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PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND FREELY...PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND FREELY...
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R/evolution Workshops
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tenacious
militant
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invite you to...
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BadASS:
An Anti-Mother=92s Day Gathering
For
Radical Mamas + Trans/parents of babies/toddlers + other Lefty Folk
Planning Future Collisions with Parenting
Sunday May 9th, 2004
7-10pm
$0-25
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Exploring the realities of creating and/or maintaining politicized
families existing despite the patriarchal, white, western, monogamous,
nuclear, hetero norm, this is an opportunity for people parenting on the
far frontiers possibility to come together in hope, proactivity and
celebration.
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BadASS is envisioned and offered as space ripe with creativity open to
edge-walkers who wish to read, perform, sing, dance and animate
activities in a shared space with other politically radical parents and
chosen/extended family members.
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There will also be a facilitated group discussion about radical
parenting possibilities and the reality of raising lefty-cultured
children in a right-wing-oriented world titled =91What Keeps Us =
Kicking?=92
Please come prepared to share and dig and challenge and engage and
critique and build fearlessly.
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If you are interested in attending this gathering and/or orchestrating
an activity or some sort of creative contribution, please make your
intent known when you RSVP.
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BadASS:
An Anti-Mother=92s Day Gathering
For
Radical Mamas + Trans/parents of babies/toddlers + other Lefty Folk
Planning Future Collisions with Parenting
Sunday May 9th, 2004
$0-25
7-10pm
Wheelchair accessible location TBA
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This is a 100% queer, trans, poly, POC, leather/fetish/bdsm folk, woman
friendly [as possible in an oppressive world] space. R/evolution
Workshops For Change has an ongoing commitment to questioning
heterosexism/heterocentrism/ homophobia and erotophobia, classism and
conservatism, ageism, fat phobia and sizeism, ableism, white domination,
racism, white supremacy and shadeism, lookism, transphobia and gender
oppression, patriarchy, misogyny and sexism, imperialism, colonialism
and colonization.=20
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For more information about this gathering or to RSVP, please contact
r_evolutionworkshops@???.
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A NOTE FROM R/EVOLUTION WORKSHOPS FOR CHANGE:
Please be aware that all R/evolution Workshops For Change events and
gatherings are intuitive, fluid spaces of deep exploration. To
participate fully means moving beyond intellectual posturing and all
things solely academic. R/evolution Workshops For Change events and
gatherings are not meant to be sites of crisis/trauma support. If you
are in crisis/trauma or have ongoing, unresolved issues related to past
trauma, please do a self-focused reality check; Is your present
emotional/psychological state such that deep thinking/talking may bring
up past/present issues of trauma [emotional/physical/ psychological]?
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If this is the case, please empower yourself and the organizer
proactively by sharing your present understanding of your issues and
fears before attending this or any R/evolution Workshops event. Please
reflect on whether an environment of critical, emotional, psychological,
political exploration will be right for you at this moment in time. This
is especially crucial if you at all have a history of being triggered by
particular sights, sounds, conversations or environments. In this way a
consensual experience structured around the safety of individual
participants, the needs of the group and the responsibilities of the
facilitator can be co-created in advance and consensually negotiated on
an individual as well as group basis.
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About R/evolution Workshops for Change
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R/evolution Workshops is the brainchild of T.J. Bryan aka Tenacious, a
working class resistah bent making her way through this life by doing
what bell hooks refers to as =91right work=92.
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T.J.=92s definition of RIGHT WORK:
A chosen activity or task that feeds the spirit, heart, mind and body
while contributing something to the collective well-being as it allows
room for growth on all fronts.
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T.J. does right work when she puts her intelligence, her education, her
creativity and her power at the service of her political consciousness
and her life ethic. For T.J. right work is about exerting copious
amounts of will and energy to directly challenge dominant power
structures in and outside communities of resistance. This work makes
life worth living.
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R/evolution Workshops, her proposed site of relentlessly and politically
conscious resistance and transformation through accessible grassroots
education, purposefully positions itself outside the constrictions and
limitations of funded, community organization focused activism. Working
from without instead of within, R/evolution Workshops offers empathic,
thought provoking, critical, non-judgmental workshops grounded in
everyday analysis and the collective knowing as opposed to being rooted
in academic and elitist notions of intelligence which prop up outmoded
ideas about wisdom being the domain of those with power.
