The t-shirt was inspired by the "I am Chris Humphreys" t-shirts that police officers wore during a union rally to protest of the suspension of Officer Humphreys, who a month prior had shot a 12-year-old girl with a beanbag gun at close proximity, and was one of the officers involved in the death of James Chasse.
More information here.

But I'm going to try to add things to the t-shirt (duct tape? Sharpies? I'm still working on the textile technology!) - something along the lines of: "I am Aaron Campbell" ... "I am Kendra James" "I am James Jahar Parez" ... (a sad number of possibilities here)

As a privileged white woman, it could be easy to think: "I'm none of these people" - but the truth is, as someone concerned about community safety, who wants to walk her streets feeling secure, who needs to know that police officers are trusted partners -- I could be any of these people: By acting or looking strange, being in the wrong place, speaking the wrong words, having the wrong friends, or having friends or family of the wrong color. And these deaths represent a huge failure in a system that I rely on to help me create a safer community together with my neighbors.

I hope to see you there tomorrow - ultimately, t-shirts don't matter. Showing up, speaking out, coming together does. It matters.

Tony grinding sausage. Later, I helped stuff it. Even later, it stuffed me.

Dave tried on my hick hat, then Mabel tried it on, too.

Sandwich with avocado, cheese, tomato, onion, green pepper on expensive hippy bread.

My favorite dahlias at the Oregon State Fair.

-Mangled by Greg

Greg looks cute with an upturned nose. Maybe all that exercise is what made it bleed.

• For the summer, they should try a whole line of "carnival foods" -- corn dogs, caramel apples, caramel corn, asparagus tamales, funnel cake, etc.
• Crunchy rolls -- deep fried/tempura sushi. Forget about the other kinds of sushi -- just focus on what Americans really like -- crunchy breading, cream cheese and salt. I don't even think they should cut them up, they should just sell them whole, wrapped in tinfoil, like burritos, and just as big.
• They should do falafel sandwiches, and they should advertise them as vegan. I know we've got the Pita Pit but surely there is a market for drive-through vegan dishes.
• Tortas -- I've said it before, I'll say it again: some American fast food franchise needs to get into the torta scene. Taco Bell is missing the ball -- maybe Arby's is the one with the gumption to do it?
• Korean tacos -- and maybe Korean food, in general -- kim chi lite or something.
• An all-dumpling menu - knishes, pierogis, empanadas, apple dumplings, etc.
• Maybe an all-pasta dumpling menu, too -- you know, ravioli, pot stickers, etc.
• Biscuits and gravy -- I envision a biscuit filled with gravy to make it more mobile (maybe this would fall under dumplings? sort of a reverse dumpling?) UPDATE! Arby's DOES sell biscuits and gravy, according to their website. They haven't put the gravy inside the biscuit, tho.
• Deviled eggs. Maybe other "grandma's potluck" items, too, like meatballs in bbq sauce and casseroles?
  
• Salad rolls, with ranch dressing

At least two real-world applications of the idea have recently come to my attention:
A German place called Männerspielplatz and Dozer Day.

I note that the idea for Männerspielplatz came to its creator in 2004 whereas Melissa's idea dates back to late 2003. COINCIDENCE??