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Permanent Autonomous Zone (PAZ) Conference |
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by James Jacobs
Email: jacobs (nospam) uiuc.edu (unverified!)
Phone: (217) 359-9283 |
08 Jul 2001
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Below is information regarding the Permanent Autonomous Zone (PAZ) Conference being held in Louisville, KY August 31 - September 3, 2001, Labor Day Weekend. For more information email the conference organizers at pazconf (at) anonymous.to |
You are invited to our conference! We're organizing a conference about autonomous community spaces (and similar projects) here in Louisville, KY for Labor Day weekend. It's called PAZ: Building Permanent Autonomous Zones, and it's going to be here at the Brycc House, a collectively-run
community center. The conference spans the entire Labor Day weekend, with housing, food, and entertainment included in the admission ($15).
Basically, we're looking for people involved in:
-- Autonomous Zones
-- Infoshops
-- Co-ops
-- Community gardens
-- Free/modern/community schools
-- Squats, ecovillages, collective housing
Along with:
-- Publishers (such as AK Press, zine publishers)
-- Festival/conference planners (such as the Southern Girls Convention)
-- Political organizations (like ARA, Food Not Bombs)
To talk about:
-- How to build these spaces and orgs
-- How to organize collectively
-- How to successfully delegate responsibility
-- Consensus vs. majority rule
-- How to get money for projects
-- Dealing with hostile neighbors
-- Dealing with government interference
etc. etc. etc.
As far as we know, this is the first conference of its kind. As people involved in PAZs here in L'ville, we are extremely interested in discussing organizational strategies to help our projects better live up
to the world we're envisioning. We are in need of people to sign up to run workshops so we can encourage the spread
and growth of non-hierarchical, non-government, and non-corporate institutions. Please get in touch with me, Liz, ASAP if you're interested in attending, helping with, or learning more about this conference. We hope to make this
an annual gathering of PAZ organizers around the country that's informative and inspiring (and oh yeah -- fun.).
Thanks,
Liz Palmer
email:
pazconf (at) anonymous.to
Snailmail:
PAZ Conference
PO Box 4964
Louisville, KY 40204
Website:
http://www.infoshop.org/paz/ |
See also:
http://www.infoshop.org/paz/
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