As many of you know, I quote one of Arundhati Roy’s quotes all the times at the end of my blog and podcast posts which is:

“….a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it and within it is no struggle at all.”

-Arundhati Roy

So it goes without saying that I encourage you to see her tonight…or forward this to your friends who may be in the Pacific Northwest!

The below Excerpt is from elliottbaybookwebsite:

Co-presented with SEATTLE ARTS & LECTURES. We are delighted and honored to again help present one of the most vital, arresting writers at work in the world today, Arundhati Roy. The Booker Prize-winning author of the 1997 novel, The God of Small Things, and the author, since, of a series of compelling, political non-fiction books, it is with the most recent of these, Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers , that she visits Seattle this evening. “After so much celebratory salesmanship about India the ‘emerging market,’ Roy draws us into India the actual country, peeling away the gloss until we are confronted with perhaps the most challenging question of our time: who and what are we willing to sacrifice in the name of development? Roy is one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time.” – Naomi Klein. “Arundhati Roy, the direct descendant of Antigone, resists and denounces all tyrannies, pleads for their victims, and unflinchingly questions the tragic. Reflect with her on the questions she receives from the political world today.” – John Berger. Tickets/information are available via Seattle Arts Lectures at www.lectures.org or (206) 621-2230. Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca).  Read, hear and  see more by clicking here.

The Elliott Bay Book Company

101 S. Main St.

Seattle, Washington 98104

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The FreeRentCommunity takes reviews to the next level.

This zine review for functionally ill: adventures with mental health recieved…

Twitter promotion – Podcast and Online Radio Promotion (found at the very bottom of this post) – Featured in Film #11 of the Art of Having Fun Film Series and Blog promotion.

Retweet this zine review by going to our twitter account and copying and pasting our tweet found by clicking here.

love, peace and empowerment for all,

-The Freeschool Community and the  FreeRentCommunity.org

The below zine features the above cover image by artist Niku Arbabi.

Read the entire zine review by clicking here.

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Over $10,000.00 in Gift Certificates, Cash and Prizes will
be awarded to over 40 selected entries in 5 different categories and 10 different subcategories! No Entry Fees and Email submissions are welcome.

Entry forms found below.

• Document version of the entry form found here.
• PDF version of the entry form found here.

Deadline: All entries must be postmarked by September 10^th, 2010. All selected entries announced and posted on our website at www.FemPeacepower.org!

Printable Posters found below.

• Full Color PDF version of the poster found here.
• Full Color JPG version of the poster found here. [Warning: Please make certain to download the jpg rather than hotlink to it please when placing it in blog posts. Thanks.]
• Grey Scale version of the poster (for best print quality when using black and white printers) found here.

We look forward to showing you the work of more than 40 selected entries of our International Art and Multimedia exhibition!

Selected entries will also appear in a downtown Olympia during the Artswalk in Olympia, Washington in 2010 and have thousands of people see the art. Look for ‘Peace Communities’ on the official Artswalk map in 2010!

Dear friends,

Every four months we take on a new injustice that someone in the Cascadia region is facing that is making a mess of their life.  We titled this: Love and Kind Mess.

This Month, the ‘Love and Kind Mess’ investigative article is about a severely disabled, minority and long time community organizer in Olympia (who chooses to use the name Johnathan).  Johnathan has volunteered with many not-for-profit groups including A World Beyond Capitalism Conference all five years, and many more groups for many years. In addition he has organized fundraiser events for non-profit groups starring Kimya Dawson and he has helped to set up websites and social networking sites for non-profit student groups and helped to advertise events for groups such as the Evergreen Women of color Coalition and helped them to set up their twitter account.

He was recently illegally evicted from his home in the middle of winter.

By clicking on this link you will find the entire, extremely criminal lease that Carol Flavell Payne (owner of the home)  had her lawyers create and send to Johnathan.  Carol P Flavell goes by several names including Carol Payne, Carol Flavell  If the entire lease takes too long to open, you can click here to just see page three of the lease which mentions the $2,000.00 per month rent increase requiring an advance payment of $3,224.81.  Only Johnathan’s name has been changed in the lease for privacy and his email address have been removed.

