COLLABORATIVE. (UP TO ONE MINUTE) Carry on and on and on, wayward son! Using the provided backing track, record yourself singing along to Kansas’ classic anthem “Carry On Wayward Son” while holding a sign with your team name on it. You should have at least 5 physically-distanced people singing along with you — the more singers, the merrier.
Category: 2020
Item 1 – Negative Piñata Destruction
Create a piñata filled with your negative self-talk. Destroy it mightily.
Item 70 – Pet Tourist Cutout
Just because you and your pet are stuck home doesn’t mean you can’t take a holiday! Turn a cardboard box into one of those ‘tourist’ photo stand-in boards with holes cut out for you and your (willing) pet’s faces. Poke your faces through and pose for a photo op.
Item 69 – Tigger King
Tigger King. – Jamie
Item 68 – Pendulum Painting Cake
Create a pendulum painting on a cake using thin frosting or glaze.
Item 67 – Armored Tank Top
Tank top. The other tank top: fashion a wearable armored tank. – Kat R.
Item 65 – VENT Studio Charcoal Portrait
Giles Duley is a humanitarian and photographer that is one of GISH’s close friends. His photographs have changed the lives of countless victims of war. His VENT Studio project invites you to use his images and the stories he tells as inspiration for your own art. Create a charcoal drawing inspired by one of his photos. But remember his single guideline: respect the story of the person you’re representing.
Item 64 – Yodel Argument
It’s easier to express emotion through song. Show us a heated argument between two people in which you are both yodeling, not speaking.
Item 63 – Diversity Book Read
Institutional racism creates disparities in the educational system that put people of color at a disadvantage. Purchase one of the following childrens’ books and either read it to your children, or if you don’t have any children, donate it to the library of a public school or to a public library (if you order online you may have the book shipped directly to the school or library). Submit a screenshot of the order page. – Jennifer W. 29
“Don’t touch my hair” – Sharee Miller, “Something Happened in my Town” – Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard “The Name Jar” – Yangsook Choi “The Color of Us” – Karen Katz “Not my Idea” – Anastasia Higginbotham “I am enough” – Grace Byers “Julian is a Mermaid” – Jessica Love “Mommy’s Khimar” – Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow “Rapunzel” – Chloe Perkins “Big Hair, Don’t Care” – Crystal Swain-Bates
Item 62 – Call for Justice Petitions
It may sometimes feel like there’s not much you can do to help bend the curve toward justice, but there’s one thing you can do right now: raise your voice to make sure leaders know we are unified in our call for justice. Sign at least one of these petitions then post the link online to your social communities: Click here! Upload an image of your social media post to the GISH website.