Disorientation Manual (2007-2008)

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Diso_000005
Title
Disorientation Manual (2007-2008)
Date
2007
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a student created guide to the Evergreen Experience
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Evergreen Political Information Center (E.P.I.C.)
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Welcome to the 11 th Annual Disorientation Manual
Undoubtedly, as a new student, you have received countless mailings and glossy handouts from The
Evergreen State College admissions office and administration. They are attempting to "orient" you.
We are attempting to "disorient" you. We want to give you some idea of what's been happening at
Evergreen and in Olympia, and some ideas about how to get involved and make the most of your
time here. Every year, we work all summer to publish the "DisMan" so that you don't have to start
your Olympia experience from scratch. Hopefully you can use this manual to inspire your own
projects and feel more comfortable with Olympia as your new home! Enjoy!
YOU have no right to COMPLAIN about any of the content. We recognize some of the articles may
have holes, be out-dated, or offensive but if you disagree with any of it get off your ass and change it.
You can publish an entirely new manual next summer, or send better/corrected material, or
suggestions our way. Only a handful of people are publishing this with limited time to make this a
work of literary genius.
We don't support ridiculous copyright laws. copy and distribute at will!!!

Email: epic@evergreen.edu
Phone: 360-867-6144
The articles herein reflect the opinions of the unnamed authors and
do not necessarily represent those of EPIC, Carnival, Sabot
Infosquat, Student Activities or The Evergreen State College.

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Activism/ Activities
Banking in Olympia ............ .44
Music in Olympia ........... .47-48

Evergreen Resources

Social Consciousness

Administration .. .......... . . ... 3-4

International Women's Week .... 31

Student Activities ............. 5-7

Queer People ofColor ........ 32-33

Housing .......... ................ 8

Transphobia at Evergreen ..... ... 34

Student Publications ...... . ... 9-10

White Privilege .................... 35

Port Militarization Resist ... 54-55

A New Mentality ............... 36-37

CAT Campaign .................. 56

Diversity at Evergreen ............ 38

Radio Resources . . ............... 57

Day of Absence/Presence . . ......39

National Socialist Movement..58

Sexual Violence . .. ........... .40-42

Pizza Time Strike ...... ... . ...... 59

Camp Quixote and P.P .U ...... .49

Party on Campus .. . ............. 11
Prison Labor at Evergreen .... 12

Olympia Downtown ASS ... 50-51

Graduation Speakers .......... . 13
Geoduck Union . .. .. . ....... 14-15
Food Service History .......... 16
Notes from a Fatty ................. 43
The Flaming Eggplant. ........ 17
Evergleaners/The Lorax ....... 18
C.E.L.L. ...................... 19-20
Graffiti ............................ 21

Olympia Copwatch ... .... ....... 52
Oly Police Department. ......... 53

Olympia Workers Association.60
Critical Mass ..................... 61
Ride Bikes! .............................. 62
Hiking Spots ................... ...63

01' Time Music ........... .. ...... 64

Murals .............. ....... ...... 22
Where Evergreen Lies ........... 65
How Cops Got their Guns ...... 23

May Day ................. , .... 66-67

Key Services .................... 24
Public Service Centers ......... 25

Olympia

Food Politics .................... .26

Thurston County Resource.45-46

Polyamory ......... .............. 27

Olympia Map ................. 68-71

Evergreen Review ............ ..28

Glossary ....... . ........ ....... 72-73

SESAME ......................... 29

Student Groups .............. 74-77

Fees Breakdown ................ 30

Community Groups ......... 78-89

ADMINISTRATION?
WHO MAKES THE RULES AT THIS PLACE?
For most people familiar with it, Evergreen is viewed as a radical place. Go hang out in a bar in Lacey if you 're not
sure about the college ' s reputation. However, underneath this revolutionary reputation lies a hierarchical institution that
often resembles the fucked up shit in society that we are considered radical for opposing.
One of the reasons there was no functioning student union or separate form of governance for students at Evergreen for
so long was that the college was formed with the idea that students, staff, faculty and administrators were supposed to write
policy and make decisions together. To this end students are supposed to be represented on the dozens of committees,
boards, and Disappearing Task Forces (DTFs). DTFs are committees that come together to research specific issues, make a
recommendation to the board of trustees, and then disband. The first ever DTF wrote the colleges leashed dog policy.
There are dozens ofDTFs, boards and committees although often the discussions and decisions that come out of them are
simply viewed by the administration as recommendations. Despite the existence of these more or less democratic decision
making bodies most decisions that affect the college are made unilaterally by the administration.
DTFs are generally run on a loose form of consensus based decision making. On paper they seem very democratic.
Representatives of staff, facility, and students are supposedly having open discussions about issues affecting the college.
Unfortunately, in practice faculty, staff, and most often students are kept from having a voice. Your typical DTF or board
meets once a month and the time/place is rarely advertised publicly. lt will most likely have a representative of the
administration their along with at least two staff and a faculty and maybe one student. Students are the only people for
whom being on the committee isn' t a part of their job; we're expected to participate in a process that has rarely been proven
effective out of the goodness of our hearts. Maybe students too, should be paid to be a part of a DTF. Furthetmore, when
decisions need to be made that are controversial (i.e. changes to housing, foodservice, cops etc) they are often made in the
summer when very few students are around or involved in campus politics. Evergreen is a bureaucratic maze that keeps
many students, from engaging in policy discussions. What can we do?
How to join a board or DTF:
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2.
3.
4.

Visit the Vice President for Student Affairs ' office in Library 3236 and ask for a list of existing boards/DTFs.
Pick one that you are interested in. They cover issues on anything from hiring faculty and staff to campus sustainability.
Contact the Chair of that board/DTF and find out when and where they meet.
Show up, and keep showing up. Making a presence and, raising a stink has proven effective.

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Evergreen 's Corporate Bosses: The role of the Board of Trustees
Many students suspect that corporate
interests dominate our college, but few realize how bad it is. The eight people serving as the Board of Trustees are
at the top ofEvergreen's hierarchy, and are responsible for everything from hiring and firing TESCs' President, to
determining the cost of on-campus living, to setting policies for the entire institution. The Trustees serve a term of
six years, and are appointed by the Governor. They are generally prominent business and community "leaders" and
political supporters of the Governor. Knowing anything about Evergreen is not a requirement. The Board of
Trustees is also responsible for how the college uses its multimillion dollar endowment fund. The Board has
always kept a tight lid on what companies it owns shares in. Although some of that information in the past was
recovered from the library's paper recycling, the endowment is now administered as a part of the much larger
University of Washington endowment; effectively removing the possibility of socially conscience investing &
boycotts like those that helped bring down the apartheid regime in South Africa.
Student Trustee:
There is a single student trustee, that position rotates every year and is also appointed by the Governor. Lt was
a huge battle to get this position and can serve as a huge student voice. You can apply for this position up in CAB
320.

Admin vs. Students?
There are certain powerful figures in the administration that view Evergreen as dangerously radical and these
people would like nothing better than to move the college in a more mainstream direction. However, you should
not assume that all of the administration is bent on undermining the radical edge of Evergreen. In the past, students
have found many allies within the faculty and staff. Just make sure you use your discretion when dealing with the
school's bureaucratic process and don't let their actions discourage you and your efforts at making the college a
better place.

The President
TESC's prez is responsible for implementing the Board of Trustees'
policies and shapes the entire landscape of the college's administration.
However, the Vice President team has most of the decision making
power. Les is great, and nice, and will talk with anyone, but his job is to
be the "Yes Man." He is paid the bucks to make everyone happy and be
a figure head of the college.
I once participated in a sit-in of the President's office in March of
2003. Students and faculty had strong concerns about the beginning of
the current war in Iraq and the safety of radical faculty following a
recent firing of a professor in Florida. After hours of discussion that
went nowhere, Les pulled out his guitar and played "The band played
Waltzing Matilda" an old protest song about a vet from WWI. Les
Purce: 1 Rowdy Greeners: 0.

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Beating the Man

Who Controls Student
Activities?
For being such a small college, Evergreen has a
huge number of student groups and a very
visible activist population-hence the school's
rowdy reputation. The Services and Activities
Fee Allocation Board, or the "S&A Board "
consists of nine students, a board coordi~ator
two staff advisors and an office manager. The'
board has traditionally been underpaid and
overworked, yet it serves a very important role.
They allocate and over see all funds for student
groups and initiatives. The board's mission is to
distribute their million dollars worth of fees to
student groups who prove they have lots of
students behind them and that what they
propose benefits the student body's desires.
Board members are hired at the beginning of
the school year. Normally, not more than a
dozen people apply for the nine open positions,
~o your c~ances are good if you're looking to get
mvolved m the administration side of student
activities. The membership of the board is
determined by the student union. Decisions
regarding funding levels of the next year's
student groups, the bulk of what the board
does, have to receive final approval by the
Board of Trustees.
Student Activities funds most things around
campus that _are not specifically academic.
~OS radio, The Child Care Center, Cooper
Pomt Journal, The Bike Shop, and The Women
of Color Coalition are all granted funds through
the S&A board along with many other student
groups.

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The Board, like any other administrative organ,
operates like a hive-mind. The very fact that
the Board has to operate in this way is a
weakness that can be exploited. To make
decisions easier the board uses the idea of
"precedent" to aid in allocating funds for a
parti~ular event or speaker or other types of
fundmg. Be very careful when challenging
these precedents; think of them as the
ancestral traditions that the Board is
indoctrinated with during its two day retreat in
November. A challenge may incite a revolution
or a reactionary retreat into narrow-minded
thinking. If one succeeds in creating a new
precedent, though, it clears the ground for
other groups to spend money in similar ways.
This hive-mind has good days and bad days.
Straightforward, simple answers that reflect
actual planning of a project and good
documentation that the group is active are all
they really ask for. The board operates quite
differently depending on the make up of the
board. The best way to feel them out and know
wha~ to expect is to sit in on other peoples
heanngs, so you know what kind of questions
they'll be throwing at you. The worst thing you
can do is to show up to your student group
hearing alone. Then it really looks like not
many students support the initiative. So, bring
your friends.

Tips for Applying for funding.

