Dear Tractivists,
Now that Festivus is over (see Q’s shout-out below), Xmas is behind us, and the Solstice has come and gone (woo-hoo for longer days!), we’re closing in on 2010.
If you’re in town, come out and bowl tonight!
WHEN: Tues, 6:30pm-ish
WHERE: AMF Lanes, 15-501 (near Garrett Rd.)
HOW MUCH: $15 for 2 hrs of bowling, shoes, and all the pizza you can eat
WHY: Why not?
Look for a couple folks in Traction T-shirts or call the cell: 919-Traction. We’ll chat about holiday fun times, whether the final health care bill will be good for our health, 2010 plans, what you’d like to do with Traction in 2010 and whatever else is on your mind.
Then on Sunday, Jan 10th, it’s our annual New Year / New Leaf potluck. At my house this time – space is limited so RSVP to newleaf[at]getTraction[dot]org. More info to come soon.
Today is the 4th day of Kwanzaa and today’s principle is ujamaa (cooperative economics). Wikipedia describes ujamaa’s focus as “To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.” Ujamaa also inspires me to think about my tithing / philanthropy today and decide about my end-of-year giving. I can’t give as much as I did last year, but I’m shooting for 10% of my earnings, following Zephyr and Vito’s examples.
What progressive organizations are you supporting this year? My tentative plan: Planned Parenthood of Central NC, Manbites Dog, Little Green Pig, ACORN, Color of Change, ACLU-NC, stone circles (h/t Zulayka), WLI, MuJERES (h/t Yesenia), Youth Ventures (h/t Marco), NAACP-NC, Traction of course!, and probably a few others that you suggest. Let me hear from you!
Hasta pronto,
Lanya Shapiro
tither for social justice, softcore bowler, Tractivist
P.S. Festivus was amazing! See our canned goods and personal hygiene tower on Facebook. More Festivus pictures to come!
Lanya, thanks for your support & the good work you do. See you soon.