tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690481705310453992024-03-08T03:33:08.467-08:00SubRosa JournalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-72694539806045975942022-10-02T08:17:00.053-07:002024-03-05T15:08:32.252-08:00 Important things to know about having an event at SubRosa<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-822c22a1-7fff-1972-430a-5064eb16f55e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PLEASE THOROUGHLY READ: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Important things to know </span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-822c22a1-7fff-1972-430a-5064eb16f55e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">about </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">having an event at SubRosa</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpON-oESCnpQsEUVLxwwkLwHdAvm7loYeoY1d7emwsCtSjNYg1t2Ckj9JtFQev4__lKS8zDEWeiTgivjlHfDwWHtPeY8X5Eb51mZ53b4Lv1yeh_Pg7w9APB0N2dZyN46gbGla7u3vTr1QQliwR2JQMc71aFewWUrnUX4clUmp2kr2-LcdSQG_iFCzh3Q/s1259/0C032167-C749-40C3-A38D-9E2129AD9367.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="1165" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpON-oESCnpQsEUVLxwwkLwHdAvm7loYeoY1d7emwsCtSjNYg1t2Ckj9JtFQev4__lKS8zDEWeiTgivjlHfDwWHtPeY8X5Eb51mZ53b4Lv1yeh_Pg7w9APB0N2dZyN46gbGla7u3vTr1QQliwR2JQMc71aFewWUrnUX4clUmp2kr2-LcdSQG_iFCzh3Q/w185-h200/0C032167-C749-40C3-A38D-9E2129AD9367.jpeg" width="185" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space - a place to meet people, share resources and ideas, challenge our assumptions and act on our passions. Let’s create together the world(s) we want to live in now. </span>We love hosting special events like music and speakers, but not every event is going to work in our space or with our goals (we aren’t a commercial venue). So here are some of our expectations and things you should know about our space:</b></span><div><b><br /></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since SubRosa is an anarchist, anti-authoritarian community space (NOT a commercial venue), we want to host events that are not in conflict with these principles and </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">practices. We will not host events that we think seem racist, sexist, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">queer&homophobic, ableist, disrespectful to the earth and to living creatures, pro-capitalist or </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">upholding hierarchy or the “power over” mentality that dominates mainstream society. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;">strive to create an environment where people are empowered to have interactions based on self-responsibility, mutual respect and free association. And we want to create a welcoming space for others who share the goals of diverse community, respect for all forms of life, and freedom from coercive relationships. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s create together the world(s) we want to live in now.</span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Our space is really, really intimate. It holds maybe 40 seats (of course more without seats!). So this isn’t the best choice for an event that you want hundreds of people to come to. And being a smaller space has its advantages too!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-We do have a PA system (with mics and stands etc) and beyond that you are responsible for bringing whatever equipment you need to make your event successful. And we have some equipment for film screenings (courtesy of the Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In).</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Amplified shows must be over by 10pm (really!). Again, our space is cozy, so the sound doesn’t really need to be turned up super high. There’s more flexibility with timing of acoustic shows and generally not much past 10pm. NOTE: And for shows/events in the courtyard the sound volume needs to be at a level that is respectful of the neighborhood (so that usually means being quieter than inside) - this is crucially important as complaints from neighbors and/or visits from cops could impact future events and other projects we at SubRosa share the space with - courtyard events need to be done by 9:45pm.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-SubRosa is an anti-capitalist space and events are notaflof (no one turned away for lack of funds) and events typically have a suggested door amount (acknowledging $ helpful when touring etc).</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-For most events, we take a 30% cut of the door. This money enables us to stay open and have more events. We do not take money from benefits, and we are open to negotiation if there isn’t very much money to split.</span></p><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-SubRosa is an all-ages space. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-SubRosa </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">also a “dry” space, and we discourage drinking in the space and courtyard.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-If you are a band from out of town, we would really appreciate it if you contact local bands to try to put together your own line up. We can give you some leads, but we likely don’t have capacity to put together a whole show. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Please plan your event ahead of time. If you contact us a week before the event, it is unlikely we will be able to accommodate you. Give us enough time to plan and publicize and the event will be more successful. Also, on the day of your event, please arrive early to help set up and to communicate with the event bottomliner.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-You are responsible for having merchandise person, and fliers (social media posts). However, we can help you with these things, just be in contact with us and have good communication. We will try to always promote the event on our instagram, website, facebook and email. Let us know well ahead of time if you do not want us to do that.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-We desire for SubRosa to be a “safer space” for folk, and that involves active engagement with people that are crossing boundaries and/or somehow causing harm - we are reworking our process regarding unwelcoming people and how they can be rewelcomed- if you have input on this please let us know. Thanks! We’re doing this together!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>***note re: pandemic protocols- as a community space we encourage individual and community care both being important and inter-related. So, balancing accessibility and folks desire to come together while acknowledging ebb and flow of Covid is tricky. Event hosts have been determining Covid protocols in a case by case (event by event) way. Sometimes masks at all times. Sometimes masks just inside and optional in courtyard. Sometimes masks entirely optional. And protocols being adjusted depending on how much virus is spreading at a particular time. </i></span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you made it through this whole list and still want to book an event,</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> please contact us at: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://instagram.com/subrosa_space?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">https://instagram.com/subrosa_space</a> </span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>or </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="mailto:subrosa@riseup.net" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">subrosa-events@riseup.net</a><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> - </span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>we’re looking forward </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">to hearing from you! </span></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Requests are forwarded to the SubRosa collective, and if </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(44, 54, 58);">no one gets back to you in 2 weeks, then it </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(44, 54, 58);">likely means that no one was available to bottomline a show. We are an </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(44, 54, 58);">entirely volunteer-run anarchist community space (NOT a commercial venue) and often receive more </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(44, 54, 58);">requests than we have capacity to host.</span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 106%; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.133332px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">SubRosa is part of the Hub Community Center, in downtown Santa Cruz, CA which is the unceded homelands of the Awaswas-speaking Ohlone people known as the Uypi, who stewarded these lands since time immemorial. Centuries of colonial violence led to the removal and displacement of the Uypi. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma. </span></p></blockquote></div></div>jason clatterboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11398423611472738033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-77837801158226176872022-09-08T19:15:00.063-07:002023-05-07T13:38:21.752-07:00Really Really Free Market! Info & history… here & elsewhere!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEBAb2AMATc10wQFovPcAyIKixx80s-LoIB9D8NcyyISpbvcPboeldR26quCRv3RsZxtl1Q70YSbIm6uZWISOmfphg-vQD4qHf47wxBmHJZviaJvRIAYeYmaWSGBCeC9qfVGcymWasBT3o_vg_x0d7SwGD6PkpLN_z4pj4OnMcZI6XHfOpFdkJHQg9Q/s1099/1996124E-AC39-4534-8C6A-B7D70D10FB5C.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1090" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEBAb2AMATc10wQFovPcAyIKixx80s-LoIB9D8NcyyISpbvcPboeldR26quCRv3RsZxtl1Q70YSbIm6uZWISOmfphg-vQD4qHf47wxBmHJZviaJvRIAYeYmaWSGBCeC9qfVGcymWasBT3o_vg_x0d7SwGD6PkpLN_z4pj4OnMcZI6XHfOpFdkJHQg9Q/s320/1996124E-AC39-4534-8C6A-B7D70D10FB5C.jpeg" width="317" /></a></div>Every 2nd Sunday of the month! ¡Tianguis Realmente Gratuito! Todo es gratis - Really Really Free Market (RRFM) - 11am-2pm. No money. No trades. Everything is free. At SubRosa / the Hub - 703 Pacific Ave- Santa Cruz, CA <p></p><p>This gathering is not about the "stuff" we give and take, but more about how we can freely give and receive from each other.</p><p>¡Todo gratis! No intercambio de dinero, no negocios, no trueques. Trae lo que gustes, toma lo que necesites. Este mercado gratuito es basado en una economía de regalar. </p><p>More info about the Santa Cruz RRFM - <a href="https://instagram.com/rrfm_sc?igshid=ZDg1NjBiNjg=">https://instagram.com/rrfm_sc</a> </p><p><b>This page is intended to give a wide range of information about Really Really Free Markets - with specific focus on the Santa Cruz Really Really Free Market. Here’s a list of contents on this page for what follows (<span style="text-align: center;"><i>With a scattering of graphics mixed in!</i>):</span></b></p><p>-<span style="text-align: center;">The Santa Cruz Really Really Free Market - </span><span style="text-align: center;">notes on “how” (with some “why” baked in) // <i>a work in progress </i></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">-A </span><span style="text-align: center;">selection of articles written by others </span><span style="text-align: center;">about the Santa Cruz Really Really Free Market</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">-An article from Crimethinc about RRFM where they are located and some general information and perspectives </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>@@@@@@@@@</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The Santa Cruz Really Really Free Market - </b><b>notes on “how” (with some “why” baked in) // <i>a work in progress </i></b></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-6701d00f-7fff-6b27-7083-010ecb803ace" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuhcmg_yax9mFbYmabMEZHdO8_NqUDuoddCPaGOfKJ8Nske_97wQy7bMiNHM6n9_3FUny3eseLei8XiL5utrs7t-d0jp_lAxUfYtXnr5gyso1bsMPwMkMRs1gyGI2DKgDiyJqJ8HSZQ6OwWJGE-nOtIW0N4pnXB6iuhxB5c-o1PKnIZDMV5XA__3_QA/s1364/8302123B-16D5-49A5-B521-2091853B823A.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1091" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuhcmg_yax9mFbYmabMEZHdO8_NqUDuoddCPaGOfKJ8Nske_97wQy7bMiNHM6n9_3FUny3eseLei8XiL5utrs7t-d0jp_lAxUfYtXnr5gyso1bsMPwMkMRs1gyGI2DKgDiyJqJ8HSZQ6OwWJGE-nOtIW0N4pnXB6iuhxB5c-o1PKnIZDMV5XA__3_QA/w320-h400/8302123B-16D5-49A5-B521-2091853B823A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So how do we do it? Other questions like when-did-we-start? Well, that’s a longer story which will be elaborated upon another time … but in short, one of us was stuck in the mid-west in a legal battle with “the-state” and became a part of the radical community there - who put on Really Really Free Markets (RRFM)! And when friend came back home to Santa Cruz around 2010, they proposed hosting a RRFM at <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/" target="_blank">SubRosa</a> (anarchist community space where a number of us are collective members and where RRFM still takes place!). RRFM was a part of the <a href="https://freeskoolsantacruz.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Free Skool Santa Cruz project</a> (and RRFM still listed and ongoing over 10 years later- FSSC did have a 6 year break though). Great example of sharing inspiring ideas-and-practices across communities and regions.</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-6701d00f-7fff-6b27-7083-010ecb803ace" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Back to our current process (early 2023) - note: this has changed over time depending on who is involved and circumstances. Usually a week or so before scheduled RRFM (now, every 2nd Sunday of the month) one of us will send a text on our signal group (which is a text group that those of us regularly involved in putting on RRFM are in - 10 of us are in the group, and we reach out to 3 other people that don’t want to be in RRFM signal group but who are part of crew each month). The text goes something like this… “Hi all! Next free market coming up! Who is around? And when available to staff? Who would like to make a flyer?” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyy7wSF29x49X_8rROmEI-fDkI04BXUT2fgDryQssBRpydUmli-i1yRVtZu1mst26oV2LHKBf0EZQXxWwoETXSFaE98aD651Sk4jLH4vL8NDJEh7t3fUEUMYu_0weC4wKaLsjoHiCxKW_vD_Dp0gkTNzvzx3ftQXG0tiV-HHMK1Hs47KsWq0cUXcyhMw/s999/4831C0C1-688F-46C6-B9BA-74E04B6E90B5.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="799" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyy7wSF29x49X_8rROmEI-fDkI04BXUT2fgDryQssBRpydUmli-i1yRVtZu1mst26oV2LHKBf0EZQXxWwoETXSFaE98aD651Sk4jLH4vL8NDJEh7t3fUEUMYu_0weC4wKaLsjoHiCxKW_vD_Dp0gkTNzvzx3ftQXG0tiV-HHMK1Hs47KsWq0cUXcyhMw/w320-h400/4831C0C1-688F-46C6-B9BA-74E04B6E90B5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To elaborate: who is around and when available to staff? - RRFM goes 11am-2pm. Set up around an hour before (sometimes little more time if we have lots of collected items to put out - generally we don’t have space to store stuff for RRFM and people bring things day-of). Set up involves cleaning courtyard (sweeping etc) / setting out tables / preparing welcoming table (more on that later!). We divide “shifts” into fluid time frames (but we all choose when we can come and go and there’s no set schedule so we overlap each other and there’s no one “manager” of the RRFM crew - we’re all working together! Usually time </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">frames are set-up & beginni</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ng / middle / latter portion & clean up (and couple of us taking left-over items away). And we all do what we can, when we can. Sometimes we’ll reach out to other friends for special staffing support if not a lot of us are available. And often one of us will make a graphic to publicize the RRFM on social media (on various IG pages in particular - like <a href="https://instagram.com/subrosa_space" target="_blank">SubRosa</a> / <a href="https://instagram.com/freeskoolsantacruz" target="_blank">Free Skool Santa Cruz</a> / <a href="https://instagram.com/santacruzhub" target="_blank">the Santa Cruz Hub</a> / and <a href="https://instagram.com/rrfm_sc" target="_blank">RRFM’s IG</a>) - or we adapt and reuse an old graphic. </span><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve had ambitions to send public service announcements to local radio or local weeklies - although we haven’t done that lots of folk show up! Social media and word of mouth for a regularly scheduled event helps. We’ve been joined by local college radio station <a href="https://instagram.com/kzsc" target="_blank">KZSC</a> where they bring records and c.d.s to give away, and they bring a Dj to play music (which adds a nice festive energy!). <a href="https://kzsc.org/" target="_blank">KZSC</a> will help with publicity and the RRFM has been listed in the weekly paper even though we didn’t submit the info (mysterious!). The RRFM has continued to be part of the <a href="https://freeskoolsantacruz.