Clean Energy Grants:

Attach only relevant, well marked, and easy to
understand documentation to your request.
While it may seem at first like a good idea to down the
Board in paper, pages and pages of all the available flight
options for your groups trip to Boise, Idaho really don't
help anything. Besides, everything that you hand the
board's office manager gets photocopied 12 times-save
trees. So, be concise.

History of the Clean Energy Committee: In
the winter of 2005, Evergreen students voted
in favor (91% of those who voted, voted yes) of
a self-imposed clean energy fee. As a result,
every student currently pays $1.00 per credit,
every quarter, in order to purchase Green Tags
from Evergreen's energy providers (Puget
Sound Energy and Tacoma Public Utilities).
Because of this student vote, Evergreen now
offsets 100% of our electricity purchases with
green, renewable sources. In fact, according to
the EPA, The Evergreen State College is the
8th. largest purchaser of green energy in the
country. The sole purpose of the Clean Energy
Fund is to provide financial support for
on campus renewable energy projects.
Projects eligible for funding must fall into one
of the following categories: 1) research into
renewable energy and conservation
technologies; 2) clean energy projects
intended to save energy or produce electricity;
or 3) demonstration projects which educate
the community about sustainable
technologies. Phone: 360-867-6220,
Website:
http://www.evergreen.edu/ committee/cleane
nergy/home.htm

Enter the room!
As a former Board member, nothing was more

frustrating than watching a group gather outside the
glass prison where the board meets, while the ?oard,
inside, was discussing said group. Board meetings are
open to the public. This lesson applies to life, too: no
. power structure is going to invite you to the table if you
have demands for its change-you have to make your
demands heard.

Preparation
This is the most important tip. If you know what you are
-doing, it is very unlikely the Board will deny your request
for funding. Having a clear idea of why you need money
and what you are going to spend it on makes the Board
very happy. And a happy Board is a spendy Board.
Foundation Activity Grants:
Foundation Activity Grants are offered by The Evergreen
State College Foundation Board of Governors and
administered by the Academic Grants office. This
program supports the projects of individual students,
student teams and student-faculty teams. Activity Grant
projects are usually carried out in conjunction with
academic programs and all projects must have at least
one faculty sponsor.
In the past, the program has
supported a variety of efforts, including theatrical
productions, art projects and exhibitions, scientific
research, video and film productions, student literary
magazines, and expenses for students to attend
professional conferences and present their work.
Demand is high for these grants. The Foundation can
award about 7 to 10 students each fall, winter and spring
quarter, up to a maximum of $1,000 per student. To
apply, submit an application packet by 5pm on
the second Friday of fall, winter or spring
quarter.
Email: actgrant@evergreen.edu //Website:
http://www.evergreen.edu/sponsoredresearch/foundati
onactivitygrants.htm

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(Cont ... ) Diversity Fund:

The President's Diversity Fund was established by
Evergreen's Long range Planning Committee to
provide funding for activities, generated by the
Evergreen community, that educate the community
and advance our efforts to become more effectively
multicultural. Challenging speakers, national
discourse and skill-building workshops are all
examples of educational activities the fund is
intended to support. In order to qualify for
Diversity funds, proposed activities must aim to
promote constructive community discourse about
issues of culture and life-style differences faced by
the Evergreen community, including but not
limited to: issues of race, ethnicity, color, sex, class,
sexual orientation, religion, disability, and veteran
status.
The Greener Organization (The GO)
The Greener Organization, or GO, is a group
dedicated to giving the students a voice in
Residential and Dining Services. GO seeks to have
a broad representation of student residential life;
one of its goals is to have a representative from
every building in housing. Unfortunately, very few
people actually stick with the group all year (or even
all quarter), so the reality is that it tends to be made
up of one or two people's extended friends groups
who rubber stamp each other's proposals.

Most of these proposals involve the GO's best
publicized and most often used function, which is to
fund events for Housing residents. GO is given a
very substantial pot of money every year (literally
thousands of dollars a quarter) to use as it sees fit,
to throw substance-free parties, bring in guest
speakers, throw concerts, fund plays or workshops,
host a campus-wide pillow fight, whatever events
the board comes up with or are brought to it that
benefit Housing Residents as a whole. If one has an
idea for an event but needs funding and/or
logistical help to pull it off, present it to GO during
one of their weekly meetings and convince them
that it's an event that benefits the whole of housing
(instead of a certain age group or dorm) and that
the event has some sort of following that will attract
people to it. Obviously, GO would benefit
immensely in these activities if as many people
from as many different backgrounds and housing
styles joined it and gave their input.

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That representation is much more vital for GO's
other main function, which is to act as a sounding
board for Residential and Dining Policies, and
proposed Housing improvements and projects (for
example, GO approves murals or their removal if
old ones have been damaged beyond recognition).
While it can't generate or veto policy, it can send
the policymakers back to the drawing board until
they have a policy that the GO Board feels gets
Housing's intent across without disenfranchising
any group of Housing residents.
So, if you feel that some housing policy is unfair or
that housing events suck, instead of complaining to
your friends, join GO and do something about it!
All that you have to do to gain full Board
membership is to be a current Housing Resident
(and not an RA) who shows up to three consecutive
meetings . There's really no excuse not to join.
Do It Yourself:

If none of these schmucks will give you money, talk
to the Student Government. They can approve a
vote for a new student fee. The Bus Passes, The
Flaming Eggplant Cafe, The CAB redesign, The
Clean Energy Fee, and the Future "drunk bus" were
all student initiatives voted on by students and
subsequently self imposed fees . It makes for a pile
of fees, but some pretty cool projects. Or do your
own fundraising and grant writing. Go raise hell at
the evergreen foundation office.

Food Service: Mandatory Meal Plan for Freshman: (TIP:
you can bypass this mandatory requirement by talking to
your RA or RD and saying that you have special dietary
needs that cannot be met by the food service.) The best
thing to do to avoid a meal plan is not live ill housing as a
freshman. If your folks are paying for it, savor the
corporate food while you got it. You can also change
things about the food service by visiting them at their biweekly food committee meetings.
RAs: Sometimes it is hit or miss. For the most part, they
are good people, but they do work for the slate, and they
have to act accordingly lo maintain their jobs, the free
room and board plus stipend that they receive from it. It is
easy to avoid them, but you could also get to know them
first, then gauge how much you want to interact with
them. They can be your best friend , but they have a job to
do, so know your boundaries.
Tenant Rights: According to Washington Title 59, RCW
59.18.040, you as a student living on state property are
exempt from the Washington State Landlord and Tenants
Law; you have no renter's rights to privacy. So
essentially, if the police see fit, they are within the law to
access every room of your house without a warrant.
Contract: Evergreen does not require students to live oncampus, regardless of class standing. As it stands, you are
signing up for the foll-year, it's not done by quarters.
You'll have to forfeit several hundred dollars to get out of
it early

Cost: Depending on one's consumption, Housing can
be either awesome or terrible. The rate is a package
deal that includes unlimited utilities (heating, water,
waste, and electricity) plus cable TV and internet.
Housing will pay for certain costs (replacing things
that need constant upkeep, such as light bulbs) but
larger damages will be charged to the students.
Cleaning fees, when you move out are also something
to watch for but whatever you do, DO NOT stay to
clean past the move-out date; the fee for moving out
late is exorbitant. Also, ifa roommate moves out of
your dorm, you may be charged hundreds of dollars for
"Reduced Occupancy" unless you can find another
roommate or move to another dorm.
Theme: These have changed considerably over the
last few years. First Year Experience, which is now
called Freshman Housing, is currently dorms A
through F. There are also Community Action and
Sustainability houses which are K & N dorms
respectively. Quiet housing is in P & Q dorms, while
G & Hare substance-free donns .
Substances: Recently, residents have seen a serious
rise in MIP's (minor in possession: a misdemeanor)
and police involvement. As a recommendation , HIDE
YOUR SHIT. Don't leave paraphernalia sitting out on
the table or smoke weed in public places.

BEDBUGS
These little llat red bugs have been a real headache
for housing and its residents in recent years. Last
year the whole fifth floor of A-Dorm was shut
down because of a nasty Bed Bug Infestation.

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STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AT EVERGREEN
The Cooper Point Journal
The Cooper Point Journal (CP J) is written, edited, distributed, operated, and mostly funded by
students enrolled The Evergreen State College. It has a student staff of about twenty-five, including
editor-in-chief, managing editor and business manager. The paper's editorial policy, essentially, is that
any student is welcome to submit any article on any subject at any time (the priorities, in order, are:
Evergreen, Olympia, Washington, United States, Earth, outer space). The CPJ is fairly lax on what it
will publish and often lack enough content submissions to weed much of anything out. So if you have a
special event, idea, or piece of Olympia news they will find a place for it. They are always seeking
regular columnist, and good material can make any paper good.
The CPJ also has a business side of the operation, which is responsible for soliciting advertisers has
had some history in publishing controversial ads from champions of unethical business. This is a
debate worth having. Do students want to pay more money in student fees to have an advertisement
free paper, or would they rather have half the paper be beer and car ads and save a hundred thousand
bucks in fees per year?
The CPJ's editorial policy is based on the belief that you don't need trained and professional
experts to tell you what's going on in your community, in your planet, in your life. You don't need to
be interested in journalism, or an exceptionally gifted writer - hell, you don't even need to understand
the rudiments of English grammar. So if you are caught complaining about terrible comics, soulless
articles, and corporate advertisements then it is your responsibility to submit some work that is worth
reading. Apathy in the student body has provided some bad papers. You can even get paid to work on
the paper. They have 4 weekly meetings open to everyone. Decisions are made by those who show up.
To find out more take a visit to CAB 320 or call 867-6213 or email them at cpj@evergreen.edu.
The Disorientation Manual
The Evergreen Political Information Center, Carnival The
Evergreen Radical Arts Collective, and the Sabot Infosquat
publish this manual every year. lt can take whatever fonn you
want it to. There are some traditions that don't have to be
followed. Only three people are publishing the DisMan this
summer. We'd love to have you. You can start sending in
submissions for the next issue anytime, but it will not be
assembled until next Spring. But if you are motivated the
group can get a budget to put out a quarterly newspaper of zine
if there is enough content and organizing help. Contact them at
867-6144 or stop by CAB320
Slightly West
This annual literary publication is student directed and includes student and community member
work. Material for Slightly West includes anything from poetry to black and white photos of your hairy
big toe. You can pick up a copy of last years addition in CAB 320. Contact them at 867-6098, emailmcnmegl3@evergreen.edu or go to their outdated website at
http://academic.evergreen.edu/groups/slightlywest/

