St. Louis Public Radio — After a long drive from Georgia and a short night at a nearby hotel, about 50 college students tumbled out of a charter bus Sunday morning and onto the parking lot of the boarded-up Red’s BBQ on West Florissant Ave.
As each one stepped off the bus, they were greeted by Ferguson activist Charles Wade with a high five or a fist bump. After asking the students to divide up into groups of three, Wade took them on a short tour of West Florissant, pointing out the McDonalds where they can take breaks, the Heal STL office that got damaged in November and Oak Manor Apartments where some of the students will later be headed.
For the next three days, the students will be knocking on doors in and around Ferguson, registering voters and getting the word out about municipal elections on April 7.
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St. Cloud State University student Britton Mikkelson found out about the trip on the social media site Tumblr and took a train from Minnesota to St. Louis in order to join in.
“Mike Brown was about the same age as my cousin and that was a big issue for me because I grew up with him,” Mikkelson said. “So I found the opportunity and I figured it was something I could do that would make a difference instead of just hanging out at home.”
