Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream wants to see you and your friends join Stamp Stampede to get money out! Raising awareness about the malicious influence of money in the modern American political system, activists have been joined by 30,000 supporters so far who all purchased at least one of the charity’s stamps (You should too). Here is a short description of their plan followed by a ‘sweet’ YouTube video:

The Stamp Stampede is a project of People Power Initiatives, a Vermont-based 501c3 non-profit organization. Ben Cohen, of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream fame, got his inspiration from, and would like to thank, Occupygeorge.com and Where’s George money stamping projects.

It’s legal to stamp political messages on US currency. Many people assume that it’s illegal to stamp or write on paper currency, but that’s not the case. It’s illegal to destroy paper currency or deface it with the intention of making it no longer recognizable, to the point that it has to be taken out of circulation. But the intent of the Stampede is to make sure that these stamped dollars STAY in circulation to help spread the message and build momentum for change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9847wqFXe0

People Power Initiatives Board of Directors

• Ben Cohen (President and Treasurer of PPI) — Former CEO, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream

Ben Cohen is the co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream which was acquired by Unilever in 2000. Ben also founded Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities and TrueMajority. He has served on the boards of Oxfam America, Greenpeace, and Hampshire College. He is the recipient of the U.S. Small Businessperson of the Year Award, several honorary doctorates, and is the author of several books. He also serves on the boards of Alter Eco, a fair trade food company and Heifer International, an international development aid organization.

• Richard Foos — CEO & Co-Founder, Shout! Factory

Richard Foos was the Co-Founder of Rhino Records, which was sold to Time Warner in 1998. He serves on the boards of the Chrysalis, The Nation Institute, Government Accountability Project, and Little Kids Rock.

• Danny Goldberg — CEO, GoldVe Entertainment

Danny’s past positions have included President of Atlantic Records, Chairman of Warner Bros. Records and President of Mercury Records. He serves on the Boards of the Nation Institute, Brave New Films, The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and Americans for Peace Now and is the Chair of The American Symphony Orchestra. Goldberg is the author of the books “How The Left Lost Teen Spirit” and “Bumping Into Geniuses.”

• Dal LaMagna (Secretary of PPI) — CEO IceStoneUSA

Dal founded Tweezerman Corporation in 1980 and sold it in 2005 to the Zwilling J.A. Henckels Company. He serves as a Trustee to the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI), which awards MBAs in sustainable business. . He is the Executive Producer of five films, four or them about the Iraq War: “The War Tapes”, “The Ground Truth”, “Iraq for Sale” and “Meeting Resistance” and one about Sudan “War Child, Emmanuel Jal”. Dal received his MBA in 1971 and MPA in 2001 both from Harvard.

• Judy Wicks – Founder, White Dog Café

Judy Wicks is co-founder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), a network of over 20,000 independent local businesses in the US and Canada working to move economic power from Wall Street to Main Street. She also founded the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia as well as Fair Food, which connects local family farms with the Philadelphia marketplace.