[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Flyingbrickvolunteers Digest, Vol 78, Issue 1

Sun Sep 5 01:33:10 UTC 2010

i'm okay with you writing a check, nathan, if everyone else is okay with
that, too.

-claire

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 8:00 AM, <
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>   1. Speaker coming through Richmond (Nathan Stickel)
>   2. Slingshot Money (Nathan Stickel)
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> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:12:35 -0400
> From: Nathan Stickel <incoherentnickle at gmail.com>
> To: Flying Brick listserv <Flyingbrickvolunteers at lists.aktivix.org>
> Subject: [FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Speaker coming through Richmond
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> Hey y'all, just checked the Brick e-mail and we got an e-mail from AK Press
> about a Tricia Shapiro wanting to speak in Richmond. Here is the e-mail,
> lets talk about if this is a possibility!
>
>  Hi Flying Brick folks!
>
> I'm the publicist for AK Press and we just published a book by Tricia
> Shapiro, which she'll be touring to promote in October and November. The
> book is called /Mountain Justice: Homegrown Resistance to Mountaintop
> Removal, for the Future of Us All/.
>
> /Mountain Justice/ is Tricia's account as an embedded reporter within
> the ranks of organizers and coalfield residents fighting Mountaintop
> Removal (MTR) in Appalachia.
>
> We were thinking that the Flying Brick might be interested in hosting
> her for an event. She has a speaking events in Philadelphia in late
> September and will be coming back down for an event at Firestorm in
> Asheville on the 2nd of October. I was thinking that she could make a
> stop in Richmond on Friday, October 1st if y'all are able to fit her in.
> She will likely be bringing along MTR activists and/or coalfield
> residents for most of her speaking engagements.
>
> Her presentation could take any of several forms. She could speak about
> MTR, the experiences of local people living with MTR, recent efforts to
> end MTR, etc. She could also talk about her "embedded reporter"
> experience with Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zero while writing
> this book. If we schedule an event I'll put you in touch with her and
> you could sort out the details of what kind of event you'd like to have.
>
> Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.
> Jessica Lewis
> for AK Press
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> Jessica Lewis
>
> AK Press Baltimore
> 3500 Parkdale Ave, Bldg. 1, Suite A28
> Baltimore, MD 21211
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> AK Press Distribution
> 674-A 23rd Street
> Oakland, CA 94612
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> http://akpress.org
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>
> --
> Always with Solidarity
>
> Nathan
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> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:16:58 -0400
> From: Nathan Stickel <incoherentnickle at gmail.com>
> To: Flying Brick listserv <Flyingbrickvolunteers at lists.aktivix.org>
> Subject: [FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Slingshot Money
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> So, every year, we sell Slingshot Organizers to folks who like yearly
> planners and junk. I just got an e-mail, saying we still have not payed for
> the 2010 organizers we sold. I found the envelope with the money and would
> like to ask 2 questions of folks:
>
> 1. I think the money needs to get there in a somewhat timely fashion, so I
> was hoping people would be ok with me writing a personal check (because
> that
> is safer through the mail than cash) and pocketing the $195 in cash that we
> owe them. The rest of the money, $28, Ramey has already put into the Flying
> Brick donation jar. If people would like to see the e-mail for the official
> amount owed and all that, you can sign onto the riseup e-mail, or I can
> print you out a copy.
>
> 2. I would like to go ahead and talk about ordering 2011 Slingshot
> Organizers for next year. They sell really really well and they are a good
> source of extra cash for the Brick. Chop Suey Books also sells them, but
> they keep a low stock and from what I understand always direct people to us
> for them. So we are also one of only 2 places that carry them in the city,
> and they are really popular.
>
> If people feel this is a subject to be saved for the next meeting, that is
> fine, but I think Slingshot really needs the money to begin putting their
> organizers together. Thanks y'all!
>
> --
> Always with Solidarity
>
> Nathan
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