A message from Catherine and New Beginnings
Next Saturday at the Liberty Restoration Project’s two year birthday bash, I will be stepping down as the executive director of the organization. We will be holding an election so the grassroots may select my successor in the same fashion I was selected to serve, this person will serve a two year term as well. I will remain intimately involved with the organization in an advisory capacity, as a spokes person, and most importantly, I will continue to focus on one of our most recent projects, http://OperationDefuse.com. By stepping down as the executive director I hope to give another willing person the opportunity to pick up the balls I have dropped, expand the programs I helped start, and bring new energy and new direction to the organization.
Helping found and run this organization has taught me to deal with the most difficult of adversity, to multi-task like an insane person only could, and has provided me with the opportunity to meet some amazing people as I travel across this beautiful country representing the values and ideals of LRP. It has been the most rewarding experience of my life, but I am going to be honest, the level of sacrifice has left me exhausted.
For the time being it looks like I will be staying in Austin, Texas where multiple opportunities have made themselves available to me. I am working on a local school board election (http://glenmayes.com/) and in a few short months the Rise Up Radio Show will be back on air on a local AM network here in Austin. I also plan to finish my Masters of Public Administration degree, which requires one final semester of dedicated course-work (this is an example of something I have completely neglected since the formation of LRP). I am in the process of writing two books, one on the use of internet media to grow a business and the second on a little tactic I call “guerrilla activism”. Through the Operation Defuse team, I will be working closely with some major movers and shakers on the formation of a grassroots fusion center – potentially named the Liberty Information Logistics and Analysis Center (LILAC).
Its hard to believe LRP has been around two entire years…. And, boy, have we grown up fast! In two years members and supporters have put tens of thousands of fliers, Constitutions and DVDs in the hands of Missourians and interested folks across the country. We have testified in the halls of the Missouri legislature, banner dropped the highways of Kansas City, rallied with our neighbors, knocked on doors, attended city council meetings, organized festivals, and most importantly we have built a community of loving, intelligent, and fun people and we are happy to consider family. Not all of our dreams have yet been brought to fruition, but we are definitely on the way.
Please join us as we celebrate the growth of liberty and the transition of organizational leadership this Saturday after the 3rd annual LRP End the Fed rally (you may vote on the new leadership if you have donated financially to LRP in the past two years or if you have volunteered with our organization at a minimum of two events.
End The Fed/Central Banking System Rally
Saturday, April 24, 2010
3pm – 5pm
Outside the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City – Corner of Main and Grand Street
Liberty Restoration Project’s 2nd Anniversary/Birthday Bash
Saturday, April 24, 2010
5pm-9pm
The Gusto
3810 Broadway Street, Kansas City, MO
I hope you all know how much I love you and thank you for all of the amazing support you have given to our organization and to me as an individual over the years. I will still have my LRP email address and phone number, and will still be an “official” member and representative of LRP, I just have to shift my focus so that I may stay sane moving forward 
So much love,
Catherine
Catherine Bleish
Executive Director
Liberty Restoration Project
http://www.LibertyRestorationProject.org/
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