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Free Skool Santa Cruz project</a> (which has it’s own reach for spreading the word).</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-ME0BIyrxgjfw033ZgVUn5S6PxJcD71QKpYLDyO5camX_QJh3ixaT2EEBQYr2NllWDVNDngeMz-F_Dw6gJer4RU8Xx04Js3E9c1-rMJmtVp3gUdhVr5xNySFYxncgB-et6P66BmYh2fzEW1CInA99Em9ff7LKa7vbEfdLxMoza43LqvqjAvIb44Wbw/s591/F7A56BDF-C1F7-4F0D-A652-352B8461A987.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="591" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-ME0BIyrxgjfw033ZgVUn5S6PxJcD71QKpYLDyO5camX_QJh3ixaT2EEBQYr2NllWDVNDngeMz-F_Dw6gJer4RU8Xx04Js3E9c1-rMJmtVp3gUdhVr5xNySFYxncgB-et6P66BmYh2fzEW1CInA99Em9ff7LKa7vbEfdLxMoza43LqvqjAvIb44Wbw/w400-h370/F7A56BDF-C1F7-4F0D-A652-352B8461A987.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is our current description of the RRFM: “<i>¡Tianguis Realmente Gratuito! Todo es gratis. Really Really Free Market - 11am-2pm. No money. No trades. Everything is free. This gathering is not about the "stuff" we give and take, but more about how we can freely give and receive from each other. ¡Todo gratis! No intercambio de dinero, no negocios, no trueques. Trae lo que gustes, toma lo que necesites. Este mercado gratuito es basado en una economía de regalar</i>.” - we have had discussions amongst about how to make the event more accessible to members of our community where Spanish is their first (or primary) language - having bilingual publicity is part of achieving that. And usually someone is staffing that has at least a rudimentary ability to speak Spanish. We also reach out to friends each month that are more connected to Latinx communities here in Santa Cruz to also share information about the RRFM (and those friends also regularly attend and participate in the RRFM - bringing and taking things is an important part in the event! And these few efforts have had positive results (and there’s more we want to do).</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the many wonderful aspects of the RRFM is the eclectic mix of people that come! Kids and elders and people in between! People driving up in nice cars to drop off material for the free market and then browse about, and people that have all their earthly possessions in a shopping cart. All are welcome. During winter months we’ve collected “survival gear” for houseless members of our community, and a local mutual aid group has helped distribute. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFahiIkrrRN73b46KEWWzx2dK70oQ0n8wwKkFNOJ7ifzC7bBpADWhCTnu9L_Muta-KFO9Pkvp-PP4p8LV4VuvY-dm2vErYLM4RGiEIMk_MmDVkcEAzkQNecGmk4WH-YAS01S-TeAoW-CaZE4RshljoRk_8DSxjTIj_4Vw1R7rqGfJ6_zgEPrT9SOiEYQ/s1613/B7DB864D-FB2B-4069-98BB-2E27EDAB43C5.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="1374" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFahiIkrrRN73b46KEWWzx2dK70oQ0n8wwKkFNOJ7ifzC7bBpADWhCTnu9L_Muta-KFO9Pkvp-PP4p8LV4VuvY-dm2vErYLM4RGiEIMk_MmDVkcEAzkQNecGmk4WH-YAS01S-TeAoW-CaZE4RshljoRk_8DSxjTIj_4Vw1R7rqGfJ6_zgEPrT9SOiEYQ/w341-h400/B7DB864D-FB2B-4069-98BB-2E27EDAB43C5.jpeg" width="341" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Part of nurturing a welcoming atmosphere at the RRFM involves having folk that greet people when they arrive. The courtyard space at SubRosa has a main gate and just inside that we set up a welcoming table. This serves various purposes: when people come to a RRFM for the first time we give them a brief introduction (or more elaborate if they have questions). This can vary but here’s one example of an intro: “Welcome to the Really Really Free Market. No money. No trades. Everything is free. This gathering is not about the "stuff" we give and take, but more about how we can freely give and receive from each other. This is a form of anti-capitalist mutual aid where everyone is invited to participate and share care.” At the welcoming table we also receive people’s contributions and help them distribute around the free market (and for large items we get people’s contact info and ask them to take away at end of RRFM if item still present). We also require people wear masks and have masks available (we’re still in pandemic-to-endemic times and thinking about “community care”). We also have info available about the <a href="http://www.santacruzhub.org/" target="_blank">Santa Cruz Hub Community Center</a> (where RRFM takes place) - which is a constellation of projects that support skill-sharing, appropriate re/use of resources, and interconnected, creative communities. And the <a href="http://www.santacruzhub.org/projects-of-the-hub.html" target="_blank">Santa Cruz Hub</a>, among other things, is where the free market magic happens.</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-wwpiv2h6x__veIlIF5-T0tQEpY68R5CSZZqeOvbHGFxJDyXEctcrcIkABP3wwA1Z4_1CVuhoz0O70a8PGwQP2Vn8rnOMrf_YZ1qn8A8iRDwXXOX--xRAYz0OSWPe0rJ4eo6paBI3cOZqjfxcmMx2-lYWMcp_X26cU4kg_h-3cUYlbAXKcvFm3983Q/s1350/66D20566-10D8-4328-907B-2DD7914F5E16.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-wwpiv2h6x__veIlIF5-T0tQEpY68R5CSZZqeOvbHGFxJDyXEctcrcIkABP3wwA1Z4_1CVuhoz0O70a8PGwQP2Vn8rnOMrf_YZ1qn8A8iRDwXXOX--xRAYz0OSWPe0rJ4eo6paBI3cOZqjfxcmMx2-lYWMcp_X26cU4kg_h-3cUYlbAXKcvFm3983Q/w320-h400/66D20566-10D8-4328-907B-2DD7914F5E16.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">What is free market magic? When someone at the free market exclaims “This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!” So often folk find items that they would have otherwise spent money on (sometimes money they didn’t have) or things that make their lives easier or more enjoyable or that make a great gift for someone they care about. And this can be such a lovely experience for the person who contributed the item - to know what they brought is being appreciated. This is the “care” aspect of the RRFM - with the awareness that we don’t intend this event to be just another consumer feeding frenzy… and so we nurture the space with a collaborative approach that includes all that participate - and we try to communicate that in how we relate and sometimes with graphics and text posted around the courtyard</span>.<p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And more to come!!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Here is a selection of articles written by others </b><b>about the Santa Cruz Really Really Free Market</b> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5agoQO9rLJgG-npoC3hXnCYX-Fl4ymBjzeIHy9k0oXrZW3qsLOG3Icv6erQ94sskALPMVxy5Fhd4RShwI2QGwFtstBDZyuU1YG2VNV5bjVMfrevpuPT5wDcCpO4SdzN2yFwXhHkMeJV7UFnL_SJ3_gAxXn7Cmmrz_m-wgQWU6x6pyhDQul5UiUNcsQ/s1800/5B6775DE-7158-4C8A-91C3-0766A8985F11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5agoQO9rLJgG-npoC3hXnCYX-Fl4ymBjzeIHy9k0oXrZW3qsLOG3Icv6erQ94sskALPMVxy5Fhd4RShwI2QGwFtstBDZyuU1YG2VNV5bjVMfrevpuPT5wDcCpO4SdzN2yFwXhHkMeJV7UFnL_SJ3_gAxXn7Cmmrz_m-wgQWU6x6pyhDQul5UiUNcsQ/w320-h400/5B6775DE-7158-4C8A-91C3-0766A8985F11.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>-Article from City on a Hill press, student run news source at UCSC from 2016 </p><p><a href="https://www.cityonahillpress.com/2016/01/21/sharing-trinkets-and-fighting-capitalism/">https://www.cityonahillpress.com/2016/01/21/sharing-trinkets-and-fighting-capitalism/</a></p><p></p><p>-Article in local paper about the Really Really Free Market from 2018</p><p><a href="https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2018/01/06/visitors-rally-at-really-really-free-market-in-downtown-santa-cruz/">https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2018/01/06/visitors-rally-at-really-really-free-market-in-downtown-santa-cruz/</a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">-And another brief article from local news from 2018</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <a href="https://kion546.com/news/2018/01/11/really-free-market-held-each-month-in-santa-cruz/">https://kion546.com/news/2018/01/11/really-free-market-held-each-month-in-santa-cruz/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9moN9jTdIqfkgPcFxTbwEulzNo7c9IVEYvaOJvjYIskVBVRuXyv3XlgCHw4XDEP4XSMVtiruIecak2aLG9FyFKRI7kKQB7Zrbh1IyZ7I4h4cRrEt-eGw5ZkEj8wQ00qg-Xm65WW8lS9B5mrBGUQRHObhtjhgSLvjlDpBR9e4fTQCyNb74jgvN4BP6uA/s1800/D8673B9C-113C-4045-8CD4-BA4A3C5302ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9moN9jTdIqfkgPcFxTbwEulzNo7c9IVEYvaOJvjYIskVBVRuXyv3XlgCHw4XDEP4XSMVtiruIecak2aLG9FyFKRI7kKQB7Zrbh1IyZ7I4h4cRrEt-eGw5ZkEj8wQ00qg-Xm65WW8lS9B5mrBGUQRHObhtjhgSLvjlDpBR9e4fTQCyNb74jgvN4BP6uA/w320-h400/D8673B9C-113C-4045-8CD4-BA4A3C5302ED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">@@@@@@@@@</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.35px; text-align: left;">“</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-variant-caps: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.35px; text-align: left;"><i>There’s no such thing as a free lunch under capitalism—for anarchists, there’s no other kind</i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.35px; text-align: left;">.” - lots of great information about hosting your own RRFM - at link to article below from Crimethinc.</span></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.35px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 860px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disambiguation:</strong> According to the capitalist lexicon, the “Free Market” is the economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses. Any sensible person can recognize immediately that neither human beings nor resources are free in such a system; hence, a “Really Really Free Market” is a market that operates according to gift economics, in which nothing is for sale and the only rule is share and share alike. </span></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.35px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 860px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2007/10/27/the-really-really-free-market-instituting-the-gift-economy">https://crimethinc.com/2007/10/27/the-really-really-free-market-instituting-the-gift-economy</a></span> </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.35px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 860px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_648OPn-fqCwUcWXs99Mx-DRnlGQFA0vxE_mAVQsHrzR-xUnWJWGEj7QHFRpN9ipIxgowaQgfGsv0PVFJREBtJIfyyr9KAfdLcLGqBhac3PHXlTCDMz2j3BqMYO9MVsFUILPH8IqIsMyF-1tj8_k_IxV56mxNfRMDoMlW0ywXndxfCuz-Wpx3-KeV0A/s1775/85E6AB8C-B144-4601-B0DE-CD7385154AF6.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1775" data-original-width="1420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_648OPn-fqCwUcWXs99Mx-DRnlGQFA0vxE_mAVQsHrzR-xUnWJWGEj7QHFRpN9ipIxgowaQgfGsv0PVFJREBtJIfyyr9KAfdLcLGqBhac3PHXlTCDMz2j3BqMYO9MVsFUILPH8IqIsMyF-1tj8_k_IxV56mxNfRMDoMlW0ywXndxfCuz-Wpx3-KeV0A/w320-h400/85E6AB8C-B144-4601-B0DE-CD7385154AF6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-898307be-7fff-3a6f-f321-884b3e4c50e6" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">***The Really Really Free Market happens at SubRosa: a community space, 703 Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz, Ca. - which is a part of the Hub Community Center. SubRosa is a space to meet people, share resources and ideas, challenge our assumptions and act on our passions. Let’s create together the world(s) we want to live in now! <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/">http://www.subrosaproject.org/</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/subrosaproject">https://www.facebook.com/subrosaproject</a> and </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://instagram.com/subrosa_space" style="text-decoration: none;">https://instagram.com/subrosa_space</a></span></span></span></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living includes a constellation of projects that support skill-sharing, appropriate re/use of resources, and interconnected, creative communities - since 1994! More about The Hub at </span><a href="http://www.santacruzhub.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.santacruzhub.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/santacruzhub/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/santacruzhub/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Located </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">in downtown Santa Cruz, CA, which is the ancestral territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More information </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://amahmutsun.org/foundation" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #993300; font-family: calibri, helvetica, sans-serif, serif, emojifont; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">http://amahmutsun.org/foundation</a> // </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/donate" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #993300; font-family: calibri, helvetica, sans-serif, serif, emojifont; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org</a> //</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.protectjuristac.org/" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #993300; font-family: calibri, helvetica, sans-serif, serif, emojifont; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.protectjuristac.org</a> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.35px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 860px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.35px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 860px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7elHR4TnWp3Os5IFd0VIkw76H3tCIXcBmE-z4puyp-WH5WCGDENM43bDQZI4KrOrgq1dQFjY_bzwszxrdZqeX9pT4MlzqThH4oi9dwgXCNH9jtVShB0yanRupOVvZZ4FMcwN8d9Xr314n_36M1-PX3a-kpoGg2bPfbrKWIHEmQdjYWw8zMlTOKU6Ig/s320/0ABCDFC7-AAAF-4E7A-A1DE-5D0725E90F28.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="320" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7elHR4TnWp3Os5IFd0VIkw76H3tCIXcBmE-z4puyp-WH5WCGDENM43bDQZI4KrOrgq1dQFjY_bzwszxrdZqeX9pT4MlzqThH4oi9dwgXCNH9jtVShB0yanRupOVvZZ4FMcwN8d9Xr314n_36M1-PX3a-kpoGg2bPfbrKWIHEmQdjYWw8zMlTOKU6Ig/w400-h395/0ABCDFC7-AAAF-4E7A-A1DE-5D0725E90F28.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><br /><p></p></div>jason clatterboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11398423611472738033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-50768514620396666072020-11-04T19:36:00.017-08:002023-04-24T23:31:33.747-07:00a story of SubRosa & some radical history in Santa Cruz<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_Upz5T21P3If6OzOGuroDVSz2LAxeyf7MXtZuhZic8maG25HRUcKwmp9QvVIkC1AzIpZmVStZnK-zkFysEVatpIVVxnqhWMCR1o-oNeSoZDNF978gm-ia91QjByL059vohz4QKZp0PNR/s1024/name+suggestions+for+infoshop.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="681" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_Upz5T21P3If6OzOGuroDVSz2LAxeyf7MXtZuhZic8maG25HRUcKwmp9QvVIkC1AzIpZmVStZnK-zkFysEVatpIVVxnqhWMCR1o-oNeSoZDNF978gm-ia91QjByL059vohz4QKZp0PNR/s320/name+suggestions+for+infoshop.jpg" /></span></a></div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-fcafac7f-7fff-47bd-ceb8-0b658bda1963" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">September and October 2008 we worked on the inside and courtyard at a space at 703 Pacific Avenue that was soon to be named SubRosa (check out the entry about this at this website <a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2012/05/name-suggestions-4-infoshop.html" target="_blank">Name Suggestions 4 Infoshop</a>). Lots of folks and lots of hours. On Halloween we were still working on the inside, painting. People would drift in and out in costume to help until late into the night. </span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a26b026d-7fff-9649-cc43-633ea23fe8bb" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next evening, November 1st was our opening with an art show and music! It poured rain that night and the courtyard flooded. We called the outside area the info-swamp and set down blocks of cement as stepping stone islands. Inside the space was packed and humid. The paint started dripping down the walls and quite a few people went home wearing the paint on their clothes as they unwittingly leaned against the wet walls...hopefully a nice reminder of a great opening night. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And now over 14 years later we are still going... doing-it-together. Although during the pandemic we had some tough times (acknowledging we all did in various ways). It was challenging to have a community space when people were not gathering - so we used the space in different ways… for instance as a place to store and distribute mutual aid resources. Now folk are gathering again, and we're doing-it-together differently - with community care and pandemic protocols (which can vary depending on the event and who is bottomlining). Go to our events page at this website for more info at <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/events.html" target="_blank">SubRosa Events</a>. The space is what we make of it, and this includes you as well. There are many ways to contribute to SubRosa. Get involved with the space... join the collective... host an event... show your art... and so on. Another world is possible. We can create it now, and at the same time counter the coercive and destructive impact of mainstream. So, how can SubRosa be relevant to those endeavors? Let's figure that out together and do it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Much appreciation to all those who have contributed to SubRosa over the past many years...so many people in so many different ways. And may we continue to thrive for years to come.