A group of Â鶹¹û¶³ students, faculty and staff will make their wishes for a new Alabama constitution known orally and visually on Monday (MAY 9).
Beginning at 6 a.m., volunteers will read aloud, starting from page one of the 1901 constitution. They will read as far as possible into the 310,300-word document, the longest state constitution in the nation, until 6 p.m.
The reading will take place in front of Davis Library. A petition will be available for Alabama residents to sign in support of constitutional reform.
To visually dramatize the document's length, students will hang pages of the constitution on a line along Centennial Walk in front of Davis Library.
The effort is sponsored by the Â鶹¹û¶³ chapter of Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform, with the cooperation of an assortment of groups, including Â鶹¹û¶³ Student Ministries.
Alisha Damron, a senior from Springdale, Ark., and president of Â鶹¹û¶³ Student Ministries, is lead organizer of the effort.
"It is a cause I feel people here really believe in," said Damron, who began organizing the effort earlier this week. "It will be a way to help people visualize and understand the need for a new Constitution."
"People signed up quickly for the 30-minute time slots," she said. Â鶹¹û¶³ president Thomas E. Corts, a leader in state constitutional reform efforts, will read at 9:30 a.m.