RememberingAaron.org site syndication http://rememberingaaron.org/joo 2010-09-05T21:36:00+01:00 http://rememberingaaron.org/joo http://rememberingaaron.org/joo/images/M_images/aaronaward_cropped_enh_final_tiny_bw_cmp.png text/html 2007-01-28T23:06:42+01:00 http://rememberingaaron.org/joo http://rememberingaaron.org/joo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=44 Listen to a recording of Aaron's Memorial Service, watch the video and slideshow, and post your reactions. Please note that audio will autoplay on this page. text/html 2007-01-03T15:57:33+01:00 http://rememberingaaron.org/joo http://rememberingaaron.org/joo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=43 In memory of Aaron, a scholarship at UMass Amherst is being set up in his name to reward student activists who are both academically successful and in financial need. text/html 2007-01-03T09:01:25+01:00 http://rememberingaaron.org/joo http://rememberingaaron.org/joo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=38 Aaron D. Wilson, 35, of South Hadley, MA, died unexpectedly of heart failure in his sleep on December 21, 2006. The much-beloved son of Maryann Wilson, Aaron was a tireless organizer, writer, leader, and activist for civil rights and social justice who devoted his regrettably short life to improving the world. Aaron was born on April 27, 1971, in Marlborough, MA. From an early age, he demonstrated a sharp intellect and a deep distrust of authority and the status quo. His rebellious and often agitated demeanor confounded every kindergarten in Worcester, landing Aaron in the special education system, which unjustly wrote him off as a reprobate. Through his mother’s devoted advocacy and his own discipline and determination, Aaron learned to channel his prodigious energy and intelligence to productive ends, and he accomplished more in his thirty-five years than most people do in seventy. The anti-authoritarianism that caused so much trouble in his early life eventually became the basis for a sophisticated personal philosophy and a lifetime of service to others.At the age of 14, Aaron learned the value of hard work, and he was highly regarded at every job he held since--sometimes dirty, menial labor, sometimes even three jobs at a time. He held tremendous respect for working people and always maintained friendships with people from all walks of life.Upon his 1989 arrival at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (http://umass.edu/), Aaron, along with his good friends Brian Julin and Kai Price, founded the UMass Cannabis Reform Coalition (CRC)...