Johnathan had occupied the home Since August 2008 (almost a year and a half) on a work trade agreement in which he received free rent.  He recently helped Carol to organize a show at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts on Dec 22 and Dec 23.  Directly afterwards Carol took a trip to Port Townsend and rented the Penthouse Suite at the Swan hotel, bought a new two seater Red European Sports Car, a van, booked a month long trip for countries around Europe for her adult son, Micah Jones and her boyfriend Andre Nkouaga (to start in February 2010) and then told Johnathan that she is poor and that Johnathan should continue to work for free… in addition to paying rent.  When Johnathan informed her that it was illegal to raise the rent without advance notice, Carol contacted a lawyer.   On January 15th, 2010 using a crafty legal trick, Carol used her law firm to send Johnathan a criminal lease attempting to raise his rent by $2,000.00 per month, for a tiny room in her basement, with less than one day’s notice.

You will see that the $2,000.00 per month rent simply covers the rent for the smallest room (about the size of a walk in closet with two ground level windows) in the house in the basement that Johnathan occupied…and you will see on ‘Section Eight – Utilities’ in the lease that the $2,000.00 per month does not cover utilities.

Johnathan contacted several volunteer lawyers to ask questions and all the lawyers stated it was completely illegal on many levels and that Johnathan should contact the police if evicted as an ‘Ejectment’ order would be needed to legally evict someone.

When Johnathan got home at 113 18th Avenue SE he found that he was locked out.  Not only were the doors locked but the screen doors were locked as well.  He called 911 to notify the police as he had been advised and Officer Brown informed Johnathan that it was a Civil Case and the police could not help because they would be held liable.  The phone call was police 911 case number 100150440.

All of Johnathan’s food, clothes, medicine and life’s belongings are in the his small room in the home.

on January 15th, 2010, Johnathan called Carol’s law firm to ask them why Carol had done this illegal action of locking him out and evicting him.  Jay Goldstein of Jay A Goldstein law office laughed a little and then informed Johnathan “…She wants you out of her home…”

So the action of raising the rent to over $2,000.00 with less than one day’s notice and less than one day given to urn the form in was simply a legal trick to illegally evict Johnathan.

This is the Love and Kind Mess investigative report.  If you want to report an injustice that has happened to you and made a mess of your life to be featured on the WeAReCascadia.org website, please send it to us with as much details as possible.   If selected, we will feature it on this website for four months.

Please send email for information about this case to the following address:

Excerpts of Self-incriminating emails from Carol are below:

from    cp flavell <cpflavel>
to    [Jonathan]
cc    andre.nkouaga,
Micah Jones
date    Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:40 PM
“I’ve reviewed your two messages with Micah and Andre, the
other two directors of Thunderbolt,”

-Crime – Andre is on a temporaryVisa from overseas and Carol has been illegally employing him in the Thunderbolt business not only as an employee but as a Director of the business.

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Quote From Carol

“You were brought on as an unsalaried
caretaker and agreed to cover the utilities in exchange for the use of the house.  This does not constitute a
tenant arrangement (at least according to my lawyer).  It did, in fact, constitute a work agreement”

-Crime – Carol has illegally evicted Jonathan from her home.  Jonathan in fact is a Tenant-At-Will.  To read the Wikipedia definition of Tenant-at-will please click here.

Quote from Carol:

From: clflavell
Sent: Jan 7, 2010 11:40:23 PM
Subject: Fw: Forwarded Contact:Phone call

Dear Amazon,

I have just reviewed the message that you sent to [Johnathan]
and I want to clarify the situation and see how we can resolve it.
[Jonathan] manages my house and parts of my business when I
am out of the country (I was working in Ivory Coast for most of 2009.  [Jonathan] is authorized to use both my credit card and checking account in my absence.) … [Jonathan's] purchases were
not fraudulent, he had authorization to use my credit card

-Crime – Carol has sent emails to Johnathan stating that she will falsify a police report if Johnathan will not work for free and do 20-40 hours of inventory work for her on the thousands of dollars of Amazon.com purchases that Carol authorized.

