Pima CC’s Constitution Corner Inspired by Rep. Giffords’ Congress on Your Corner
January 6, 2012
Tucson, AZ – On Jan. 8, 2011, a group of Tucsonans went to a Northwest Side supermarket for a Congress on Your Corner event held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. They gathered to exercise fundamental American rights to assemble, to petition their representatives, and to speak freely.
Tomorrow, Jan. 7, 2012, another group of Tucsonans will gather at Pima Community College’s West Campus for Constitution Corner, which celebrates the unique strengths of our representative form of government embodied in Congresswoman Giffords’ meeting with her constituents.
Beginning at 8:45 a.m., members of the Tucson community will read from the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and other historic documents. The event is informed by Rep. Giffords’ reading of part of the Constitution before she was sworn in for her third term in January 2010. Among the readers will be PCC employee Ross Zimmerman, whose son Gabe was among the victims on Jan. 8, and other Tucsonans with intimate connections to the tragedy.
Constitution Corner is the centerpiece of Pima’s Festival of Democracy, a morning of free activities for the family at West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road.
The Festival begins at 8 a.m. with a 5-kilometer run/walk and includes a health fair, yoga and tai chi activities, presentations by public safety and emergency services personnel, a paint-a-tile public art activity, a concert by the 62nd Army Band from Fort Huachuca, and a mass sing-along of patriotic songs.
The Festival is of many events being held under the auspices of BEYOND, an umbrella organization dedicated to building a stronger community in the aftermath of Jan. 8. To learn about BEYOND and the other events, visit www.beyond-tucson.org.
CONTACT:
C.J. Karamargin
Vice Chancellor for Public Information and Government Relations
(520) 206-4850