2009 Performers
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ARIZONA
Mike Sliwa, Phoenix
Karen Sliwa, Phoenix
Lance Huffman, Phoenix

CALIFORNIA
Maseh Sattari, Fremont
Lawrence Pickens, Long Beach
Vince, Oakland
Shail Gala, Redwood City
Donald Gray San Bernardino
Tamara Geyer, San Diego
Daniel Norton, San Diego
Lauren Kucera, Soquel

GEORGIA
Carolina Montgomery, Decatur

ILLINOIS
Tricia Hersey, Chicago

INDIANA
Ian McIntosh, Indianapolis

MARYLAND
Nia Redmond, Baltimore

MISSOURI
Shelby Taylor, Ackerman

NEW YORK
Heather Day, Brooklyn, NY
Belinda Bellinger, Bronx
Lyrona, NY

NORTH CAROLINA
Nicole Boyd, Asheboro
Kari Points, Durham
Grover Wehman, Durham

OREGON
Aura Solomon, Eugene
Kerry Bassett, Portland
Diane Jacobs, Portland
Carla McLean, Portland
Seattle Lese, Portland

PENNSYLVANIA
Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot, Philadelphia
Marcel Smith, Pittsburgh

WASHINGTON
Laurel Smith, Olympia
Rose Waller, Olympia
Monica Peabody, Olympia
Cammie Carl, Seattle
Tanya Dickinson, Seattle
Katya Schexnaydre, Seattle
Stephanie, Seattle

WASHINGTON DC
Richael Faithful, Washington DC

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The Fourth Annual
National Day of Panhandling for Reparations

October 10th, 2010

"It was panhandling, it was performance art - and it was a political statement about the legacy of slavery and reparations for black people."
- The Associated Press on the 2007 event

Noah Lewis' winning photo from Pittsburgh, 2007

Questions?
Read answers to your questions about this performance on my blog.

Watch.
The street performance that started it all. damali takes the struggle for reparations to the street and gets the job done. In this work, titled living flag, she panhandles for reparations- collecting money from white people and paying it immediately to black people.

Listen.
This audio work about the original performance aired on Public Radio International's Studio 360. This story won a 2005 Silver Reel Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. co-produced with Dmae Roberts.
Buy the CD.

Passerby: What are you doing
out here? Is this some kind of statement or protest or something?

damali ayo: I'm just getting the job done,
just getting it done.

Reparations Gear