Interesting grass roots protest movement against the new immigration bill. I will have to say, a definitely unique and hard to ignore way of getting the message across.
A Build-a-Protest Approach to Immigration
By CARL HULSE
WASHINGTON, May 30 — Talk about constructive criticism.
Advocates of tougher border security have sent thousands of bricks to Senate and House offices in recent weeks to make a none-too-subtle point with lawmakers about where many of their constituents come down on emerging immigration bills.
Leaders of the campaign, which has delivered an estimated 10,000 bricks since it began in April, said they had hit on the idea as a way to emphasize the benefits of a fence along the border with Mexico.
In an age when professionally planned lobbying campaigns have long since overwhelmed spontaneous grass-roots pressure, organizers of the brick brigade said they also saw an opportunity to deliver a missive not easily discarded.
"E-mails are so common now," said Kirsten Heffron, a Virginian who is helping coordinate the effort. "It is really easy for the office to say duly noted, hit delete and never think about it again."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/washington/31immig.html?ei=5090&en=cbdd13609338ba51&ex=1306728000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=printhttp://www.send-a-brick.com/ Bricks lie on the floor in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., in the Russell Senate Building.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/may/24/immigration_foes_throwing_bricks_sen_mel_martinez/?local_news:smoke:
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