Democracy Unlimited SkillShare

So DUHC had its third annual SkillShare this past Saturday. The basic idea: everyone gets together and swaps things they know how to do, from herbal first aid to tamale-making. Meaning, instead of reading Harry Potter, I was attending workshops on brewing beer at home, how to effectively facilitate meetings, and how to ride your [...]

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happy turtles

From the pond in Sequoia Park:

And his friends:

 
 
 
 
 

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a need to pay tribute?

I know, I know, no posts. (Though my response to Zev’s comment is almost long enough to qualify as a post.) What have I been doing instead? Well, one, I have begun doing some writing for TransformationCentral, a website linked to the Solidarity Economy Track at the US Social Forum; feel free to [...]

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maybe next time i’ll meet robin hood.

Sunday afternoon I went for a walk in Sequoia Park, which is really only a few blocks away from here; I had been sort of ashamed of not making it there before now.
The plan, of course, was to have a quiet walk through the woods to enjoy the sunny afternoon spent predominately in the company [...]

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learning tools for collective liberation

I’ve been spending the past couple of days processing things at the Social Forum, and trying to make sure to remember things I found important. I thought I might talk about what turned out to be the highlights of my time there.
First, on the first big day of workshops, I attended trainings on nonviolent [...]

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