February Newsletter
Hello Good People!
- How ILL!: Sickness, Politics, and Self-Determination - February 15th
- Grassroots Fundraising Conference 2010 - February 19th & 20th
- Play with Your Food! Regeneracion Childcare Collective Benefit - February 27th
- R.U.S.T. Radical Urban Sustainability Training - July 10-11, 2010
- Emergent Thought Magazine, Just Launched!
- Sustainable Giving at Third Root Community Health Clinic
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Rock Dove Presents....How ILL!: Sickness, Politics, and Self-Determination
Monday, February 15th, 7pm
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street, Manhattan
www.bluestockings.com
This event features personal narratives about the realities of living with
illness, with a focus on disparities in the health care system, the politics
of access, language and terminology, and empowerment through
self-determination in accessing care. We will be screening Sara Krugman's
film on living with Type I Diabetes, and hearing from the filmmaker, as well
as many others who are contributing their stories. We will also being
distributing a zine with stories, poems, and art related to living with
illness.
Presented by the Rock Dove Collective and friends, including Sara Krugman,
Kristin Simpson, Lauren Giambrone and more. The Rock Dove Collective is a
radical community health exchange working to address the need for accessible
and anti-oppressive health care in our communities. We coordinate a network
of health practitioners who provide physical, mental, sexual, emotional, social and spiritual care from
a radical perspective on well-being.
Childcare and Translation will be provided upon request. Please contact Autumn Brown,
autumn@rockdovecollective.org.
Please RSVP to rockdovecollective@riseup.net.
Hope to see you there!!!
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Grassroots Fundraising Conference 2010
Friday, February 19 & Saturday, February 20th
Saturday 10:00 AM- 6:00 PM
http://brechtforum.org/events/
Whether you are part of a small collective, a medium sized local
non-profit or a national organization, now more than ever we all need to
brush up on our grassroots fundraising strategies. Please join us for two
exciting days of discussion, workshops and skill shares as the Brecht
Forum presents its second annual Grassroots Fundraising Conference!
In the social justice world, the reach of our work is often limited
because we do not take fundraising, and money in general, seriously
enough. To wage campaigns, to provide volunteers with food, to pay staff
people, to rent offices, to build user-friendly websites, all of this
takes money as well as other resources. In the past several years more and
more organizations have been feeling the need to move away from sole
reliance on foundation funding and towards a 'diverse' strategy of
generating revenue.
The question of grassroots fundraising, and how to reach our projected
budgets in 2010, takes on an additional dimension as we find ourselves in
the middle of an economic recession and possibly a larger global
depression. Many organizations will either not survive or will need to cut
back on their expenses in a major way. At the same time, our work has
never been more important. More people are questioning the underlying
principles of neoliberalism, corporate globalization and capitalism
itself. People will be open to our ideas but only if our ideas are able to
reach them.
Please come to the Brecht Forum's second annual Grassroots Fundraising
Conference and share ideas and learn from others as we all navigate these
unchartered waters together. Whether your part of a small local collective
with no staff, or your part of an established left non-profit, this
conference will build your fundraising skills, expand your imagination in
terms of fundraising possibilities and allow you to meet other individuals
and organizations who are struggling through the same things that you are.
Initial list of speakers will include: Priscilla Hung, Executive Director
at the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT:
www.grassrootsfundraising.org, Mario Lugay, Program Director at the
Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), Yasmeen Perez the
Leadership Development Director at FIERCE, Alexandra Lopez Reitzes the
founder of Rise Up Baking, a Pastelería For The People, and co-founder of
The Kitchen Table, an unschooling collective and Max Uhlenbeck, the
Development Coordinator at The Brecht Forum.
Many more speakers TBA!
Sliding scale: $20-$50
Free for Brecht Forum Subscribers
********Register Today*********
http://brechtforum.org/events/
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We will be scheming, sculpting and getting messy with colorful delectables to raise money for our upcoming participation in the U.S. Social Forum this June in Detroit.
10 Lefferts Place, BK
A/C to Clinton/Washington
$10-20
Regeneración Childcare NYC participates in child-raising as a form of resistance that builds radical communities and relationships. We provide childcare at organizational meetings, events, and in collaboration with community based childcare collectives and cooperatives. Our partner organizations are those whose visions inspire us.
