It's Our Money Too!  

Public Events

• Jan 27, 2007
  Shirley and Barb wore their signs at a freeway off ramp near Portland, Oregon, urging passersby to sign the accessible paper currency petition.
  
  
  
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• July 4, 2005
  Kevin, Alison, and Mike got 150 signatures from people attending the Independence Day celebration at the Boston Esplanade just before the concert began.
• June 25, 2005
  We held a public education event at the Boston Common. In spite of temperatures in excess of 98 degrees, passersby signed about 150 letters to their Senators and Representatives.
  
  

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• May 21, 2005
  We held a public education event at the Boston Common. The general public signed more than 250 letters to their Senators and Representatives.
• April 23, 2005
  We made a short presentation at the Spring Convention of the Bay State Council of the Blind, Newton, Massachusetts. Conferees signed 96 letters to their Senators and Representatives.
• March 9, 2005
  We held a public education event at Government Center in Boston. The general public signed more than 250 letters to their Senators and Representatives.
  
  
  The Boston Globe newspaper published a photo of OurMoneyToo.org member Karla Gilbride and her dog guide Jude (shown above).
  
• November 26, 2004
  We handed out more flyers at the same location as the November 6 event.
• November 6, 2004
  We handed out 250 educational flyers (about the effort to make U.S. paper currency more accessible to blind people and people who work with cash in low light) outside at the Downtown Crossing section of Boston and had many great conversations with passersby.