Friday and Saturday were days 6 and 7 of my walk across the Granite State — walking in the shoes of New Hampshirites.
My Friday morning walk began in Manchester and would end later that evening in Raymond. The first event of the day was on immigration with the Granite State Organizing Project. The organization is a leading group fighting for social and racial justice, including for immigrants.
In Raymond, I stopped in at the Granite State Trade school to talk about Training for a Lifetime. This program will entail a system-wide transformation of our national job training infrastructure, because we currently spend just .001% of our GDP on labor force training — the lowest of all developed countries. In the military, we constantly train and re-train servicemembers because technology changes so rapidly. But while technology might become obsolete, a hard worker never will. My "Training for a Lifetime" program will involve more support for public-private partnerships to increase investment in job training, more federal funding for state and local training programs, more registered apprenticeships on federally-funded building or infrastructure repair projects, and developing a national apprenticeship program for one-on-one training.
Jim was kind enough to show me a specialized machine for training workers on HVAC operation. To see more about my visit to Granite State Trade School, click here.
Later Friday afternoon, I stuck a stake in the ground to come back to later, and drove to Concord to visit with Luke Bonner, former professional basketball player. We had fun but spoke about some serious topics. My time in that gym brought back memories from days of pickup ball at Cardinal O'Hara High School and the U.S. Naval Academy! For reference, Luke is 7 feet tall. Watch me drain a bucket here.
I also talked to Paul Steinhauser of Fox News (read here) as I walked from Manchester to Raymond. NBC 10 Boston also covered my walk (here).
On Saturday, I walked from Raymond to North Hampton. 20 miles! The morning walk began early again, 6 AM. At about 9 I left for the Hooksett, NH to meet with the local Democrats, and to stop by Robie's Country store. Robie's has been welcoming presidential candidates for years - and first opened its doors in 1822!
Upon arriving in Exeter, I spoke to seniors at the Riverwoods retirement community about healthcare, small businesses, American global leadership, wealth inequality, immigration and how to unite this country.
My event walk culminated in North Hampton. It's gone by so fast! Tomorrow is day 8, the final day of my walk. I will be walking from North Hampton to Portsmouth. For my schedule for the day, please check out our events page (here).
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