</span></p><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">—@@@@@—</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Below from indybay post from early November 2008: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/28/18547019.php" style="text-decoration: none;"> https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/28/18547019.php</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgta8SrEqYl__HJpVWSUhlpso7LYLY7I7fYdVbVQ54UeKAqIoEs24m8dRSSEY74w04Zvevj5YtAsHWy6_feBlMCfI_JQb0F9WDphPfTjwrBD8c6zB28vxySS54kxZyu-1bOysueFD145_aI/s2048/SubRosa+opening.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1325" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgta8SrEqYl__HJpVWSUhlpso7LYLY7I7fYdVbVQ54UeKAqIoEs24m8dRSSEY74w04Zvevj5YtAsHWy6_feBlMCfI_JQb0F9WDphPfTjwrBD8c6zB28vxySS54kxZyu-1bOysueFD145_aI/w259-h400/SubRosa+opening.JPG" width="259" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />SubRosa, a new community space in downtown Santa Cruz, hosted its grand opening event on November 1st. The event included an</span><a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/27/18546868.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">art show</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/27/18546871.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spoken word</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/27/18546873.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">live music</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, food, and a first look inside this vibrant new social space.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Music poured out into the rainy night, as people cramped tightly together to share in the musical performances at the grand opening of SubRosa. The small, but cozy space was filled with a vibrant youthful crowd. Event goers snacked on piles of free bread, and coffee from reusable ceramic mugs. Artwork from local artists covered the freshly painted walls, as well as a colorful display of ‘zines, and a lending library. The set had almost everyone jumping and singing along. The space will be a home to future performances, open mics, and Free Skool workshops. Stop in for a steaming cup of coffee and check out the extensive library.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">SubRosa: A Community Space is a non-profit, donation-funded space for art and radical projects run by a collective of volunteers from the Santa Cruz anarchist community. Located at 703 Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz, SubRosa is open 7 days a week, 8am-1pm and 3pm-8pm.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">—@@@@@—</span></b></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">-</span><span style="font-family: arial;">about the Anarchist Convergence organized by some SubRosa collective members and held in 2009 </span></span><a href="https://modes.io/anarchist-convergence/"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://modes.io/anarchist-convergence/</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">-regarding the Demystifying Anarchy event some SubRosa collective members (and others) were also involved with in 2010 <a href="https://modes.io/demystifying-anarchy/">https://modes.io/demystifying-anarchy/</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">—@@@@@—</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>More Santa Cruz Radical History</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>-The Rhizone </b>- in early 2000s there was a radical/anarchist community space/ infoshop located on walnut ave. that shared space with bike church and hub called the rhizone. It had a library and meeting space. I went there for free radio santa cruz meetings and other groups had meetings there too. and some groups had desks and work spaces there. It ended in part due to complaints from upstairs neighbors (things came to a head after a particularly raucous show there) and money was also a stress. Santa cruz radicals and anarchist went to seattle in the late 1990s and this was inspirational for folks. I was not intimately involved with this project so I can’t comment on it mush. In the same building was the hub at which an anarchist discussion group that met (this was after the rhizome closed). There was also a dumpster collective that used the fridge in the backroom of the hub. So much food abounded and was shared!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>-What Is Art?</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was a radical performance and art space located at the other end of Pacific Ave. past the town clock. Not explicitly anarchist, it was run as a collective and was around in the late-ish 1990s. I was also involved with this space, as was another initial member of the SubRosa collective core:</span><a href="http://www.santacruzart.net/2007/04/now-what-what-is-art-collective-is.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.santacruzart.net/2007/04/now-what-what-is-art-collective-is.html</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>-Santa Cruz Anarchist Infoshop 2004:</b></span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9970/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9970/index.php</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/8412/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/8412/index.php</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/9991/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/9991/index.php</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10070/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10070/index.php</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/mod/otherpress/display/233" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/mod/otherpress/display/233</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (this article originally in good times…one sided view and take with a grain of salt…it does point out some of the tensions involved in the group)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>-@ Library</b> - after the above infoshop closed the @ library moved to the sacred grov</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">e and i tended it for some years. This was meant to be temporary as we thought we would find another space but that didn’t happen. Sacred grove folks were very supportive and even gave me a key to the space:</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/11122/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/11122/index.php</span></a> //<span style="font-family: arial;"> some books in the @ Library go back years and years when some version of the @ Library was housed in various collective houses.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>-santa cruz anarchist distro quiver notice about info being found elsewhere: </b></span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/18065/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/18065/index.php</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>-Info about workshop museum</b> (friends!)<b>:</b> </span><a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/13/18152561.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/13/18152561.php</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/16/44922.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/16/44922.php</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>-From website, tabs with some useful info:</b></span><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://journal.subrosaproject.org/</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/about.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/about.html</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Other stuff:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-There was an newspaper published in santa cruz in the early 2000s called the alarm with radicals and anarchists involved: </span><a href="http://www.the-alarm.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.the-alarm.com/</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://the-alarm.com/old_site/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://the-alarm.com/old_site/index.html</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Serf city black banner, santa cruz anarchist paper, 1994:</span><a href="http://www.spunk.org/cat-us/scb.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.spunk.org/cat-us/scb.html</span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">—@@@@@—</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>More reflections on the beginnings of SubRosa </b></div><br />SubRosa was started by a core of 5 folks from the anarchist community in santa cruz. folks at <a href="http://www.santacruzhub.org/" target="_blank">the hub</a> (community center at 703 pacific ave in downtown santa cruz) took a chance on us since a few of us were known for our involvement in other projects like free skool santa cruz and the santa cruz guerilla drive-in... and also three of us had been around for awhile and so we knew people on the hub board. the hub, where SubRosa is located, is run by a non-profit board, and they were in charge of making the decision about who would be in the open space. we had lots of meetings with the board in july and august 2008 about utilizing the space. <div><br /></div><div>organizationally, we were making things up as we went along. at first the 5 of us referred to ourselves as “the core” and we put the word out that we were starting this project. lots of folks came to lend a hand to set up the space, which took a lot of work. some of us lent money for the start up and we were later slowly paid back. SubRosa opened nov. 1st 2008 (<a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2012/05/name-suggestions-4-infoshop.html" target="_blank">see journal for entry about name</a>). at that time since SubRosa was new, a lot of folks wanted to be involved and staff, and we were open 7 days a week from morning until night with 2 shifts of 2 people staffing each day. we in the core were still figuring out our power sharing structure. the core had separate meetings that anyone could come to few besides us 5 actually went. then there were the collective staff meetings. after awhile it felt undesirable to have the core making certain decisions without the participation of the collective. we were learning how we wanted to run the space and about letting go as the core and to trust the larger collective. at that time we didn't have a firm process as to how one became a collective member/staffer. we developed this over time. i appreciated our learning process and early on disbanding the core and having things decided in the larger collective meetings...sharing power together...having a vision and not holding on to it too tightly that this squeezes out other folks and their visions and desires. <br /><br />as anarchists we also talked about the complexities of being involved with the capitalist economy, renting, money, selling stuff, the core and power...good stuff and ongoing learning. ultimately, we wanted a radical community space where anyone could come, where money is not the focus and that different things could happen. these conversations have been ongoing over the years...and i imagine still are in an ebb and flow kind of way.<br /><br />a couple of years earlier some of us had been meeting and trying to find a place to open an infoshop and although we didn't find anything those conversations did come into play in 2008. also on another occasion a few friends and myself were close to opening an infoshop in the garage of someone's house...then that didn't come to pass. around that time, i made a flyer looking for a space and a friend provided the text. we had a couple meetings in the park. so between the santa cruz anarchist infoshop on broadway and SubRosa there were a few attempts to get something else going. in part finding the right space was a challenge.<br /><br />this area at 703 pacific avenue has been a lot of things. early on it was an auto mechanic place. a punky cafe was here in the 1990s which i never went to. before SubRosa and people power shared the building it was vacant for some time. previous to that a business called the serpent's kiss was here (now on other end of pacific ave.). before that a store called anibus warpus (or something like that). i don't know why the space was originally built...maybe for the car business? the bike church has those big double doors that could accommodate cars. the bike church (and hub) was at 703 pacific ave almost 3 years before SubRosa. it moved from the walnut ave. location (again where the other infoshop was) to it's current location. in the late 1990s the bike church shared a wall with what is art? (the performance/art space referred to in above information about other radical projects).</div><div><br /></div><div>and the project has changed our focus and ways of operating over time, while remaining an anarchist space and committed to collective ways of organizing ourselves and running the space. here’s a post from the journal about our shift away from the open hours ways of functioning to being more of an event space - <a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2014/11/collective-dreaming-in-sierras.html">http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2014/11/collective-dreaming-in-sierras.html</a> - and that process continues… for us involved in the SubRosa collective now to continue that collective dreaming and making that happen together.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">—@@@@@—</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">also, on the SubRosa website (</span><a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.subrosaproject.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) under the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tab it says this about the project (which is not a mission statement but is a description that the collective did work on together a couple of years ago...)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">“SubRosa is an anarchist community space run by a collective of committed people from the Santa Cruz area, freely giving of our energy and time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">We put our energy into SubRosa to create a vibrant environment, available for events, classes and meetings, collaborations and organizing, art and creativity, as well as reading and studying. We offer a selection of radical books and magazines, coffee and tea, and a space for art, performance, and community. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a space to meet people, share resources and ideas, challenge our assumptions and act on our passions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As anti-authoritarian space, we strive to create an environment where people are empowered to have interactions based on self-responsibility, mutual respect and free association. We want to create a welcoming space for others who share the goals of diverse community, respect for all forms of life, and freedom from coercive relationships, to foster an environment free from sexism, homophobia, racism, and other forms of hierarchy.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Yup, still rings true - except less of an emphasis on coffee and tea.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">(Note: all of the above are just my reflections and recollections. And I could have included so much more and someone else would have shared a different variety of resources and memories. May this be part of a larger patchwork radical and community memory. -j!)</p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div></div>jason clatterboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11398423611472738033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-18610967524684279782020-11-04T19:17:00.016-08:002024-03-06T23:58:23.505-08:00Land Acknowledgment & Solidarity with Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Info<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRe6w7lM31v089jBjRP3iRRxi7rHD0jcfB8CW0lBHwhq6GydSKe5Q_Y3zSOw7rHncL39YNaRQ34eHZ1he_v2V9spIcEAM6eepJlq5ZCD6J6Ysp3nPSUWkoyp9-YAYSJ_0lmLxpFzlNhp-K/s681/IMG_4883.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="639" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRe6w7lM31v089jBjRP3iRRxi7rHD0jcfB8CW0lBHwhq6GydSKe5Q_Y3zSOw7rHncL39YNaRQ34eHZ1he_v2V9spIcEAM6eepJlq5ZCD6J6Ysp3nPSUWkoyp9-YAYSJ_0lmLxpFzlNhp-K/w248-h306/IMG_4883.jpg" width="248" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">SubRosa is part of the Hub Community Center, in downtown Santa Cruz, CA which is the ancestral territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe, land which was coercively taken from them by waves of colonizers. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.