I went to our Occupy Spokane march this week determined to Occupy our Future and to articulate some of my dreams instead of just reiterating that things are economically in the pits for 99% of the population.
I went as a Marge Simpson inspired teacher. A coworker lent me the hair which I decorated with dream clouds of what I would like to see in education.
I marched with a fellow rabble rouser who dressed as a college graduate with no debt and a job and at some point when I was signing a song into the megaphone (I cannot sing by the way), someone slipped $5 into my bag. Afterwards, I went to find the person and realized that it was a man who appeared to perhaps be homeless who had given the money to me. He would not take the money back and so instead we ended up marching together. We had a blast. Randy held my sign and when I explained to him what the march was about, he waved the sign into every bank window that we passed by. I think he made a few of the protestors (about 1% of the 99 :) ) uncomfortable. As my friend said, “99% is a diverse group.”
A client of mine that I happened to run into, took this picture of us.
I did give Randy the $5 back, by the way. We replaced it with a $1 bill that he insisted that I take and frame.
Off to our LGBTQ Youth Center Masquerade fundraiser now.
Yippee to Occupying our Future!!!!
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