Egberto Democratic Convention Fund

My name is Egberto Willies. I am now a full-time political activist. I was an activist when I attended the University of Texas (UT); we marched and demanded that UT divested from South Africa during the apartheid regime.

After getting my bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering, I worked for many oil service and NASA companies before starting my own software development company. During that time, my politics was mostly anonymous through blogs and other actions.

After sending my daughter to college, I decided that the next stage in my life was to make a difference, pay it forward.  This country is great. However, it’s greatness is in jeopardy because our current politics created policies that are shrinking the middle-class, hurting the poor, as a select few continue to extract from the many. As opposed to just talking about what is wrong, my goal is to empower us all to act, to do work that will really fix the problem.
I wrote the book “As I See it: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom ” a few years ago. I detailed many of the economic issues as I saw them and suggested solutions from a lay person’s point of view, something we can all do in a real democracy.

I decided to go all in and dedicate my ‘going forward’ to positive political activism that really effects change. I host the show Politics Done Right  on KPFT 90.1 FM on Thursdays at 3:00 PM Central. I speak on all the issues Bernie Sanders talks about from free tuition (pay it forward tuition) to income inequality, to social justice, etc. I interviewed Bernie Sanders’ surrogate Ohio State Senator Nina Turner, as well as many other Bernie Sanders activist including former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. I live streamed many of the Sanders rallies.
As a featured writer/contributor to DailyKOS  and OpEdNews  as well as my own blog , I wrote extensively to get the Sanders message out to counter a derelict media that either ignored or distorted his message or his history.

My Senate district (SD4) elected me as one of the Bernie Sanders National Delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Thank you so kindly SD4. The price tag of the trip is prohibitive for a full-time activist. Activism pays little -- website ads and writing help, but it’s not software development.Some of us volunteer for the front line. We ask for others to invest in those that are fighting the change that will help us all.

I humbly ask you to help fund this trip to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

And how will I thank you?

Every donor’s name will be mentioned in my next book. Any amount is fine. Every donor over $25 will receive a free hardcopy of the book. All others will receive an e-copy. I do not have a title yet, but it covers restructuring of our economy to reflect the real worth of people’s contribution to it as opposed to our current rigged economy.

I will provide live streaming when capable. I will be blogging the event and will keep you all abreast of what is going on. And I will be monitoring my Facebook Politics Done Right  message feed to interact with you.

Any funds I receive in excess, if any, will be used to continue the movement including other DNC delegates, my trip to Netroots Nation 2016 (I got press credentials), and other social and economic justice conferences. If you can please donate to other Bernie DNC delegates as well.

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