</span></span></p><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-357e8cad-7fff-d48e-920d-0f8ba7685cd8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you want to join SubRosa in solidarity with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Contribute to The Humunya Foundation of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a 501 (c) (3) Private Foundation under the Internal Revenue Code. As such, donations made to the Humunya Foundation are tax deductable. The Humunya Foundation was created to fund raise, facilitate Tribal cultural activities and conduct outreach to the public. More information </span><a href="http://amahmutsun.org/foundation" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://amahmutsun.org/foundation</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Sign up for the Amah Mutsun Land Trust email list for more information and opportunities to get involved.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Consider making a monthly donation to Amah Mutsun Land Trust to support the tribe's Indigenous stewardship and cultural relearning work. </span><a href="https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/donate" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/donate</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZ4ziWNh2nfBeEEgWGY-ESE2xluuIXxuYs4-hn6JY_r3i4Syq2vGHqCkj1z9SVJl8vDXXb0NPNf07V9NNjczz7h9VHO2zvaOTUCZz8d-aGk8z7WVq7bEnSU0S13r9GCPP0qfWRLUpJ8CY/s637/IMG_4882.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="637" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZ4ziWNh2nfBeEEgWGY-ESE2xluuIXxuYs4-hn6JY_r3i4Syq2vGHqCkj1z9SVJl8vDXXb0NPNf07V9NNjczz7h9VHO2zvaOTUCZz8d-aGk8z7WVq7bEnSU0S13r9GCPP0qfWRLUpJ8CY/w267-h301/IMG_4882.jpg" width="267" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Check out </span><a href="http://www.protectjuristac.org/how-to-help" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.protectjuristac.org/how-to-help</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> / to protect Juristac, an Amah Mutsun sacred site threatened by a proposed mining operation in Santa Clara county. Actions include: Sign the petition to protect Juristac, an Amah Mutsun sacred site threatened by a proposed mining operation in Santa Clara county.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More info at </span><a href="https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://amahmutsun.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://amahmutsun.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://www.protectjuristac.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.protectjuristac.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This acknowledgement is not an end but is part of an ongoing process of engagement, with the legacy of colonialism, with critically examining and acting to challenge the ways this is still present systemically and how this impacts individuals, especially indigenous peoples, and the land in a variety of ways.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: arial;">And more Bay Area information:</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Save West Berkeley Shellmound </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://instagram.com/savetheshellmound?igshid=ayjvsq878ts9" style="text-decoration: none;">https://instagram.com/savetheshellmound</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-Sogoreate Land Trust <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sogoreatelandtrust?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==">https://www.instagram.com/sogoreatelandtrust</a> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p> </span><div><span>*First image:</span></div><div><span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bipocliberationcollective/">https://www.instagram.com/bipocliberationcollective/</a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>*Second image: </span></div><div><span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/protectjuristac/">https://www.instagram.com/protectjuristac/</a> AND <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crazy14beautiful/">https://www.instagram.com/crazy14beautiful/</a> <br /><br /></span></div></div>jason clatterboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11398423611472738033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-12968908588812867942020-11-04T19:10:00.005-08:002020-11-11T18:48:07.396-08:00Lots of info sharing online (Instagram etc) - Here's a few of many pages for central coast - Posts & stories & websites!!! Possibilities to contribute in various ways… <div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> If there's pages you think we should add please let us know. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thanks to all the people and projects for vital work and energy at this time! I'm grateful and appreciate us all supporting each other and collaborating where we can!</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div>*Revolunas</b> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.instagram.com/revolunas/</a> - A WoC collective who are committed to the healing of womxn, youth, & QTPOC through spirituality, creative expression, community building, & education🌙 <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://linktr.ee/Revolunas</a> </span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-bc25b6ee-7fff-f2b7-6d7b-434ed6188655"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BIPOC Liberation Collective</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bipocliberationcollective/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/bipocliberationcollective/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - We are Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) building authentic & lasting solidarity to undo Native invisibility & anti-Blackness in Santa Cruz, CA </span><a href="https://www.bipoclc.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.bipoclc.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abolitious Santa Cruz</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/abolitious.sc/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/abolitious.sc/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Abolitious Santa Cruz BIPOC study group. </span><a href="https://abolitious.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://abolitious.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abolish Santa Cruz</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/abolishsantacruz/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/abolishsantacruz/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Decolonize Everything. No more state-sanctioned violence. PERIOD! </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SC Community Fridge</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sccommunityfridge/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/sccommunityfridge/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - WE FEED EACH OTHER 🍎Providing FREE food to Santa Cruz, CA 🥬Community Fridges, solidarity not charity // CashApp: sccommunityfridge for 💵donations</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">De Sol Ⓐ Sol 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/desolasol.colectiva/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/desolasol.colectiva/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Autonomous collective providing mutual aid to farm workers in Watsonville (Occupied Ohlone Land) - 𝕍𝔼ℕ𝕄𝕆: 𝔻𝔼𝕊𝕆𝕃𝔸𝕊𝕆𝕃 </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*Santa Cruz People’s Kitchen</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/scpeopleskitchen/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/scpeopleskitchen/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - FOOD FOR ALL! The revolution will be fed! Direct community action funded by the people & for the people. DM to arrange donations! </span><a href="https://gf.me/u/yviviu" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://gf.me/u/yviviu</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">831 Fridges</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/831fridges/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/831fridges/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SOLIDARITY NOT CHARITY </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Network of community fridges on occupied Te'po'ta'ahl land. The city of Salinas took our fridge we are looking for a host now! </span><a href="https://linktr.ee/831fridges" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://linktr.ee/831fridges</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Santa Cruz County Mutual Aid</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/santacruzmutualaid/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/santacruzmutualaid/</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> we take care of each other 🖤❤️ local network of mutual aid projects for community members needs! </span><a href="https://linktr.ee/scmutualaid" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://linktr.ee/scmutualaid</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;">SubRosa is part of a community center called The Hub --- </div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out The Hub's facebook, instagram & website for info re: other Hub projects!</div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/santacruzhub/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.facebook.com/santacruzhub/</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> & </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/santacruzhub/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/santacruzhub/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">& </span><a href="http://www.santacruzhub.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.santacruzhub.org</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact info for our neighbors at The Hub, 703 Pacific Ave - Santa Cruz, CA*** </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The Bike Church --- </span><a href="http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> // </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebikechurch/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.facebook.com/thebikechurch/</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> // </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebikechurch/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/thebikechurch/</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Hard Core Compost --- </span><a href="https://www.compost.bike/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.compost.bike</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> // </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hardcorecompost/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/hardcorecompost/</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> // </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/compost.bike/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.facebook.com/compost.bike/</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The Fábrica --- </span><a href="https://thefabrica.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://thefabrica.org</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> // </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thefabrica/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.facebook.com/thefabrica/</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> // </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_fabrica_/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; 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color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.facebook.com/tenantsanctuary/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@@@@@@@@@@@</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space, a place to meet others and challenge our assumptions and act on our passions. We strive to create a vibrant environment for events, classes, meetings, organizing, performance, art, studying and more. SubRosa also offers radical literature for sale, and houses the Anarchist Lending Library. We welcome folks to join us in fostering an environment free from coercion, sexism, queer&homophobia, racism, ableism and other hierarchies. </span><a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #5e327c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.subrosaproject.org/</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #5e327c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #5e327c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/subrosaproject" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #5e327c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.facebook.com/subrosaproject</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #5e327c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/subrosa_sc/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #5e327c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.instagram.com/subrosa_sc/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">***SubRosa is part of the Hub Community Center, in downtown Santa Cruz, CA which is the ancestral territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe, land which was coercively taken from them by waves of colonizers. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma. More info at </span><a href="https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/?fbclid=IwAR1Q8nPUmjOiN2QfQxvBLHfc7Qgqo-toP9C7-uU0eAQLseuSkSuWSPWnFN4" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Famahmutsun.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3ub_zNGvZ5Z0DLjSYGOps54F7RMq4egaBaxBol_hHkRqlP6_j12Swp5cU&h=AT1iVJXxL7hwGrVzERxyEHmwHnLULIPZNVd_9A9nBh5XRMn42vwo8ckzhDwMMkQHAZsj1zc4BYAP0YdZfsEPv_ND6LE2DwpRhqnPt-lV03CkcxKsIjjCM8SrUgZ18F_jw6w9LMPZdiw7vHnvxIBseikqw1U" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://amahmutsun.org </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><a href="http://www.protectjuristac.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.protectjuristac.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /></span></div>jason clatterboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11398423611472738033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-34099389903746698582017-11-01T21:27:00.001-07:002017-11-01T22:42:17.280-07:00Happy Ninth Birthday SubRosa! 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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">September and October 2008 we worked on the inside and courtyard at a space at 703 Pacific Avenue that was soon to be named SubRosa (check out the entry about this at this website</span><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2012/05/name-suggestions-4-infoshop.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Name Suggestions 4 Infoshop</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Lots of folks and lots of hours. On Halloween we were still working on the inside, painting. People would drift in and out in costume to help until late into the night. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next evening, November. 1st was our opening with an art show and music! It poured rain that night and the courtyard flooded. We called the outside area the info-swamp and set down blocks of cement as stepping stone islands. Inside the space was packed and humid. The paint started dripping down the walls and quite a few people went home wearing the paint on their clothes as they unwittingly leaned against the wet walls...hopefully a nice reminder of a great opening night. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And now 9 years later we are still going...doing-it-together. Come to SubRosa and check out what is going on. Go to our events page at this website for more info at</span><a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/events.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SubRosa Events</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The space is what we make of it, and this includes you as well. There are many ways to contribute to SubRosa. Get involved with the space...join the collective...host an event...show your art...and so on. Another world is possible. We can create it now, and at the same time counter the coercive and destructive impact of the over-culture. A question i often ask myself is, how can SubRosa be relevant to those endeavors? Let's figure that out together and do it (especially in these times).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Much appreciation to all those who have contributed to SubRosa over the past 9 years...so many people in so many different ways. And may we continue to thrive for years to come.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-in early 2000s there was a radical/anarchist community space/ infoshop located on Walnut Avenue that shared space with Bike Church and Hub called the Rhizone. It had a library and meeting space. I went there for Free Radio Santa Cruz meetings and other groups had meetings there too. Some groups had desks and work spaces there. It ended in part due to complaints from upstairs neighbors (things came to a head after a particularly raucous show there) and money was also a stress. Santa Cruz radicals and anarchist went to Seattle in the late 1990's and this was inspirational for folks. I was not intimately involved with this project so I can’t comment on it much. In the same building was the Hub at which an anarchist discussion group that met (this was after the Rhizome closed). There was also a dumpster collective that used the fridge in the backroom of the Hub. So much food abounded and was shared!