Hightower isn’t too enthusiastic about celebrating birthdays, but when he turned 80 last year, Laura and Deanna decided to risk it all and get a bunch of his friends and co-conspirators to send him birthday messages. We were blown away by all the wonderful memories and love folks that from different parts of his life shared! Hightower noted in his thank you video (below) that what struck him the most is that folks weren’t just referencing a person, but the efforts to build a real movement over the course of these many decades together.