damali ayo • gazing through big black eyes - National Day of Panhandling for Reparations: MeetUp Groups

Hey!
Does anyone out there want to volunteer to start some MeetUp groups for the National Day of Panhandling for Reparations?
I would love it if you would!
The info below can be used to start the group (it has the right character count) under IMPROV ART, which I think would get lots of people out, or under some kind of “politics” section. I haven’t used meetup but I bet it would be a great way to get word out about this event!

Comment on this post if you would be willing to organize.


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Started in 2003 as a street performance by artist damali ayo.

More info and Sign up to Participate at reparationsday.com

October 10, 2007
People of all races across the United States will sit outside of businesses, libraries, museums, art galleries, or on busy street corners. We will collect reparations from white Americans for the enslavement of Africans and African Americans. This money will be immediately paid out to black passersby. Both parties will be offered a receipt.

Why panhandling?
African Americans have tried several means to recoup reparations for the enslavement of our relatives, with little progress. Panhandling shows the last resort of African Americans after our government has ignored or denied all previous requests for reparations. Panhandling is an immediate means of exacting reparations. We offer ordinary citizens the opportunity to pay the reparations our government has denied us, or to walk past our presence on the street and continue to ignore our collective history. What choice will you make?


Make more MeetUp groups in all the cities where people have signed up to participate! You can work together and debrief after.