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-What Is Art? was a radical performance and art space located at the other end of Pacific Ave. past the town clock. Not explicitly anarchist, it was run as a collective and was around in the late-ish 1990's. I was also involved with this space, as was another initial member of the SubRosa collective core:</span><a href="http://www.santacruzart.net/2007/04/now-what-what-is-art-collective-is.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.santacruzart.net/2007/04/now-what-what-is-art-collective-is.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Santa Cruz Anarchist Infoshop, that never really settled on a name, 2004:</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9970/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9970/index.php</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/8412/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/8412/index.php</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/9991/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/9991/index.php</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10070/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10070/index.php</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/mod/otherpress/display/233" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/mod/otherpress/display/233</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (this article originally in Good Times…one sided view and take with a grain of salt…it does point out some of the tensions involved in the group)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-After the above infoshop closed the @ library moved to the Sacred Grove and I tended it for some years. This was meant to be temporary as we thought we would find another space but that didn’t happen. Sacred grove folks were very supportive and even gave me a key to the space:</span><a href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/11122/index.php" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/11122/index.php</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And of course much more could be (and will be) written...</span>jason clatterboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11398423611472738033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-90095479111832072132014-11-26T17:17:00.003-08:002014-11-26T17:17:50.750-08:00Collective Dreaming in the Sierras<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In mid-September the SubRosa collective went on a retreat to a land project
in the Sierras. We had many intentions about why we would travel over
four hours to be together for four or five days. There were themes
that we shared in common: to be together in a different place and have
fun and share our days and nights...to be on and with the land and to
share that experience together...to dream about SubRosa and the
collective, about how those are now and could be.<br />
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We accomplished all of this and more...from coffee and yerba mate in the
morning to honoring the bottle at night, we had full days of varied
experiences...games and solo wanderings and focused conversations about
our lives, about the project, about anarchy, about the place we
live...what is and could be...<br />
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Changes are in the air...the continued changes in the season from fall to winter...and changes also at SubRosa...some quick and some slow...<br />
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Come visit us and we welcome you to join with us at this pivotall time of grounding our dreams.<br />
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And so it has been a couple of months that we in the collective have been back from the retreat. Change can come at a varied pace. Earlier in this journal there is a post about the starting the project, and over time we have changed, in part as a reflection of who is in the collective in this moment. I feel that it is healthy and important for the project to shift and change so that it is alive and to not stay the same, to not fall into the trap of the founders' syndrome, where the original intentions for the project become set in concrete and growth becomes inhibited. This can be a delicate balancing, where the fulcrum can have a shifting place, to be grounded in set intentions, learning along the way and to also be flexible to try new things and to honor the energy of folks that are currently involved. <br />
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A sign we put on the gate reads: <span class="ecxApple-style-span"><i>Hello! The SubRosa collective is making changes to this space and to our intentions for its use. For
the next month or so, we may not be open during the usual times, but we
will be hosting the events listed on the calendar below. In the long term we will still hold open hours, with more energy focused on events: shows, classes, workshops, and more! More info at <a href="http://subrosaproject.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">subrosaproject.org</a>. And email us event proposals (</i><i><i>meetings, performances, art projects, or something else) at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">subrosa-events@riseup.net</a></i></i></span><br />
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And we are still in that process of moving away from the main way we operate is in terms of open hours, to embrace more specific usages of the space. At the same time, we need to bring in money to pay the rent and other expenses. So, this is something we are still brainstorming about and putting into practice (more on that in another post). <br />
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We in the collective are figuring out how to put more direct energy into the space, to hold events and/or reach out to others that want to do so. The previous model of staffing open hours as the primary way of being involved in the project had become routine and uninspiring. We are working on a process of letting go, of including others to have have access to the space, who aren't collective members, of finding new ways for folks to be meaningfully involved in the project.<br />
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We had a get-together about that last Monday, as a response to someone in the collective who had questions about SubRosa's health and our general follow through after the retreat. We emerged committed to this shift, to have SubRosa be a vibrant community space, where so much does and can happen.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">SubRosa is a space where many possibilities unfold that range from
happenings during open hours to music shows to art openings to film
showings to educational events, like Free Skool classes. The project has been active for over 5 or 6 years or so. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Here is more
about Free Skool Santa Cruz from the <a href="http://santacruz.freeskool.org/">Free Skool website</a> (where you can access the calendar to see the full range of offerings).</span></h3>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;">A
radically different approach to living and learning, Free Skool
Santa Cruz is a grassroots educational project with classes held in
homes, social spaces, and parks. It is an opportunity to learn from
each other and share what
we know, with a focus on self-reliance, community, do-it-yourself
culture, and creating a new and beautiful world.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;">The
project strives to blur the lines
between teacher, learner, and organizer, while posing a direct challenge
to dominant institutions and coercive power structures. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Part of creating a new world is resistance to the old one. Through
this project, we want to change the way we learn, teach, and relate
to each other.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;">with love,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;">the Free Skool Collective </span></span>jason clatterboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11398423611472738033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-44189343477488054772013-04-25T11:59:00.000-07:002013-04-25T11:59:07.618-07:00Notes on Fundraising for an Anarchist Community Space[These are notes from the collective member who handled fundraising from when we opened in Fall 2008 until Fall 2012.]<br />
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I’ve done fundraising for local public radio since the early 2000s, and for Free Skool and SubRosa since the mid 2000s. This is a small and very incomplete collection of thoughts about fundraising.<br />
Asking for money is generally not easy of people, but I operate on the premise that if the project is one that someone supports, they truly want to give as much as they are able to support the project. I try to be honest, transparent, and direct. I also struggle not to water down my requests for money.<br />
In my opinion, the ideal person to do this should be communicative, comfortable being direct, willing to listen, conscientious, have lots of connections in a wide breadth of areas, and be really on top of things.<br />
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I create a fall and spring fundraiser each year. The Spring fundraiser ends in early summer so people can get on with their vacations and stuff without worrying about money. The Fall fundraiser ends before the new year so people can take the contribution off on their taxes if they are so inclined.<br />
In general, I talk about “support for the space” rather than “donations.” Donations feels like something you give to a charity, while we usually are trying to create a collaborative community project. Support can come in many forms, and while I am writing or calling to get financial contributions, I like to acknowledge frequently that support comes in many forms.<br />
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There is an important tool I use during each fundraising campaign: The Donation Appeals List. It is how I track who gave money when, who my contacts are, how I know about them, and so on. This allows you to tailor your requests to the people you are asking. “I know you haven’t supported SubRosa financially in a few years, and I’m thinking this might be a good time to check in with you about how things are going.” Etc.<br />
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Phone calls and in person meetups -- though time-consuming -- are way more effective than emails and should be employed if you can.<br />
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I don’t have a template for fundraising emails. Each batch of fundraising emails has to be unique and heartfelt. A general appeal might include<br />
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<li>greetings</li>
<li>statement of our goals in the fundraiser</li>
<li>what they are supporting / connect with what we both want to see in the world</li>
<li>fundraiser progress</li>
<li>suggested action</li>
<li>reminders and little details</li>
<li>thank you.</li>
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I generally send several batches, saving the most specific ones to go directly to my identified contacts (directly, never Cc’d or Bcc’d), and usually personalized based on my shared history with this person. Here are typical batches of letters I send out.<br />
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<li>Before the seasonal fundraiser happens telling people it is coming up. Usually with an invitation to chat more about what we are doing right or wrong. This helps identify people who want to be more involved with supporting the space.</li>
<li>When the fundraiser starts, making our goal for the fundraiser clear.</li>
<li>A quarter of the way through, giving an update on progress.</li>
<li>Half way through, giving an update and whether we are going at a reasonable or worrisome pace.</li>
<li>Three quarters of the way through, reminding people time is running out.</li>
<li>Last week, Hurry!</li>
<li>Last day, OMG!</li>
<li>Thank you and report back on the success of the campaign.</li>
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Throughout the fundraiser I’m talking and exchanging emails with people about concerns, excitement, what happening at the space, and so on.<br />
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I also try at least once to make sure that our fundraiser is heard about outside of our own little community, because there are people out there in the world who'd love to support a great local project. <br />
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I create a WePay campaign for each seasonal fundraiser and use the progress bar graphics to show the fundraiser’s progress visibly on our website and in each update email I send. We used to use PayPal but they fucked us over so many times, it is ridiculous.<br />
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That’s it for now, though I might update this on occasion.Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-44238490965436312702013-01-08T21:30:00.001-08:002015-02-24T10:57:04.812-08:00Toward a Consent Culture<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Today I'm going to fulfill a promise I made
quite a while ago, and talk about what a consent culture would look like.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">An excerpt from the excellent sex
and feminism blog </span></div>
<b style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Pervocracy</b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> by Cliff P. at <a href="http://pervocracy.blogspot.com/2012/01/consent-culture.html" target="_blank">pervocracy.blogspot.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">A
consent culture is one in which the prevailing narrative of sex--in
fact, of human interaction--is centered around mutual consent. It is a
culture with an abhorrence of forcing anyone into anything, a respect
for the absolute necessity of bodily autonomy, a culture that believes
that a person is always the best judge of their own wants and needs.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">I
don't want to limit it to sex. A consent culture is one in which
mutual consent is part of social life as well. Don't want to talk to
someone? You don't have to. Don't want a hug? That's okay, no hug then.
Don't want to try the fish? That's fine. Don't want to be tickled or
noogied? Then it's not funny to chase you down and do it anyway.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">The
good news is, there are things you can do to bring this about. Things
beyond just “don't rape people” (although that's an excellent start).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Here are ways you can work toward the creation of a consent culture.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">>> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1PMX6FKdplmS2ViNHpFN1JPWWs/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Download a nifty printable PDF version of this one page zinelet</a><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Ways You Can Work Toward the Creation of a Consent Culture</span></h4>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">1. Don't rape people. </b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">It
does bear saying. And I don't just mean “don't put on a ski mask and
jump on strangers in dark alleys” rape, either. Don't have sex with
someone who is not unambiguously, enthusiastically, and continually
consenting. Don't have sex with someone who says “I guess so” or “okay,
fine” (unless they are grinning lasciviously as they say this). Don't
convince someone to have sex. If they don't want you, really want you
from the bottom of their heart and/or groin, respect that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">2. When someone doesn't want to have sex with you</b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"> and so you don't, talk about it. Share that you're bummed but also that you take pride in your ability to take it gracefully.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">When
you didn't want to have sex with someone and so they stopped, talk
about it. Share that despite the awkwardness you're glad they took it
gracefully.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">These
are tough things to discuss (in part because they sound kind of Captain
Obvious, like, no shit it was nice of you not to rape someone), but
they're important narratives to put out there. Others' stories shape our
ideas about sex, and hearing stories that fall outside the “have sex or
you're a failure” mindset are important in changing those ideas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">3. When someone tells you about pressuring or tricking someone into sex </b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">(and
you're in a situation where it's safe to do so), call them the hell out
on it. “That's not cool. It doesn't sound like he/she wanted it.”
