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1. Donate to Home Alive

Home Alive is a Seattle-based anti-violence organization that has presented community-based responses to violence since 1993. However, severe lack of funding has caused them to cut back on their work, and even lose their office space. They are very much in need of financial support right now.

LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

As a previous class participant, friend, or donor to Home Alive, you know that Home Alive is a Seattle-based anti-violence non-profit organization that offers sliding scale self-defense and boundary setting classes. Thanks to the work of hundreds of dedicated people who have taken classes, produced events, and donated time and expertise; we are entering our 16th year as a violence prevention organization.

In January, the board, joined by four active instructors and the office staff, had a frank conversation about our finances, the state of our organizational capacity, and the history of those things for the past several years.

We explored lots of options. After careful consideration and thoughtful conversation, the group of people participating in the meeting agreed unanimously that we want Home Alive’s mission to live on and program to continue, but our current organizational structure is not supporting those goals.

Toward that end, and considering the financial realities of the organization, we agreed to end our current office lease at the end of February, not hire a new program director, stop hosting a VISTA , and reduce classes until we have a viable plan. We agreed to work together to explore our options for Home Alive to continue in a different form.

As a member of our community, we need your support now more than ever. If you have time over the next few days to move a few boxes, can loan a dolly or a truck, have an idea for a fundraising event, or want to volunteer your time or expertise to ensure that Home Alive continues to fulfill our mission in a sustainable way, email info@homealive.org.

Thank you for being a part of our community. Your support, contributions, and participation are paramount to Home Alive’s future success.

If you have questions or concerns, please email homealiveboard@gmail.com and a board member will respond as soon as they can.

Brett Houghton
Home Alive Board Chair

You can ensure that Home Alive’s affordable, proactive, and socially conscious anti-violence education is available to everyone.
Donate online through this link:

https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=13929

Or send checks to:
1122 E. Pike St. PMB #1127, Seattle WA 98122

Please consider donating to help keep Home Alive functional. Every little bit helps.

2. Support the first Asian Women Blog Carnival

ciderpress (LiveJournal) is launching this carnival in April. The call for submissions has details and background, but here's the basic information:

The definition of Asian, within the scope of this carnival, includes people from East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, North Asia, South-East Asia, Far East, Middle East, Near East and people of Asian descent living in non-Asian countries. The definition of women, within the scope of this carnival, includes transwomen and cisgendered women.

[...] I would like to highlight the diversity of Asian women and topics regarding identity in Asian majority and Asian minority cultures. Submissions can range from feminism, representation, culture, history, work, activism, beauty, health, sexuality, politics, economics, philosophy, class, education, religion, how we identify and relate to other PoC groups, personal stories etc.

Please feel free to submit your own posts or suggest good posts or links by someone else for this carnival. This carnival is not livejournal specific, please feel free to participate from other journalling sites and blogs. You may submit multiple posts. Submissions from from women and men of colour as well as allies are welcome.

All types of work, such as essays, prose, poems, personal narratives are accepted.

According to these criteria, every single one of you is eligible to contribute to this carnival! You have until April 3 - go for it!

x-posted to LJ