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Peep the Census
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A mischievous, but civic minded co-worker organized several boxes of marshmallow peeps to model good Census practices. The picture is a little blurry and doesn’t fully capture the explosion of peeps all over the coffee maker and shelves, but the sign reads:
April 1st is Census Day! Return your form and be counted.
__ number of peeps in the household
Ethnicity: bird and rabbit
Race: Pink, Yellow, Green
Hey, I’m easily amused…
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Queered My Census
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Since The Monkey does arrive on April 1st, I had no qualms about declaring an “unmarried partner” as “Person 2″ on my Census response. That said, it’s wick-wack that being counted as a queer person is intrinsically tied to my “marriage/partnership.”. Hi, being Queer is about recognizing a broader non-heteronormative community. Really.
Which all reminded me that 10 years ago, I contemplated (and honestly, I don’t remember what I decided to do…), registering Tamu as my non-married partner to mitigate the under-counting of queers.
Gabriela Network goes for the gold!
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Thanks to Grace and Joy, parol lantern making has become a new holiday tradition. These two sisters are the artistic, bamboo kit assembling, scrap cloth, decoupage and stay up all night force behind the Gabriela Network’s entry into the 2009 Parol Lantern Festival. The last several years, the filipino senior center with their chain link, floral cut recycled aluminum can parols have impressed, but this year Gabnet is going for gold. Step aside, seniors!
Parol making with this crew means learning about Filipino women’s movements and leaders. It’s also time to catch up with old friends and get my creative on with a refreshing glass of Grace’s kalimansi mimosa…great way to support solidarity efforts!
This year the parade theme, Light the Way and Be Counted, aims to raise awareness of the Census. So Gabnet lanterns will feature images from under-counted groups: immigrants, migrant workers, undocumented residents, complex households, homeless individuals, people of color and LGBT people.
I’m not a crafty holiday elf–or any sort of small craft creature unless it involves making model cars from Tamiya kits. But I can use google. So I spent the evening searching for images of these under-counted communities to paste on the parols.
Click the image for pictures from the 2007 production process and presentation. The Big Gay Star was the piece de resistance!
Parol lantern festival and parade: who,what, when, where
PAROL LANTERN FESTIVAL and PARADE
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 3PM to 8PM
3PM to 6PM: Parol Festival games and demonstrations in Jessie Square
6PM to 8PM: Parol Lantern Parade and Performances (Yerba Buena Lane to Jessie Square)
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