Check to the Mayor’s Youth Office
Title
Check to the Mayor’s Youth Office
Subject
Counterculture - Yippies
Description
This is a satirical check that Abbie Hoffman made out for $1M to the Mayor of Burlington, Bernie Sanders. Hoffman and Sanders were both good friends of Roz Payne and this is the sort of hijinx, or prank, Hoffman and the Yippies were known for.
Creator
Abbie Hoffman
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
April 1, 1982
Format
check
Citation
Abbie Hoffman, “Check to the Mayor’s Youth Office,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 11, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/482.