from    cp flavell <cpflavell@yahoo.com>
to    [Johnathan, member of MALU]
date    Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:24 PM
subject    Re: Proposal
signed-by    yahoo.com

Dear     [Johnathan, member of MALU],

Don’t worry about me, as I said in the first para, we might be using the same word in a different way.
[The neighbor across the street] is supposed to water every other day at a minimum and that means a real good soak, not a quick spray.  He is paid through mid September (I paid him $10 a week for 10 weeks in early July).
Here’s what I’d like to suggest… You can have 25% of any rent for any additional tenants you screen and invite to live in the house.  The rest of the rent would go to my funds…    Micah is not coming back for at least a year, so his room is also available.  Also, just a fine point, if you decide to do things like insulate windows with plastic for window or purchase household use cleaning supplies once the initial clean up is over, those costs should be at your (or household member shared) expense.  I agree it is important to put things in writing, and that was my expectation and understanding when we discussed your management.  I think we agree on this but just want to make sure.

One note on tenants:  fine to put your expectations in writing but please do not execute an official lease.  The terms of my house and furnishings insurance do not permit me to operate the house as a rental, it will put me at great liability and also since the insurance on the furnishings there is linked to the insurance on my stuff being shipped, I would have a big problem. So you can’t write anything that resembles or could be construed as a rental agreement or contract, even if you don’t sign it.  Make sense?  If you want me to review it in advance I know a lot of real estate law and can provide insights.
If you can look in the box in the front upstairs bedroom and find a gas/electric bill, let me know the billing cycle and then I’ll look up my bank account to figure what is being debited and when.  For water, sewer, garbage, the bill is consistently $180 to $190 every two months so just use half of that for monthly budget balancing.

[Johnathan, member of MALU], I know you are doing a top-notch job and appreciate that you are not in transition, I feel like I can depend on you for as long as I need a caretaker, and just so you know that could well be a substantial amount of time.  So settle in and enjoy yourself.  If we move back to the house, assuming Andre agrees (and I’m sure he would) you are welcome to stay on with us.  it is wonderful to have such positive energy in the house.

Things are really, really moving forward quickly on the music scene so once Andre gets here next week you will probably hear from us within a month or so about web site development needs.

best,
Carol

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-Crime – Carol has sent emails to Johnathan asking him to participate in her home owners insurance fraud.  When Johnathan informed her he did not want to participate she evicted him.

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from    cp flavell <cpflavel>
to    [MALU]
cc    Andre.Nkouaga,
Micah Jones
date    Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:40 PM
“I’ve reviewed your two messages with Micah [Jones] and Andre [ Nkouaga], the
other two directors of Thunderbolt,”

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from    cp flavell
to    [Member of MALU]
date    Thu, Oct 29, 2009
subject    Re: Christmas
Hey [Member of MALU],

“I haven’t mentioned this, but Micah got himself in deep shit back east that has cost about $10K a month [in legal fees] for the past few months, and he is probably also coming here.”

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Carol has stated that she paid $10K a month in legal fees for Micah because Micah was reported for fraudulent checks on the East Coast.

The Checks numbers of the checks that were illegally bounced in Olympia are below:

#1472 the names printed on the Checks were Carol Flavell and Andre Nkouaga

#1475, the names on the Checks were from Carol Flavell and Andre Nkouaga.

#1478, the names on the Checks were from Carol Flavell and Andre Nkouaga.

#1486, the names on the Checks were from Carol Flavell and Andre Nkouaga.

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Is Carol Payne Flavell using her position for corruption?

When you google the name Carol Payne Flavell this is what comes up: “United States Agency for International Development” (USAID)” and “

Deputy Director at United States Agency for International Development,

Washington,  DC –

The following names appear beside Carol’s name on this page.  United States Agency for International Development.

• Jay Knott
  Mission Director
• Mauricio Vera
  Director, OSDBU
• John Tsagronis
  Policy Implementation and Execution Senior Director
• Randy Smith
  Managing Director
• Theodore Grolimund
  Information Technology and Special Audits Division Director

• Jenny Pascua
  Technical
• Li-Ping Lin
  computer Specialist
• Oscar Pereira
  Computer Specialist
• Jeff Markovitz
  SRA Contractor
• Dewey Perks
  DART Operations Leader

Is Carol Payne Flavell using her current or past position with the United States Agency for International Development” (USAID) to pay for private trips and private expenses?