R.U.S.T. – The Radical Urban Sustainability Training
The next offering of the Radical Urban Sustainability Training will be on the weekend of July 10-11, 2010. The course will be taught by Scott Kellogg, author of "Toolbox for Sustainable City Living" and Lauren Ross, and will take place at the Albany Free School in Albany, New York. All the course information, including content and registration details, can be found at www.radixcenter.org/
About R.U.S.T
RUST – The Radical Urban Sustainability Training - is an intensive weekend workshop of skills for building ecologically resilient communities in today’s cities. In this class, sustainability experts Scott Kellogg and Lauren Ross gives attendees a “toolbox” of techniques and knowledge usable by anyone wanting to create sustainable systems in their own communities. Through a combination of group hands-on activities and lectures, participants will learn how to build infrastructure for self-reliance by utilizing salvaged and recycled materials. These systems can be applied in either urban or rural environments, and in many cases can be put to use in even an apartment spaces.
Special emphasis in the class is put on the interrelatedness of sustainability and struggles for social justice. The many innovative sustainability features on display in the Albany Free School neighborhood will be used as teaching tools.
Typical topics & hands-on demos
- Low-tech bioremediation (cleaning contaminated soils using plants, fungi and bacteria)
- Rainwater harvesting
- Aquaculture: ponds, plants, fish, algae
- Constructed wetlands/greywater
- Autonomous technologies:wind turbines & passive solar
- Worm composting and soldier flies
- Raised bed gardening and soil alchemy
- City chickens and micro-livestock
- Struggles for land and gentrification
- Brownfield restoration
- Biofuels: methane digesters, wood gas and veggie oil vehicles
- Mycoscaping:edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation
- Energy depletion and climate justice
- Sustainable and efficient wood burning
If you have any questions, please email Scott Kellogg at sk@radixcenter.org
One of the most sustainable ways for many social justice organizations to be supported is by monthly donations, called sustainerships. This allows organizations to rely on a certain amount of income to build programs each month, and allows you to make a sizable donation over the course of a year at a sustainable rate. Third Root is excited to be launching their own new Sustainer Program, and their goal is to have 20 sustainers by the end of the year. They have sustainers at:
- $5/month,
- $20/month, and even
- $250 per month, so any amount helps!
Support Third Root, invest in community health, and become a Community Health Sustainer! Email jacoby@thirdroot.org today!
Hello Good People!
- How ILL!: Sickness, Politics, and Self-Determination - February 15th
- Grassroots Fundraising Conference 2010 - February 19th & 20th
- Play with Your Food! Regeneracion Childcare Collective Benefit - February 27th
- R.U.S.T. Radical Urban Sustainability Training - July 10-11, 2010
- Emergent Thought Magazine, Just Launched!
- Sustainable Giving at Third Root Community Health Clinic
-----
Rock Dove Presents....How ILL!: Sickness, Politics, and Self-Determination
Monday, February 15th, 7pm
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street, Manhattan
www.bluestockings.com
This event features personal narratives about the realities of living with
illness, with a focus on disparities in the health care system, the politics
of access, language and terminology, and empowerment through
self-determination in accessing care. We will be screening Sara Krugman's
film on living with Type I Diabetes, and hearing from the filmmaker, as well
as many others who are contributing their stories. We will also being
distributing a zine with stories, poems, and art related to living with
illness.
Presented by the Rock Dove Collective and friends, including Sara Krugman,
Kristin Simpson, Lauren Giambrone and more. The Rock Dove Collective is a
radical community health exchange working to address the need for accessible
and anti-oppressive health care in our communities. We coordinate a network
of health practitioners who provide physical, mental, sexual, emotional, social and spiritual care from
a radical perspective on well-being.
Childcare and Translation will be provided upon request. Please contact Autumn Brown,
autumn@rockdovecollective.org.
Please RSVP to rockdovecollective@riseup.net.
Hope to see you there!!!
-----
Grassroots Fundraising Conference 2010
Friday, February 19 & Saturday, February 20th
Saturday 10:00 AM- 6:00 PM
http://brechtforum.org/events/
Whether you are part of a small collective, a medium sized local
non-profit or a national organization, now more than ever we all need to
brush up on our grassroots fundraising strategies. Please join us for two
exciting days of discussion, workshops and skill shares as the Brecht
Forum presents its second annual Grassroots Fundraising Conference!
