[Ssf] Ideas for 2005...

[Alice Collins]

Hi everyone,
Loads of thanks to everyone who came; talked; listened; organised
themselves; cooked food; ate it ; shifted tables; washed up; drank beer
afterwards.
I think the Big Open Meeting was  exciting.
Love alice.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan" <dan at aktivix.org>
To: <Ssf at lists.aktivix.org>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 12:09 PM
Subject: [Ssf] Ideas for 2005...


> So, yup, to follow on from the last e-mail, here's some ideas:
>
> * A social: music, spoken word, film, art, light and people setting fire
> to sticks dipped in paraffin and spinning them round their heads.  Not
> been enough of this in recent times, for God's sake.
>
> Issues: Indymedia want to raise money for the server appeal (can we help?)
> Peace in the Park - what's happening there? Are they doing a social
> fundraiser?
>
> *SSF2005:  Yeah, maybe... but another thought - have a smaller event
> during the G8 Sheffield stuff, but speak to Peace in the Park people
> about possibly doing workshops / having a 'leftfield' tent(s) at peace
> in the park, in place of in indoor event.
>
> * Organise a specific event on regeneration.  I keep on going on about
> this one and not doing anything about it... but it ties in to so many
> things: G8, food sovereignty, local vs global, local democratic control,
> giving the powers that be a chance to state their case, giving us leftie
> rock-throwers a chance to find out if they're human...
>
> * Hungry for Justice and the launch of the Green Food Map - there's a
> post-conference plan for a Hungry for Justice website that'll have the
> transcripts from the conference (some of the stuff is FANTASTIC!  I
> should stick the doc on the WIKI...) along with resources on how to
> campaign, why it's such a political issue, how it ties local to global,
> etc... SSF could help mediate all this into a really good event,
> inviting Healthy Sheffield etc.
>
> * City Fair Trade status - a chance to get SSF, P&P, WDM, Christian Aid
> etc together to talk about this one campaign.
>
> * Seeds for Change - offering them help to organise here.  Has someone
> else already done this?
>
> * A 'speak truth to power' workshop event: how to get what you want from
> the powers that be: what their limitations and uses are.
>
> * Day trips!  Let's go to Manchester, see Merci, go to the new Dissent
> cafe / bookshop / space - which is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!  They also have
> an 'urban art exhibition'  - someone's gone around and got photos of all
> the fantastic graffiti, most of it beautiful and anti-corporate, and put
> it all on the wall.  But you can also tour around the place with a handy
> guide!
>
> Or to Hebden Bridge, or up to Leeds to meet the Leeds ARC folk, go to
> Maelstrom, whatever...
>
> Er... that'll do for now.
>
> Peace!
>
> Dan
>
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