[Radical_childcare] the statement

[tumbleweed_freed at riseup.net]

hi emily, thats cool, while i was putting it together i had the same
question pop to mind. i wrote it to fit in with what was discussed at the
meeting last week and also the minutes of the meeting that jon sent to
this email list regarding this statement was as follows:

"The political importance of childcare
We’re concerned about the lack of enthusiasm around providing stuff for
kids and their carers.
Action point: Gemma to write a short statement based mainly on stuff from
the Raising Some Hell zine about not leaving your friends behind and the
whole community taking responsibility for childcare.  Gemma will send it
round to the list for a quick group edit before it is finalised.  This
statement will be read out at the next climate camp gathering, by either
Anna Davies or Annelle."

so this is what i was trying to do.

i didnt think it was a statement particularly about what we were gonna do
at the kidspace, more of a sttatemnet about what this group stands for and
does. i think its important that this is know, and people dont just assume
we are just there to provide childcare at anyones radical events.

having said that, maybe i could write a little bit extra specifically
relating to exactly what the radical childcare collective is proposing to
take on at the cc, althou to be honest, i know we willl be 'running'it,
and anyone can do workshops, but it just simply means to me that we will
be manning the tent for the week basically and overseeing it all....

hope this helps, and hope im right in thniking this is whats it all about!!

xxx



> Sorry for not being more informed... but its this meant to be simply a
> statement of principles for the CC childcare collective or is it meant to
> be
> a proposal to be presented to the CC gathering... or something else that
> I'm
> not understanding?
>
> It's all very well put, I'm just not sure what the context is.
>
> Emily
>
>
> 2009/7/16 <tumbleweed_freed at riseup.net>
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> sorry its a day late, my brain has had a mind of its own this week!!
>>
>> anyway, attached is what i could put together in the time i had. i
>> normally go thru things with fine tooth comb, but hope to leave it to
>> you
>> lot to do that! theres prob some stuff that could be shortened/thats
>> slightly repeated, and i couldve gone on and on about this issue, but
>> just
>> stuck to the main ones. please edit to your hearts content!
>>
>> the main thing that i was trying to keep in mind is not to sound like we
>> are 'attacking' cc for being unchildfriendly/not provideing their own
>> kidspace, which sometimes can sound like that if we are reading out a
>> 'statement' of our beliefs etc to a particular group.
>>
>> therefore, please can people edit the statement in relation to this. it
>> might be good to have a general statement that we just have for all
>> situations, and also edit a more shinyhappypeople one that is more
>> lighthearted and positive to encourage/welcome other activist groups...
>>
>> x
>>
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