Mariah Hunt is a senior at North Carolina A&T. She worked on the college independents poll, travelling to campuses across the state.
I decided to attend the National Conference of Independents because I am in no way, shape, or form interested in joining a gang. Political parties have bamboozled people into believing that they are here for the people when they’re not. They speak these sweet little nothings into our ears with no intentions of completing their promises. I believe that that is wrong, if not illegal, which is why I refer to the parties as gangs. The national conference will allow us to come together and become stronger in our beliefs that government should be for the people as stated in our nation’s founding documents. I feel that we are collectively taking the right steps to stand up to the tyranny of the parties–the two major ones in particular. Our government, under party control, has simply lost its way. We are here to bring the government in line with the American people’s will. It’s as simple as that.
Mariah Hunt
The reason why I am attending and supporting The National Conference of Independents is because I believe that our political structure needs a major change in order to confront the problems we face (economic disparity, globalization, higher education cost, emigration, marriage equality, etc). In order to meet these challenges, new voices and ideas must be heard and made known. The two dominant parties have intentionally suppressed new ideas and voices by monopolizing the legislative system and political process. I believe that if we, the suppressed, can come together by organizing and mobilizing, regardless of our individual political positions, we can gradually brake up the monopoly of the two major parties. The conference will give me a better understanding of how structural political reforms can occur and what I can do as an individual to push for such change.Jonathan Benimana
Back in 2008 I saw the power of what Americans, particularly independents, can do when we decide that we want to make a change in this country. Now I see that 2008 was only the beginning of a much larger process. As a young person and an independent, I feel that there is no better time to join the independent political movement than right now–at a moment when I can really be a part of the changes I want to see in our system. The conference is a chance for me to have the honor of meeting and interacting with other independents from around the country who are helping to change the face of politics now and for future generations.
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