Scott, WOW! We raised $20,000 in 4 Days to fund the Stampede to Amend tour ( http://igg.me/p/193469?a=965497 )from September-December 2012!! THANK YOU so much to everyone who already contributed!
Our new goal is $50,000 so that we can begin raising funds for the next leg of the tour into 2013. Many folks asked about visiting more towns not on our current route. If we raise more funds we'll be able to start the tour up again in early 2013 and travel to more places, educate more people, and spread the word further. So we've upped the goal to make that possible. We obviously underestimated enthusiasm for this project! If you've already donated, or cannot donate now, you can still help us make this campaign viral and bump up our visibility on the IndieGoGo site. Featured campaigns are the ones with the most participation - the most comments, the most shares, the most enthusiasm. Yesterday we achieved Featured status - our project is on the front page of IndieGoGo's site! But we'll need to keep the energy up to stay there. So please help by using this link [ http://igg.me/p/193469?a=965497 ] to post on Twitter and Facebook, embed the campaign in your blog, and like our IndieGoGo page on Facebook. Help us reach folks who haven't yet heard of the campaign to amend the Constitution! In case you missed it, here's the email we sent out on Tuesday announcing the campaign... LAUNCH THE STAMPEDE! Our friend Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream fame, has a talent for spectacle, which we very much admire. We're thrilled that Ben is joining forces with the Move To Amend coalition in a joint venture: The Stampede To Amend [ Click here - http://igg.me/p/193469?a=965497 ] Ben's crew is building "The Amend-O-Matic," a giant, traveling, money-stamping contraption, which is part art and part information center. Move To Amend is coordinating the tour -- two of our fabulous community organizers will be crisscrossing the country in the vehicle. We hope to depart Los Angeles in September and we'll be on the road until mid-December. If all goes well, we'll continue the tour on into 2013 to reach a broader area. We'll be offering workshops, stopping at farmer's markets, community events, downtowns, and Occupy sites along the way. "The Amend-O-Matic" stamps dollar bills with one of the following messages: *A Corporation Is Not A Person. Money Is Not Speech. *Not to Be Used for Bribing Politicians *The System Isn't Broken, It's "Fixed" When the imprinted bills are spent, they circulate throughout the money supply, educating the public about the movement to amend -- a brilliant (and legal) idea! >>> If we can raise $20,000 by September 24 (the date the machine is set to depart from Los Angeles), Ben has generously agreed to match that amount to help fund the tour through December. <<< Will you support The Stampede with a generous contribution today? [ Click here - http://igg.me/p/193469?a=965497 ] The Stampede To Amend involves everybody, not just those people along the route. When you make a contribution of $20 or more, you get your very own stamp, to start the "stampede" in your own community! Follow this link to get started today [ http://igg.me/p/193469?a=965497 ]. There's no better value when it comes to educating the public and promoting our work. Ad buys in multiple markets are very expensive, lack the capacity to reach millions of Americans day after day, month after month, and can't generate the media that "The Amend-O-Matic" will attract. This is a fabulous idea that we can't let go by, but we need to raise the funds to make it happen. Please help! Start the Stampede to Amend today! [ Click here - http://igg.me/p/193469?a=965497 ] MOVE TO AMEND: The National Campaign to End Corporate Personhood and Demand Real Democracy! http://MoveToAmend.org | PO Box 610, Eureka CA 95502 | (707) 269-0984 We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. 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