact each other and remain active.

We will take it to Denver.  We are in this till the end!