Raise the 'Roots

TFOC members sing, dance, and rap about taxes. For real.

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:08:29 -0400

TFOC members sing, dance, and rap about taxes. For real.

Resource Sharing!: PechaKucha by Gavin DeVore Leonard

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:48:30 -0400

Check out the Prezi presentation.

TFOC Tax Rap

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:41:00 -0400

Tax Rap – from TFOC Raise the Roots Conference

Lets Relaxes on Taxes

Taxes, Taxes make the TeaParty complain,

Taxes, Taxes, hold-up, let me explain.

Taxes, Taxes make all states grow,

Gives us roads and bridges that get us where we got to go.

Taxes, Taxes many wealthy don’t pay,

Taxes, Taxes we are just here to say…

They educate our kids, they care for the needy,

They light up our homes, there’s no need to be greedy.

Taxes, Taxes, we just need to be fair!

So Yo! 1% Pay your Fair Share.

We Are Florida: A Collection of Memories

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:55:02 -0400

We Are Florida: A Collection of Memories

VIDEO: Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Yard Sale

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:54:40 -0400

VIDEO: Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Yard Sale

"Let’s not discount the importance of shifting discourse as an important victory. If we can..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:04:08 -0400

“Let’s not discount the importance of shifting discourse as an important victory. If we can move discourse, we can move a lot of other things.”

"We can’t think of Occupy as distinct and alone. It’s a continuity of things that had..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:57:41 -0400

“We can’t think of Occupy as distinct and alone. It’s a continuity of things that had been happening. We need to just jump in and build the relationships. When you jump in and get involved, you build trust with those involved.”

"The Occupy movement is our movement. It is pushing forward the issues that we care about. We need to..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:55:55 -0400

“The Occupy movement is our movement. It is pushing forward the issues that we care about. We need to dive right in, make it live, make it powerful, and make it our movement.”

- Michael York

"Issue-based groups working with Occupy should be honest about what their issue is and how it fits in..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:54:15 -0400

“Issue-based groups working with Occupy should be honest about what their issue is and how it fits in with the broader 99% movement. As long as that narrative connects, it can become a symbiosis.”

- Will York

"Occupy accomplished a hell of a lot in a relatively short amount of time, especially compared with..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:52:30 -0400

“Occupy accomplished a hell of a lot in a relatively short amount of time, especially compared with big, expensive national campaigns. It’s incumbent upon us to put in the time and energy to work with this movement.”

- Michael Kink & Ron Deutsch

"Establishing a working relationship by going to General Assemblies, working groups, and just working..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:50:34 -0400

“Establishing a working relationship by going to General Assemblies, working groups, and just working together is the best way to avoid what could be interpreted as co-opting.”

- Michael Kink, Strong Economy for All Coalition

Q: Is Occupy Still Going Strong?

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:47:00 -0400

A: The national infrastructure is still there. There's planning going on for September 17th, the one-year anniversary of Occupy. Their talking about the same issues, but taking it a step forward to actually take public space is what's noteworthy with Occupy.

"There is a lot of organizing potential with homeless folks. They, more than anybody, are victims of..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:44:34 -0400

“There is a lot of organizing potential with homeless folks. They, more than anybody, are victims of our economic system.”

- Will York, National Lawyers Guild & Occupier

"Don’t discount the spinoff groups of Occupy. They operate with the same democracy and..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:41:00 -0400

“Don’t discount the spinoff groups of Occupy. They operate with the same democracy and tenacity.”

- Will York, National Lawyers Guild & Occupier

"The reality is that the Occupiers need your organization’s expertise, infrastructure, etc...."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:00 -0400

“The reality is that the Occupiers need your organization’s expertise, infrastructure, etc. just as much as you need the Occupiers’ tenacity, youth, and creativity.”

- Will York, National Lawyers Guild & Occupier

"My experience working as an Occupier working with established Nashville organizations was very..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:35:42 -0400

“My experience working as an Occupier working with established Nashville organizations was very positive. What was successful in Nashville was when the organizations got involved in general assemblies and other events.”

- Will York, National Lawyers Guild and Occupier

"It has been refreshing to see this kind of democracy in action."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:23:11 -0400

“It has been refreshing to see this kind of democracy in action.”

- Ron Deutsch, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness

"Every time Occupy gets involved, it becomes a media feeding frenzy. This is a great thing for us in..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:21:05 -0400

“Every time Occupy gets involved, it becomes a media feeding frenzy. This is a great thing for us in getting the word out about our issues.”

- Ron Deutsch, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness

Lessons from Creative & Cultural Strategies for Tax Fairness

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:19:12 -0400

- Go where people like to be and make it fun.
- Culture is the policy of the irrational.
- We need to use symbols that are not part of normal context.
- Don’t start where we normally default - go somewhere else.
- Taxes are scary and can be inaccessible. We can take taxes, use different parts of the brain, and involve people with a variety of skills to create some really creative stuff.
- Use satire.
- Take ideas and revisit them to pump them up to the next level.
- Test your concepts - receive feedback - recognize what works.
- You have to do something. Don’t just sit around and think or talk about it.
- Being creative doesn’t have to be a huge process or take a lot of time. It just requires a leap and a risk.
- Step from the symbol.
- Remember that this work can be fun.

"Occupy today is like the civil rights movement in 1947; it is the very early stages of a broad..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:13:08 -0400

“Occupy today is like the civil rights movement in 1947; it is the very early stages of a broad economic justice movement.”

- Michael Kink, Strong Economy for All Coalition