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The Sabot Infosquat
This new incarnation of an old student group has radical
resources the library doesn't carry, from movies, to books, and zines.
They publish anything and everything. You can make your own zine
with their materials or use their space for meetings! Call them at 8676574; email them at evergreeninfoshoppe@riseup.net or stop by rm.
3303 on the second floor of the library.
Various Student Group Zines/ Independent Learning Contracts
If you are a self motivated student, you have ample resources to
publish anything you want for free. Many other various student groups put out periodic
publications that you can contribute to. You could also do an independent learning contract to
publish your own work. If you need funds to publish, it only takes time. Active student groups
can request money, and you yourself can get money as a Foundation Activity Leaming Grant.
The Evergreen CD Project
Submit a demo tape in the fall, they professionally record you in the winter, and mix it in
the spring, and your CD is ready by smmner. That's the way its gone for the past 25 years. To
contact them 867-5848.
The Ovarian
The Women's Resource Center publishes an annual zine of various topics. Contact them at
867-6162 or stop by CAB 320 and check out their outdated website
http://academic.evergreen.edu/groups/wrc/
Works In Progress
Works In Progress is a free, volunteer-operated progressive community newspaper based in
Olympia, Washington that has been publishing for 15 years. W.I.P.s' mission is to confront
injustice and encourage a participatory democracy based on economic, social, and
environmental justice. W arks In Progress is dedicated to providing a voice for those most
affected by the exclusionary and unfair practices that seek to silence the oppressed.
Send submissions to submissions@olywip.org or mail to Works In Progress, PO Box 295,
Olympia WA 98507
The Sitting Duck
The Sitting Duck is another local paper. They get so much money from advertising that
they can write just about anything they want and keep cranking out free papers.
info@thesittingduck.net 1919 Evergreen Park Drive SW # 10, Olympia, WA 98502,
360.753.3836
The Greener Review
The Greener Review is a student group on campus at TESC working towards creating an
educational network on campus. They want to develop a radical journal and a series of
pamphlets that address the root causes of societal problems. The group is just getting started
and definitely welcomes your contributions and participation. Contact:
theevergreenreview@gmai 1. com
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How To Throw A Party On Campus
Even though the donns are state property, they can be a great place to throw crazy parties and are a
great way to let off some stress and help sustain the campus nightlife. However, there are some
important things to remember when you are planning on hosting a party. First of all, you have to decide
whether to notify the authorities. In most cases it does not hurt to fill out a party application provided by
Housing (ask your RA for one). Housing will notify the police about the party and they may swing by
before it starts just to check in with you. Even if you decide not to fill out an application, Housing and
the Police may find out about it on their walkthroughs and they will respond in a much more negative
and confrontational way if they were not informed.
Second, quiet hours now start at 11 :00 pm on weekdays and midnight on weekends. A good rule of
thumb when RAs or police show up is to send a representative outside to meet the RAs and the Police
since, this displays maturity, and will keep the authorities outside of the party. If your parties spilling
outside, there is drinking in front of the party or it gets louder than 50 decibels after quiet hours, then
RAs will measure the decibel levels with a digital sound level meter and shut it down. Under this new
policy, Sunday-Thursday until 11 :00 the permitted sound level is 60 decibels, and from Friday to
Saturday its 70 decibels. As part of this policy, musical instruments, including drums are prohibited
unless permission is granted in writing for perfonnances. Bullshit right? If you don't like it... raise a
ruckus! Nothing will change unless you organize and
make your demands heard.
Third, in 2002 the campus implemented a no-keg
policy and they were not afraid to enforce it. The general
rule for alcohol is that it must be kept inside. Lastly, the
advertising of parties on upper campus is strictly
forbidden, and if they find flyers there, they will rip them
down and un-register your party. An important thing to
keep in mind is that host of a party can be held
completely responsible for the activities of the guests,
invited or not. Don't let any of this scare you, just act
professional when dealing with the authorities and it
should all work out fine. In addition, there's a fair
amount of money available for students wanting to host
events through Housing, and this can be especially useful
if you want to use the HCC, the gym, or the field for
performances. Your RA is given a certain amount of
money per month to spend on residents, so be sure to use
that too. In addition if you are planning something
bigger, ask your RA to put you in contact with the
programming RD through the housing office or contact
the Greener Organization for further funding.

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(Remember to recycle those bottles!)

~'V.E~G--:R..E.EN'"~
:P:R.ISON'" X ,AJR.O:R.
A few years ago, Evergreen hired Correctional Industries (Cl) to provide
asbestos abatement in D Donn. The value of this work was $49,900. When a
student housing custodian found out about the plans for this and confronted some
of his supervisors, he was told that Housing/Evergreen always contracts out to
the lowest bidder, which in this case "just happened" to be the prison industry.
He was also informed that the prisoners would be paid $2.00/hr for their labor.
Evergreen has contracted out to CI "several times" in the past. They do so
under the provisions of Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 6489, which
passed the legislature and was signed by the governor in 2004. Section IO,
paragraph 3 of that law (RCW 288. 10.029) states that "higher education and
correctional industries shall develop a plan to build higher education business
with correctional industries to increase higher education purchases of correctional industries products ... " Paragraph 4 states
that "institutions of higher education shall set as a target to contract, beginning not later than June 30, 2006, to purchase one
percent of the total goods and services required by the institutions each year produced or provided in whole or in part from class
II inmate work programs, operated by the department of corrections. " This will be 2% each year beginning Jtme 30, 2008.
Any money they make while incarcerated can theoretically be used to start paying their restitution or saved to help them
transition when they are released. Jobs allow prisoners to learn skills and not have to sit in their cells for as much time.
However, CI, as a business, takes advantage of the fact that taxpayers are paying for their necessities, and uses cheap labor for
their own profit. Essentially, they get paid for prisoners doing work. Also, the Laborer' s Union, the union whose members do
asbestos abatement work, isn't happy about CI doing asbestos work, as it potentially competes with union crews.
Evergreen has used CJ for cheap labor in many other instances as well; the forniture in CAB 320 (the student activities
office) was made by prisoners 30 years ago, and there are currently plans for them to restore it. With a law requiring the
college to purchase some of its goods and services from inmate work programs, Evergreen 's use of cheap prison labor will
continue.

A few ways to get involved in prison activism around Olympia:


Books to Prisoners- BtP Olympia is an all-volunteer effort to provide reading material free of charge to inmates in
prisons and jails across the country. It is a support organization for Left Bank Books in Seattle. They are always in
need of good books, stamps, volunteers, donations and operational funds- find donation boxes around Olympia and
TESC campus. http ://www.bookstoprisoners.net Contact: btopoly@resist.ca; P.O. Box 912, Olympia, WA 98507;
(360) 352-5460



Gateways for Incarcerated Youth- Gateways aims to bridge the gap
between incarceration and education. It is a program held in a maximum
security juvenile institution with Evergreen students being peer learners
with incarcerated youth. This can be a really amazing learning and
growing experience and a space that fosters a real and concrete
understanding of a lot of stuff you might learn about in the classroom.
Check out www.evergreen.edu/youthinaction for more information and
how to get involved.



Revive the Prison Action Committee!- The Prison Action Cotrunittee is a student group that has existed on and off,
depending on student energy and commitment. It is not currently funded, but can easily be if there is student interest.
Demand that Evergreen includes labor and wage standards in RFP ' s (Request for Proposal) when searching for the



lowest bidder to work for the school.

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GRADUATION SPEAKERS AT £\(£R6R£EN
You may have heard about the controversy created at Evergreen when former MOVE_ activist Mumia
Abu-Jamal spoke at its graduation ceremony in 1999. Abu-Jamal has been on death_ row smce 19_82 for
allegedly killing a police officer in Philadelphia in 1981. His trial was a case study m the corrupt10n of the US
Criminal Justice system, and nearly every human rights organization in the world has demanded a retrial.
Abu-Jamal is considered one of the world's foremost political prisoners.
Students worked hard throughout the year to raise awareness about Mumia's plight and the problems of
the criminal justice system, encouraging students to write-in Mumia for the graduation speaker vote. When
Evergreen's first choice for graduation keynote speaker (Governor Gary Locke) fell through, Mumia was
chosen as the replacement. Following significant media attention and pressure from the state government, the
administration overruled the graduation committee and selected another keynote speaker, reducing AbuJamal's role in the ceremonies. Before graduation, rumors circulated that during Mumia ' s speech
discontented seniors & opponents ofMumia would be playing horns or screaming to make his words
inaudible, but the speech went on with no disruption. Instead, the majority of the crowd (students and guests
alike) rose to a standing ovation.
Other notable graduation speakers in recent years have been Vandana Shiva and Derrick Jensen. Looking
at the past list ofEvergreen's graduation speakers, Governor Christine Gregoire, who was the keynote speaker
at Evergreen's 2006 graduation ceremony, sticks out like a sore thumb. Graduation speakers are voted on by
graduating students, but there are questions as to how or if Gregoire was selected. While Gregoire was
spewing out bullshit rhetoric about how globalization just means "we're all more connected", four banners
were dropped, reading things such as "Gov. Gregoire Please Stop Your Racist Welfare Policies" and "Work
First = Kids Last", children were wearing buttons asking the Governor if they needed to get a job, graduates
and attendees wore patches stating "I oppose Governor Gregoire's presence today," the Welfare Rights
Organizing Coalition (WROC) had a giant mailbox set up where you could mail postcards to the Governor,
and graduates and the people in the larger audience held up bright yellow signs that clearly said, "I OPPOSE
WELFARE CUTS TO CHILDREN." Midway through her speech, many of the graduates stood in silent
opposition throughout her speech, turned their back to the Governor and held their signs toward the audience.
Some graduates handed postcards to her asking her to implement full family support as opposed to full family
sanction when they walked across stage for their diploma. These actions let Gregoire know she isn't welcome
by many at Evergreen and shows that we are not fooled by her "liberal" image.

