Pennies in Protest: Turning Hate Into Change

The hate group Westboro Baptist Church (Wikipedia article on WBC) is visiting my hometown of Richmond, Virginia and some clever locals (including my good friend Sara) have decided to use the group's negative energy to make something positive happen. They developed Pennies in Protest as a non-violent peaceful anti-protest. Rather than just go down to the locations where they will be protesting and shouting back at them (as amusing as that can be), they're encouraging folks to donate for each minute the Westboro bigots will be in town to the causes that they are against!
Pennies in Protest has already collected over $4,000 and the donations will be split evenly between The Virginia Holocaust Museum, The Weinstein Jewish Community Center, the Jerusalem Connection, and the Hermitage High School Gay-Straight Student Alliance (GSA). The anti-protest was inspired by a synagogue that was targeted by the group in New York City that raised $10,000 in 50 minutes!

You can add your own pennies to the cause by visiting the Pennies in Protest website HERE.
You can also join them on Facebook HERE.

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Not Just Another Protest Song

Another Protest Song asks "What does a 21st century protest song sound like?"
Created by audio activists Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere of NeuroTransmitter, the site encourage musicians to add to a Creative Commons licensed database of political songs and share in the debate of what the power of music can do for today's political climate. Check out recent entries or share your own works HERE.