What does “bear witness” mean?

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I am starting a revolution (peaceful) called

Bearing Witness

We can all participate as a collective of individuals by telling our stories about accessing healthcare in the US. I am bearing witness by taking as many portraits as I can to public events to declare publicly what has happened to some of the people I paint who could not access healthcare.

YOU can bear witness by taking your stories to your representatives, neighbors, public forums. Speak up. Bring your denials for claims from insurance companies; bankruptcy papers from medical debt; pictures of loved ones who are maimed or dead because they could not access care; notifications of exorbitant rate increases because you got sick and had claims; denials of coverage because you have a pre-existing condition….

BEAR WITNESS to the truth of what is happening to you and your loved ones.

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Please send me your stories and videos of bearing witness. t@artassocialinquiry.org

10/29/2011 T Takes Art As Social Inquiry to the Coffee Party Rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol Building, Washington D.C.

10/13/2011 From the blog, The Bent Page (starts at 3:24 in video) Interview at Occupy Doylestown

10/6/2011 Bearing Witness at Occupy Philly about Medical Bankruptcy (video from FloodtheDrummer‘s YouTube channel)

10/6/2011 Bearing Witness about Death of Uninsured 23 Year Oldat Occupy Philadelphia

10/8/2011 Bearing Witness about Death of Uninsured Pregnant Youg Woman at Occupy Philadelphia

10/3/2011 The Fallacy of Health Savings Accounts on The Individual Market

9/13/2011 Bearing Witness: Health Insurance & Small Business’s Dirty Little Secret

8/24/2011 Bearing Witness: Fake Marriage for Health Insurance

8/22/2011 Bearing Witness: Medical Bankruptcy

8/2011 Bearing Witness: Town Meeting with Congressman Fitzpatrick

8/2011 AUDIO Bearing Witness: Town Meeting w/ Congressman Fitzpatrick

8/18/2011 Bearing Witness: Getting Meds from Canada, Start the Revolution