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22

Zinesters Need Your Help!

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Hello, everyone. I’ve got a couple of calls for help here. One is a NYC-based collective looking for zines about gentrification:

“I’m working in a NYC-based collective that is creating educational and training materials for folks that identify as gentrifiers and want to do anti-gentrification organizing. We are hoping to build a model that while grounded in our local context/movement- can be useful as a framework for organizing gentrifiers in other cities. We are working towards creating a platform/concrete analysis regarding gentrification, solidarity organizing principles, and ways to both create autonomous groups working on these issues as well as plugging folks into existing exciting groups in the movement such as Take Back the Land and Right to the City.

As a part of this work I am researching what has already been written on these topics. If anyone in your organization knows of any printed or online resources that you think are useful, or other groups doing this work nationally we would appreciate it.”

If you have any suggestions, please email them to Sam at empressloophole AT gmail DOT com

Also, the Portland Zine Symposium needs your help!

“The Portland Zine Symposium will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year on August 28-29th 2010, which makes it the longest running zine fest in the world!

While admission to the zine symposium has always been free and will always remain free, there are lots of costs that come with putting together an event such as this. We really need your help! The prices for renting the space for the symposium were raised exponentially. Due to this, this year we’re making a call out to the zine community to help us out. You are more than welcome to donate as little or as much as you’d like, but we have set up several donation levels so you can get a little gift from us in return for your donation.

$5.00 – Thank You Level – Every little bit counts!

$10.00 – Mini-Zine Level – We will send you a sticker from a previous zine symposium.

$15.00 – Quarter-Size Level – You get a sticker and a 1” button from a previous zine symposium

$30.00 – Half-Size Level – You will get a recycled t-shirt from a previous year. These are really random so sizes and colors aren’t guaranteed but we’ll do our best. These are great for modifying or making them into a patch. We’ll also include a sticker and 1” button.

$50.00 – Full-Size Level – We’ll send you a 1” button, sticker, and a blue corn mug from the 8th Annual Portland Zine Symposium made from 100% corn plastic.

$75.00 – Zine Library Level – You will get an assortment of zines all created and donated by the Portland Zine Symposium organizers. We’ll also include a button and a sticker.

$100.00 (and beyond) – ZINE ARCADE Level – You get the assortment of zines from the organizers, the 100% corn plastic mug, a button, and a sticker.

Any donation of $30.00 and above will also be thanked in the 10th Annual Portland Zine Symposium program.

Want to just buy some PZS gear to support us? Check out the PZS store here.

Thank you all in advance for helping us make this year’s Portland Zine Symposium the best one yet. Happy 10th anniversary!

Much gratitude,
Portland Zine Symposium Organizers”


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2 Comments so far

  1. Emma on April 5, 2010 2:47 am

    Who and where do we send our donation?

  2. zwstaff on April 5, 2010 9:07 am

    Go to http://www.pdxzines.com for more information/to send a donation.