monkey wrenching the National Student Poster Contest

dZ · February 9, 2002, 10:47 AM

February 8, 2002

Co/Motion Conducts National Student Poster Contest

Press Release
Contact:
Co/Motion
Alliance for Justice
11 Dupont Circle
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 822-6070
www.comotionmakers.org
Co/Motion Conducts National Student Poster Contest -- Asks Youth to "Draw the Line on Gun Violence"
Washington, DC - The Alliance for Justice's Co/Motion Program is sponsoring a nationwide art contest to help inspire and encourage a new generation of activists against gun violence. The "Drawing the Line on Gun Violence" contest will ask students to create posters that communicate the impact of and solutions to gun violence in their communities.
"By spurring creative expression, we hope to get students to look at the issue of gun violence in a new way," said Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice. "The purpose of this contest is to get students engaged and thinking about one of our country's most difficult social problems."
Gun violence is a national epidemic -- it is the second leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, after car accidents. Nearly 30,000 people are killed by gunfire each year, including nine children every day. Despite these staggering numbers, guns continue to be the least regulated and most lethal consumer product in America. There are more consumer product safety regulations for teddy bears and toy guns than there are for real guns.
Joining Co/Motion to co-sponsor the poster contest is a coalition of educational, advocacy, and gun safety organizations, including the National Education Association, the Children's Defense Fund, the Brady Campaign and Million Mom March. The art contest will seek entries from high school students across the country, with winning entries to be unveiled at a ceremony in Washington, DC, as well as displayed on postcards, billboards and websites of co-sponsoring organizations. In addition, winning entrants and their sponsors will be awarded cash prizes.
Contest Prize Structure:

* A $1500 savings bond for the First Place Winner; $1500 supply voucher for the winning student's sponsor (teacher, principal, youth group leader, etc.).
* A $1,000 savings bond for the First Runner Up; $1,000 supply voucher for the student's sponsor.
* A $300 savings bond for two Second Place winners; $300 supply voucher for the sponsors of the two, second place winners.
* A $200 savings bond for three Third Place winners; $200 supply voucher for the sponsors of the three, third place winners.
* A $100 savings bond for three Honorary Mentions; $100 supply voucher for the sponsors of the three, honorary mention winners.

Contest Details:

* Eligibility: High School Students (grades 9 - 12) only. One entry per student.
* Judging: Posters judged on originality, artistic merit, and expression of theme.
* Materials: Heavy stock paper or art board recommended; crayons, felt pens, poster paints, watercolors, grease pencils, collages with photos, may be used.
* Size: Artwork should be no larger than 18" X 24" and no smaller than 8 1/2" x 11".
* Deadline: Entries must be submitted and postmarked by Thursday, February 28, 2002.

Co/Motion, founded in 1995, is aimed at establishing meaningful gun-safety reform through youth-led educational and advocacy activities. Co/Motion provides ongoing support and technical assistance to help youth design projects to address gun violence prevention. For further information about Co/Motion's "Drawing the Line on Gun Violence" national poster contest, please visit the Co/Motion website at: www.comotionmakers.org or call at: 202-822-6070.
Date of Release: February 6, 2002
For more information, contact Chris Norman.

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maybe we could pick out a few of Oleg's posters and send them in

Thairlar · February 9, 2002, 11:33 AM

Good thing I didn't eat breakfast, otherwise that press release would have made me lose it. Can we have a dry heave smily?

gorlitsa · February 9, 2002, 12:33 PM

Alright. we need all high school students on the board to create their own poster, and recruit the rest of the high school to do so. Can you imagine the reaction if half the posters were along the theme of 'Fight Crime, Shoot Back'?

Salt · February 9, 2002, 12:40 PM

The peaceniks are not content with subverting US military action against anti-Western terrorists and communist rebel movements.