In the social justice world, the reach of our work is often limited
because we do not take fundraising, and money in general, seriously
enough. To wage campaigns, to provide volunteers with food, to pay staff
people, to rent offices, to build user-friendly websites, all of this
takes money as well as other resources. In the past several years more and
more organizations have been feeling the need to move away from sole
reliance on foundation funding and towards a 'diverse' strategy of
generating revenue.
The question of grassroots fundraising, and how to reach our projected
budgets in 2010, takes on an additional dimension as we find ourselves in
the middle of an economic recession and possibly a larger global
depression. Many organizations will either not survive or will need to cut
back on their expenses in a major way. At the same time, our work has
never been more important. More people are questioning the underlying
principles of neoliberalism, corporate globalization and capitalism
itself. People will be open to our ideas but only if our ideas are able to
reach them.
Please come to the Brecht Forum's second annual Grassroots Fundraising
Conference and share ideas and learn from others as we all navigate these
unchartered waters together. Whether your part of a small local collective
with no staff, or your part of an established left non-profit, this
conference will build your fundraising skills, expand your imagination in
terms of fundraising possibilities and allow you to meet other individuals
and organizations who are struggling through the same things that you are.
Initial list of speakers will include: Priscilla Hung, Executive Director
at the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT:
www.grassrootsfundraising.org, Mario Lugay, Program Director at the
Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), Yasmeen Perez the
Leadership Development Director at FIERCE, Alexandra Lopez Reitzes the
founder of Rise Up Baking, a Pastelería For The People, and co-founder of
The Kitchen Table, an unschooling collective and Max Uhlenbeck, the
Development Coordinator at The Brecht Forum.
Many more speakers TBA!
Sliding scale: $20-$50
Free for Brecht Forum Subscribers
********Register Today*********
http://brechtforum.org/events/
----
We will be scheming, sculpting and getting messy with colorful delectables to raise money for our upcoming participation in the U.S. Social Forum this June in Detroit.
10 Lefferts Place, BK
A/C to Clinton/Washington
$10-20
Regeneración Childcare NYC participates in child-raising as a form of resistance that builds radical communities and relationships. We provide childcare at organizational meetings, events, and in collaboration with community based childcare collectives and cooperatives. Our partner organizations are those whose visions inspire us.
R.U.S.T. – The Radical Urban Sustainability Training
The next offering of the Radical Urban Sustainability Training will be on the weekend of July 10-11, 2010. The course will be taught by Scott Kellogg, author of "Toolbox for Sustainable City Living" and Lauren Ross, and will take place at the Albany Free School in Albany, New York. All the course information, including content and registration details, can be found at www.radixcenter.org/
About R.U.S.T
RUST – The Radical Urban Sustainability Training - is an intensive weekend workshop of skills for building ecologically resilient communities in today’s cities. In this class, sustainability experts Scott Kellogg and Lauren Ross gives attendees a “toolbox” of techniques and knowledge usable by anyone wanting to create sustainable systems in their own communities. Through a combination of group hands-on activities and lectures, participants will learn how to build infrastructure for self-reliance by utilizing salvaged and recycled materials. These systems can be applied in either urban or rural environments, and in many cases can be put to use in even an apartment spaces.
Special emphasis in the class is put on the interrelatedness of sustainability and struggles for social justice. The many innovative sustainability features on display in the Albany Free School neighborhood will be used as teaching tools.
Typical topics & hands-on demos
- Low-tech bioremediation (cleaning contaminated soils using plants, fungi and bacteria)
- Rainwater harvesting
- Aquaculture: ponds, plants, fish, algae
- Constructed wetlands/greywater
- Autonomous technologies:wind turbines & passive solar
- Worm composting and soldier flies
- Raised bed gardening and soil alchemy
- City chickens and micro-livestock
- Struggles for land and gentrification
- Brownfield restoration
- Biofuels: methane digesters, wood gas and veggie oil vehicles
- Mycoscaping:edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation
- Energy depletion and climate justice
- Sustainable and efficient wood burning
If you have any questions, please email Scott Kellogg at sk@radixcenter.org
One of the most sustainable ways for many social justice organizations to be supported is by monthly donations, called sustainerships. This allows organizations to rely on a certain amount of income to build programs each month, and allows you to make a sizable donation over the course of a year at a sustainable rate. Third Root is excited to be launching their own new Sustainer Program, and their goal is to have 20 sustainers by the end of the year. They have sustainers at:
- $5/month,
- $20/month, and even
- $250 per month, so any amount helps!
