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This is the summer 2010 update from the Our School at Blair Grocery Project.

This alternative school project in the lower 9th ward New Orleans has grown exponentially with the help of volunteers from New York 2 New Orleans & The Youth Coalition for Community Action.

http://www.ourschoolatblairgrocery.org

Our School at Blair Grocery is a finalist in the FRESH 1% Grant competetion.
The winner of the grant will be selected based on
which organization has the most votes at
the end of the voting period:
September 24th - this Friday.

PLEASE VOTE BEFORE
FRIDAY and SHARE
with as many people as you can. It only takes a second.

http://www.freshthemovie.com/call-to-action/votenowfreshgrant/

THEY WON!

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The Petrol Free Gypsy Tour is a music & art tour covering 450 miles across Virginia by bicycle over a 2 week period.  I drove the support vehicle (the NOmadjik Veggie Powered Bus).

Part 2 covers crossing Afton Mountain, Twin Oaks Commune and shows in Richmond & Charlottesville.

http://gypsycarnivaltour.org
http://twinoaks.org
http://randomrow.wordpress.com
http://wbch.org

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Time Again Farms sits just 1 mile from the Appalachian Trail and 2 miles from Intestate 81.  It could be a lot of things but odds are in favor of a new McMansion sub division.  Or not ... saving this 200 year old farm house and 180 acre farm is the goal of Tony Sferlazza.

CIA Officer- Robert Steele stresses the importance of Blogging. This is a follow up montage to those who say Bloggers and making videos (Vloggers) and those who comment, are not making a difference.

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A spring 2009 update on the progress at The School at Blair Grocery a
grassroots alternative school being built in the lower 9th ward of New
Orleans. The school is teaching sustainability skills and intends to
become self sustainable through urban organic farming.

School At Blair Grocery, New York 2 New Orleans

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embedding options @ Blip TV or U2B

The Rhizome Collective is a consensus-run 501c3 nonprofit organization that has operated a center for community organizing and urban sustainability in an East Austin warehouse since 2000. This warehouse was inspected on March 3rd by officials from the Building and Standards Commission of the City of Austin. On Thursday, March 5th The Code Enforcement Division of The City of Austin delivered a letter outlining a list of code violations to the Collective. The City mandated that the residents and organizations based in the warehouse must vacate before March 16th. The Collective is looking into all options, but is preparing to vacate the warehouse by the deadline. Before this inspection, the Collective was in negotiations to buy the warehouse from its current owner.

Related Links ::: Rhizome Collective

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This new GI infoshop near Fort Hood Texas is run by IVAW members and their supporters. Catering to knowledge & dissent they offer a real alternative to getting lied to and yelled at about your rights in the military... with cream & sugar.

Related Links ::: Under the Hood Cafe, other coverage @

Last night at 10 pm, NYU students barricaded themselves into a cafeteria in the student center and refused to leave until the administration met their demands. The students are seeking much more transparency, stabilized tuition and socially responsible investment among other things (details at takebacknyu.com). Although NYPD took up positions inside and outside the building, the NYU administration up until now declined to force the students to leave.

Today, a couple of dozen more students rushed into join their comrades in the cafeteria, bolstering their numbers and morale. An hour later the students broke through some doors onto a balcony to take over more space. Previously, the students had taken a formal stance against violence and against property destruction. Apparently they changed their minds when they decided to enter the balcony, writing on their website, "in the interest of tactical flexibility, we have chosen to revoke the property destruction clause of this statement."

In a remarkable use of social media, you can follow along with events from inside the student occupation at a live blog and on live streaming video.

I-Witness Video was on the scene last night and will continue to monitor events periodically.

- Eileen Clancy
I-Witness Video

NYU student occupation links
Occupation organizers site with demands and updates: takebacknyu.com

Live blog from student journalist:
http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2009/02/19/day-2-nyu-students-occupation-of-kimmel

2 live video streams:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/take-back-nyu
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/take-back-nyu-2

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FOR MORE INFO ON HOW TO HELP OR APPLY
http://veteransgreenjobs.org

Introducing a training program for Veterans who want to learn a sustainable skill for the new Green Economy.

The Shministim are Israeli high school students who have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in an army that occupies the Palestinian Territories. December 18 marks the launch date of a global campaign to release them from jail. Join over 20,000 people including American conscientious objectors,Ronnie Gilbert, Adrienne Rich, Robert Meeropol, Adam Hochschild, Rabbi Lynn Gottleib, Howard Zinn, Rela Mazali, Debra Chasnoff, Ed Asner and Aurora Levins-Morales and show your support by contacting the Israeli Minister of Defense using the form below.

40,000 LETTERS AND COUNTING!

Click here to send a letter to Israel

Related Links ::: The Shministim, Footage From Gaza