- Occupy
local Social Security offices.
- Go
holiday "caroling," through local shopping districts and past our
electeds' offices. ("Wet socks dangling over a camp fire. Jack
Frost's gonna claim more toes. Just lost my crash pad, Damn that barbed wire!
Wish I could find a place to doze").
- Hold
bake sales outside of lawmakers' offices, at hearings on Social Security
reform, or in downtown shopping districts.
A big bake sale sign could read something like, "Janesville Senior Center
Bake Sale: Helping 20 million seniors stay out of poverty -- one
cookie at a time." Proceeds would fund senior services or community
organizing campaigns to expand Social Security benefits.
- Sell holiday crafts: Senior center members could add a decorative patch to the
scarves and hats they knit and sell at holiday bazaars, outdoor Sunday
markets, craft fairs, bake sales, and online. On each patch - a circle with a slash through it, superimposed
on a drawing of a grandma under a bus.
There are many ways to express
your opinions. Choose what works for your community. But do it now.
*Yes, today's seniors
might be spared at least some of the cuts, but they are worried about their
children, who won't be spared.
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