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OR

GEODUCK
STUDENT UNION!
The Geoduck Union worked diligently this first year to establish
a durable infrastructure by creating a Mission Statement and
Bylaws that govern the Union's internal operations, and Elections Policies that
govern the Union and the Evergreen Community. The Union's unofficial motto
was "We get shit done." The Union recommends that future Representatives
strive, without reservation, to get shit done as well.
The Union kicked off the 2006-2007 school year with a Town Hall Forum,
inviting students to gather and discuss their concerns. Many of this year's Union
committees worked to solve the problems addressed at the Forum. The Union
met weekly to report on work that individual Representatives and committees
were doing, including: establishing a relationship with the Board of Trustees,
working with the Washington Student Lobby (WSL), creating late-night
transportation for students, improving Aramark's food service policy,
promoting student involvement in the CAB Redesign, overseeing the college's
finances, working against oppression, improving technology, and supporting
the appointment of contingent faculty to term positions.
The Union cautions future Representatives not to make symbolic
committees, or committees that sound important but don't win concrete
victories for students. Committees should be created to produce practical,
tangible results. The Transportation Committee, for example, worked to set up
a late-night transportation system at Evergreen and brought an initiative to
students this spring that will implement a late-night shuttle system in spring
2008. The Take Back the CAB! Committee found eleven students to serve on
the CAB Redesign Committee. And the Elections Committee drafted
Evergreen's first-ever Elections and Voting Policies so that student votes and
elections are fair and fun, so that students can govern themselves efficiently.
While the Union created a durable infrastructure and won some concrete
victories for students, the Union might have won more victories if interpersonal
conflicts did not slow down much of the Union's work. The Union works by
consensus. This means we don't marginalize any voices, but this can slow the
decision-making process.
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EVERGREEN FOOD SERVICE TIMELINE
1980 Judith, founder of the student run "The Comer" cafe picks up after
Saga/Marriott attempts a late night sandwich gig under the governance
of housing.
1988 "The Corner" moves to the new Housing Community Center. Much
of upper campus and Cooper's Glen residents are patrons of the cafe.
Fine Host had poor quality traditional foods so "The Corner" made bank
on being the only simple vegetarian option.
1998-2000 "The Corner Coup" charismatic vegans took over. Vegans at
the time only made up six percent of the housing population and could
not be sustained with their business. Clicky kids and exclusive food
options brought the demise of the comer.
1990-2001 Fine Host as food service provider.
2001 Students wrote a business plan for a coffee/pastry shop and a
pizza place, they eventually became the Subterranean. They did pizza
delivery, but also lost money.
2001 Food Service Disappearing Task Force committee decides it would
be in Evergreen's best interest to make preparation for transition to SelfOp. They also recognized the first priority of getting Evergreen's Food
Program to be healthy. At the time of the DTF there was not enough
time or money to make the transition to self-op(college run food service)
before the end of Fine Hosts contract.
2001 Masked students with a declaration to keep Sodexho off campus
because of its human right abuses, attend an open meeting between
TESC and Sodexho. The corporate executives were intimidated and
retracted bid due to an anti-corporate climate on campus.
2001-2004 Bon Appetit loses an average of $1,500,000 a year for TESC.
2003- Subterranean reformed as a sub shop. They lost $7000 in a year
and then the Student run cafe closed permanently. In 23 years "The
Comer" etc. lost $134,000. One year losing around $25,000.

Winter 2006 SOFA members were convinced to put their
energy into a side operation student run/owned cafe and told
to stop wasting energy on advocacy for the large scale food
service transition to self-op.
Winter - Spring 2006 Evergreen students complete 44 credits
worth of academic work on food service issues.
Spring 2006 Using the selling point of a student run cafe, the
CAB redesign is approved by students. This is a self imposed
fee of 16 million dollars, only $300,000 of which goes to the
student run cafe. It will be paid for by students over 20 years
at hundreds of dollars a year for every full time student.
Summer 2006 The Flaming Eggplant Cafe is an official
student group and has completed their first business plan.
2007 Academic year Students advocate for funding ,
Evergreen approval, and fund raising ideas. Letters of support
and approval from practically every department are obtained.
Survey of students shows 98% support for a student run food
option. $10,000 fundraiser proposal denied by the Super
Saturday committee. Budget hearing to the S&A board attracts
potentially the largest show of student support for a proposal in
its history. Budget is denied due to lack of funds. Appeal
submitted and denied. Student vote for a one time fee of $2
per credit passes.
Summer 2007 Students do further business planning and
obtain approval from County agencies. Ordering of
equipment. New student involvement.
201 0 CAB building redesign will be completed. On the 3rd
floor, there is a new space, the new home of the Flaming
Eggplant, complete with rooftop greenhouse and dining.

Spring 2004 SOFA (Students Organizing for Food Autonomy)
campaigns to end corporate food service and transition to a sustainable
self-operated food service, collecting over 600 student signatures for the
petition.
Spring 2004 SOFA (Students Organizing for Food Autonomy)
campaigns to end corporate food service and transition to a sustainable
self-operated food service, collecting over 600 student signatures for the
petition.
Fall 2004-2013 Aramark is the only bidder on food service contract, so
they win the contract, despite not meeting Evergreen's specifications for
the bid on the contract.
Winter 2005 SOFA organizes weekly potlucks with all of its members to
show support for food service change on campus. Hundreds of
members join and attend potlucks. Potlucks happened consistently for
almost 2 years despite Evergreen's attempts at crack downs.
Fall 2006 Aramark's local purchasing intern helps them achieve 17%
local or organic purchasing. (Based upon their definitions of local and
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The Flaming Eggplant is student-initiated and exists to provide ethical food on campus. The cafe
will source its food from as many local suppliers and use high quality organic ingredients.
Consensus decision making model and a direct accountability for the student body's needs and
desires make The Flaming Eggplant one of a kind. The Cafe is funded in-full by students and will
continue to thrive based upon student support and involvement.
The Cafe will be run out of a trailer on Red Square, serving take-out fare such as sandwiches,
sausage, soup, salad, falafel and fries. It will provide a diverse menu to satisfy as many tastes as
possible given the constraints of an 8'xl 8' box. With students help, it will open during Winter
Quarter.
As you've seen from the food service timeline (pg. 16) students have been organizing for better
food since evergreen opened. This coming fall marks the 2 year anniversary of when this was just
an idea on paper. A group of kids, unfamiliar with business, wrote a business plan and tried to find a
suitable kitchen on campus to open a cafe. Space was hard to find. After many months of
persistence and "the run around," a small kitchen suitable for food preparation was given to the kids
for their first mini-victory, and the idea for a mobile kitchen was born. They scurried around for a
few months gaining administrative support and faculty help to make it a reality. Hundreds of
students joined in support for the fw1ding of student-run food service. Despite monumental levels of
support the S&A board was not able to fund the cafe due to financial constraints. The momentum
was so great that what would normally have been a disastrous setback barely fazed them. They set
out to request funding directly from the entire
student body. And thanks to their generosity a
one-time fee of $2 per credit was passed by an
87% majority. Over the summer, hundreds of
volunteer hours have been spent plam1ing the
cafe. This includes a rigorous Health Code
application, purchasing equipment, pricing out
food, outreach coordination, lots of fun, and
business and financial planning. The planning
will continue through Fall Quarter, so if this
sounds interesting to you, jump on board the
grizzle wagon and meet the team. They are
welcoming to new students and old alike. Creditearning contracts and internships are available, as
well as meaningful employment upon opening.
There are all sorts of projects to do, and the more
people that get involved, the more fun it will be! For more info, email the Volunteer Coordinator: Jay Standish

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Jay.standish@gmail.com (360-867-6092)

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food is important. No, seriously. We may think about the comparative taste of foods, but we are not encouraged to think about
where and how what we eat is grown, the effects on the environment, and on ourselves. Everything we eat carries an invisible
hi story of its creation - where and how it was grown, how much the workers who harvest it were paid, the chemicals used, etc.
Most importantly, we're not encouraged to think about how food ties with economic class, in determining both who eats and
how much, and what quality of food they can get. More than half of the food produced in the US doesn't make it into anyone's
mouth, and a lot of that food ends up rotting in the fields . Because of our capitalist food distribution system, beautiful organic
produce is left in the fields because of slight imperfections and market saturation, while what is sold is priced beyond reach for
most people. Meanwhile, low-income folks are expected to take "charity" and eat shit out of cans.
The Gleaners Coalition is a community organization that works to break some of this cycle by harvesting non-saleable
organic produce and distributing it to low income people through organizations such as the Thurston County Food Bank, Safe
Place, Bread and Roses, and Food Not Bombs. The Gleaners partner with local farms and gardens to harvest crops that are left
behind, otherwise known as gleaning, and get them to folks in need.
The Evergleaners are the campus chapter of this organization. We, as an on-campus student group, started in late
September of 2005. We volunteer to help the Gleaners Coalition at benefit events, and with gleaning trips. We love to go out to
the farms, get our hands dirty, and do some direct-action vegetable harvesting. Our volunteers take what they need and share
the rest, so we both help others and help ourselves. And guess what? We'd love to have you!

