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patrice

(47,992 posts) Thu Mar 8, 2012, 11:37 AM Mar 2012

We dropped a banner for International Women's Day 2012 from the Benson I70-overpass during rush hour [View all]

traffic.

Since I was helping to hold the banner, I have no pics.

We made five very nice banners last-night. The one we used this morning, in addition to identifying International Women's Day 2012 and OccupyKC.net, said:

MY VAGINA IS NOT
YOUR POLITICAL FOOTBALL

- watch for it & others around KC today & this summer;
- beautiful bracing late winter Morning;
- pics later at occupykc.net
- OccupyKC Womens' Caucus party tonight at St. Marks, look for International Women's Day banner outside the building.

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We dropped a banner for International Women's Day 2012 from the Benson I70-overpass during rush hour [View all] patrice Mar 2012 OP

Very cool! Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #1

Very fun!!! We are a good team! TCU open house Saturday! More banners laters. patrice Mar 2012 #2

awesome -- see if you can find any one who has pics & if they will let you post them. xchrom Mar 2012 #3

We have a photographer. & I will follow up. patrice Mar 2012 #4

Great! We will all be so glad to see them. Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #5

Here's one shot of the banner beffore we went out: patrice Mar 2012 #6

Nice banner! pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #7

You're welcome. We had a really good party afterward. I think they're thinking about patrice Mar 2012 #9

Great pic UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #14

Here's a shot of us on the overpass: patrice Mar 2012 #8

... xchrom Mar 2012 #11

banner appears foreshortened because of the angle. There were 4 other banners. patrice Mar 2012 #12

Awesome. Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #13

Cool. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #15

I like these. Have seen this tactic used often on I-5 over the years. freshwest Mar 2012 #16

On edit: Sorry, all, I was real tired when I posted this. That's the BENTON Ave. I70 overpass. patrice Mar 2012 #10