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T.J.=92s vision for R/evolution Workshops privileges a peer interaction
model where all are welcome and where those who come empower themselves
by molding the learning environment to suit the needs of their
consciousness raising goals. R/evolution Workshops discourages the
artificial, power-based client/professional, consumer/service provider
dynamics that have so become the hallmark of funded/paid social service,
community organizing work and activism at this moment in time.
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Workshops can be tailored to women of all gendered identities,
intersexed people and men of all gendered identities who are of of First
Nations and/or of (Diasporic) / (Continental) African, (South)/(East)
Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern, Latino, Hispanic, Chicano, Jewish, Pacific
Islander, Metis, Mestiza, Mixed Race, Biracial, Mixed Heritage or of
European descent and of all/any sexualities and/or sexual persuasions.
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These workshops, presentations and facilitated discussions aim to convey
a greater grasp of the sexism and patriarchy, racism and white
supremacy, heterosexism and homophobia, gender and trans oppressions,
erotophobia and conservatism, linguistic and elitist oppression,
imperialism, colonialism, globalization, capitalism, consumerism,
classism, ableism, fatphobia and lookism in the surrounding society
while urging participants to focus on developing critiques of
oppression, privilege, power and dominance at personal, community,
organizational and societal levels.
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R/evolution Workshops also offers consultations to community groups,
organizations and agencies seeking greater accountability in communities
of resistance increasingly defined by market concerns and
corporate-style agency structurings. Independent group discussion-based
workshops challenge paid activist professionals to link their political
beliefs to their lived realities in ways that re-affirm a revolutionary
politic grounded in social change. Speaks and gatherings offer freelance
and paid workers opportunities to re-commit to the ethics of doing right
community work from a place of alliance instead of competition and
through realigning organizational mandates and day-to-day workings in
such a way as to remain reflective of liberation politics for social
justice and change.=20
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As a grassroots consultation and education organization with a mandate
grounded not just in the political and the social, but also in a
powerful ethic, R/evolution Workshops stridently resists state and
dominant power co-optation. As a result, financially speaking,
R/evolution Workshops for Change functions on the outskirts of the
Matrix.
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It is not a registered charity with the Canada Customs & Revenue Agency.
It does not receive funding from any capitalist corporation or from any
foundation set up by those who have benefited from exploitative,
capitalist pursuits in the corporate world.
It is not supported by the United Way or by any of the larger [not] at
arms length public sector granting or funding bodies whose support comes
at so high a price to the mandates and agendas of the organizations they
oversee from a distance.
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Funds to maintain the autonomy of R/evolution Workshops come from
sliding scale fees-for-service at a rate of pay that falls significantly
far beneath the living wage of most unionized, paid community
workers/activists/organizers.
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T.J. wishes she didn=92t have to charge at all. However, R/evolution
Workshops is currently supported in this capitalist environment %100
through sliding scale fee-for-service work. R/evolution Workshops for
Change strives to make all workshops, speaking engagements and
gatherings as economically accessible as possible. Barter for services
is always an option to be explored. Scholarships in the form of
subsidization via full payment by economically privileged attendees is
an ongoing struggle. If you need a portion of the course covered in
scholarship via sliding scale please ask. R/evolution Workshops is
committed to establishing partnerships between economically challenged
participants who will be supported to seek assistance from their
workplaces, community agencies or from institutions where they
volunteer. If you and/or your institution can afford the higher rate, it
will help T.J. through R/evolution Workshops to continue this valuable,
frontline, consciousness-raising work.
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For more information about R/evolution Workshops for Change, to find out
more about speaking engagements, organization trainings or group
workshops or to find out how you can support this grassroots endeavour
email <mailto:r_evolutionworkshops@yahoo.ca>
r_evolutionworkshops@???.
