====== People's Convoy ======

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**The People's Convoy** was an American protest event that took place in the spring of 2022. It was one of several convoy movements formed after the [[Freedom Convoy 2022]] protest in [[Canada]].

===== History =====

The convoy departed from [[united_states:California]] on February 23, 2022 and arrived in [[united_states:Maryland]] on March 4, 2022.((Graf, H. (2022, March 3). //“People’s Convoy” plans to be in DMV this weekend: What we know.// WJLA. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307063328/https://wjla.com/news/local/peoples-convoy-truck-trucker-protest-on-track-arrival-hagerstown-maryland-march-4-dc-virginia-dmv-march-5))

==== Chaos ====

On March 2, 2022, [[Freedom Fighter Nation]] founder [[Leigh Dundas]] authored a statement explaining the organization's departure from the People's Convoy, citing comments made by [[Bob Bolus]] about planning to enter [[United_states:Washington, D.C.]]((//Freedom Convoy.// Freedom Fighter Nation. Retrieved December 30, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221230130345/https://freedomfighternation.org/freedom-convoy/))

In a January 2023 interview with [[Kristin Elizabeth]], organizer [[Brian Brase]] recounted multiple and frequent attempts to hijack and/or create chaos throughout the planning and execution of the convoy. He specifically names [[James Heckman]], [[Leigh Dundas]] and [[Carolina Bonita]] and describes their various alarming activities.((Elizabeth, K. (2023, February 16). //Interview with Brian Brase.// Substack. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307063726/https://beyondthemaze.substack.com/p/interview-with-brian-brase))

===== Organization =====

==== Personnel ====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Brian Brase]]  | Organizer  | -  |
| [[Mike Landis]]  | Organizer  | -  |
| [[Marcus Sommers]]  | Organizer  | -  |
| [[Jerry Stetts]]  | Organizer  | -  |
| [[Leigh Dundas]]  | Resources Support  | Departed March 2, 2022  |
| [[Kristin Elizabeth]]  | Volunteer  | -  |