Letters From The Lorax
All light people, it's time we talk about our beautiful piece of woods in terms
of some fucking respect. Many of you have already figured out that the woods is a
good place to go do things you wouldn't want to be caught doing elsewhere. You
go there to toke up, to sit around a frre with a diink and some fine company .. . but
you MUST REMEMBER Evergreen's woods are a wildlife preserve. You need to
take out everything you brought in with you. Better yet. take more out. And that
doesn't mean taking home all the pretty shiny rocks you find down at the beach
that won't be nearly as cool when you get home and they dry off. It means pick
up trash that you find. There are inconsiderate jerks everywhere who just are too
lazy to carry out their empties at the end of the night and its all of our
responsibility to pick up the slack when they leave.
It used to be that "the meadow" was "the place to go." Now bits of melted
plastic, corroded aluminum and broken glass lie scattered around a charred bit of
land as a reminder of all the parties that took place there. Now, "the bluff' is the
"happenin' spot" because wlw really wants to kick it at that ugly old meadow?
Now I find trash at the bluff every time I go to look out over the sound. So I ask
you, as the next generation of greeners, please don't let this pattern continue
throughout our enchanting woods. By all means, toke, tiip, drank, and run amuck in general, but TAKE ONLY
PICTURES, LEAVE ONLY FOOT PRINTS. Now, unfortunately I feel I need to address the issue of the growing amount
of graffiti in the woods. Don't get me wrong, I love a good piece of street art, proudly put up on some random piece of
public properly. But all you writers who think its cool to tag up our woods are worse than the advertisers who fill
every bit of our urban existence. The woods are our escape from that barrage of propaganda, and the boardwalk isn't
the proper forum to scrawl slogans. Save those for our urban wasteland environment. You have got to have a lot of
nerve to use harmful inks that are going to run off into the soil just to tag "B Nature" on a wooden bridge. Does no
one else see the glartng hypocrisy? I leave you with the words of our beloved Lorax: "Unless someone like you cares
a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

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The Evergreen Center for Ecological Living and
Learning is attempting (with help from interested
students!) to demonstrate local food systems based
on ecological, social and economic sustainability
and justice.Wholesome, local, farm-fresh food
brings to mind colorful arrays of crispy vegetables,
sweet-smelling fruit, and savory foods. Sustainable
food production on a small scale encourages
biodiversity on the farm , healthy food, and less
dependency on the flux of global markets.
Unfortunately, the "organic" label implies no
techniques of sustainable agriculture. It implies
nothing, of good jobs, healthy land, and yummy
foods. It is simply a list of chemicals not to be used
and an expensive application process.
Agribusinesses have co-opted the name to raise
profit margins, systematically watering down USDA
and international organic standards to lower costs
and raise the price. Monoculture is not organic. But
somehow Fruit Loops can be. Since the US
government subsidizes commodity crops such as
corn , wheat, and soy by bushel per acre, with
taxpayer money, small farms with a wide range of
crops struggle to compete.
Rather than considering food a basic human
right, the wealthiest nations and corporations in the
world view it as an economic commodity. Neoliberal
policies and free trade agreements have spread
industrial agriculture worldwide in the name of
efficiency and more food for everyone. However,
people are not usually nourished as a result of
these policies. Monsters of free trade have
convinced governments in the global south and
east to replace systems of traditional, sustainable
and subsistence farming with cash cropping. This
limits access to food for marginalized populations.

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Abuses on the broad scale play out in the fields,
factories, and home kitchens - farm laborers in the
United States and elsewhere are often paid
minimum wages (or below), rarely given health
benefits, and exposed to high levels of toxins in
pesticides. This occurs while more and more
families are fed less nutritious food, grown farther
away, that increasingly they can't afford.
Farmers, activists, students and educators
around the world are mobilizing for a revolution in
agriculture and local economies which are bridging
the gaps between the farmer and the eater!

The Organic Farm
The TESC Organic Farm successfully
integrates elements of a subsistence-oriented
economy into campus life, while simultaneously
providing students with an opportunity for hands-on,
experience-based learning in an agricultural
environment. Through the Organic Farm market,
students and faculty are offered a chance to indulge
in an array of locally grown, freshly picked goodies.
Unfortunately the farm is too small to provide,
Aramark, Evergreen's food service provider, less
then two percent of its produce. The Organic Farm
Market Stand is open from 11 am to 5pm on
Tuesdays and Thursdays in front of the library
building on Red Square. Currently, the Organic
Farm offers 20 CSA boxes each week. Website :
http://www.everqreen.edu/cell
Contact: The Farm (360) 867-6145; Melissa Barker,
Organic Farm Manager (360) 867-6160;
barkerm@everqreen .edu

Compost Facility
The Compost Facility is a demonstration site and
learning center for the design of medium-scale
composting systems. It helps close the nutrient cycle on
campus by recycling pre-consumer food refuse and
farm by-products (weeds and manure) into compost and
worm castings. It provides students with a real-world
learning environment and research opportunity. All
compost produced is used to increase soil fertility on the
Organic Farm and the Gardens. The Compost Facility is
critically under funded, so you may need to, instead,
I build a worm bin for your floor or apartment! Or you can
advocate for more funding from Aramark, TESC, or the
Clean Energy Committee. For more info about the
compost facility, call (360) 867-6145 or visit the CELL
website.
The Community Gardens
The Community Gardens is a place for students,
alumni, and community members to grow their own
organic vegetables and herbs. The Community
Gardens is a beautiful community gathering spot where
you can learn and teach others about growing food and
share the bountiful harvest. A minimal fee gets you a
10x1 Oft plot, but hurry as they fill up early each spring .
To find out how to reserve a plot or for ther related
questions, call the Community Gardens Coordinator at
(360) 867-6145.

To reserve the farmhouse , call Space
Scheduling at (360) 867-6143.
Demeter's Garden
Demeter's Garden is a low maintenance,
forage style food system based on the design
principles of permaculture. Demeter's Garden
is a work in progress and it's always in need of
some willing hands to help grow food, learn,
and eat good produce. To learn more or get
involved in this project, contact DEAP
(Developing Ecological Agricultural Practices
- check the student group directory) or talk to
people at the farm .
The CELL is located on the far west side
of campus and is accessible by a trail behind
the Art Annex and Lab Buildings as well as by
road . Please feel free to stop by the farm
anytime to visit.

The Farmhouse
This rustic student-built structure integrates a
classroom-style atmosphere into the CELL. It is a
meeting place in which students, faculty, and other
community members can teach, learn, cook, and share
experiences. With a cozy woodstove and picture
windows facing the woods, the farmhouse provides a
more comfortable alternative to the cement buildings on
campus. Its full-size kitchen is certified to produce
canned jams and salsas with a Food Processor's
License.

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GI.IFFITI .IT EYEIGIEEI
A little known secret that most new Greeners will
not hear about is the amazing graffiti wall that
used to exist behind the COM building. During the
2002-2003 school year, graffiti artists and the
Evergreen administration brokered a deal to allow
graffiti on the large blank wall on the back of the
COM. Sadly, the wall was shut down before the
2004-2005 school year started. Rumors have
circulated that it was due to fumes from spray cans
entering the ventilation system from the back of the
building that irritated people and made them sick.
I was unable to find out the true reason for ending
the progressive art piece known as The Wall since
there was no documented evidence.
As a final insult to creativity and free speech,
the administration not only shut down the wall,
but painted over all the huge freehand pieces. As a
remedy to this Joss, the administration brought a
large corrugated cargo container, located behind
the tennis courts along the path to Overhulse Rd.
and the Childcare Center. The only problem to this
seemingly fair deal is the container itself. The
corrugated metal sides are, well, Jet's just say much
less ideal for freehand than a concrete wall, and the
container makes stencil work utterly impossible.
One idea is that it may be possible to line the
sides of these containers with plywood in the
future (if you like this idea, RAISE A RUCKUS to
housing and they will eventually do it. If you do
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For the time being, however, the only solution
that many artists have come to accept is that
we can no longer restrict our artwork to the
sanctioned areas if the administration cannot
provide us with something better than a
fucking shipping container. Creative people
feel stifled and marginalized; they lack control
and input over the environment they're a part
of everyday, and they're not afraid to take
matters into their own hands. This is evident
especially after this last year, when Evergreen
and much of Olympia wih1essed an explosion
of numerous different street artists.
First, pick your spot carefully. Hitting
places like the front of soup dorms, or the
entryway to the SEM II cluster would be
considered ... bad. These well-lit areas will get
you spotted and busted by Perez and Co.
faster than you can drop your cans. Next,
make sure you bomb places at the right time.
Sunday through Thursday nights after 11 pm
walkthroughs (from about midnight to
daybreak is the best window to ensure your
stealthy mission is successful), Friday and
Saturday nights are pretty much bad because
even though walkthroughs are done by 1:30,
people still wander around getting fucked up
till early morning. Well, that's about all the
info you are going to get out of me. Have fun,
keep the art real and wear your respirators!

LEGACY OF THE MURALS
Got somethin' for ya that not every merry Greener-to-be knows , a
juicy little artful secret that no one's told you yet. Scattered over
Evergreen ' s campus, lodged way back in nooks and crannies and
stairwells, buried on basement walls, Evergreen has a voice all its
own; a voice that has been gathering strength for many years now.
Tucked away are the murals and artwork of students, the images,
words and wisdom imparted to other generations.
So as not to give away all the details of all the murals on
campus and ruin their majestic character, I'll just clue you into their
whereabouts . Check out the A Building Lobby and bottom floor
plus all the stairwells of A, B, C and D buildings (there ' s a ton in here
kiddies!) .
Update: Last year,
the murals in C and D were
painted over and the walls
returned to white. This was
due to the difficulty and cost
involved in maintaining
them. At the time the murals
were painted , housing was
unaware of the level of
fumes from the paintings that residents were exposed too.
Their new awareness has lead to a new policy of only
allowing murals to be built in the fire towers of these buildings.
It's comforting to live in a place with art on the walls. It
gives the place a calm feeling and gives the eyes many wonders to peruse. Providing an outlet for
the student artwork is one of the most important things a school can do, and even though
Evergreen's administration still has a few things to figure out concerning the nature of art, freedom,
and expression they do a decent job. Take the completely random mural tour next time you find
yourself blundering about campus and enjoy the sights.
A Call to Artists!

Every wall in the "fire towers" (well
ventilated , nearly-outdoor staircases)
can be painted on. All you have to do
design a proposal for the Greener
organization and they might even buy
you the paints, or you can not ask and
use your own paint but you risk losing
your design and facing graffiti charges.
Besides, there's some kind of paintrestricting building code, and I'm sure
they wouldn't want to allow
free speech that's too free .
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HOW THE cop
A DIS'fOllY OF
'fIIE AllHING CON'l'llOVEllSY
IN THE BEGINNING: Evergreen was patrolled
by unarmed, polo shirt wearing "Public Safety"
personnel.

Late S0's: Rumors circle that administration was
discussing anning our polo-clad pals.
1995-96: Arming the safety personnel was formally
proposed by acting interim director for public
safety, Under-sheriff Neil McClanahan. This
sparked public outcry, protests, sit-ins and
petitions.
1996-97: "Public Safety" personnel replaced by
newly ordained "Police Services." Polos and sho1ts
replaced by police uniforms. So-called "limited
arming" meant they could carry their guns from
6pm to 8 am while patrolling on foot away from
their vehicles. They could now also give traffic
tickets and make arrests.