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[last updated February 5, 2004]
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far
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space
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members.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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lefty-cultured
children in a right-wing-oriented world titled &#8216;What Keeps Us =
Kicking?&#8217;
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critique and
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other
Lefty Folk Planning Future Collisions with =
Parenting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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me><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>


<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Wheelchair accessible location =
TBA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This is a 100% queer, <span =
class=3DGramE>trans</span>,
poly, POC, leather/fetish/<span class=3DSpellE>bdsm</span> folk, woman =
friendly [as
possible in an oppressive world] space. R/evolution Workshops <span
class=3DGramE>For</span> Change has an ongoing commitment to questioning =
heterosexism/<span
class=3DSpellE>heterocentrism</span>/ homophobia and <span =
class=3DSpellE>erotophobia</span>,
<span class=3DSpellE>classism</span> and conservatism, ageism, fat =
phobia and <span
class=3DSpellE>sizeism</span>, <span class=3DSpellE>ableism</span>, =
white
domination, racism, white supremacy and <span =
class=3DSpellE>shadeism</span>, <span
class=3DSpellE>lookism</span>, <span class=3DSpellE>transphobia</span> =
and gender
oppression, patriarchy, misogyny and sexism, imperialism, colonialism =
and
colonization. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For more information about this gathering or to RSVP, =
please
contact <a =
href=3D"mailto:r_evolutionworkshops@yahoo.ca">r_evolutionworkshops@yahoo.=
ca</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><b =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>A NOTE FROM R/EVOLUTION =
WORKSHOPS
FOR CHANGE:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><i =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3D1 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Please be aware that all R/evolution
Workshops <span class=3DGramE>For</span> Change events and gatherings =
are
intuitive, fluid spaces of deep exploration. To participate fully means =
moving
beyond intellectual posturing and all things solely academic. =
R/evolution
Workshops <span class=3DGramE>For</span> Change events and gatherings =
are not
meant to be sites of crisis/trauma support. If you are in crisis/trauma =
or have
ongoing, unresolved issues related to past trauma, please do a =
self-focused
reality check; Is your present emotional/psychological state such that =
deep
thinking/talking may bring up past/present issues of trauma
[emotional/physical/ psychological]?<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><i =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3D1 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></i></p=
>


<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><i =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3D1 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>If this is the case, please empower =
yourself
and the organizer proactively by sharing your present understanding of =
your
issues and fears before attending this or any R/evolution Workshops =
event.
Please reflect on whether an environment of critical, emotional, =
psychological,
political exploration will be right for you at this moment in time. This =
is
especially crucial if you at all have a history of being triggered by
particular sights, sounds, conversations or environments. In this way a =
consensual
experience structured around the safety of individual participants, the =
needs
of the group and the responsibilities of the facilitator can be =
co-created in
advance and consensually negotiated on an individual as well as group =
basis.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></f=
ont></b></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></f=
ont></b></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>***************************=
***<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>About R/evolution =
Workshops for
Change<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>R/evolution Workshops is =
the
brainchild of T.J. Bryan <span class=3DSpellE>aka</span> Tenacious, a =
working
class <span class=3DSpellE>resistah</span> bent making her way through =
this life
by doing what bell hooks refers to as &#8216;right =
work&#8217;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=3DSpellE><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>T.J.&#8217;s</span></font></=
span><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> definition
of RIGHT WORK:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A chosen activity or task =
that feeds
the spirit, heart, mind and body while contributing something to the =
collective
well-being as it allows room for growth on all =
fronts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>T.J. does right work when =
she puts
her intelligence, her education, her creativity and her power at the =
service of
her political consciousness and her life ethic. For T.J. right work is =
about
exerting copious amounts of will and energy to directly challenge =
dominant
power structures in and outside communities of resistance. This work =
makes life
worth living.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>R/evolution Workshops, her =
proposed
site of relentlessly and politically conscious resistance and =
transformation
through accessible grassroots education, purposefully positions itself =
outside
the constrictions and limitations of funded, community organization =
focused
activism. Working from without instead of within, R/evolution Workshops =
offers <span
class=3DGramE>empathic,</span> thought provoking, critical, =
non-judgmental
workshops grounded in everyday analysis and the collective knowing as =
opposed
to being rooted in academic and elitist notions of intelligence which =
prop up
outmoded ideas about wisdom being the domain of those with =
power.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=3DSpellE><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>T.J.&#8217;s</span></font></=
span><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> vision for
