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Fox 7
[with video]
They called it “Freedom Fest.”
The goal was to raise awareness about 19-year-old Greg Kelley and to help his family with mounting legal fees.
“This is a freedom fight for Greg. This is our big fundraiser. We’ve been raising funds, we’ve raised over $23,000 already. But this is the one we started in motion pretty much right after Greg got convicted,” said organizer Pam Brimberry.
Brimberry knows Greg through her daughter. She says Freedom Fest has a line up of live music, food, a chance to sign the petition and to donate. …
Amy Smith is with a group called SNAP that supports victims of abuse.
“Some of those that I have connected with on Twitter and through Facebook and then some have reached out to me privately through social media saying ‘we live here, we live in Leander, we live in Austin. And we’re very disturbed by such a public outpouring.’ And some of them are sexual abuse victims themselves and that really touched a nerve with them,” Smith said.
Smith says there are better, more private ways to show support for Kelley. She says many are upset Sunday’s Freedom Fest was held at a church.
“To a child, that says ‘They’re against me.’ And to even question ‘Is God against me because I spoke up?’ And so it’s the public way of showing support…and I don’t think you need to have a public festival with dancing and games and food and a party with a slip and slide to show support for an imprisoned friend or family member,” she said.
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