Support Third Root, invest in community health, and become a Community Health Sustainer! Email jacoby@thirdroot.org today!
December Newsletter
Hello Good People!
and welcome back from thanksgiving. However you celebrate (or don't) the holiday, I hope you were able to take time and reflect on gifts and giving - the natural gifts that we can easily identify (light, life, air to breathe, living in the world and the gift of knowing others), and the gifts we do not ask for but find their way into our lives. My small, growing family hosted my large, growing family for the thanksgiving meal, bridging traditions ranging from the deep south to the far midwest. We each reveled in each others company, in that fleeting understanding of what family can be, and what family always is.
I had the opportunity to hear music from Aaron Copland's opera The Tender Land. Particularly a song called "The Promise of Living", about thanksgiving, harvest, the sharing of work, and the dignity of labor, struck me with a simple hopefulness, of what is possible when humans can look at each other and understand that their living is only possible through each other, that our individual desires and dramas and dreams are only possible because we are in community with one another.
It is with these thoughts that I enter December, the welcome darkness of winter, reflection, and quiet cultivation of new life.
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New Video from smartMeme
smartMeme’s new short video features a number of climate justice activists talking about framing the climate crisis for the upcoming United Nations COP 15 summit in Copenhagen. If you’re hungry for stronger links between justice and ecology check this video out.
You can view it @ http://www.smartmeme.org/climate
December 7-18, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to negotiate the next global climate change treaty -- and social movements from across the planet with be inside the talks and on the streets to demand a just solution to the greatest crisis facing our generation.
As polluting industries launch a massive PR and lobbying blitz, smartMeme will be there fighting back with the power of story. SmartMeme is deploying a strategy team to support some of the folks featured in the film including delegations of indigenous leaders, environmental justice advocates and representatives from some of the communities most impacted by fossil fuel addiction.
If you want to help support this work please spread the video and considerate making a donation at http://www.smartMeme.org/climate. As you all know every little bit counts!
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Childbirth Self-Education/Community Preparation Group
My friend, herself a midwifery student and mother-to-be, Anastasia Libovich will be facilitating this innovative childbirth self-education group. Pass the information on the folks you know who are planning for parenthood.
First Meetings:
Monday, December 7th, 10am @ Gentle Spirit Midwifery
764 St.Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10031
(Located on the Lower Level)
Thursday, December 17, 6:00pm @ Astoria, Queens
(Location to be given upon RSVP)
A self-led group for women and their partners, including women that are pregnant and for women who are interested in becoming pregnant. The purpose of the group is to build on our existing knowledge and to create a community where we can become empowered to enter pregnancy and birth in a conscious and supportive community.
The group meets every other week to discuss, share, and investigate topics of interest, concerns, and feelings about pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. The workshops will be interactive and inclusive, meaning all member will have the opportunity to present if they would like. There is no fee. Future locations will be determined by convenience.
Please email the facilitator, alibovich@gmail.com or call with any questions and for the upcoming schedule.
Hello Good People!
and welcome back from thanksgiving. However you celebrate (or don't) the holiday, I hope you were able to take time and reflect on gifts and giving - the natural gifts that we can easily identify (light, life, air to breathe, living in the world and the gift of knowing others), and the gifts we do not ask for but find their way into our lives. My small, growing family hosted my large, growing family for the thanksgiving meal, bridging traditions ranging from the deep south to the far midwest. We each reveled in each others company, in that fleeting understanding of what family can be, and what family always is.
I had the opportunity to hear music from Aaron Copland's opera The Tender Land. Particularly a song called "The Promise of Living", about thanksgiving, harvest, the sharing of work, and the dignity of labor, struck me with a simple hopefulness, of what is possible when humans can look at each other and understand that their living is only possible through each other, that our individual desires and dramas and dreams are only possible because we are in community with one another.
It is with these thoughts that I enter December, the welcome darkness of winter, reflection, and quiet cultivation of new life.
-----
New Video from smartMeme
smartMeme’s new short video features a number of climate justice activists talking about framing the climate crisis for the upcoming United Nations COP 15 summit in Copenhagen. If you’re hungry for stronger links between justice and ecology check this video out.