This page lists her as retired in the following list:

RetiredMaribess Armstrong
Wanda R. Dixon
Carol Payne Flavell
Donald M. Harrison
Ronald D. Harvey
Joseph F. Lombardo Jr.
Carol A. Peasley
Paulette M. Prestwood
Gerald C. Render
Christine M. Wegman

More importantly, is Carol Payne Flavell using her position to pay for music videos for Andre, her boyrfriend?

This is what the United States Agency for International Development” (USAID) website states:

In broad terms, USAID focuses on corruption as the misuse of public office for private gain. It encompasses abuses by government officials such as embezzlement and nepotism, as well as abuses linking public and private actors such as bribery, extortion, influence peddling, and fraud. Corruption arises in both political and bureaucratic offices and can be petty or grand, organized or unorganized. Though corruption often facilitates criminal activities such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and prostitution, it is not restricted to these activities. For purposes of understanding the problem and devising remedies, it is important to think of crime and corruption as two separate problems.

Corruption poses a serious development challenge. In the political realm, it can seriously undermine democracy and good governance. Corruption in elections and in legislative bodies reduces accountability and representation in policymaking; corruption in the judiciary suspends the rule of law; and corruption in public administration results in the unequal provision of services. More generally, corruption weakens government institutions by disregarding official procedures, siphoning off the resources needed for development, and selecting or promoting officials without regard to performance. At the same time, corruption undermines the legitimacy of government and such democratic values as trust and tolerance.

Corruption also undermines economic development. In the private sector, corruption increases the cost of business through the price of bribes themselves, the management cost of negotiating with officials, and the risk of breached agreements or detection. Although some claim corruption reduces costs by cutting red tape, an emerging consensus holds that the availability of bribes induces officials to contrive new rules and delays. Corruption can also shield companies with connections from fair competition, thus allowing inefficient firms to survive.

Corruption also generates economic distortions in the public sector by pulling public investment away from education and into projects where bribes and kickbacks are more plentiful. Corruption also lowers compliance with construction, environmental, or other regulations; reduces the quality of government services; and increases budgetary pressures on government.

To read a list of Carol’s emails in which she specifically takes money and raises money for the music video projects of her boyrfriend, Andre Nkouaga please click here.

The First Amendment consists of the rights to freedom of speech, press, assembly and to petition the government for a redress of grievances

The right to petition the government for a redress of grievances is our first Amendment right and we are entitled to use it for government employees!

Please send emails about Carol Flavell and Andre Nkouaga in this ongoing investigation to the following address:

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Legal Notice for Journalists Contributing information to the FemPeacePower news organization

The Penal Code states that “no warrant shall issue for any items”, which protects information obtained in protection of a news organization.  The Court of Appeal has previously found that these protections apply to online journalists (O’Grady v. Superior Court).

First amendment: an overview

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference. See U.S. Const. amend. I. Freedom of expression consists of the rights to freedom of speech, press, assembly and to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and the implied rights of association and belief. The Supreme Court interprets the extent of the protection afforded to these rights. The First Amendment has been interpreted by the Court as applying to the entire federal government even though it is only expressly applicable to Congress. Furthermore, the Court has interpreted, the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as protecting the rights in the First Amendment from interference by state governments. See U.S. Const. amend. XIV.

Two clauses in the First Amendment guarantee freedom of religion. The establishment clause prohibits the government from passing legislation to establish an official religion or preferring one religion over another. It enforces the “separation of church and state.” Some governmental activity related to religion has been declared constitutional by the Supreme Court. For example, providing bus transportation for parochial school students and the enforcement of “blue laws” is not prohibited. The free exercise clause prohibits the government, in most instances, from interfering with a person’s practice of their religion.

