From: LC (radkid2@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 18:14:03 EDT
Hello peoples......
Those of you who attended the conference, you saw the struggle, the joy, the community that is the STARC Alliance, and now we're inviting you in!
There are number of ways to get involved in STARC. On an individual level, every one of you should subscribe to our national listserve "starcgrassroots". Send an email to:
subscribe-starcgrassroots@yahoogroups.com and you'll be linked into a network of over 200 students and youth across the country who share ideas, tactics, stories, and job openings (grin). This is how you'll stay updated on upcoming starc events like:
1. STARC Visioning Retreat: Every September following our national conference the NSC hosts a retreat for all who are motivated to attend, as we lay the ground work for a successful year of starc work. This year's retreat will be Sept.20-22, location TBA. Contact: lauraclose@yahoo.com
2. Stop the FTAA! our 2 day midwest action camp co-sponsored with the Ruckus Society on Oct. 12-13. To be held in Gary, IN we will begin accepting applications soon! Contact: rivapearson@yahoo.com
3. Community Investment Conference co-sponsored with Equity Trust will take place in Voluntown, CT in mid-late October. Contact eweisholtz@wesleyan.edu for more info.
4. STARC Summer Institute each year we accept 10 students from around the country to live, learn, and train together on the topic of community organizing from June-Aug. Applications will be accepted beginning in early winter. Contacts: annersg01@yahoo.com, simplydavid@email.com
5. STARC Action Camp in June of 2003 we'll be hosting a 5 day camping event for student organizers looking to take their work to the next level, as we strategize about building campus power, and building STARC. Contact: Hillery mediavictim@angelfire.com
If your local group wants to affiliate with STARC, that's great, contact our National Organizer, Riva Pearson (rivapearson@yahoo.com) for details!
Affiliate groups and registered STARC members recieve priority in attending STARC events, get hands on support from regional STARC organizers, trainers and our national organizers...but best of all, affiliates get to help chart the future of STARC. Each project listed above NEEDS VOLUNTEERS. If you are interested, email the contact person and they will bring you in the loop!
Don't forget, email starcgrassroots-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and think about which project you'd like to plug into!
RRRRRRRRRRRockin'
Laura 'maddog' Close & Riva 'diva' Pearson
Ps. if you want to call myself or Riva, just pick up the phone and dial (503)247-5995 and we'll call you back on STARC's dime. we get lonely so stay in touch!
WWW.STARCALLIANCE.ORG
Laura Close, STARC Field Organizer
503.247.5995
www.starcalliance.org
"Holding each other close across differences, beyond conflict, through change, is an act of resistance."
--bell hooks
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