They are linking up with Gun Control groups to disarm Americans.

faraway · February 9, 2002, 02:37 PM

More social indoctrination...even before these go to the competition...the will be up on the school walls. If it were an anti-violence (sociopathic violence) it would be cool..but it's the usual agenda. Sounds like NRA (any board members here?) should sponsor a poster competition as a counter response. Granted these will not likely be placed in the schools...but NRA has enough media presence to get potential posters distributed. Really needed as there's a pretty good likelyhood Co/motion's stuff will get up on busbenches and billboards somewhere. Oleg's one bloody good designer..but to use his stuff..in either context could lead to quick discrediting of the effort. (and the ironic thing is that, no doubt, some HS art teacher is probably going to de-facto design the student stuff) Oh well..I'd put a barfing smiley up...but I've forgotten how to make those work...

MadScientist · February 9, 2002, 02:38 PM

Ok, I know how the "9 kids per day" is inflated by gang related shootings, but how accurate is the claim that guns are the 2nd leading cause of "injury-related" deaths? Are there funny numbers in that claim as well?
How far behind auto deaths is that number?

D.W. Drang · February 10, 2002, 03:56 AM

The CDC's Figures for 1998, most recent available:
Type of Accident/Total
All Automobile/41,200
Falls/16,600
Poisoning by solids, liquids/8,400
Pedestrian/5,220
Drowning/4,100
Fires, burns/3,700
Suffocation by ingested object/3,200
Firearms/900
Poisoning by gases, vapors/600
All other causes/13,500
TOTAL/92,200

(Edited at 1:11 AM, Sunday 10 Feb)I've uploaded (in a seperate message) an Excel file I made up, based on the CDC's stats.
If 9 kids a day are dying of firearms related accidents, the CDC is seriously underreporting.
Here are some other CDC stats:
Firearm Mortality
(All figures are for U.S.)

Annual Firearm Deaths: 30,708 (1998)
Age-Adjusted Death Rate: 11.3 deaths per 100,000 population (1998)
Death Rate for Males Ages 15-19: 28.0 deaths per 100,000 population (1998)
Death Rate for Black Males Ages 15-19: 75.5 deaths per 100,000 population (1998)
Firearm Suicide Deaths: 6.4 per 100,000 population (1998)
Fire(arms?) Homicide Deaths: 4.5 per 100,000 population (1998)
Source: National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 48, No. 11

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/firearms.htm

D.W. Drang · February 10, 2002, 04:12 AM

Here's that Excel spreadsheet with the CDC statistics. (Hope it works this time. Failed to upload the first time, didn't work the voodoo right, I guyess I should stop using the cut-rate chicken guts...

)

Cougar · February 10, 2002, 08:49 AM

Back when my wife was actively involved with the Second Amendment Sisters, there was talk about having a pro-Second Amendment essay contst for high school students. First would come a statewide contest, with the state winners and runners-up competing for the national prize. The proposed payout was to be about what this 'Alliance for Justice' group is offering for the anti- side. Unfortunately, the PTB decided not to have one.

In my opinion, the SAS shot themselves in the foot, so to speak, when they didn't capitalize on the Rights issue after their intial anti-MMM rally in Washington. They were riding a wave of publicity and then didn't do anything for months. As a result, they blew their moment in the sun. If they would have used their march on Washington to kick off a campaign to hold 'National Firearms Safety and Education Days' to educate the masses and invited the media to attend, they would have gotten more support and the pro-Second Amendment issue would have been shown in a positive light. Just imagine the impact if a group of women held a coordinated nation-wide event of one day gun safety education classes open to the public. Now that would have shown which group was more concerned about gun safety.

Apple a Day · February 10, 2002, 09:44 AM

The actual numbers of kids shot per day:
I calculated them as of 2000 according to the FBIs annual uniform crimer report- kids 14 and under are shot to death at a rate of 0.2 per diem. Yeah, that's a LOT less than the bull$hitters at HCI report. Look for yourself. Go to the FBIs website and download the .pdf file then divide the number of deaths (has stayed around 75 for a couple of years) by 365 days per year and see what you get.

