Imagine: You are on the road looking for a quick place to grab a bite to eat and up ahead of you - just past the stop light are a dozen furry and yellow-peeled creatures - a gathering of monkeys, gorillas, and bananas. They are dead serious about their message:
"Racism is NOT a family value." But they are having a great time monkeying around with yellow balloons and bananas to give away. You think to yourself: "Perfect! A free snack!" as you pull over, park, and join them.
That's right, we're having a Monkey Fest and we hope you WILL join us. The special occasion is the Fairfax County GOP's Ethnic Rally this Saturday, September 9th, 2006.
(Details further down) Allen and three other Republican candidates will be attending the event. We, (the Monkey) and Anna (Banana) will be there, but much more exciting will be the opportunity to hang out with Patch Adams (clown doctor activist) who will be "Gorilla"! We will have 9 monkey face masks to share - first come, first serve and plenty of our favorite yellow snacks, balloons, and stickers. We encourage you to bring your own monkey outfits, masks, and signs.
Patch Adams to attend Monkey Fest as Gorilla
The `macaca incident' gives us a much-needed opportunity to talk about race issues and racism in general, in addition to high-lighting Allen's history. We, Mac and Anna are not affiliated with any political party or candidate and would very much like this event to remain positive and peaceful and most definitely - fun! We find that kids and families love us. Well, really almost everyone loves us. You'll have a great time and we are excited to share our positive message with Allen and the community in Northern Virginia.
Details:
Ethnic Rally and Community Event on Saturday, September 9, 11:00am to 1:00pm at Edison High School, 5801 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA 22310. Organized by the Fairfax County Republican Committee and various ethnic groups.
We would like monkeys and friends to arrive between 10am and 11am and hope to be ready with our balloons and bananas no later than 10:30am. We're not sure exactly where we will be gathering (probably on the public sidewalk, off school grounds).
Please help us:
- Give us your feedback and suggestions
- Join us
- Tell your friends and bring them
- Bring your camera and videocamera to help us cover the event (we don't have one)
- Encourage reporters you know to cover the event
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
Mac and Anna
Cross-posted at
RaisingKaineBlog