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Hannah Hoffman’s “Fun at the Jefferson Memorial”

by Agent on June 8, 2011 in Uncategorized | Comments { 1 }

Thanks to the donors of the Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund for sponsoring a trip to DC for Hannah Hoffman, Rob Nair and myself. I couldn’t be more pleased with the A³ Team we put together. Thanks also to the 2011 Porcupine Freedom Festival for sponsoring the printing of the lyrics for Hannah’s new song, State Free Dance. Hannah Hoffman shares her experiences from the Jefferson Dance Party on her new blog:

I had such a great time on Saturday at the Jefferson Memorial and I can’t wait to see all the videos that were taken at the event! Hundreds of people gathered at noon to peacefully protest the state aggression that took place the week before when five people were arrested at the memorial for silently dancing. Fifty-plus people were there yesterday dancing inside the memorial, and hundreds were gathered outside supporting them and taking video. I was armed with flyers promoting my new song, State Free Dance, and I managed to get the lyrics into the hands of hundreds of people. View a PDF of the flyer here. Jason Talley and Rob Nair were there taking video and Eddie Freeman broadcasted a livestream on Talley.TV.

The coolest part of the event for me was hearing my song amplified on the steps outside the memorial, with a hundred or more people enthusiastically singing along! I felt connected with everyone around me at that point, and it was inspiring to see people responding to my lyrics in such a positive way. The crowd seemed to enjoy the autonomous sentiment of the song, and proudly sang along to phrases such as “peace is not a crime,” “we’re not under your control,” and “liberty is our goal.”

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Thanks for supporting CD Evolution at PorcFest

by Agent on July 5, 2010 in Misc | Comments { 0 }

As Brian Travis mentioned, the CD Evolution Jailbreak Fundraiser at the Porcupine Freedom Festival was a huge success. We raised over $1,000 that will go to support the good people who break bad laws.

I’d like to thank the many people who made it happen starting with the Fabulous Michelle Seven. M7 and her kids, Aziza, Omar and Faisel as well as Robin and Tommy Mozingo worked hard to erect the jail, provide refreshments for the prisoners and much much more. Michelle came up with the idea for a jailbreak fundraiser which drew a big crowd and garnered a lot of supporters from PorcFest attendees. She also recruited the following donors who contributed goods and services to the CD Evolution raffle:

  • Free Patriot Press donated 3 books and a PorcFest hand towel
  • Scott Geyer donated a t-shirt and a private swing dance lesson
  • Bob & Karen Emory of Del Valley Silver donated three ounces of Silver
  • Tennyson McCalla of Thinking Liberty donated a private photo shoot
  • Savannah’s Last Biscuit donated $5 meal coupons
  • Tarrin Lupo donated a set of porcupine earings
  • Ballantine Soap donated two bottles of plum wine and awesome gift bags
  • George’s Famous Baklava donated ten $1 coupons and two trays of baklava
  • Aziza Seven donated one free 30-minute private voice lesson
  • The School Sucks Project donated a free t-shirt
  • Free State Project donated a bumper sticker, beer cozy, name tag holder
  • Chartarum’s Melissa Shaw donated a hand-knit black and gold scaft
  • Hunter donated 10% of profits from the sales of bags of ice, bundles of wood and pre-ordered group photos.
  • Jason Osborne of Sakal Cai who drove the party wagon to the jail and exchanged beer for donations.
  • Sam Dodson donated three ounces of silver
  • Brian Travis donated a custom Manchester Brewing Hawaiian-style shirt

Please consider trading with these wonderful supporters of CD Evolution.

We are also very thankful to our “prisoners” for being good sports. We asked Sam Dodson, Lauren Canario, Mike Tiner and Sovereign Curtis to join participate because of their all-star status in New Hampshire’s Civil Disobedience movement. Each spoke about their experiences in saying no to the State and inspired the large crowd.

In addition to Sam, I’d like to thank the other board members and Brad Jardis who showed up to speak to the crowd about the importance of supporting CD Evolution.

Finally, thanks to everyone who donated to the Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund at PorcFest. If you weren’t at PorcFest but would like to support the good people who break bad laws, you can still donate online.

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