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Thu Oct 6 09:33:28 PDT 2011

Some great stuff from the joyful activist.  Get involved!  Just Do It!

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To: Joan <mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thu, October 6, 2011 9:06:51 AM
Subject: Discount on Leaders Causing Leaders, Time Change for Oct. 15

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A Couple Important Updates

Dear Joan,

This is the rare Joyful Activist update right on the heels of the last one.  I 
try to give everyone's inbox a break, but this time, I hope you appreciate the 
update.  There's a time change for Oct. 15, and there's a big discount for 
Leaders Causing Leaders.  And a link to my latest blog entry, just for the fun 
of it.  Also, Pasadena Whole Foods is excited to do a project with us in their 
neck of the woods.  If you know a group or potential project around Pasadena 
that could use our special volunteer magic, please be in touch.
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October 15 at Westside Global Awareness Magnet School - Please note new start 
time is Noon.

Our October action will be at the Westside Global Awareness Magnet School.  
Since this is a magnet school, many of the students are bused in from other 
parts of the city.  That means they have fewer local parents to help them out, 
so us pitching in will be even more appreciated.

Some of the fun will include:
- Painting a vibrant mural (not the one pictured above, but a similar design by 
the same artist, Denis Thomopoulos)
- Building a 70 foot long raised bed for fruit trees
- Planting the fruit trees (provided we finish the beds in time ;-)
- Painting a water cistern

Julia Morgan will be leading the effort.  There will be our usual mix of 
merriment.
Bring a water bottle, sun protection, gloves and tools if you have them.  
(Battery powered drills and phillips head bits will be especially useful)
Musical instruments too if you like.

All ages are welcomed and encouraged.  Bring the whole family.

Westside Global Awareness Magnet School
Saturday, Oct. 15
noon – 5pm
104 Anchorage St.
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

Healthy food provided by Whole Foods Market Venice.
Link to the Facebook event page.
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Leaders Causing Leaders

Here's a 50% discount for this great event.  Click on the image below and enter 
the discont code "belove" when checking out.

I'll be speaking at this inspiring event.  Come for both days and bring out the 
leader within you.  Hear many of your favorite speakers, all in one place. 
Stop by the Social Issues panel at 2pm on Saturday to hear me and say hi.
Click on the flyer below to purchase tickets.

And this just in, the first 10 folks to email rsvp at leaderscausingleaders.com get 
a free pass.  Mention Joyful Activist when you rsvp.

Leaders Causing Leaders
October 8 & 9
Marriott Hotel
4100 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

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What's Going on at Occupy Los Angeles?

I've been down to City Hall twice now to see firsthand what's happening with 
Occupy Los Angeles.  It's pretty inspiring to see the first crop of 
"leader-full", as they put it, demonstrations in the U.S.  We just may be waking 
up and interconnecting, in a way unknown til now.  Below is my first blog post, 
with another to soon follow.  Here's the site for up the minute happenings down 
there: http://occupylosangeles.org/.  It includes live video streams from both 
NY and LA.

photo credit: Mercado Ético

Here's a teaser:

The American Autumn
Occupy Wall St. has become the occupation of our hearts.  The Love Revolution 
has begun.

On Saturday, October 1, in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, I marched with 
probably a few thousand other folks who represented a wide cross section of the 
people of Los Angeles.  We started at Pershing Square and ended at City Hall.  
Though only a few blocks of physical distance, we crossed a paradigm threshold 
along the way.  I realized what this, part of the first wave of social media 
protests in the United States, is doing.  It is reminding us that we are all in 
this together.  I looked around and saw the answers to our society’s ills in the 
faces around me.  We no longer need look to our so-called leaders to solve our 
problems.  We are the leaders.

Twenty years ago, back in the lead up to the first U.S.-Persian Gulf War, when 
we organized the Los Angeles-based protests, our tools were largely in-person 
meetings, phone calls, and printed flyers.  It took tremendous effort to get 
people to attend. And our small steering committee was tasked with coming up 
with a message for the gatherings.  Of course, there were agendas for each of 
the organizers, and these did not always align with the greater aim of the 
actions.

What I experienced on that gorgeous Saturday was finally something akin to the 
worldwide protests we have been seeing of late.  After the Arab Spring, where 
our bothers and sisters across the ocean have reminded us of what democracy can 
look like, we have now entered the American Autumn.  Like the song from another 
generation said, “There’s something happening here.  What it is ain’t exactly 
clear.”  As the Vietnam War era had Kent State, we have just seen the macing of 
peaceful women in New York.  Not to equate the seriousness of the acts, rather, 
these were the moments in time when the populace stopped seeing the protesters 
as ‘the other’ and instead saw in the protesters reflections of themselves.  
That’s me, my daughter, my mom.  And that’s not right.  I’m with her.

For now, that is more than enough.  There is no single demand.  Great.  There is 
no list of endorsers to the coalition.  Wonderful.  We have a real 
people-powered operation afoot.  May it not be co-opted.

And so it begins.  We are no longer even the other 99%.  We have crossed over 
and become the 100%.  Everyone is on the side of greater connectivity, greater 
love, greater equity, even if they don’t know it yet.  We as a global community 
are headed inescapably down a new path.  It will not be a smooth or direct 
ride.  Demonstrations will start and stop.  People will feel more and then less 
connected.  But make no mistake; we are living in a time when it’s no longer a 
theory that we are all one.  One people.  On one planet.  The absolutely 
interconnected nature of our world means we must look out for each other, as we 
would look after ourselves....

Read the full article here:  http://joyconspiracy.blogspot.com/

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November Action is on 11/12 - Please Save the Date

In November, we will return to the Learning Garden at Venice High School.  We 
began our Joyful Activist Club Venice actions there last year, and now we're 
going back to rebuild the greenhouse!  This is going to be a very fun 
challenge.  Don't miss it.___

Remember, we are always open to your suggestions for future Joyful Actions, and 
will consider all community oriented organizations and projects in Venice, plus 
now Pasadena, Glendale, Silverlake, Echo Park, Los Feliz and Eagle Rock.  

And tell us of your personal Joyful Activities wherever they may occur.

Yours in joy,
Francis

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