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Ms. Gizmo Rides again -- to Union Square this time. As always people think very carefully about how to allocate the twenty pennies we offer. Click on the photos for larger images and go to our previous post for a bit of explanation about Ms. Gizmo and a list of her eight tax categories. We … Continue reading Ms. Gizmo Lets Folks Say NO TO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

This Thursday, September 16 the Granny Peace Brigade took Ms. Gizmo to Brooklyn. For the fifth time she was out on the town and again, as always she was embraced with enthusiasm by people passing by. What is it about Ms. Gizmo that makes her so very popular? After all physically she's just a bunch … Continue reading How Should Our Government Spend Our Tax Dollars? Tell Ms. Gizmo

It's Aug 26, we're at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Our table with the penny gizmo again attracts a crowd. People sorted 20 pennies into the 8 categories according to their priorities as tax payers. People connect with what matters to them. 84 people came up with this vote for the day. - Caroline Chinlund for the … Continue reading Brooklynites Spend Their Tax Pennies

What would you do if your homeland were taken from you? Earlier Period 1.  For millenia Jews, Arabs, and their Semite ancestors have lived in the area we now call Israel/Palestine.  (Since both Arabs and Jews are Semites, does  the term 'anti-Semitic' have any usefulness in a consideration of the people affected in the Israel/Palestine … Continue reading THE QUESTION OF A PALESTINIAN STATE

East Harlem Teen Fair - Thursday, August 19,2010 Passersby took the time to consider the categories posted on the penny tubes and then vote how their tax dollars should be allocated. Mothers, fathers, grandmothers, teens and children participated in the activity. It was the rare opportunity for families and friends to talk about the issues … Continue reading The Penny Poll in East Harlem

Friday the 13th - A Report From the Streets Dear Sisters & Brothers In Peace, What an afternoon it was! The skies cleared, the humidity evaporated and our wonderful new gizmo was a roaring success. Maybe it was Sister Jennie's clarion call or Ms. Eva-Lee's hat that got 'em to the table, but whatever the … Continue reading How Would You Spend Your Own Tax Dollars?

WE MUST NEVER FORGET! It was 65 years ago, August 6 and August 9, 1945, that the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.  Commemorations of the atrocities were held in many cities around the world but, for the first time in history, a representative of the U.S. Ambassador John … Continue reading REMEMBER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI