One of the really interesting/wonderful things I've picked up on since dipping my toe in the urban art movement is the worldwide sense of community. Artists are sharing their art in a manner that leads to wide spread criticism/copying/inspiration, and it's amazing watching the network expand globally. For an excellent example of the global scope one need only peruse the Wooster Collective for a few minutes to see the mounting wave.

One night a few years ago as I was tangentially web browsing I came across a really interesting website called Graffiti Archaeology. Needless to say it stuck with me and fueled my notion of the urban landscape as ephemeral sculpture/canvas. Graffiti Archaeology updated it's news page today...and beyond f'ng awesome Olympia now has its very own page.

Thank you Cassidy. In the words of Bill & Ted, you're most excellent.

What do women's rights, environmental justice, the Global South, & our climate crisis have in common?

Food for Life
Hope, Resilience and Change

Tuesday, October 23rd

7pm

The Evergreen State College

Longhouse Education and Cultural Center

Madre presents an evening discussing the impacts of worldwide changes to the environment on women and communities in the Global South and strategies used by these communities to challenge the global climate crisis.

Speakers Include

Fatima Ahmed is a community leader from Sudan focusing on dry weather agriculture.

Eileen Mairena is an Indigenous Miskita from Nicaragua and is an expert in sustainable development. (tentative appearance)

Vivian Stromberg is the Executive Director of Madre

About Madre

Madre is a unique women-led, women-run international human rights organization, dedicated to informing people in the US about the effects of US policies on communities around the world.

Hosted by Students Educating Students About the Middle East (SESAME)

For more info contact us at sesame@evergreen.edu,(360)867-6724, www.evergreen.edu/sesame

Cosponsors and Endorsers Include

Environment Resource Center, Women of Color Coalition, Coalition Against Sexual Violence, Communities for Choice, Women's Resource Center, Campus Progress, Appearing Task Force on Anti-Oppression, MEChA - Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador and many others.

Monday 10/22 noon-1:00 Tumwater City Hall 555 Israel Road SW

Join Tumwater residents who are still working to keep Wal-Mart from occupying their community! Show your support on the first day of the hearings.

OLYMPIA LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OPEN MEETING

Sharon Moore, Board Member of the Thurston County League of Women Voters, invites anyone interested in good government to attend their open meeting Thursday, October 25, 6:30 PM at Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Avenue SW, Olympia.

Public funding for our political campaigns will be explained by special guest speakers Linda and Kent Sternhill-Davis, including how public funding works, why our state and nation need it, and what can be done to make it happen in Washington State.

Public financing programs are thriving now in Maine, Arizona, and elsewhere in the country and offer value to our communities in the same manner as do our public librairies, schools, parks, and other public services we support through our government.

To learn more about Washington Public Campaigns you may visit www.washclean.org.

Just one more thing we have to stand up for now while we still can. Come on folks, I don't think you understand how terrible the internet blockade in China is. So here is a normal google seach for tiananmen massacre. link Please Notice the tanks...

Well now we should take a look at what the chinese version of www.google.cn link AMAZING!!! NO PICTURES FROM JUNE 4th 1989!! How did that happen? Hmmm....maybe it is because google bowed to the pressures the communist regime was placing on them to make a search engine that would filter out their atrocities. The CCP told google that either they complied or they wouldn't do business with them, which is super lame because the russians who started google.com had fled communist russia.

So sign this freakin petitions before the neo-cons (see also giant evil corporations) own anymore of our minds and souls!! save_the_internet/

John Dodge of the Olympian has a great article today: Future of artesian well lies with city

Wouldn't an artesian water park be wonderful for Olympia?

Friends of Artesians

Although maybe you are drowsier than I am. Tell us all about it. And check out the pumpkins.