Why Mayors Day?

People ask why Mayors Day? I started Mayors day to build a foundation, a foundation that we need to embrace and make strong. I remember a time, I decided to hold a conference with the mayors, one mayor said they wouldn’t come. He said its very hard for them to come together. When you sit down and think about the foundation of this country, the belief, the struggle you wonder, is that foundation breaking? This is the only country one can come from the gutter and become something great. People are forgetting about the dream. Now, people are going to other countries to find their dream, they say “I traveled to a different country to find myself.”

Are we just thinking about ourselves? The painful thing is when we finish out our days, that beautiful time, your last day on earth, will you be able to say I was a part of building that foundation. The beauty of U.S. is that regardless of what happens there is always someone who is going to come and make it strong again.

That is why I created Mayors Day - January 13th. Be a part of it. Let it be a day that all Mayors recognize. A day Mayors can uplift each other and say yes today is our day.

-Joseph Awinongya

Senator A. J. Wilhelmi supports Mayors Day