You don't have to use the R word, you don't have to tell them they
should be arrested, you don't have to call them a rapist piece of
shit--you just have to make it clear they're not getting any goddamn
high fives. When you hear someone bragging about sex like it was a
prank they pulled on their partner, bring the mood in the room the hell </span><i style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">down</i><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">You
can do this with fictional stories, too. You don't even have to be
no-fun then. “Wow, you guys, 'Baby It's Cold Outside' is totally a date
rape song.” Without requiring a rant or a buzzkill, it just quietly
plants the idea that no, that is not a “totally legit way to get sex”
song.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">4. When you see something that looks abusive or nonconsensual going on</b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">,
don't turn your back. At least be a witness--just the presence of
another person can be someone's biggest guarantee of safety. Stepping
in and checking if everything's okay is even better.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">5. Ask before touching people.</b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"> Say
“do you want a hug?” and if they say no then don't hug them--and also
don't give them any shit about not being friendly or affectionate.
Don't make a big deal out of it, just make it part of your
touching-people procedure. If they say “you don't need to ask!” nod and
smile and keep on asking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">6. Negotiate sex!</b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">
Explicitly negotiate sex play, and BDSM play if you do that. Be
eminently clear about the fact that play is not a package deal for you,
and your partner is free to change their mind about any part of it at
any time--as are you. Err on the side of blunt, and say corny shit like
“can I kiss you now?” and “I'd like to touch your chest.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">Once
in a blue moon (really not as often as some people would have you
think), you may run into a partner who refuses to negotiate, or who says
“I would have done it before you killed the mood by asking.” Do not
have sex or play with this person. Their loss. This is you putting the
principle of “consent matters” above the principle of “have sex at all
costs!”, and you can brag about it when you're busy changing narratives.</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">7. Re-negotiate sex!</b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"> While
I don't think every step of “can I kiss you now?” is necessary in a
long-term relationship, it's important to keep talking about what you
want and don't want. You're not strangers anymore, no, but you're also
not merged into the same person. Keep active consent alive in your
relationships.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">8. Learn to love consent.</b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"> I
worry that I've made getting consent sound like a chore. It's anything
but. Asking for consent is a moment of delicious tension, of emotional
connection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A “yes” brings the joy of knowing someone is really hot for you, really <i>wants</i> you. It means that they're going to not just go along with but be <i>into</i> the stuff that comes next. That's not “prerequisite checked off,” that's “awesome, this is going to be so much better now.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">A
“yes, conditionally” helps you be a better lover to them, someone who
can give them just what they want and nothing they don't want.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: inherit;">9. Learn to appreciate “no.” </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">A
“no, not at all” is bittersweet--or okay, sometimes it's fucking
crushing--but it brings some finality and certainty with it. If you're
not going to have sex anyway (and you're </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">not</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, unless you were going to rape this person), at least you get to banish the “maybe I could have, why didn't I try” thoughts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember
that ultimately asking for consent is not asking someone to make a
decision whether they want sex with you or not. That decision's </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">going</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to get made, one way or another. Asking for consent is simply asking to </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">know</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> about that decision.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: inherit;">10. Talk about consent. </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Make
consent part of the stories you tell about sex. Just a natural part of
the process, something that ought to be taken for granted will be part
of a sex story.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“So last night I asked Sandra if she wanted to hook up and she gave me an enthusiastic yes.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 13.5pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I heard that Rob and Josie totally agreed to have sex at Jesse's party!”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>11. Bring consent out of the bedroom. </b>I
think part of the reason we have trouble drawing the line “it's not
okay to force someone into sexual activity” is that in many ways,
forcing people to do things is part of our culture in general. Cut that
shit out of your life. If someone doesn't want to go to a party, try a
new food, get up and dance, make small talk at the lunch table--that's
their right. Stop the “aww c'mon” and “just this once” and the games
where you playfully force someone to play along. Accept that no means
no--all the time.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Beyond
what's necessary for their health and education (and even that touches
iffy territory), I don't believe in doing this to kids, either. The
size and social-authority advantages an adult has over kids shouldn't be
used to force them to play games or accept hugs or go down the big
slide. That sets a bad, scary precedent about the sort of thing it's
okay to use your advantages over someone for.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's
good to practice drawing your own boundaries outside of the bedroom,
too. It can be shockingly empowering to say something as small as “no, I
don't want to sit with you.” “No, you can't have my phone number.” “I
love hugs, but please ask me first.” It's good practice for the big
stuff. Simply learning to put your mind in the frame of “this person
does not want me to say no to them, and they will resist me doing it,
but I'm </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">doing it anyway” </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">is a big, important deal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Consent culture is a tough thing to build. It's
barely starting to get tiny little footholds in the mainstream culture.
But it grows in little microcultures, tiny bubbles of sex-positivity
and circles of friends where consent is the norm, and it has potential
to grow so much more. Make it part of your own life, and it becomes
just a little bit bigger part of the world. Start living consent
culture.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">>></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1PMX6FKdplmS2ViNHpFN1JPWWs/view?usp=sharing" style="line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">Download a nifty printable PDF version of this one page zinelet</a><span style="line-height: 115%;">.</span></div>
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Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-20270502396899052502012-12-06T14:34:00.002-08:002012-12-06T14:34:15.266-08:00Security Culture and Personal InfoHey, y'all. Thinking about security culture and sharing
personal info. This
is something long-term SubRosa staffers know, but not necessarily patrons, visitors, and prospective volunteers.<br />
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Our policy is to <i>never </i>give out <i>any </i>personal info about staffers and volunteers without their explicit consent. That includes telling when
someone staffs, sharing phone numbers, confirming someone's name or nickname, or, for that matter, even confirming who does
and doesn't staff at the infoshop. <br />
<br />
It is good basic security culture (and good manners) to respect
where other people draw boundaries around their own privacy, which
may be different from where you draw your own boundaries.<br />
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Here are some examples of things you can expect us <i>not </i>to share:<br />
<ul>
<li>Anyone's phone numbers, full names, nicknames, or other
personal info without their explicit consent<br />
</li>
<li>Staffer's schedules or when they work at SubRosa</li>
<li>Private or staff emails</li>
<li>Things said in our staff meetings</li>
<li>Challenges or conflicts with other staff members, volunteers, or patrons<br />
</li>
</ul>
The reasons for this are many: First, we want to know we trust each other to have our backs. And part of that is knowing we
can respect each others boundaries.
<br />
Next, consider just a few
possible scenarios in which staffers, volunteers, or patrons may wish to keep their info
private: Individuals may be the subject of law enforcement
interest -- the tiny bits of information you inadvertently give
them may be used against friends. Some individuals are survivors
of physical or sexual violence or intimidation by ex-partners --
they may prefer to remain under the radar. Some individuals may
have public positions that could be endangered by sharing publicly that they are involved in an openly anarchist space. For that matter, some people may just prefer to keep their info private.<br />
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Your unwillingness to volunteer info about others may frustrate some
people, but if they are really friends, they should understand.
Generally, you might try something like: "I'm not
comfortable sharing information about that person without their
consent. I hope you understand. I can try to pass a message on
for you if you'd like."
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In a similar vein, SubRosa has a photo/recording policy that attempts to protect people's privacy. We ask video and audio recorders to let the staffer know they want to take photos or record and get explicit positive consent from anyone who might be recorded or photographed.<br />
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This is important for all of our safety, so I hope people take it
to heart. I'd like to hear other people's perspectives and voices
on this.Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-82070577176385683942012-08-23T10:48:00.000-07:002012-08-23T11:05:57.175-07:00Cheatsheet for Promoting Events at SubRosaThis is both a cheatsheet for staff and a transparent look into how event bottomliners promote our events.<br />
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<h4>
Music and non-music events</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add to SubRosa events google calendar (it will show up automatically on the website)</li>
<li>Send email to SubRosa announcement list, subrosa@lists.riseup.net (you'll need admin privledges for that)</li>
<li>Send email to other appropriate email lists (Free Skool, the Hub, UCSC lists, whatever)</li>
<li>Go to blogger, publish the draft that gets created when you send to the SubRosa list. First strip footer and extra stuff from title. Give it the appropriate tags/labels.</li>
<li>Post facebook event from SubRosa FB page</li>
<li>Post on the wall of the SubRosa FB page</li>
<li>If you have a few weeks notice, submit to the two free weekly calendars</li>
</ul>
<ul>
</ul>
<h4>
Art Shows</h4>
<ul>
<li>Point artist to <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/subrosa-artist-guidelines.html">Artists Guidelines</a> and <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/artist-tips-for-successful-art-opening.html">Tips of a Successful Art Opening</a> - <b>a month before show</b></li>
<li>Get artist's material (bio, show description, & image) early - <b>three weeks before </b></li>
<li>Write press release using artist's material & PR template, submit to weeklies and paper with image - <b>two weeks before</b> (Santa Cruz Sentinel)<b><br /></b></li>
<li> Submit to weekly calendars online (with image if possible) - <b>two weeks before </b>(Good Times, Santa Cruz Weekly)</li>
<li>Make flier or get one from artists. Flier around town, or give fliers to people who do - <b>one week before</b></li>
<li>Do all the things above that we do for regular events, SubRosa email list, blogger, and Facebook - <b>one week before</b></li>
</ul>
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<h4>
Happy Neighbors</h4>
We like to keep our neighbors happy and let them know that we respect them and want to work with them. So every now and then, especially before a loud show, it is good to bring them a little flier to hang up on their fridge.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Hi! I'm Jo. I bottomline shows and events at SubRosa. <br /><br />
We have all sorts of events, live music, movies, speakers, that we'd like to invite you to. Check our events calendar on our website: subrosaproject.org<br /><br />We try to end all of are shows before 10pm. But if one of our events is too loud or if there is another problem, please call me or the other event coordinator. Here's my phone number... and here's the other event bottomline's number.<br /><br />
I'd appreciate it if you called me rather than the police, so if there is a problem we can work it out together before it is a problem. <br /><br />Thanks. We're glad to have you as a neighbor.</blockquote>
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Are we forgetting anything? Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-9414654974549825352012-05-16T10:28:00.003-07:002012-05-16T10:28:37.765-07:00What is the Meristem Health Distro?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Meristem Health Distro distributes radical and do-it-yourself
health zines and information. We want to empower ourselves and each
other to take our well-being and healing into our own hands and find
ways to minimize our reliance on the western medical establishment.
Topics include herbalism, medicine making, reproductive health, women's
health, mental health, emotional support, sexual health, and more!<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Below
is an incomplete list of zines we have at SubRosa. </span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">General Health Care</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>An Activist’s Guide to Basic First Aid by the Black Cross Health Collective </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Men’s Sexual and Reproductive Health </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>N’ Drea- One woman’s fight to die her own way </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Therapeutic Insurrection- Radical healthcare theory </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>When Women Attack!- A Zine created by an anarchist feminist centered on current women’s issues </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>The Yeast of Your Worries!- A yeast infection survival handbook </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Herbalism/ Food</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Eating Acorns- A guide to processing acorns for use as food </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Edible, Medicinal, &amp; Utilitarian Plants- Volume 1: “Weeds” &amp; Common Plants </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Fireweed- A zine of grassroots radical herbalism and wild foods connecting with kids and family life </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>An Herbal Medicine-Making Primer </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Primitive Toothcare- A DIY guide to uncivilized oral hygiene </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>The Transgender Herb Garden- An MtF guide to disconnecting one’s self from big pharma </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>We Can Do It!- “Canning” capitalist agribusiness: a simple how-to guide to canning your produce </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Wild Fermentation- A do-it-yourself guide to cultural manipulation </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mental Health</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs, published by the Icarus Project and Freedom Center </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Healing in the Woods Around Us- Medicinal plans for mental health support </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>The Mental Health Cookbook- Creating connection through food and herbs </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Navigating
the Space Between Brilliance and Madness- A reader and roadmap of
bipolar worlds assembled by the Icarus Project </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>The Worst- A complication zine on grief and loss </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Relationships/ Relating</span></u></b> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Learning Good Consent </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>With Open Hands- A handbook on open relationships </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reproductive Health</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Chart
Your Cycle!- A 10 year menstrual chart to help you go with the flow,
plus a decades worth of interviews, articles, facts and resources </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Free to Choose- A Women’s guide to reproductive freedom </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Fertility Awareness for Non-Invasive Birth Control </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Jane- Documents from Chicago’s clandestine abortion service 1968-1973 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Mine- An anthology of reproductive rights, numbers 1 &amp; 2 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>This Is Me Using My Choice- An anthology of women’s abortion stories </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Witches Midwives and Nurses- A history of women healers </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sexual Health</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>HPV- A wonderful and comprehensive zine about hpv by the Down There Collective </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Hot Pants- Do it yourself gynecology, herbal remedies </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>-</b>Smart Tart- A sex positive zine on sexual health for women, queer, and trans people </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">more info at: http://meristemdistro.blogspot.com/</span></i><br />
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<i>Email us at meristemdistro@riseup.net</i></div>
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<br /></div>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-72328589997293326502012-05-16T10:27:00.002-07:002012-05-16T10:27:26.510-07:00Name Suggestions 4 Infoshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back
in September 2008 we were working hard to transform a vacant and dusty
retail shop into a vibrant anarchist social space and parking lot into a
lush garden. Almost as difficult was coming up with a suitable name
that everyone liked. So a piece of drywall was nailed up, and a pen was
hung from the nail. Anyone who came by to help could add a name. As
you can read (list on left), names ran the spectrum from inspired to
silly.<br />
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The word subrosa was lifted from Emma Goldman's <i>Living My Life </i>where she wrote repeatedly about <i>subrosa</i> plans and endeavors. <i>Subrosa</i>, that has a nice poetic ring to it. Add the name to the list after <i>Sitck in the Spoke</i>s
(which was a playful poke at our neighbors the Bike Church, another
wonderful project). Research into the origins of the word revealed that
at times in distant past people would place a rose above them and then
make a pledge of secrecy and confidentiality to each other. I also
interpreted this as meaning they would be in support of each other in a
world that is full of adversities. We chose to spell the word <i>SubRosa</i>.<br />
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On
the rainy night of the space's opening November 1st 2008 (another story
in itself) one person came to the celebration with a rose that was hung
from the wooden beams overhead.<br />
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At SubRosa we strive
to have each others's backs, in support for each other and in opposition
to the state-capital-status-quo. That can take many forms at SubRosa.