R/evolution Workshops privileges a peer interaction model where all are =
welcome
and where those who come empower themselves by molding the learning =
environment
to suit the needs of their consciousness raising goals. R/evolution =
Workshops
discourages the artificial, power-based client/professional, =
consumer/service
provider dynamics that have so become the hallmark of funded/paid social
service, community organizing work and activism at this moment in =
time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Workshops can be tailored =
to women
of all gendered identities, <span class=3DSpellE>intersexed</span> =
people and men
of all gendered identities who are of <span class=3DSpellE>of</span> =
First
Nations and/or of (Diasporic) / (Continental) African, (South)<span
class=3DGramE>/(</span>East) Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern, Latino, =
Hispanic,
Chicano, Jewish, Pacific Islander, <span class=3DSpellE>Metis</span>, =
<span
class=3DSpellE>Mestiza</span>, Mixed Race, Biracial, Mixed Heritage or =
of
European descent and of all/any sexualities and/or sexual =
persuasions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>These workshops, =
presentations and
facilitated discussions aim to convey a greater grasp of the sexism and
patriarchy, racism and white supremacy, heterosexism and homophobia, =
gender and
trans oppressions, <span class=3DSpellE>erotophobia</span> and =
conservatism,
linguistic and elitist oppression, imperialism, colonialism, =
globalization,
capitalism, consumerism, <span class=3DSpellE>classism</span>, <span
class=3DSpellE>ableism</span>, <span class=3DSpellE>fatphobia</span> and =
<span
class=3DSpellE>lookism</span> in the surrounding society while urging
participants to focus on developing critiques of oppression, privilege, =
power
and dominance at personal, community, organizational and societal =
levels.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>R/evolution Workshops also =
offers
consultations to community groups, organizations and agencies seeking =
greater
accountability in communities of resistance increasingly defined by =
market
concerns and corporate-style agency <span =
class=3DSpellE>structurings</span>.
Independent group discussion-based workshops challenge paid activist
professionals to link their political beliefs to their lived realities =
in ways
that re-affirm a revolutionary politic grounded in social change. Speaks =
and
gatherings offer freelance and paid workers opportunities to re-commit =
to the
ethics of doing right community work from a place of alliance instead of
competition and through realigning organizational mandates and =
day-to-day
workings in such a way as to remain reflective of liberation politics =
for
social justice and change. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As a grassroots =
consultation and
education organization with a mandate grounded not just in the political =
and
the social, but also in a powerful ethic, R/evolution Workshops =
stridently
resists state and dominant power co-optation. As a result, financially
speaking, R/evolution Workshops for Change functions on the outskirts of =
the
Matrix.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It is not a registered =
charity with
the Canada Customs & Revenue Agency.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It does not receive funding =
from any
capitalist corporation or from any foundation set up by those who have
benefited from exploitative, capitalist pursuits in the corporate =
world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It is not supported by the =
United
Way or by any of the larger [not] at arms length public sector granting =
or
funding bodies whose support comes at so high a price to the mandates =
and
agendas of the organizations they oversee from a =
distance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Funds to maintain the =
autonomy of
R/evolution Workshops come from sliding scale fees-for-service at a rate =
of pay
that falls significantly far beneath the living wage of most unionized, =
paid
community workers/activists/organizers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>T.J. wishes she =
didn&#8217;t have to
charge at all. However, R/evolution Workshops is currently supported in =
this
capitalist environment %100 through sliding scale fee-for-service work.
R/evolution Workshops for Change strives to make all workshops, speaking
engagements and gatherings as economically accessible as possible. =
Barter for
services is always an option to be explored. <span =
class=3DGramE>Scholarships in
the form of subsidization via full payment by economically privileged =
attendees
is</span> an ongoing struggle. If you need a portion of the course =
covered in
scholarship via sliding scale please ask. R/evolution Workshops is =
committed to
establishing partnerships between economically challenged participants =
who will
be supported to seek assistance from their workplaces, community =
agencies or
from institutions where they volunteer. If you and/or your institution =
can
afford the higher rate, it will help T.J. through R/evolution Workshops =
to
continue this valuable, frontline, consciousness-raising =
work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For more information about
R/evolution Workshops for Change, to find out more about speaking =
engagements,
organization trainings or group workshops or to find out how you can =
support
this grassroots <span class=3DSpellE>endeavour</span> email <a
href=3D"mailto:r_evolutionworkshops@yahoo.ca"><font color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'color:windowtext'>r</span></font><font color=3Dnavy><span
style=3D'color:navy'>_</span></font><font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:windowtext'>evolutionworkshops@???</span></font></a>.=
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><i style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font =
size=3D1
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>[<span class=3DGramE>last</span> updated =
</span></font></i><st1:date
Month=3D"2" Day=3D"5" Year=3D"2004"><i =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3D1 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>February 5, =
2004</span></font></i></st1:date><i
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3D1 face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-fon=
t-style:
normal'>]<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

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