You can view it @ http://www.smartmeme.org/climate
December 7-18, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to negotiate the next global climate change treaty -- and social movements from across the planet with be inside the talks and on the streets to demand a just solution to the greatest crisis facing our generation.
As polluting industries launch a massive PR and lobbying blitz, smartMeme will be there fighting back with the power of story. SmartMeme is deploying a strategy team to support some of the folks featured in the film including delegations of indigenous leaders, environmental justice advocates and representatives from some of the communities most impacted by fossil fuel addiction.
If you want to help support this work please spread the video and considerate making a donation at http://www.smartMeme.org/climate. As you all know every little bit counts!
-----
Childbirth Self-Education/Community Preparation Group
My friend, herself a midwifery student and mother-to-be, Anastasia Libovich will be facilitating this innovative childbirth self-education group. Pass the information on the folks you know who are planning for parenthood.
First Meetings:
Monday, December 7th, 10am @ Gentle Spirit Midwifery
764 St.Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10031
(Located on the Lower Level)
Thursday, December 17, 6:00pm @ Astoria, Queens
(Location to be given upon RSVP)
A self-led group for women and their partners, including women that are pregnant and for women who are interested in becoming pregnant. The purpose of the group is to build on our existing knowledge and to create a community where we can become empowered to enter pregnancy and birth in a conscious and supportive community.
The group meets every other week to discuss, share, and investigate topics of interest, concerns, and feelings about pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. The workshops will be interactive and inclusive, meaning all member will have the opportunity to present if they would like. There is no fee. Future locations will be determined by convenience.
Please email the facilitator, alibovich@gmail.com or call with any questions and for the upcoming schedule.
October Newsletter
In this edition of iambrown:
- New Website Launched!
- Rock Dove Hosts Workshop on Keeping Your Vagina Healthy - Oct 10th
- Autumn's 8 Week Consensus Mechanics Class Starts Oct. 13th
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New Website Launched!
Welcome to the upgraded version of my website. I recently joined Mayfirst/PeopleLink, a place to host my new website. Here is a little about who they are:
"We are an organization of progressive people who use the Internet. We have joined together to pool our resources to assure ourselves quality equipment and staff support and to improve our access to the Internet, enhance its function as a tool for mass communication and organizing, develop new technologies and uses for it, and help social justice movements use it effectively to communicate with each other and with the world."
My dear talented friend Elliott Liu design the site, and through it you will find new resources that I have created in the last year, and new trainings I am offering. Take a look through it, and enjoy!
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Rock Dove Presents...Keeping Your Vagina Healthy!
Saturday, October 10th at 1pm.
RSVP for the Location in Brooklyn
This will be a relaxed space where you can talk freely about a "taboo"
subject and learn about:
· avoiding yeast infections & urinary tract infections
· the latest on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the (fun) ways
of protecting yourself from them :)
· ways of being intimate and sexually stimulated without any risk of STIs
or pregnancy
· common myths and misconceptions about sexual health
THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR FEMALE-BODIED PEOPLE ONLY
Please RSVP to rockdovecollective@riseup.net
About the facilitator:
Alana has her Master's in Health Education with a concentration in Human
Sexuality and has been teaching adolescents about safer sex for the past
year. She’s a founding member of the Rock Dove Collective and is a big
fan of healthy, fun, respectful sex.
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5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS
Facilitated by Autumn Brown
Consensus Mechanics is a study of consensus decision-making as a revolutionary and liberating tradition. This course will explore consensus as historically cultural practice, and examine the diverse threads which have converged in the contemporary practice of Consensus in American communities: from Quakers, to intentional communities, to leftist coalitions. We will look in depth at the structure of, and beliefs embodied by, the consensus decision-making process. Participants will learn the practical skills and tools that make Consensus work - including Active Listening, Co/Facilitation, Agenda Planning, and Mediation - through discussion, storytelling, games, and role plays.
Autumn Brown is a mother, organizer, theologian, artist, and facilitator. She is a founding member of the Rock Dove Collective, a radical community health exchange, and Past President of the Fertility Awareness Center of New York. Trained in Consensus Process and Facilitation by the U.K.-based collective, Seeds for Change, Autumn is experienced in facilitating group process and training community organizers in Consensus Decision-making. She has taught and presented in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Montpelier and Tokyo, and is currently based in Brooklyn.