David Scott · February 10, 2002, 10:57 AM

Is Oleg Volk too old to enter this?

Justin · February 10, 2002, 11:52 AM

I know TFL has some high school students who check the place from time to time.
Where are you guys and gals?
There's nothing quite so much fun as creating subversive artwork.

dZ · February 10, 2002, 12:34 PM

The name of the game is
"annoy the ninnies"

use the address of your local school and dilute the BS with TRUTH

Imagine the Guncontrol ninnies getting a big ole shipping envelope full of RKBA

Oh look how popular our agenda is...
a big envelope of submissions

Why is the first one a picture of James Madison?
Why is the second one a picture of a wheelchair?
why is the third one an american eagle tearing the liver out of a Statist?

stevetuna · February 10, 2002, 04:53 PM

My nephew (who lives with us) is a high school junior!!! He can draw very well. Let's have some ideas as to what he should do - we'll get one done up and have him enter it. Let's see.... More guns, less crime - a poster of a woman with kids cowering behind her as she holds a Glock 19 on some POS crackhead who broke into her home?

Or should it be someone being victimized, with the caption being something along the lines of, "This is a gun-free home".

T.J. just suggested a line of houses with swastickas painted on the doors and a line saying, "Another society once favored gun control".

Let's hear it, folks!

Fatcat · February 11, 2002, 03:24 AM

If I could draw worth a darn, I'd enter this thing in a heartbeat. I don't think a poster with stick figures would win..

dZ · February 11, 2002, 10:35 AM

* Materials: Heavy stock paper or art board recommended; crayons, felt pens, poster paints, watercolors, grease pencils, collages with photos, may be used.

DL and print out Swedish Bikini Team pictures
scrawl accross the top
Molon Labe
and send it in

hack the spew

D.W. Drang · February 11, 2002, 11:41 AM

Headstones of those kids in CA who died because their father obeyed the "Safe Storge" law...

February 9, 2002, 10:47 AM	#1
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: the Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,565	monkey wrenching the National Student Poster Contest February 8, 2002 Co/Motion Conducts National Student Poster Contest Press Release Contact: Co/Motion Alliance for Justice 11 Dupont Circle Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 822-6070 www.comotionmakers.org Co/Motion Conducts National Student Poster Contest -- Asks Youth to "Draw the Line on Gun Violence" Washington, DC - The Alliance for Justice's Co/Motion Program is sponsoring a nationwide art contest to help inspire and encourage a new generation of activists against gun violence. The "Drawing the Line on Gun Violence" contest will ask students to create posters that communicate the impact of and solutions to gun violence in their communities. "By spurring creative expression, we hope to get students to look at the issue of gun violence in a new way," said Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice. "The purpose of this contest is to get students engaged and thinking about one of our country's most difficult social problems." Gun violence is a national epidemic -- it is the second leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, after car accidents. Nearly 30,000 people are killed by gunfire each year, including nine children every day. Despite these staggering numbers, guns continue to be the least regulated and most lethal consumer product in America. There are more consumer product safety regulations for teddy bears and toy guns than there are for real guns. Joining Co/Motion to co-sponsor the poster contest is a coalition of educational, advocacy, and gun safety organizations, including the National Education Association, the Children's Defense Fund, the Brady Campaign and Million Mom March. The art contest will seek entries from high school students across the country, with winning entries to be unveiled at a ceremony in Washington, DC, as well as displayed on postcards, billboards and websites of co-sponsoring organizations. In addition, winning entrants and their sponsors will be awarded cash prizes. Contest Prize Structure: * A $1500 savings bond for the First Place Winner; $1500 supply voucher for the winning student's sponsor (teacher, principal, youth group leader, etc.). * A $1,000 savings bond for the First Runner Up; $1,000 supply voucher for the student's sponsor. * A $300 savings bond for two Second Place winners; $300 supply voucher for the sponsors of the two, second place winners. * A $200 savings bond for three Third Place winners; $200 supply voucher for the sponsors of the three, third place winners. * A $100 savings bond for three Honorary Mentions; $100 supply voucher for the sponsors of the three, honorary mention winners. Contest Details: * Eligibility: High School Students (grades 9 - 12) only. One entry per student. * Judging: Posters judged on originality, artistic merit, and expression of theme. * Materials: Heavy stock paper or art board recommended; crayons, felt pens, poster paints, watercolors, grease pencils, collages with photos, may be used. * Size: Artwork should be no larger than 18" X 24" and no smaller than 8 1/2" x 11". * Deadline: Entries must be submitted and postmarked by Thursday, February 28, 2002. Co/Motion, founded in 1995, is aimed at establishing meaningful gun-safety reform through youth-led educational and advocacy activities. Co/Motion provides ongoing support and technical assistance to help youth design projects to address gun violence prevention. For further information about Co/Motion's "Drawing the Line on Gun Violence" national poster contest, please visit the Co/Motion website at: www.comotionmakers.org or call at: 202-822-6070. Date of Release: February 6, 2002 For more information, contact Chris Norman. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> maybe we could pick out a few of Oleg's posters and send them in __________________ "O tell the Lacedomecians to damn the torpedoes." BOTR, Chapter V: Some Monsters