During the 1996-97 school year, complaints
about the use of excessive force and
allegations of sexual harassment of Police
Services secretaries by campus officers
arose, and the officers involved are still
patrolling your campus. By the end of the

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s GOT THEIR GUNS
1997-98 school year, rumors began circulating
(and were confirmed by one Police·Services
Officer' s account) that the Evergreen
Administration was just waiting around for
students to forget about the snuggle to prevent
campus aiming before moving to full-time
am,ing for all officers.
2002: Sure enough , during September of 2002,
Evergreen cops began carrying guns with them at
all times of the day. At first, the excuse given for
the 24 hour arming was that there had been
specific threats made against students and faculty
and the police had to respond by increasing their
threat preparedness level. On November of that
year, former Army Ranger and Evergreen
sophomore Andy Mickel killed a police officer in
Red Bluff, California with three gunshots to the
back of the head. After this, it became clear that
members of the administration, the police, and the
Washington Federation of State Employees
(which is the cop's union), were intent on keeping
the Evergreen police's full time arming status
pennanently.
The cop's union claimed that they were
concerned about the officers' safety and by not
allowing the Police to have guns at all times, the
officers were being forced to work in unsafe
conditions. Vicky Peltzer, the chief of pol ice for
the University of Washington was brought in as
an outside consultant on the issue and she too
recommended that Evergreen police be armed
24/7. The Police Services Community Review
Board held several forums around campus to
discuss fl.ill time aiming and in the end they also
recommended that campus police be allowed to
carry guns 24/7.
2003: Art Costantino recommends to President
Les Purce that campus police be allowed to carry
guns at all times. Finally, in May of 2003, Les
Purce made his final decision to authorize a
rewriting of campus police procedure to allow for
24/7 arming. He was quoted as saying, "the
safety of both the campus and our officers will be
enhanced by allowing our officers more
consistent access to firearms ." And that is how
the cops got their beloved guns 24 hours a day
and seven davs a week!

KEY Student Services
Having trouble figuring out your schedule
and all of those letters you keep receiving
from financial aid? Are you wondering if
you registered for the right class? Are
you staying awake at night worrying about
how you are going to pay for school?
Bring all your questions and concerns to
.KEY Student Services and we will help you find the answers. KEY is a federally
funded TRIO grant program that serves students who are the first in their family
to go to college, low income, or have a documented disability and have a need
for academic support. We are located in SEM I Annex F100. Our phone number
is (360)867-6464. Come by for more info and an application!

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It is our goal to invite and celebrate diversity
within our campus community. Our approach is
designed to be holistic and to empower students
with disabilities by promoting self-reliance,
effective problem solving skills, enhanced
academic and personal development, and equal access to all aspects of college life.
Services available: pre-admission counseling, academic adjustments, including
alternate testing arrangements, scribes, peer note takers, alternative format books,
auxiliary aids, such as sign language/oral interpreters, closed captioning, assistive
listening devices, adaptive software and computers, etc., referral to on and off-campus
resources. You can contact us at: (360) 867-6348.

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Public Service Centers at Evergreen
Evergreen has seven Public Service Centers, many of them useful but underutilized resources. The collective mission
statement for the service centers addresses the desire to build relationships and form networks that promote and enhance
Evergreen's integrative and collaborative approach to learning, in a variety of settings among a variety of groups.

The Center for Community-Based Learning and Action
The CCBLA helps to link students and faculty at Evergreen with organizations working on a wide range of community
issues. There arc lots of resources here to learn about some projects happening around town. They can help you out if you
want to get involved with something but don't know where to start. SEM II E2 I 23. Phone: (360). 867-6 I 37
The Evergreen Center for Educational Improvement
The ECEI works to create partnerships with educational communities to improve teaching and learning in K-12
classrooms. Check it out if you are interested in education. Office - SEM. II E3 I 20
Labor Education and Research Center
Provides a safe forum for workers, community members and Evergreen students to look at their lives and work through the
lenses of labor history and political economics. They develop educational programs in collaboration with organized labor
and labor support groups to address relevant issues to worker's unions and work lives. To that end, the Labor Center
works with an advisory co1mnittee to develop credit and non-credit educational programs for union and community
members. Center sponsored programs examine the causes, consequences, and solutions to economic injustice, racism,
sexism, and homophobia. Location: SEM JI E2126 Phone: (360) 867-6055
The Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
The Longhouse exists to provide service and hospitality to students, the college, and the surrounding Native communities.
With a design based in the Northwest Indigenous Nations' philosophy of hospitality, its primary functions are to provide a
gathering place for hosting cultural ceremonies, classes, conferences, performances, art exhibits and community events.
The longhouse is located past the library and lab buildings. Phone: (360) 867-6413
Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute
The NIARA expands the services which the college can offer the tribes,
enabling Evergreen to assist local tribes to meet their economic, governance
and resource goals. At the same time, the Institute provides additional, real-life
learning opportunities for Evergreen students. Located in SEM 3122 . Phone:
360-867-66 I 4
Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate
Education
WCIQUE emphasizes collaborative, low-cost, highly effective approaches to
educational reform. The Center works with faculty, staff, and administrators
at regional and national levels to support student engagement and academic
achievement, particularly for students underrepresented in higher education.
Location: SEM TIE 2115. Phone: (360)867-6611.
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
The lnstitute's mission is to carry out practical, non-partisan research- at
legislative direction-on issues of importance to Washington State. The
Institute conducts research using its own policy analysts and economists,
specialists from universities, and consultants. Institute staff work closely with
legislators, legislative and state agency staff, and experts in the field to ensure
that studies answer re levant policy questions. If you're into the bureaucratic side of things, go for it. 110 Fifth Avenue
SE, Suite 214 • P.O. Box 40999 • Olympia, WA 98504 Telephone: (360) 586-2677.

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CORPORATE FARMS

POISON our
LAN1D

FOOD POLITICS

Every bite of food consumed can be viewed as a political,
social, and environmental issue. Although advertisements and
and
corporate grocery store shelves entice you with convenient food
selections, a lot of the heavily marketed "food" is full of horrible
shit. It's hard to make it in this economy by producing high quality,
organic (no aitificial chemicals), non-exploitative, sustainablygrown food. So, good products are often hard to find or expensive.
The cost-cutters do one thing well, and that is not keeping you
healthy and happy.
The impact to your body is probably first and foremost and
important issue. Obesity and cancer are recent phenomenon. They
became an epidemic after the second agricultural revolution.
Hydrogenated oils and genetically modified crops have unknown,
barely studied effects on human bodies. A survey of scientific
studies of Aspartame (aka NutraSweet, an artificial sweetener)
showed that 92% of independent researchers identified it as
dangerous, linked to headaches, seizures, and *brain-damage*. (Curiously, none of the studies
funded by NutraSweet were "able" to identify any health concerns.)
The food industry is also replete with worker exploitation. In the U.S., migrant workers make
up a large percentage of the agricultural work force. For
them, safety on the job is a joke. Most modem fanns
spray toxic chemicals (pesticides, herbicides,
fertilizers ... ) that slowly and effectively poison workers.
Slaughterhouse work is listed as the most dangerous job
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Coffee fanners
throughout the Americas work in sweatshop-like
conditions, earning less than $1 (US) per pound of
"gourmet" coffee.
The environment is impacted in more ways than can be
discussed in this article. Through monoculture,
chemicals, transportation of from far away, and heavy
processing of foods make a huge ecological impact, not
to mention the stark decrease in their nourishing
qualities. Depending on your own food politics, you
may be interested to learn about these yummy
resources that Olympia has to offer.

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Polyamory is a term used to refer to
the practice of having or being open to
having multiple lovers. Poly's (as
practicers of polyamory are sometimes
called), are not just concerned with sex,
but also with developing multiple
supportive and mutually beneficial
relationships. The word comes from the
Greek word Poly which means 'many' and
the Latin word Amor which means 'love.'
Monogamy derives its suffix from the
Greek word Gamos which means
'marriage.' While polyamory is more
common at Evergreen and in the Olympia
than other places in the U.S., it is still
poorly understood and often misused.
Polyamory is not synonymous with
'sleeping around' or the practice of having
multiple casual sex partners, although
they aren't mutually exclusive by any
means.

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Polyamory is not a way to have many
lovers and avoid deep emotional
investment; to the contrary, it is a
belief that we should more deeply love
our partners without constraints.
Polyamory is not for everyone.
The dominant culture of 'serial
monogamy', or having multiple loves,
doesn't always work out with everyone
having their needs met. It establishes
a hierarchy of relationships with all
attention going to the latest prospect
of 'the one.' It discourages deep loving
connections with friends, since love
comes loaded with expectations and
commitments. Keeping to one lover
can feel very stifling to queer people
that have to reconcile their attraction
to different genders. Polyamory does
not imply dysfunctional relationships.
It requires respect, communication,
trust, emotional maturity, and lots of
talking with all people involved. With
multiple partners, special attention to
safe sex and sexual health is a very
important part of expressing love for
those you sleep with. Poly's go
through a lot of the same struggles
that monogamous folks go through in
their relationships. While polyamory
seeks to grow our relationships beyond
possessiveness, it's still ok to feel
jealous when your partner spends all
their time with their new flame;
hopefully you can understand and love
them for their passion and still have
your needs met. Honest
communication of your feelings, as in
any relationship, is the key.

THE GREENER REVIEW
We are a student group forming an
educational network that will provide a
space to collectively build and share
knowledge through mediums like a
website, pamphlets, a regular journal,
and community events.

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WHAT IS OUR PHILOSOPHY?
We are committed to peer education
as a means to promote social justice,
diversity, ecological sustainability, and
combat all forms of oppression. We
approach these goals within a
participatory, non-hierarchical structure.
WHO ARE WE?