In this edition of iambrown:
- New Website Launched!
- Rock Dove Hosts Workshop on Keeping Your Vagina Healthy - Oct 10th
- Autumn's 8 Week Consensus Mechanics Class Starts Oct. 13th
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New Website Launched!
Welcome to the upgraded version of my website. I recently joined Mayfirst/PeopleLink, a place to host my new website. Here is a little about who they are:
"We are an organization of progressive people who use the Internet. We have joined together to pool our resources to assure ourselves quality equipment and staff support and to improve our access to the Internet, enhance its function as a tool for mass communication and organizing, develop new technologies and uses for it, and help social justice movements use it effectively to communicate with each other and with the world."
My dear talented friend Elliott Liu design the site, and through it you will find new resources that I have created in the last year, and new trainings I am offering. Take a look through it, and enjoy!
-----
Rock Dove Presents...Keeping Your Vagina Healthy!
Saturday, October 10th at 1pm.
RSVP for the Location in Brooklyn
This will be a relaxed space where you can talk freely about a "taboo"
subject and learn about:
· avoiding yeast infections & urinary tract infections
· the latest on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the (fun) ways
of protecting yourself from them :)
· ways of being intimate and sexually stimulated without any risk of STIs
or pregnancy
· common myths and misconceptions about sexual health
THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR FEMALE-BODIED PEOPLE ONLY
Please RSVP to rockdovecollective@riseup.net
About the facilitator:
Alana has her Master's in Health Education with a concentration in Human
Sexuality and has been teaching adolescents about safer sex for the past
year. She’s a founding member of the Rock Dove Collective and is a big
fan of healthy, fun, respectful sex.
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5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS
Facilitated by Autumn Brown
Consensus Mechanics is a study of consensus decision-making as a revolutionary and liberating tradition. This course will explore consensus as historically cultural practice, and examine the diverse threads which have converged in the contemporary practice of Consensus in American communities: from Quakers, to intentional communities, to leftist coalitions. We will look in depth at the structure of, and beliefs embodied by, the consensus decision-making process. Participants will learn the practical skills and tools that make Consensus work - including Active Listening, Co/Facilitation, Agenda Planning, and Mediation - through discussion, storytelling, games, and role plays.
Autumn Brown is a mother, organizer, theologian, artist, and facilitator. She is a founding member of the Rock Dove Collective, a radical community health exchange, and Past President of the Fertility Awareness Center of New York. Trained in Consensus Process and Facilitation by the U.K.-based collective, Seeds for Change, Autumn is experienced in facilitating group process and training community organizers in Consensus Decision-making. She has taught and presented in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Montpelier and Tokyo, and is currently based in Brooklyn.
Facilitation for Change
This workshop covers basic facilitation skills: Active Listening, Non-Directive Leadership, Re-stating and Synthesizing, and Conflict Resolution. We examine the role of the facilitator in relation to the group and explore the differences between a facilitator and a meeting director or chair. This workshop uses popular education methods to generate a Facilitator's Toolbox, so that participants walk away with a refined understanding of the role of facilitation in group work, and concrete tools to employ when acting as a facilitator in any situation.
3-6 Hours
This workshop covers basic facilitation skills: Active Listening, Non-Directive Leadership, Re-stating and Synthesizing, and Conflict Resolution. We examine the role of the facilitator in relation to the group and explore the differences between a facilitator and a meeting director or chair. This workshop uses popular education methods to generate a Facilitator's Toolbox, so that participants walk away with a refined understanding of the role of facilitation in group work, and concrete tools to employ when acting as a facilitator in any situation.
3-6 Hours
July Newsletter
In this edition of Iambrown~
- Great Republic of Rough and Ready
- Rooftop Farms
- NASCO Action Camp: Racial Justice for Sustainable Communities
- A Special Note from Third Root:
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Great Republic of Rough and Ready
Come out to Public Assembly this Friday at 9:00pm to hear the Great Republic of Rough and Ready play some bluesy, folksy music that will carry you into another realm. Public Assembly is a warehousey-bar in Williamsburg, formerly known as Galapagos.
Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent), Brooklyn
9:00 pm
$10
www.publicassemblynyc.com
The Great Republic of Rough and Ready check em out!!: www.myspace.com/grrready
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Rooftop Farms
Located on Eagle Street in Greenpoint, this latest effort at building sustainable urban farming in Brooklyn is getting great press, including articles in New York Magazine and Vogue. Check it out, and drop by to volunteer!
http://nymag.com/guides/summer/2009/57477/
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NASCO Action Camp: Racial Justice for Sustainable Communities
August 13-16, 2009
Registration closes July 29, 2009 | Register now!
WHAT
A four day training program for leaders in co-ops and other democratic
communities. Experienced trainers utilize popular education and Theater of
the Oppressed techniques to facilitate interactive dialogue focusing on
race, racism, and gentrification with an intersectional analysis. In this
process, there will be space for People of Color and white allies to
discuss, process, and challenge racism, and strategize for anti-racist
organizing. Come home with tools and practices for building accountability
and redistributing power in democratic communities.
WHEN
August 13-16, 2009
WHERE
Kerrville-Schreiner Park, just north of Austin, TX
COST
$275 member fee | $300 non-NASCO member fee includes lodging, meals, and
professional training for four days.
Tips on Grassroots Fundraising
MORE INFO
Visit: www.nasco.coop/camp
Contact: Neily at neily@nasco.coop | 734.678.1821 or Mingwei at
mingwei@nasco.coop | 734.272.2293
ACCESSIBILITY
NASCO strives to create a safe and accessible environment that meets the
needs of all participants. Anonymous requests or suggestions can be made
here
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A Special Note from Third Root:
Since opening our doors in Flatbush last August, we have served over 250 people every week with Community Acupuncture, private massage and acupuncture treatments, yoga classes, herbal consultations, and educational programs. The yoga classes that we provide are among the most accessible in the City, and we can say with pride that we have not turned anyone away from a treatment for lack of funds. For those who can’t afford the bottom of our sliding scale, we have created a Health Scholarship Program. We have developed yoga classes for specific communities that are underserved and marginalized, and are currently building classes for veterans, the formerly incarcerated, and people living with HIV and AIDS. All of these programs are a new approach to traditional forms of healthcare, as well as a way to intersect our work with imperative social justice work.
It has been a wonderful process to witness and participate in a community health center really taking the shape of the community. We have put our trust in you, our community, supporters, friends, comrades, and you have shown up. Your support with innovative ideas, enrollment in our Herbal Education Program, volunteer hours, organizational networking, and pure presence has helped to build Third Root in its first toddling year. As a testament to our commitment to you, we have incorporated so many of your ideas, requests, and feedback into our daily work at Third Root! Prenatal Yoga and Big Person Little Person Yoga, a yoga class every Tuesday evening that directly benefits our Health Scholarship Fund, staff trainings on social justice work and organizing skills, our Herbal Education Program, and our Community Health Workshops have all come from YOU! We stand firm in our commitment to make certain that we provide healthcare as a human right, working through systems of privilege and oppression, with accountability to our communities.
We hope you'll join us in strengthening alternative forms of community-based healthcare by contributing $50, or whatever larger or smaller amount you can give. We are asking that you join us in strengthening alternative forms of community-based healthcare by making a contribution to achieve those goals. We become a strong community by supporting just community visions. We need to raise $20,000 to pay debts incurred in the development and building of Third Root - your donation will move us toward that goal! Send a check to us at 380 Marlborough Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11226 or donate through our website at www.thirdroot.org. We hope to see you for treatments or classes in our recently expanded space, at our events, and in the neighborhood. Working together, we are busting through barriers and building social justice through accessible healthcare!
Be well,
Angela, Green, Jacoby, Ji-Hye, John, Julia, and Romina
Third Root Community Health Center practitioners
380 Marlborough Rd (Q to Cortelyou)
Brooklyn, NY 11226
718-940-9343
www.thirdroot.org
info@thirdroot.org
p.s. We are building a program of Monthly Sustainers-if you are interested in contributing on a monthly basis, email us at info@thirdroot.org!
In this edition of Iambrown~
- Great Republic of Rough and Ready
- Rooftop Farms
- NASCO Action Camp: Racial Justice for Sustainable Communities
- A Special Note from Third Root:
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Great Republic of Rough and Ready
Come out to Public Assembly this Friday at 9:00pm to hear the Great Republic of Rough and Ready play some bluesy, folksy music that will carry you into another realm. Public Assembly is a warehousey-bar in Williamsburg, formerly known as Galapagos.
Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent), Brooklyn
9:00 pm
$10
www.publicassemblynyc.com
The Great Republic of Rough and Ready check em out!!: www.myspace.com/grrready
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Rooftop Farms
Located on Eagle Street in Greenpoint, this latest effort at building sustainable urban farming in Brooklyn is getting great press, including articles in New York Magazine and Vogue. Check it out, and drop by to volunteer!
http://nymag.com/guides/summer/2009/57477/
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NASCO Action Camp: Racial Justice for Sustainable Communities
August 13-16, 2009
Registration closes July 29, 2009 | Register now!
WHAT
A four day training program for leaders in co-ops and other democratic
communities. Experienced trainers utilize popular education and Theater of
the Oppressed techniques to facilitate interactive dialogue focusing on
race, racism, and gentrification with an intersectional analysis. In this
process, there will be space for People of Color and white allies to
discuss, process, and challenge racism, and strategize for anti-racist
organizing. Come home with tools and practices for building accountability
and redistributing power in democratic communities.
WHEN
August 13-16, 2009
WHERE
Kerrville-Schreiner Park, just north of Austin, TX
COST
$275 member fee | $300 non-NASCO member fee includes lodging, meals, and
professional training for four days.
Tips on Grassroots Fundraising
MORE INFO
Visit: www.nasco.coop/camp
Contact: Neily at neily@nasco.coop | 734.678.1821 or Mingwei at
mingwei@nasco.coop | 734.272.2293
ACCESSIBILITY
NASCO strives to create a safe and accessible environment that meets the
needs of all participants. Anonymous requests or suggestions can be made
here
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A Special Note from Third Root:
Since opening our doors in Flatbush last August, we have served over 250 people every week with Community Acupuncture, private massage and acupuncture treatments, yoga classes, herbal consultations, and educational programs. The yoga classes that we provide are among the most accessible in the City, and we can say with pride that we have not turned anyone away from a treatment for lack of funds. For those who can’t afford the bottom of our sliding scale, we have created a Health Scholarship Program. We have developed yoga classes for specific communities that are underserved and marginalized, and are currently building classes for veterans, the formerly incarcerated, and people living with HIV and AIDS. All of these programs are a new approach to traditional forms of healthcare, as well as a way to intersect our work with imperative social justice work.
It has been a wonderful process to witness and participate in a community health center really taking the shape of the community. We have put our trust in you, our community, supporters, friends, comrades, and you have shown up. Your support with innovative ideas, enrollment in our Herbal Education Program, volunteer hours, organizational networking, and pure presence has helped to build Third Root in its first toddling year. As a testament to our commitment to you, we have incorporated so many of your ideas, requests, and feedback into our daily work at Third Root! Prenatal Yoga and Big Person Little Person Yoga, a yoga class every Tuesday evening that directly benefits our Health Scholarship Fund, staff trainings on social justice work and organizing skills, our Herbal Education Program, and our Community Health Workshops have all come from YOU! We stand firm in our commitment to make certain that we provide healthcare as a human right, working through systems of privilege and oppression, with accountability to our communities.
We hope you'll join us in strengthening alternative forms of community-based healthcare by contributing $50, or whatever larger or smaller amount you can give. We are asking that you join us in strengthening alternative forms of community-based healthcare by making a contribution to achieve those goals. We become a strong community by supporting just community visions. We need to raise $20,000 to pay debts incurred in the development and building of Third Root - your donation will move us toward that goal! Send a check to us at 380 Marlborough Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11226 or donate through our website at www.thirdroot.org. We hope to see you for treatments or classes in our recently expanded space, at our events, and in the neighborhood. Working together, we are busting through barriers and building social justice through accessible healthcare!
Be well,
Angela, Green, Jacoby, Ji-Hye, John, Julia, and Romina
Third Root Community Health Center practitioners
380 Marlborough Rd (Q to Cortelyou)
Brooklyn, NY 11226
718-940-9343
www.thirdroot.org
info@thirdroot.org
p.s. We are building a program of Monthly Sustainers-if you are interested in contributing on a monthly basis, email us at info@thirdroot.org!