The most basic component of freedom of expression is the right of freedom of speech. The right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government. The Supreme Court requires the government to provide substantial justification for the interference with the right of free speech where it attempts to regulate the content of the speech. A less stringent test is applied for content-neutral legislation. The Supreme Court has also recognized that the government may prohibit some speech that may cause a breach of the peace or cause violence. For more on unprotected and less protected categories of speech see advocacy of illegal action, fighting words, commercial speech and obscenity. The right to free speech includes other mediums of expression that communicate a message.  The level of protection speech receives also depends on the forum in which it takes place.

Despite popular misunderstanding the right to freedom of the press guaranteed by the first amendment is not very different from the right to freedom of speech. It allows an individual to express themselves through publication and dissemination. It is part of the constitutional protection of freedom of expression. It does not afford members of the media any special rights or privileges not afforded to citizens in general.

The right to assemble allows people to gather for peaceful and lawful purposes. Implicit within this right is the right to association and belief. The Supreme Court has expressly recognized that a right to freedom of association and belief is implicit in the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments. This implicit right is limited to the right to associate for First Amendment purposes. It does not include a right of social association.  The right to associate also prohibits the government from requiring a group to register or disclose its members or from denying government benefits on the basis of an individual’s current or past membership in a particular group. There are exceptions to this rule where the Court finds that governmental interests in disclosure/registration outweigh interference with first amendment rights. The government may also, generally, not compel individuals to express themselves, hold certain beliefs, or belong to particular associations or groups.

The right to petition the government for a redress of grievances guarantees people the right to ask the government to provide relief for a wrong through the courts (litigation) or other governmental action. It works with the right of assembly by allowing people to join together and seek change from the government.

Please keep in mind that the information presented here is only general information. True legal advice must be provided in the course of an attorney-client relationship specifically with reference to all the facts of a particular situation. Such is not the case here, so this information must not be relied on as a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a licensed attorney.

Our show will air twice a week. Fridays and Mondays at Midnight on Cable Channel 22!

Our Show is called ‘The Art of Having Fun!’ – This is our weekly TV show, news program and film series. We have a PDF version and a document version of our Brochure which describes our need for volunteers. Join us and become the star that you are!

We love you all!

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UPDATE ON FREE FILM MAKING CLASSES:

Dear Friends,

The Freeschool Community of Olympia, serving the community with free
classes for over 8 years, is very happy to offer free film and video classes.
We are taking registrations now.

The Freeschool Community is partnering with Olympia Fun Co-op, FemPeacePower and WeAreCascadia to make these film making classes available free of charge.

In addition, we are Working to Change the Industry Statistics of Women’s Portrayal in Media. Read more about this and learn the times, dates and locations by clicking here.

The Freeschool would like to encourage and empower self-identified
women of all sexual orientations, LGBTQI, interested in producing,
progressive media.

All classes require no experience, and are all hands on classes, with no tests, plenty of fun and free snacks!

In addition, we are Working to Change the Industry Statistics of Women’s Portrayal in Media. Read the Industry Statistics on the link found by clicking here.

The Freeschool would like to encourage and empower self-identified
women of all sexual orientations, LGBTQI, interested in producing,
progressive media.

All classes require no experience, and are all hands on classes, with no tests, plenty of fun and free snacks!

Class title: DIY Film Studio Operations Class:
Time and date: Class meets every Sunday, 1-2pm.
Location: You must contact us and register to receive the location.

Class title: DIY Digital Film Making Class.
Time and date: Class meets every Sunday, 2-4 pm.
Location: You must contact us and register to receive the location.

Those who complete one of each of the above classes have the option of receiving sponsorship to take more advanced classes which will enable you to borrow digital cameras, microphones, light kits, computers and much more free of charge for your own personal film and media projects!

College Credit: Also, although you do not have to be a college student to volunteer, we are happy to fill out paperwork for students looking to intern or volunteer for college credit. We have had many college students at Evergreen college receive intern credits after volunteering in the past.

Thanks for your interest everyone!

Class title: DIY Film Studio Operations Class:
Time and date: Class meets every Sunday, 1-2pm.
Location: You must contact us and register to receive the location.

Class title: DIY Digital Film Making Class.
Time and date: Class meets every Sunday, 2-4 pm.