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We are a group of students
committed to critical analysis of the root causes of oppression and injustice. In
particular we are dedicated to investigating issues of race, gender, class,
ecological sustainability, sexual identity, and the power structures of our society.
We understand these issues as comprising the foundation of studies in political
economy.
YOU CAN DO IT TOO!
Empowering knowledge can only be achieved through solidarity. At the
Greener Review we want to include everyone. That means faculty, community
members, other student groups, and the student body at large. We encourage
direct participation from people of all different backgrounds in an honest and
open dialogue. This is an invitation for your participation and a call to action .
Educate, organize, and mobilize! You can contact us at:
theevergreenreview@gmail.com
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SESAME
"Rabble Rousing Since 2003"
In 2003 SESAME (Students Educating Students
About the Middle East) was created by students
returning from Palestine after volunteering with the
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and in
response the looming threat of war on Iraq. Rachel
Corrie's death and the beginning of the occupation of
Iraq occurred within days of each other. Since then we
expanded to include solidarity, advocacy, education
and action on issues surrounding the Middle East,
racism, human rights and foreign policy. SESAME is
the oldest anti-war/occupation student group on campus focusing on the Middle East.
In the 2007-2008 academic year we strive to become a more inclusive, anti-racist
student organization because of the ties between imperialism in the Middle East, racism
and religious discrimination in the US and the privileges many Evergreen students benefit
from.
We welcome input and participation in the planning of upcoming events and actions.
This autumn events include Olympia and Evergreen community forums on the current
situation in Middle East, refugees, racism and academic freedom. We are hosting the
Israeli Coalition Against House Demolition (ICAHD)
photo exhibit on the Jerusalem Dispossessed in midOctober at Evergreen's Library and co-sponsoring Dahr
Jamal and Suheir Hammad at the 24th annual Olympia
Film Festival in the beginning of November. The 5th
Annual Middle East Film Festival is planned for Winter
Quarter the 3rd and 4th weeks of winter quarter.
Throughout the year we will continue our work to
publicizing The Evergreen State College Foundation's
lack of a socially responsible investment policy, which
includes investing in companies that profit from war
and occupation in the Middle East.
To get involved check out www.evergreen.edu/sesame
or sesame-evergreen.blogspot.com. You can contact
us at (360)867-6724 or sesame@evergreen.edu.

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CJl_<B c:Jqtfesign Pee

<Diayou k,now tlie average ju[[ time stuaent is paying
aGout $2 76 annua[[y to support tlie renovation of our
CJW3 Gui[dzng? The Co[[ege )1.ctivities <Bui[dzng is in
neea of significant upaates ana new energy efficient
systems. Two years ago, the stuaent Gocfy votea to
impose a $5. 75 per credzt fee upon itself to finance
tfiese improvements. :Now tfiere is a stuaent committee
wor/iJng in cooperation witfi a farger CJI<B <R§aesign
Committee to oversee tfie renovation. 'Jvl.emGers of tfie
stuaent committee wi[[ serve as fiaisons Getween
stuaents, aaministration ana <DL(J{ qroup; the
)1.rcfiitectura[ ana<Engineering firm sefectea auring
Spring quarter 2007. Out of numerous appficants,
<DL(J{ wi[{ work, with <Evergreen to ensure the CJI<B is a
L<E<E<D certifiea Guirding. L<E<E<D (Leaaersfiip in
<Energy ana<Environmenta[<Design) certification is
grantea Gy the VS qreen <Buirding Council Together,
<DL(J{ana tfie CJI<B Committee wi[[ incorporate more
energy efficient moaefs tfiat e:zymp[ify <Evergreen 's
commitment to sustainaGifity ana tfiese emerging
stanaaras. (Jet invo[vea! Contact tfie Stuaent CJI<B
Committee at: stwfentcaG@evergreen.eau

Cfean <Energy Pee
This is a $1. oo per credzt fee cfiargea to every stuaent
on a quarter[y Gasis to proviae financia[ support for on
campus renewa6[e energy projects. )1.ny stuaent at
<Evergreen can fi[[ out a proposa[ intenaea to promote
sustaina6ifity ana su6mit it to tfie C[ean <Energy
Committee at
http: //www. evergreen. eau/committee/cfeanener9yfara
nt.litm

Late !Jviglit Transit Pee
This is a new fee of $3.00 a quarter, votea upon ana
approve£ 6y the stuaent Gocfy in the 2006-2007 year.
Since Inter City Transit aoesn 't run very fate on
weef?.§nas or any aay of the weekfor tfiat matter, tliis
proviaes a safe form of transportation to anafrom
campus.
Intercity Transit <Bus (]'ass Pee
Tnisfee is $1.10 per credzt ana up to $13.20
ma:xjmum per quarter. It 6uys you a refative[y cheap
riae on tfie Gus ifyou use it enough since a aay ticf?.§t
costs $1.50.
Student (}Ql.n Cafe Pee
In an attempt to remove stuaents from corporate
aeatfi fooa, (see ffaming eggpfant artic{e) stuaents
votea on tliis $2.00 per credzt fee,forfa[[ quarter
on[y.
J{ea[tli Center Pee
This is a manaatory fee of $44. oo for stuaents
attendzng the O{ympia campus tfiat are registereafor
10 or more unaergraauate credzts orfor 8 or more
graauate credzts. This is not any form ofrear heaftfi
insurance; 6ana aias, some conaoms, a cfieck,up.
W)1.SWPICJW
The Washington <Pu6fic Interest <R§search qroup is a
nonprofit, pofitica[[y una[ignea corporation dzrectea
6y stuaents, tfie fee is $8. 00 a quarter Gut can Ge
waverea 6y fi{{i,ng out aform wfiicfi you can pick, up
at tlie Stuaent )1.ccounts office..
Stuaent)1.ctivities Pees
This fee is induaea in tuition, 6ut it equafs $160 per
quarter. This is tfie money the Sr§)! 6oara
aistri6utes. Over liaff a million tfoflars a year. This
is wfiy it is saa tfiat we can't access tfiat money ana
fiave to create aadztiona[fees for stuff we neecf.

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S WEE
For the past 17 years, Evergreen students have joined millions of people.around the world to
celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th. IWW attempts to recognize and celebrate the
complex lives and issues of women around the world through programming that includes speakers,
music, films and workshops. International Women's Day is meant not to homogenize the
experiences or efforts of women, but rather to provide a space for sisterhood and solidarity across
differences and commonalities. It's not possible or productive to seek to give voice to every aspect of
women's experiences in one day, or even one week, but by women worldwide owning a calendar day,
the hope is that it will increase visibility and respect for their lives and concerns. Too often dominant
culture's attempt to celebrate women ends in the patriarchal and often racist construction of what a
woman looks like and how and by what standard she is valued. Even feminist constructions of
women and the women's struggle have failed in many ways to respond to or include the needs and
values of women of color, working class, and queer women. In the last three years, the organizers of
IWW have sought to incorporate a range of issues and experiences, particularly
queer and trans issues, women's health, and experiences of Women of Color in
the United States and abroad.
Three years ago International Women's Week at Evergreen began a
significant shift in leadership. The Women of Color Coalition wrote an article in
the Cooper Point Journal outlining the lack of cultural and racial awareness
represented in the events' programming as well as its organizing. The week was
boycotted by women of color at Evergreen because the events and the spirit of
the week were not culturally conscious or inclusive of the different issues and
experiences that women of color face in their everyday lives. At the time, the
Women's Resource Center organized events addressing gender and sexuality, women's health, self
defense and feminist organizing. Not only was the Women of Color Coalition omitted from the
planning process, but to many, this reflected the overarching reality that women of color are
marginalized, and their needs are overlooked. Through a continuing dialogue with the Women's
Resource Center, the Women of Color Coalition agreed to take
on International Women's Week the following year as well as
years after. This was a conscious decision that came out of
meetings held between the WRC and the WOCC. It is
important that this history continues to be told in order to keep
an understanding of how and the reasons why we've come to
have and own the privileges we take for granted. Currently, the
Women of Color of Coalition occupies the office of the second
floor of the CAB because of the agreement with the Women's
Resource Center that Women of Color need and demand more
visibility.

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THE QUEER
PEOPLE OF COLOR
PROJECT
Both Evergreen and the greater Olympia area are
considered, by the majority populous, to be places
that are made up almost entirely of fairly liberal
minded and at least queer tolerant white people.
There is a lot going on in this construction of
Olympia's population and its regard for
underprivileged populations; the overarching issues
have to do with exceptionalism-that through some
virtue, our little corner of the world is exempt from
. the sway of racism and homophobia. Firstly, people
of color communities are invisibilized by the white
majority and because they are invisibilized, their
needs are not being met by community organizations
or social services provided within the area. Secondly,
queer tolerance does not necessarily mean queer
educated or queer loving. Homophobia is something
that is still very much rampant even within queer
communities themselves, so to say that Olympia, or
even Evergreen, has already tackled queer
acceptance is pretty ridiculous.
Queer community and acceptance in the Olympia
area is something of a contention. Because there are
queer people in the community who are out publicly,
people automatically think that this is something of
safe haven for queer folk, which is simply not true.
Trans people still have a lot of difficulty finding
health care practitioners that can actually serve
them respectably in the Olympia area and
homophobia is imbedded in every institution we have
here. There are community groups in Olympia as
well as one at Evergreen that have organized spaces
for queer people, but these organizations are a long
way from meeting the needs of all of their
constituents, partially due to lack of resources, but
also because there just hasn't been enough time or
consideration taken to create a fixed commitment to
broader issues affecting the queer community.
The problem that plagues most queer groups is
a lack of political muscle and social awareness
directed towards organizing efforts. There is a long
standing presumption that queer folks are
automatically better at understanding oppressions
across the board, and that this understanding makes
them immune from participating in or actively
reinforcing oppression. Consequently, a lot of queer
groups have not even begun to tackle the racism and
cultural insensitivitv of their ornanizations and the

If there was much more concentration on queer
groups educating themselves on white privilege
and racial/cultural issues, than these
communities could begin to serve queer people
of color in a much more intentional way. This
is not to say that it isn't necessary for there to
be more building and organizing, specifically in
order to cater to the concerns and desire for
community of queer people of color, but this
would create a greater and more concerted
opportunity for coalition building and
communication amongst all queer folks and
their allies. A queer group of color would also
enable queer people of color to work through
the issues that are specific to them without
worrying about how it may be construed or
misunderstood by those who do not understand
racism and racialized experiences. For queer
people of color, race is deeply intertwined to
their experience as queer people, and though
an all white queer group may be able to relate
to confronting homophobia, transphobia and
heterosexist thinking, they are not able to fully
connect to the ways in which these issues have
been treated and have affected people of color
communities. Homophobia and sexism is a big
issue in a lot of people of color communities,
and in many of them, queer identities aren't
dealt with at all, but are instead uncomfortably
relegated to silence, or even discussions about
the affects of assimilation on people of color,
as if queer identities were a product of white

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(Cont...)
Oppressions are interlocking. Race
oppression is closely tied to gender
oppression and class oppression. The people
of color community at Evergreen and in
Olympia does not function, even in its most
radical manifestations, as a wholly unsexist
and unhomophobic entity because the racism
that we deal with on a day to day basis is
also one that is shaded with sexist and
homophobic thinking. The Queer People of
Color Project arose out of discussion on the
need for safe space to discuss and tackle the
issues we as queer people of color face, as
well as to provide a forum for organizing and
activities that can help us build our
community.
A Few Resources For Queer Folks
Gender Variant Health Project (GVHP) Community advocacy and support group
and an advisory board dedicated to
improving health care for all gender variant
peoples. Located 120 State Ave. 302
Olympia, WA 98501. Email them at
g_v_h_p@yahoo.com or get on their mailing
list at to GVHPsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Gender Smash - Monthly open mic/drag
show/ concert/ performance put on at
Mani um sponsored by GVHP, OMP and
Stonewall Youth. Third Thursday of every
month.