February 9, 2002, 11:33 AM	#2
Thairlar Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2001 Location: MA Posts: 568	Good thing I didn't eat breakfast, otherwise that press release would have made me lose it. Can we have a dry heave smily? __________________ Skip Pacheco, Libertarian for State Representative Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we can not be trusted with arms for our own defense? Where is the difference in having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands? -Patrick Henry

February 9, 2002, 12:33 PM	#3
gorlitsa Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2001 Location: The Old Pueblo Posts: 644	Alright. we need all high school students on the board to create their own poster, and recruit the rest of the high school to do so. Can you imagine the reaction if half the posters were along the theme of 'Fight Crime, Shoot Back'? __________________ Elizabeth

February 10, 2002, 08:49 AM	#9
Cougar Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2000 Location: N.E. Ohio Posts: 637	How about a PRO-2nd Amendment essay contst? Back when my wife was actively involved with the Second Amendment Sisters, there was talk about having a pro-Second Amendment essay contst for high school students. First would come a statewide contest, with the state winners and runners-up competing for the national prize. The proposed payout was to be about what this 'Alliance for Justice' group is offering for the anti- side. Unfortunately, the PTB decided not to have one. In my opinion, the SAS shot themselves in the foot, so to speak, when they didn't capitalize on the Rights issue after their intial anti-MMM rally in Washington. They were riding a wave of publicity and then didn't do anything for months. As a result, they blew their moment in the sun. If they would have used their march on Washington to kick off a campaign to hold 'National Firearms Safety and Education Days' to educate the masses and invited the media to attend, they would have gotten more support and the pro-Second Amendment issue would have been shown in a positive light. Just imagine the impact if a group of women held a coordinated nation-wide event of one day gun safety education classes open to the public. Now that would have shown which group was more concerned about gun safety.

February 10, 2002, 09:44 AM	#10
Apple a Day Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2000 Location: Poquoson,Virginia Posts: 1,452	The actual numbers of kids shot per day: I calculated them as of 2000 according to the FBIs annual uniform crimer report- kids 14 and under are shot to death at a rate of 0.2 per diem. Yeah, that's a LOT less than the bull$hitters at HCI report. Look for yourself. Go to the FBIs website and download the .pdf file then divide the number of deaths (has stayed around 75 for a couple of years) by 365 days per year and see what you get. __________________ THose who use arms well cultivate the Way and keep the rules. Thus they can govern in such a way as to prevail over the corrupt. - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

February 9, 2002, 12:40 PM	#4
Salt Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2001 Posts: 673	The peaceniks are not content with subverting US military action against anti-Western terrorists and communist rebel movements. They are linking up with Gun Control groups to disarm Americans.

