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  • The Practical Bank

    The Practical Bank

    The Practical BankThe “First Practical Bank of Chicago” is a bank where the depositors decide where the deposits are invested. “What would you do with a million dollars?” As individuals we don’t have a million dollars but collectively we do. How different would local investment look if locals decided where to invest instead of remote…

  • Help Wanted: The Arts and Biz Parade

    Help Wanted: The Arts and Biz Parade

    Help Wanted: The Arts and Biz ParadePair artists with businesses. Create parade floats and favors. Make the business known. Make the artist appreciated. Make advertising obsolete. Artists and students spend time with local small businesses and develop a visual object to represent the business in the Parade of Small Business. Artists and business owners learn…

  • The Lullaby Parade As Community

    The Lullaby Parade As Community

    Originally a thank-you speech given to the Young Leaders Fund in 2013. We just had a lullaby parade. A lullaby parade is like a lullaby, only with a lot of people and walking. We sang together, walked together and performed flashlight choreography together. Everyone in our community was invited. We prepared for the parade by…

  • step one. do what you love. step two. share.

    step one. do what you love. step two. share.

    originally published in Rarely Has Reality Needed So Much To Be Re-Imagined – A Mostly True History of the True/False Film Fest   version 1step one. do what you love.step two. share. version 2step one. create a ritual based on what you love.step two. teach it to the people you love.step three. share version 3step…

  • mobile music