T R A C T I O N

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“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.”

~ Emma Goldman

Thank you so VERY much for supporting Traction!

Until Traction secures 501c3 status, contributions are not tax-deductible except through a fiscal sponsor.  Thank you SURGE for fiscal-sponsoring us! (We love you guys…)

There are a few ways to go about this…

1) The old-fashioned way: Mail a check!

1a) If the deduction is important to you (we don't blame you), make your check payable to SURGE. 

1b) If not, you could help us reduce the red tape / administrative fee by making it out to Lanya Shapiro.

Either way, we’re thrilled! Be sure to put Traction in the memo line, and pop it in the mail to the address below.

2) The new way: Contribute online via PayPal.

Save a tree, a stamp, a papercut... Send money via PayPal to karmabank@gettraction.org. There’s no fee to you. Your donation will go straight to Traction and therefore is not tax-deductible (see above).

Donations of any size and shape are welcome. And you know, we sure could use donations of $50 and up!

Why?

Do it for Victoria. (We think this little girl is really important.)

Mail checks to:

Traction

c/o Lanya Shapiro

1217 Clarendon St.

Durham, NC 27705

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Traction

gets some ink…

The Independent, 4 May 2005:

http://www.indyweek.com/durham/2005-05-04/citizen.html

After dressing down some prominent players, Bob Geary wrote:

“…here’s a few names on the upside of the ledger:

Lanya Shapiro: You may recognize her e-mail address, givebushtheboot(at)earthlink(dot)net. I think of her as Durham's answer to Blaise Strenn of Raleigh (an Indy "Citizen Award" winner in '04), the hardest-working progressive activist in the Bull City. Anyway, Shapiro's starting Traction – short for Triangle Action – "to jump-start civic engagement among 20-something and 30-something progressives." (Guess I'll have to start Re-Laxion, for the over-50 set, myself.) Her idea is to make politics hip with movies, open-mic nights, cool speakers, even a dodgeball team, while also letting folks share information about their local issues and candidates. "It's about watching Baked Alaska, a movie about global warming, and then working to get an HOV lane on I-40," Shapiro says. She could use some help, including $$$. Or, for that matter, $$. For starters, drop her a note and get some traction.”

(Thanks Bob! We’re blushing!)

If you’d like to contribute, THANK YOU!! Click here to make a deposit in your karma bank.

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