February 9, 2002, 02:37 PM	#5
faraway Senior Member Join Date: September 21, 2001 Location: ne montana Posts: 437	More social indoctrination...even before these go to the competition...the will be up on the school walls. If it were an anti-violence (sociopathic violence) it would be cool..but it's the usual agenda. Sounds like NRA (any board members here?) should sponsor a poster competition as a counter response. Granted these will not likely be placed in the schools...but NRA has enough media presence to get potential posters distributed. Really needed as there's a pretty good likelyhood Co/motion's stuff will get up on busbenches and billboards somewhere. Oleg's one bloody good designer..but to use his stuff..in either context could lead to quick discrediting of the effort. (and the ironic thing is that, no doubt, some HS art teacher is probably going to de-facto design the student stuff) Oh well..I'd put a barfing smiley up...but I've forgotten how to make those work...

February 9, 2002, 02:38 PM	#6
MadScientist Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2001 Posts: 319	Ok, I know how the "9 kids per day" is inflated by gang related shootings, but how accurate is the claim that guns are the 2nd leading cause of "injury-related" deaths? Are there funny numbers in that claim as well? How far behind auto deaths is that number?

February 10, 2002, 10:57 AM	#11
David Scott Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2000 Posts: 2,458	Is Oleg Volk too old to enter this? __________________ "As I looked at my two young sons, each with his gun, and considered how much the safety of the party depended on these little fellows, I felt grateful to you, dear husband, for having acquainted them in childhood with the use of firearms." -- Elisabeth Robinson, in The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss

February 10, 2002, 11:52 AM	#12
Justin Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2000 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 1,641	I know TFL has some high school students who check the place from time to time. Where are you guys and gals? There's nothing quite so much fun as creating subversive artwork.

February 10, 2002, 12:34 PM	#13
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: the Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,565	The name of the game is "annoy the ninnies" use the address of your local school and dilute the BS with TRUTH Imagine the Guncontrol ninnies getting a big ole shipping envelope full of RKBA Oh look how popular our agenda is... a big envelope of submissions Why is the first one a picture of James Madison? Why is the second one a picture of a wheelchair? why is the third one an american eagle tearing the liver out of a Statist? __________________ "O tell the Lacedomecians to damn the torpedoes." BOTR, Chapter V: Some Monsters

February 10, 2002, 04:53 PM	#14
stevetuna Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2001 Location: Nantucket, MA Posts: 259	My nephew (who lives with us) is a high school junior!!! He can draw very well. Let's have some ideas as to what he should do - we'll get one done up and have him enter it. Let's see.... More guns, less crime - a poster of a woman with kids cowering behind her as she holds a Glock 19 on some POS crackhead who broke into her home? Or should it be someone being victimized, with the caption being something along the lines of, "This is a gun-free home". T.J. just suggested a line of houses with swastickas painted on the doors and a line saying, "Another society once favored gun control". Let's hear it, folks!

February 11, 2002, 03:24 AM	#15
Fatcat Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2000 Location: Rockaway Beach, OR Posts: 376	If I could draw worth a darn, I'd enter this thing in a heartbeat. I don't think a poster with stick figures would win.. __________________ Patrick J. Sullivan :: sullivpa@onid.orst.edu "When I whet my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold in judgement, I will take vengeance upon mine enemies, and I will repay those who haze me."

February 11, 2002, 10:35 AM	#16
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: the Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,565	* Materials: Heavy stock paper or art board recommended; crayons, felt pens, poster paints, watercolors, grease pencils, collages with photos, may be used. DL and print out Swedish Bikini Team pictures scrawl accross the top Molon Labe and send it in hack the spew __________________ "O tell the Lacedomecians to damn the torpedoes." BOTR, Chapter V: Some Monsters