It is a space that is run by a collective according to anarchist
principals. There is no boss, and we make decisions together by
consensus. SubRosa is a space where one is welcome whether or not a
person has a roll of bills or a ball of lint in their pocket. People
can meet informally (hanging out inside or the courtyard) or formally
(via Free Skool classes or events) and share with each one another other
ways of relating. There is a plethora of radical reading material
available, offerings from the anarchist library to the Meristem Health
Distro to other radical zines and books. Ultimately, SubRosa is what we
make of it, and in that spirit there is a multitude of possibilities to
be realized.<br />
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And the rose is still hanging from the rafters over three years later. Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-35817179384717785472012-05-16T10:26:00.003-07:002012-05-16T10:26:27.437-07:00Staffing Positions Available<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<b>SubRosa Community Space is currently accepting applications for volunteer staff positions. </b></div>
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This
is an anarchist community space run by a collective of committed
volunteers. We put energy into SubRosa to create a vibrant
community space available for events, classes, and meetings,
collaborations and organizing, art and creativity, as well as
reading and studying.<br />
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As
a staffer, you'd commit to taking a regular shift, participating
in collective decision-making about the space, and in time,
bottom-lining important tasks. </div>
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<b>Commitment:</b> We
are looking for people who can commit to taking one shift a week,
and making that their own. We'd like it if you can commit to hold
down that shift for at least a couple of months. We'll expect you
to try to find a sub if you have to miss a shift. And we'll
expect you to come to a regular staff meetings.</div>
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If you are interested in applying, please email <a href="mailto:subrosa-staffing@riseup.net">subrosa-staffing@riseup.net</a> For more information about the new staffer process, check out the <a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/03/questions-for-new-staffers.html">new staffer page</a>. For more info about how SubRosa works, the nitty-gritty and nuts-and-bolts, check out <a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html">Recipes for a Successful Infoshop</a>.</div>
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<b>About SubRosa</b></div>
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SubRosa
is an anarchist and radical space in downtown Santa Cruz for art
and radical projects run by a collective of volunteers. It offers
books and literature, a lending library, gourmet coffee and teas,
regular shows, performances and a weekly open mic, space for
numerous Free Skool classes, gallery art by emerging local
artists, free computers and wi-fi, and a garden courtyard social
space.</div>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-16937302197363619572012-05-13T22:37:00.000-07:002012-05-13T22:37:20.063-07:00The Full Moon!<div style="text-align: left;">
For the most recent full moon a number of friends and I got together and
went far from the city and into the Santa Cruz mountains. Although our
intentions for being there varied, a common thread was our desire to be
together in a more wild place and to share the experience of the full
moon rising as the sun set. We also shared some food and talk and
songs, and as the moon rose and night grew chillier we also huddled
together for warmth and the comfort of friends being close to friends.<br />
<br />
What does this have to do with anarchy and SubRosa? I strive to live
out my anarchist principles in some of the ways we were on that rocky
mountain, to have a direct and meaningful relationship with the world
(especially wild places) and people around me, and to do that with with
an awareness and respect for my connection to and place within larger
cycles, like that of the moon phases and changing of the seasons and so
on. Another world is possible, and we can create it bit by bit every
day. At times, my/our actions must also involve struggle against this
lifeless-culture to make this revolution-in-the-moment even more
manifest and to protect what we value and love. I hope that SubRosa can
be a piece of that possibility and a place for us to mutually support
each other, as we did on that windy and chilly mountain top while we
bathed in the full moon's light. -nibbles</div>
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<td class="daysW"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="dowblk">Wednesday</span></span></td>
<td class="daysW"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="dowblk">Thursday</span></span></td>
<td class="daysW"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="dowblk">Friday</span></span></td>
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<td class="days" id="t0" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon08.gif" title="59%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">29</span><br /><span class="moonph">1stQ</span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">01:59</span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:15<br />Set : 18:56<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 00:59<br />Rise: 12:04</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t1" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon09.gif" title="70%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">30</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:14<br />Set : 18:57<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 01:34<br />Rise: 13:07</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t2" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon10.gif" title="80%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">1</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:13<br />Set : 18:57<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 02:07<br />Rise: 14:13</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t3" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon11.gif" title="88%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">2</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:12<br />Set : 18:58<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 02:40<br />Rise: 15:21</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t4" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon12.gif" title="95%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">3</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:11<br />Set : 18:59<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 03:15<br />Rise: 16:31</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t5" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon13.gif" title="99%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">4</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:10<br />Set : 19:00<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 03:53<br />Rise: 17:45</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t6" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 228, 225);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon14.gif" title="100%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">5</span><br /><span class="moonph">FULL</span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">19:37</span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:09<br />Set : 19:01<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 04:36<br />Rise: 18:58</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><acronym title="Moon closest to earth (356953 km @ 19:34)">Moon Perigee</acronym></span></div>
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<td class="days" id="t7" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 228, 225);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon16.gif" title="98%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebb">6</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:08<br />Set : 19:02<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 05:25<br />Rise: 20:11</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t8" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon17.gif" title="94%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">7</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:07<br />Set : 19:03<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 06:21<br />Rise: 21:18</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t9" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon18.gif" title="87%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">8</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:06<br />Set : 19:04<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 07:23<br />Rise: 22:16</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t10" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon19.gif" title="78%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">9</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:05<br />Set : 19:04<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 08:29<br />Rise: 23:07</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t11" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon20.gif" title="68%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">10</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:04<br />Set : 19:05<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 09:36<br />Rise: 23:50</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t12" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon21.gif" title="57%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">11</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:03<br />Set : 19:06<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 10:41<br /> </span></td>
<td class="days" id="t13" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 228, 225);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon22.gif" title="46%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">12</span><br /><span class="moonph">3rdQ</span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">13:49</span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:02<br />Set : 19:07<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 00:26<br />Set : 11:44</span></td>
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<td class="days" id="t14" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 228, 225);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon23.gif" title="36%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">13</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:01<br />Set : 19:08<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 00:59<br />Set : 12:44</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t15" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon24.gif" title="26%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">14</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 05:00<br />Set : 19:09<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 01:29<br />Set : 13:43</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t16" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon25.gif" title="18%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">15</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:59<br />Set : 19:10<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 01:57<br />Set : 14:40</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t17" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon26.gif" title="11%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">16</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:59<br />Set : 19:10<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 02:26<br />Set : 15:36</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t18" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon27.gif" title="6%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">17</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:58<br />Set : 19:11<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 02:55<br />Set : 16:32</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t19" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon28.gif" title="2%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">18</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:57<br />Set : 19:12<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 03:27<br />Set : 17:28</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t20" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 228, 225);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon28.gif" title="0%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">19</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:56<br />Set : 19:13<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 04:01<br />Set : 18:24</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><acronym title="Moon furthest from earth (406450 km @ 08:15)">Moon Apogee</acronym></span></div>
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<td class="days" id="t21" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 228, 225);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon00S.gif" title="0%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">20</span><br /><span class="moonph">NEW</span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">15:49</span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:56<br />Set : 19:14<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 04:40<br />Set : 19:18</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/calendar/solar-eclipses.html" title="Click for more info">Solar Eclipse</a></span></div>
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<td class="days" id="t22" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon01.gif" title="1%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">21</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:55<br />Set : 19:14<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 05:22<br />Set : 20:10</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t23" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon02.gif" title="5%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">22</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:55<br />Set : 19:15<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 06:10<br />Set : 20:58</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t24" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon03.gif" title="9%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">23</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:54<br />Set : 19:16<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 07:02<br />Set : 21:43</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t25" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon04.gif" title="16%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">24</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:53<br />Set : 19:17<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 07:57<br />Set : 22:23</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t26" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon05.gif" title="24%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">25</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:53<br />Set : 19:18<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 08:55<br />Set : 23:00</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t27" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 228, 225);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon05.gif" title="33%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">26</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:52<br />Set : 19:18<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 09:55<br />Set : 23:34</span></td>
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<td class="days" id="t28" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 228, 225);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon06.gif" title="44%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">27</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:52<br />Set : 19:19<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Rise: 10:57<br /> </span></td>
<td class="days" id="t29" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon07.gif" title="55%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">28</span><br /><span class="moonph">1stQ</span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">12:17</span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:51<br />Set : 19:20<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 00:07<br />Rise: 11:59</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t30" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon08.gif" title="66%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">29</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:51<br />Set : 19:20<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 00:39<br />Rise: 13:04</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t31" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon09.gif" title="76%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">30</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:51<br />Set : 19:21<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 01:12<br />Rise: 14:11</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t32" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% beige;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon10.gif" title="86%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">31</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:50<br />Set : 19:22<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 01:47<br />Rise: 15:21</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t33" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon12.gif" title="93%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">1</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:50<br />Set : 19:22<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 02:26<br />Rise: 16:33</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t34" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon13.gif" title="98%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">2</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:50<br />Set : 19:23<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 03:11<br />Rise: 17:45</span></td>
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<td class="days" id="t35" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon14.gif" title="100%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">3</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:49<br />Set : 19:24<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 04:03<br />Rise: 18:55</span><br />
<div class="ev" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% orange; border: 1px solid gray; color: black;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><acronym title="Moon closest to earth (358482 km @ 05:21)">Moon Perigee</acronym></span></div>
