Hunger Strike OKC Sicko

Chicken Soup for the Hunger Striker
Day 1 in OKC:
Hunger strike started at Joy Menonite Church in OKC on Lincoln
OETA (PBS) covered it
I had about 5 supporters there
We prayed for stregth and courage during the hunger strike for the striking women.
We prayed for the children and we prayed for the elected officials to be enlightened with the needs of our children.

I stayed at the location for about 2 hrs, them moved to Frank Lucas office in Yukon.
Obtained literature that is disturbing on his position against SCHIP.
Stood in front of his office with my sign for a little over an 1 hr and returned home to go to the grocery store and prepare a dinner for my family we could share.

This is my recipe. Serve it to them with Garlic bread or sourdough.
Much love,
In prayer,
Reggie

See photos, watch the progress:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clipedwingangel/

use a stock pot that holds about 5qts

1 Qt Chicken Stock
1 QT water
1 can chicken breast
1 bullion cube Chicken (Wylers)

1 cup carrots (either the baby carrots or chopped)
1 can corn
3/4 cup chopped leeks
1/2 cup sliced squash
1/2 cub sliced zuccini
1/2 onion chopped

1-2 cups chopped potatoes
(I used 2 cups of small red potatoes)

1 pinch of dill weed
1 pinch lemon pepper
1 pinch parsley

simmer for 1 hr

put broth through strainer or skim liquid off top
drink 2-3 cups, let your family enjoy the other good veggies

good for the soul
good for the heart
good for our children

Reggie Cervantes
WTC Survivor Rescue Worker

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
~ MLK

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hunger Strike OKC Sicko

HUNGER FOR HEALTH CARE:
Mothers from Michael Moore’s movie SiCKO
plan hunger strike to push for children’s health care

(Oklahoma City, OK) – Three mothers who appeared in Michael Moore’s film “SiCKO” will begin a hunger strike for health care on November 1 unless Congress passes acceptable State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation and it is signed by President Bush.

Donna Smith of Colorado, Reggie Cervantes of Oklahoma and Adrian Campbell of Michigan all had their stories featured in “SiCKO” this summer, and they all continue to fight for health care reform in spite of their own personal struggles to access affordable health care for themselves and their families.

“If we cannot protect our children, then who are we? And if we are not willing to suffer and even to die to protect those we brought into this world, then what does motherhood really mean?” Smith, mother of six and grandmother of 13, wonders.

Beginning Thursday, November 1st, all three will spend each day fasting and visiting local offices of representatives, state capitols, hospitals and other locations to make their point.

Cervantes, mother of two, is a 9/11 rescue worker made ill by her exposure to toxins at ground zero. “My fellow responders continue to become terminally ill and many don’t have access to health care. Their children should not suffer because the parents don’t have sufficient income or access to benefits through employment,” Cervantes stated.

They are tired of waiting as some members of Congress and President Bush continue to ignore the wishes of the American people. The mothers are committed to seeing Congress pass appropriately funded SCHIP legislation.

Campbell, who is the mother of a four-year-old, added, “It is for our kids, our grandchildren, and for every single American who has been denied. My hunger is for you.”

Smith, Cervantes and Campbell, said they can no longer be complicit in President Bush’s failure to provide health care access to kids who really need it. They stress that the strikes will end only when their representatives are fully behind SCHIP or are themselves physically unable to fight.
Other American SiCKOs, including 9/11 first responder John Graham, of New Jersey will also join in the strike by fasting periodically in solidarity with the SiCKO mothers.

For more information please visit the Americans for Universal Health Care website:

http://www.apuhc.com/