The Commons San Francisco

They hang the man and flog the woman,
Who steals the goose from off the common,
Yet let the greater villain loose,
That steals the common from the goose.

                   — 17^th century English protest rhyme

Triumph of the Commons is our get-up-and-create change group. Our goal is to acquire land and put it to use with the land value rent stream dropped right back into community.

How? What? That's for us--you and we--to determine. We already have 27 acres of Sierra foothills terrain near Placerville . . . what's to be done?

If you're ready to dig deep into what the commons is all about, and want to manifest the commons in this lifetime, contact us. click here NOW!

Triumph of the Commons

offers a succession of monetary prizes for a range of inventive contributions to an understanding of the Commons as you find it illuminated on this website.

Every quarter there's the

Kate Kennedy Prize for Commons fiction-$500

Sunrise Award for non-fiction writing or programming that demonstrates the link between the Commons and public policy- $500

Carl Brannin Award for graduate/undergraduate academic writing on the Commons- $500

Submission for each following quarter should be received by

January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1

and then there's the $1,000 Golden Egg Prize for a topic or genre selected by us. This quarter the category is "Best commons prose, 20K+ words." Submission or nomination should be made by March 31, 2012.

If interested in any of these prizes/awards, simply inquire HERE.

 see Commons Literature page for prize-winning writing.

Yes! It's true. We're offering a $300 prize for creating a musical Youtube clip that transforms that 17th century protest rhyme to your left on this page into a sonic and visual stunner.