Location: You must contact us and register to receive the location.

Those who complete one of each of the above classes have the option of receiving sponsorship to take more advanced classes which will enable you to borrow digital cameras, microphones, light kits, computers and much more free of charge for your own personal film and media projects!

College Credit: Also, although you do not have to be a college student to volunteer, we are happy to fill out paperwork for students looking to intern or volunteer for college credit. We have had many college students at Evergreen college receive intern credits after volunteering in the past.

Contact us at the below number:
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Leave a message for us if you want to volunteer.

We love you all!

FemPeacePower is working with the Olympia Fun Co-op (OFC) to create a new TV Show called ‘The Art of Having Fun!
In order to help announce this show we are having a poster contest. Details of The OFC Poster Design Contest are below!

$5,000.00 in Gift Certificates, Cash and Prizes will be awarded to 20 winners in the Poster Design Contest! No Entry Fees.

Entry forms found below.

• Document version of the entry form found here.
• PDF version of the entry form found here.

All winners announced and posted on the OFC website at www.OlympiaFunCoop.org.

We will also feature the winners and some of the other
posters on our TV show, ‘The Art of Having Fun!’ that
airs on several TV channels!

Help us bring in the New Year when we announce the winners of our poster design contest!

I listened to the first podcast featuring T and Ramona SkyLink on anarcha-feminism, and it got me thinking about exactly what that is and how anarchism and feminism are linked and related. I guess I just want to clarify for people what anarcha-feminism is, since I really don’t know much about it myself and am just trying to make sense of it all. Anarchism and feminism are inherently tied together because they are both all about breaking down patriarchal hierarchies and power structures. Many people think that anarchism and feminism are essentially necessary constituents of one another; they go hand-in-hand. And, as Ramona SkyLink mentioned, part of anarchism is allowing local communities and struggles to develop and grow, which can be an integral part of feminism, too.

This is interesting to me because I’ve been thinking about anarchism recently, having as of late come to know a few individuals who call themselves anarchists and practice the philosophy of anarchism.  Oftentimes anarchy is seen negatively because sometimes actions taken by adherents are rash and destructive. Even if they make statements or progress in some form, often anarchists are seen as irresponsible and misguided. For example, it seems to me that on the campus of the Evergreen State College, an institution known for the radical thinking of its students, the general view of anarchy is that it is a great philosophy in theory, but in reality it is hard to achieve and those students who try to do so are a bit foolish and idealistic. I have a lot more to learn about anarchy, but these are my initial, mostly uninformed, opinions.

When anarchism is combined with feminism, then, I suppose it can be both a positive and a negative thing. Those who believe in the philosophy of anarchism almost surely believe in the philosophy of feminism, and vice versa. But could the actions- sometimes seen as imprudent and destructive- taken by some anarchists cause harm to the feminist label attached to anarchy? Personally I think that putting the influences of both of the philosophies together, if done in an appropriate way, could have an immense amount of power and potential. But if the actions taken by radical activists in the name of anarchism continue to be seen by some as irrational and destructive wastes of time, might the anarcha-feminist movement be branded with that same stigma? And wouldn’t that be a bad thing for the feminists, who, in general, seem to have more of a peaceful, less radical agenda than anarchists? Or are feminists, by associating themselves purposely and directly, with anarchism, making a statement that they believe in the radicalism of anarchy and believe it helps their cause?

I enjoyed the quotes read by the participants, especially the one fr. Thanks for a thought-provoking first podcast; keep up the good work!

Third try of the Premier Episode of FemPeacePower Radio podcast featuring RamonaSkyLink and IndigoClaySkylink. July 14, 2009. Discussing inclusivity of the feminist movement.

Found by clicking here.

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Second try of the Premier Episode of FemPeacePower Radio podcast featuring RamonaSkyLink and IndigoClaySkylink. July 14, 2009. Discussing inclusivity of the feminist movement.