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<td class="days" id="t36" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon16E.gif" title="99%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">4</span><br /><span class="moonph">FULL</span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">03:12</span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:49<br />Set : 19:24<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 05:02<br />Rise: 19:59</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/calendar/lunar-eclipses.html" title="Click for more info">Lunar Eclipse</a></span></div>
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<td class="days" id="t37" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon17.gif" title="96%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">5</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:49<br />Set : 19:25<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 06:07<br />Rise: 20:55</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t38" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon18.gif" title="90%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">6</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:49<br />Set : 19:25<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 07:15<br />Rise: 21:42</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t39" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon19.gif" title="82%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">7</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:48<br />Set : 19:26<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 08:23<br />Rise: 22:23</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t40" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon20.gif" title="72%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="dateb">8</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:48<br />Set : 19:26<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 09:30<br />Rise: 22:58</span></td>
<td class="days" id="t41" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" height="50" hspace="0" src="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/travel/moon/moon/NH-moon21.gif" title="62%" vspace="0" width="50" /><span class="datebr">9</span><br /><span class="moonph"> </span><br /><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="daysr"> </span><br /><b>Sun</b> Rise: 04:48<br />Set : 19:27<br /><br /><b>Moon</b> Set : 10:33<br />Rise: 23:30</span></td><td class="days" id="t41" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></td><td class="days" id="t41" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(220, 220, 220);"><span style="font-size: 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</tbody></table>jason clatterboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11398423611472738033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-5506097472692424202011-05-17T09:01:00.000-07:002011-05-17T09:01:49.574-07:00WANTED: Commununity space needs scavenged stuffIn 2008, SubRosa transformed a worn-down store front and a bleak parking lot into a vibrant community space and courtyard garden using virtually all scavenged, recycled, or donated stuff. For instance, our courtyard decking is made from reclaimed redwood. Our windows and doors came from an architectural salvage place. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4436800946_a9a17995c2_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4436800946_a9a17995c2_b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>All of our courtyard plants came from donations from community gardens. Even this counter that I am typing this on came from a tumble down 100 year old redwood <br />
fence.<br />
<br />
Because we know you are such an expert scavenger, we wanted to pass you SubRosa's Scavenge List, the things the space is needing right now. Please keep your eyes open for this stuff. Or use your clever connections to slyly work the bro-conomy. These are things that SubRosa is trying to track down. You can drop off donations at SubRosa, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz. We are open most days (though since we are an all-volunteer space, our hours can and do vary).<br />
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<b>SubRosa Scavenge List</b><br />
<ul><li> reclaimed redwood 2x6 for decks</li>
<li> metal folding chairs (we need these desperately, our constantly get stolen)</li>
<li> spoons</li>
<li> coffee mugs</li>
<li> hand tools for our toolkit</li>
<li> solid outdoor tables (not plastic)</li>
<li> pens</li>
<li> aux cable for our stereo (stereo RCA to miniplug for audio geeks)</li>
<li> toilet paper, sugar, and soy milk are always needed (though preferably not reused)</li>
</ul>Thanks for thinking of us as you do your rounds.<br />
<br />
Love,<br />
SubRosa CollectiveWes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-13508730608944116502011-03-15T16:07:00.000-07:002013-01-15T18:59:43.393-08:00Infoshop Solidarity Email ListA list for infoshop mutual support and solidarity, sharing of resources, information, and contacts. Subscribe if you are involved in an infoshop or anarchist community space and bottomline tasks that sustain the project. <br />
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This list is currently maintained by the staff of SubRosa Anarchist Community Space in Santa Cruz, California, USA.Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-29990171058735090022011-03-10T08:57:00.000-08:002011-03-10T08:57:34.214-08:00Questions for New StaffersThis is the first step of the new staffer process where we try to get to know potential new staffers by asking lots of questions, which we will pass around to the staff collective. <br />
<ol><li>Can you tell us a little about yourself? What gets you excited?</li>
<li>Can you tell us what stuff you've been involved in, especially if you've worked on projects in the radical community?</li>
<li>What draws you to help at SubRosa? What is your understanding of the space?</li>
<li>Tell us about your understanding of the importance of having an anarchist and radical space.</li>
<li>Can you tell us more about your understanding of anarchism?</li>
<li>How available are you? How long will you be in town? What are your days/hours that you are available?</li>
<li>Tell us about positions of responsibility you've held. We all run this space, so we expect every staffer to make their shifts, come to staff meetings, and find their own subs. Are you down with that?</li>
</ol><br />
Next, we'd probably invite a potential new staffer to a meeting to get to know folks and to ask and answer any questions. If all goes well, they'd be a Staffer In Training and we'd have the potential new staffer work with someone on shift for maybe a month to get training. We'd show them how to open the shop, how to close, how to do all the things that sustain the infoshop during their shift. Then if it felt good for both of us, they'd become a full staffer and join a more experienced person on their shift. We try to always double up shifts so people have company and support, as well as learn from each other.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369048170531045399.post-29563113801408709262011-02-23T10:45:00.000-08:002011-05-02T11:49:20.195-07:00Recipes for a Successful InfoshopOver SubRosa's history since 2008 we've done some things well and some things poorly, but we are always learning. Here is an incomplete list of some of the things we've learned. Perhaps this will help other fledgling infoshop projects.<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html#welcoming">Welcoming Space</a></li>
<li><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html#physical">Physical Space</a></li>
<li><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html#hours">Hours & Shifts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html#intentions">Intentions</a></li>
<li><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html#starting">Starting Up</a></li>
<li><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html#collective">Collective/Staff</a></li>
<li><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html#newstaffers">New Staffers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://journal.subrosaproject.org/2011/02/recipes-for-successful-infoshop.html#finance">Finance</a></li>
</ul><br />
<h2><a name="welcoming">Welcoming Space</a></h2><ul><li>From the beginning we wanted SubRosa to be a welcoming space to all sorts of people, not just anarchists and punks, but people who you might not normally expect to find in an anarchist infoshop. Older people, folks of color, people who look and dress more conventional, poor people and people with means, families and children, artists, students, and anyone who might be curious about anarchism.</li>
<li>With that in mind, we considered it important that staff be explicitly welcoming to people who come into the space (especially new people), and part of our training reflects that. </li>
<li>Because we want it to be space that lots of different people can use in a lot of different ways, we are especially sensitive to anyone's behavior that makes the space uncomfortable for others. We try to make sure staff are comfortable expressing this when necessary.</li>
<li>To help make the space comfortable for all kinds of people, staff are also sensitive and willing to talk to people who are using sexist, racist, homo/transphobic, or other dominating language.</li>
<li>It was our hope that the welcome sign at the entrance to the courtyard will both spell out our intentions and help people feel welcome in the space.</li>
<li>We were aware that people who'd never been in an infoshop before might not know how to interact with the space. Is an anarchist community space only for anarchists? What about people who are just curious, or just wanted to read a book, or hang out and see what it was all about? We deliberately worked to make the space comfortable with a cozy coffee shop/bookstore feel.</li>
</ul><br />
<h2><a name="physical">The Physical Space</a><br />
</h2><ul><li>We gave a lot of thought to the sort of space we wanted long before we found the SubRosa space. We wanted a space that had room for books and zines, cafe tables, a small stage for performance, and space for a courtyard garden.</li>
<li>One of the unavailable spaces we coveted was in the Hub for Sustainable Living. We already felt a strong affinity for several of the projects there, most notably the Bike Church, a do-it-yourself bike repair shop and tool collective. Later a space became available and we were fortunate to have our offer to rent the space considered and accepted.</li>
<li>Adjacent to the space was a bleak parking lot that we converted into a beautiful garden courtyard with two redwood decks (made of recycled and scavenged wood). It is a shared space with the other projects that we manage and maintain.</li>
<li>All of the fixtures for the space (bookshelves, counters, chairs, tables) we scavenged or built from scavenged materials.</li>
<li>Our goal for the space was to make it a cozy, welcoming cafe environment so many kinds of people would feel welcome.</li>
<li>We have a counter where staffers generally sit. It gives visitors who are unfamiliar with the space a familiar place to ask questions, buy coffee and tea, check out books, or buy literature. </li>
<li>We have a familiar cafe-style board above the counter that spells out to new visitors what we offer -- coffee, tea, hot cocoa -- as well as other things that happen in the space</li>
</ul><br />
<h2><a name="hours">Hours and Shifts</a></h2><ul><li>Many of the infoshops we visited when we were doing research for the space were open only a few hours a week, and these hours mostly in the evening for events.</li>
<li>We wanted the space to be open at times that would make it available for a wide variety of people. We strive to keep the space open 8am to 8pm on weekdays and 10am to 8pm on weekends.</li>
<li>Since we are an all-volunteer space, of course, our hours can (and do) vary. </li>
<li>We try to keep our current hours posted on a board outside the gate of the courtyard.</li>
<li>An important part of staffing is committing to a one-a-week shift. When a staffer can't make a shift, it is their responsibility to find a sub and let the rest of the staff know (usually through the email list).</li>
<li>Generally, each day has two 6 hour shifts, morning and afternoon/evening. At least one day has three 4 hour shifts instead. And some staffers have funny shifts to work around their schedules. </li>
</ul><br />
<h2><a name="intentions">Intentions</a></h2><ul><li>At times, SubRosa has felt more like a punk clubhouse or a drop-in center rather than a radical community space. As a collective we agreed that there was nothing wrong with that, but not exactly why we were putting energy into the space.</li>
<li>Over a series of staff meetings we talked more about our intentions, and brainstorming ways to realize those intentions.</li>
<li>One of the things that came out of these meeting was a desire to make our intentions clear to visitors with a sign welcoming people in the courtyard:<br />
<blockquote style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Welcome to SubRosa!<br />
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This is an anarchist community space run by a collective of committed volunteers. We put energy into SubRosa to create a vibrant community space available for events, classes, and meetings, collaborations and organizing, art and creativity, as well as reading and studying.<br />
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We are working to create a world guided by mutual support, without coercive control.<br />
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We strive to create a space free from sexism, homophobia, racism, and other forms of hierarchy. To further this goal, please be respectful of others in your language and behavior.<br />
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Help us keep SubRosa safe by smoking and drinking elsewhere.<br />
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Please ask staff before photographing or recording.<br />
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If you have comments or questions or wish to lend a hand, please see a staff person.</blockquote></li>
</ul><br />
<h2><a name="starting">Starting Up</a></h2><ul><li>Knowing how challenging it is to do open organizing with new projects, and how difficult it is to find people who are committed, SubRosa started with a small core group of people who bottomlined all the tasks that needed doing to put the infoshop together</li>
<li>As soon as a committed staff group was established after opening, the core group transitioned their bottomline tasks to other staff members and the core group slowly dissolved</li>
<li>Initially a few core members loaned money for construction, book purchases, fixtures, etc. These loans were paid back after two years.</li>
<li>Core members were prepared to make monthly loans to support the space until it was more self-sufficient. It turned out this was unnecessary as the space was self- sufficient within the first month.</li>
</ul><br />
<h2><a name="collective">Collective/Staff</a></h2><ul><li>Subrosa is run by a committed collective of staffers.</li>
<li>Staff meetings are held bi-weekly and all staffers and staffers-in-training are expected to attend. </li>
<li>All major decisions are made by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus">formal consensus process</a>.</li>
<li>Ongoing responsibilities (finance, books, consignment, events, etc) are handled by people who commit to bottomline these important tasks. That doesn't mean that they do everything, just that they take responsibility (organizing folks, communicating, etc) for getting everything done.</li>
<li>New staffers are encouraged to take on bottomlining tasks. </li>
<li>Bottomliners report back at each staff meeting on their area of responsibility during a Bottomliner Check-In</li>
<li>We take detailed notes at each staff meeting and send them out to the staff email list </li>
</ul><br />
<h2><a name="newstaffers">New Staffers/Collective Members</a></h2><ul><li>One or more people bottomline the new staffer process, check emails, shepherd new staffers through the process, check on progress, etc</li>
<li>Potential new staffers are asked to answer a few questions as an introduction to staff</li>
<li>Before a potential staffer becomes a staffer-in-training, they meet the collective and are agreed on via consensus</li>
<li>Staffers-in-training and trainers regularly report back on their training progress at each staff meeting during a New Staffer Check-In</li>
<li>After a month of more of training, a staffer-in-training becomes a full staffer/collective member when the new staffer and the rest of the staff feel they are ready agreed via consensus.</li>
</ul><br />
<h2><a name="finance">Finance</a></h2><ul><li> While SubRosa would like to operate as much as possible outside of the monetary economy, we still need to pay rent, bills, pay for improvements, and so on. Therefore staff understands that bringing in money from various sources directly supports the space.</li>
<li>From the beginning, part of our goal to be "comfortably solvent" from the beginning (as opposed to desperate scrabbling and panic)</li>
<li>SubRosa receives money from individual donors as part of <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/support.html">seasonal fundraising campaigns</a>.</li>
<li>The space sells coffee, tea, <a href="http://lit.subrosaproject.org/">books, zines, and music</a>, and a few consignment items</li>
<li>SubRosa hosts a <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/events.html">weekly open mic</a> ($3 to 7 sliding scale donation, no one turned away for lack of funds) that brings in substantial support for the space</li>
<li>SubRosa hosts regular <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/events.html">music, performance, and speaking events</a>. Unless the event is a benefit, we ask the event organizer for 20% of the door.</li>
<li>The space hosts a <a href="http://www.subrosaproject.org/p/art.html">monthly art show</a>, and while we don't sell a lot of art, the artist agrees to give us 20% of all sales.</li>
<li>SubRosa hosts occasional benefits to support the space -- usually music shows. </li>
<li>Support from these multiple diverse sources makes SubRosa's financial situation more stable -- if one income support is down, it may be made up by something else that is up. And we are wholly dependent on any one source of support</li>
<li>SubRosa is fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) non-profit that we started as an umbrella group for many radical projects in town.</li>
</ul><br />
<h2>Other Things</h2>Other topics, we want to cover here later: <br />
<ul><li>Communication</li>
<li>Continuity of Knowledge</li>
<li>Art/Performance</li>
<li>Shows & Music</li>
<li>Work Days</li>
<li>Staff Social Events</li>
<li>Computer(s)</li>
<li>Challenging Visitors</li>
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