Found by clicking here.

or found here…

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IndigoClaySkyLink

As always, to leave a comment or start a discussion about this radio station episode, please place it in our Peace Communities Discussion group found by clicking here:
http://peacecommunities.ning.com/group/radiostationdiscussionforum

Love, Peace and Solidarity,
- Fem Peace Power Radio Station and Community Solidarity
http://www.FemPeacePower.org

You can also Subscribe to our itunes stations and search for this episode in Itunes under the podcast title: ‘Volunteers for Three Groups: A World Beyond Capitalism Conference, The Freeschool Community and The Peace Communities’ or click here: http://tinyurl.com/link2itunes

“…a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it and within it is no struggle at all.”

-Arundhati Roy, Quoted from her speech: ‘2004 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture’ (The entire speech is available online, search for the title)

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If you are looking for the Peace Communities Social Networking Website and Online Community with Member Profiles, Discussion Forum, Event Listings, Photos and Slideshows, Custom Video Players, Real-time Activity Stream, Feminist Discussion Forums and much more please click here and click on ‘online community’: http://www.peacecommunities.org

The Free Rent Community
http://www.FreeRentCommunity.org

Freeschool Community Calendar with free classes and special events please click here: http://www.freeschoolunity.org

A World Beyond Capitalism Conference
http://www.aworldbeyondcapitalism.org

The Beauty of Barter Women’s Empowerment Community please click here: http://www.thebeautyofbarter.org

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Dear friends,

The Freeschool Community of Olympia is getting ready for their 8th and 9th year of Freeschool Classes! The Freeschool would love to help publicize your class, tutor opportunity or event if it is free of charge with no donations required or accepted at the class or event.

We publicize your class (or your tutor opportunity) on our twitter account (which has over 2,400 followers and growing fast), through our Natural Learning newspaper (which has a circulation of over 5000 and through our website) which sometimes has hundreds of hits (people reading it) per day.

The Freeschool Community also works with a radio station, podcast and online film and video series here at FemPeacePower.org which will occasionally have interviews with Freeschool Community facilitators and many more activists and social justice organizers.

You can also Subscribe to our itunes stations and search for our podcast episodes in Itunes here: http://tinyurl.com/link2itunes

To Start Using the Faster, Self-Sign up Process for Giving Classes at the Freeschool Community in 2009-2010 here is what we need you to do:

[Some of these things you may have already done, so just skip to the steps you have not done].

Step #1. Register at the Freeschool’s Social network: http://www.peacecommunities.ning.com – If you have any problems registering please contact us.

Make sure to upload some kind of photo (it can be of you, your project or any object or place) onto your profile.

Step #2. Once you do that you will be able to join the Group called:

Free Classes and Free Workshops That You Would Like to Share.
Join that group.

Step #3. Once you are in that group click on

* Start Discussion

When you start a Discussion you should title the discussion the name of your class or event and Post the Description of the group and all the details.

If you have more than one class, make a new discussion for each class. Make sure that you spellcheck your class before posting it.

Once you do that we will place a link to that discussion group onto the Freeschool calendar and website.

Why do we do it this way?

Many reasons:

a. It puts the power in your hands to instantly update, change or cancel your class without needing volunteers to update it, spell check it or reword it.

b. It also enables you to add photos, videos and much more making the class more attractive to students due to the fact that we live in an increasingly audio/video society in which decisions are based on audio/video promotion of the events.

c. We want to begin using our online community to promote free events worldwide. Even when you leave the Freeschool. You can use that forum to promote your free events outside of Olympia.

d. It enables people to discuss the class openly long after it is done. Even people who didn’t attend or who are in other countries. Our desire is to expand the Freeschool movement worldwide.

e. It enables you to send a public message of thanks to our Freeschool volunteers when they help to promote your class or your tutor opportunity. When freeschool volunteers feel appreciated, they tend to help with the Freeschool longer, which helps to promote your class or your tutor opportunity.

Please keep in mind events that ask for or require donations are not eligible to be listed on the Freeschool space calendar. We are a Freeschool free class movement, not a Donations-requested school Movement, no offense.

Again, we can publicize your free-of-charge class or event if it is free of charge with no donations requested.

Thanks.

If you have any questions about any of these steps you can call us from 11am-11pm, 7 days a week.

Keep up the great work,

Love, peace and free classes for everyone,

-Freeschool Community

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