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Olympia Men's Project (OMP) - group for
male identified queer people that provides
teach-ins, outreach projects, workshops
and weekly meetings. Meetings are every
Thursday at UCAN at 7pm. For more
information, please call at: 360-352-2375
or e-mail: mpowermentoly@yahoo.com.
Olympia Q Patrol (Oly Q Patrol) Collective group born as a· response to
hate-motivated violence targeting queer
people in Olympia. Contact them at
olyqpatrol@riseup.net.
Queer People of Color Unite (QPOCU) - A
queer people of color support and advocacy
group in the south sound area. QPOCU seek
to provide a safe space for discussion and
support of Queer People of Color and do
outreach and organize programming with
local community Queer and People of Color
groups. They have a weekly meeting on
Monday evenings. Join the mailing list at
qpocu@lists.riseup.net . A calendar of events
and meetings will be available at the Women
of Color Coalition office in CAB 206 and First
Peoples' Advising Services at Evergreen as
well as through OMP and Stonewall Youth.
Stonewall Youth - LGBTQ support group for
people under 21 years old. Stonewall Youth
has a weekly support group on Wednesday
evenings and a trans group meeting on
Thursday nights. For more information (360)705-2738 or email us at
stonewall youth@qwest.net.
United Communities AIDS Network (UCAN) Located 147 Rogers St. NW. UCAN provides
AIDS awareness education and advocacy as
well as prevention and care services such as a
support group, a buddy system and a drop-in
care program. They have a volunteer
program. Contact them 360-352-2374. For
more information go to: http:/ /www.ucanwa.org/.
Evergreen Queer Alliance(EQA)-Student
group located in CAB 314, dedicated to
serving the needs of all queer people through
education, outreach, support and action.
867-6544.

TRANSPHOBIA AT EVERGREEN
Evergreen State College is known in part for it's liberal students and faculty, however when it comes
to gender identity, it is still learning. To help promote understanding in the administration, faculty, and
student body about transgender and genderqueer issues and how to support them, there is the student
group on campus ST AR or Society for Trans Action and Resources. STAR looks to provide support for
all gender variant students, educate allies within the community, and work towards gender neutral
campus policies.
One of the great things about Evergreen is the history we have of activism for transgender,
genderqueer, and intersex people. Such activism has been going on ever since the opening of the school
and continues even today. In 2000 Leslie Feinberg, a multi-issue trans activist came to speak to a large
crowd in Red Square. Many authors such as Caitlin Sullivan, Kate Bornstein, and Aaron Link have
come to speak on campus over the years. For two years Evergreen had a Trans, Genderqueer, and
Jntersex film festival. The film festival was one of only 3 of its kind at the time in the United States.
Programs have begun including gender identity in their seminar discussions, helping bring a greater
awareness of the subject to students.
Trans phobia is sadly a matter of fact anywhere you go and Evergreen
is not exempt to from this though it may be taking greater steps then other
places in combating this. Thankfully there has not been a history of
violence against trans people on campus. Faculty and students on campus
are often allies of the trans community though ignorance and hatred
persist. The Administration has made strides to better meet the needs of
transgender students. In 2006 Evergreen included gender identity to its
nondiscrimination policy to better protect students. The Recreation Center
is installing two new single occupancy gender neutral locker rooms for
use. There have been more gender neutral restrooms included on campus
including in the library, as well as the conversion of all single stall
restrooms in Seminar II from gender specific to gender neutral as a test
during the Fall quarter to ensure the feasibility. Housing is working to develop a gender neutral housing
policy for campus though there is no word as to when it may be instated. Students are able to change
their officially on campus with a court ordered name change and can change their gender on official
forms with a letter from a doctor stating they are making irreversible changes (such as honnone
replacement therapy). Students and alumni can request for all of their evaluations to be edited to reflect
the correct name and pronoun if they wish. While some forms offer another box, it is not common
practice on all forms and may be disregarded at times. Evergreen offers a counseling center which staffs
counselors who are knowledgeable of trans gender issues and friendly to all students. The medical center
on campus can be accommodating as well and can suggest off campus locations for all medical needs
including trans friendly doctors.
So while Evergreen can sometimes not be as transgender and genderqueer friendly, it is still a
supportive environment that offers many things that many universities across the country
lack.
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&RACE
Besides the petty personal prejudice that pervades our culture, in the
United States racism is also institutional. What does that mean? When
Stokely Carmichael first coined the phrase 'institutional racism' he was trying
to highlight the fact that governance structures had fail~d to meet the
collective needs of some of its people "because of their color, culture or
ethnic origin". In other words racism still plays an integral part in the very
institutions that are supposed to take care of us and keep us safe
unconditionally. Even in our enlightened 21 st century society, racism still
persists. Many things that we take for granted such as integrated schools,
fair hiring practices, and being able to sit anywhere on the bus are things
that many people have had to live without during their lives. These "rights'
that most of us take for granted were fought for tooth and nail.
"Race" may be a social construct, but it carries a lot of weight in our society today. You may be
asking, if "race" has no basis in biological reality, why is it so important? To put it simply, racism matters
because it is one way, among many that the powerful elite spread systems of classification which keep us
divided, distracted, and conquered. Racism is perpetuated through our participation in a system which
has historically treated superficial differences as excuses to treat other people like subhumans and deny
them the fruits of their labor. The end result of this process was an accumulation of economic, political,
and social benefits into the hands of a certain "race" which produces white privilege. We can see white
privilege all around us, from our biased school textbooks, banks, the prison and police system (which
disproportionately targets people of color) all the way to our schools and workplaces themselves. Racism
and the privileges that most white people take for granted and the benefits they reep from their skin
creep their way into many parts of our everyday lives. In this way, racism is also personal.
The illusion that people of color have overcome all the obstacles to true equality, flies in the face of
a capitalist system that benefits from keeping us separated, unequal, and marginalized. Race has been
used throughout history to make sure that working class solidarity that might threaten the status quo
would not materialize.
Despite the lip-service paid to these issues, don't expect much different from Evergreen. Despite its
reputation as a radical institution, Evergreen has its fair share of problems, especially when it comes to
race. Evergreen is 81.6% white. That means diversity isn't too great here, and most of the time we don't
live up to our progressive reputation. An example of white privilege that
you're likely to come across at Evergreen is the tendency for a white person
to dominate seminar and interrogate a person of color about their culture.
This isn't good for a lot of reasons on the one hand, it may alienate the
person of color and secondly it puts them in the uncomfortable position of
being a "delegate" for their entire "race", even though they have their own
unique experiences and background. Lastly when white people dominate
seminar it comes off as intensely arrogant and everyone knows that stubborn
egotism rarely sparks meaningful dialogue.
Another common form of white privilege we see at Evergreen is cultural
appropriation. Cultural appropriation happens when you borrow parts of
someone else's culture and adopt them as your own. A mohawk or
dreads may seem like cool hairstyles, but these are people's cultures,
35 not just the latest trend. Be respectful. Be conscious of your privilege and be an ally.

--ANew MENtality: How Male Oppression Relates to Sexism and Homophobia
How can men help women fight sexist oppression? How can straight men or women help fight against homophobia?
The answers to those questions are also the answer to another question:
How can men help other men (and themselves) overcome their own
oppression and homophobia? As Terrence Crawly puts it: "As a man I
accrue privilege simply by remaining silent." However, it should be
acknowledged that men too are oppressed, consciously or not, in this
patriarchal, heterosexist society. Especially men who overtly challenge our
culture's gender stereotypes and socialization.
We live in a society where overt male to female physical violence is
deplorable by many standards, but male to male violence is both accepted
and embraced . More men have died at the hands of other men than have
women. Much of this killing stems from institutions that are designed to
assert male domination, or at very least a social norm of masculinity.
Furd1ermore, we live in a society that accentuates the dominating traits of
men and the submissive traits of women.
Socialization/ Gender Boxes
The process by which men are taught to be tough, aggressive, and
in-control and women are taught to be pleasing, passive and controlled is
called socialization. Socialization is subtle. lt occurs when young boys are
given toy guns and blue shirts as gifts, and their female counterparts are given Barbie dolls and pink skirts. lt occurs when
teen magazines, movies and music suggest girls will be feminine if they consider their body to be their best asset. Socialization
occurs for men when we are taught that our masculinity is analogous to our sexuality, or that our ability to take control of a
situation is a measure of our manhood. If we listen to the media, men are supposed to be aggressive leaders and/ or aloof and
mysterious. In fact, these myths of masculinity manifest themselves respectively through a domineering personality or an
inability to communicate, botl1 of which inhibit healtl1y relationships.
The socialized gender boxes of patriarchy force men and
women alike to present a false image of themselves to each other.
These are images that lack both humanity and spirit, images that
separate us and mystify us. While women in our culture have the
license to show each otl1er affection both physically and
emotionally, the same is not true for men. If men do the same, fear
or suspicion often follows. For men, homophobia keeps the gender
roles in place. Should a man want to divert from any sort of social
standard of masculinity (wear pink, act effeminate, cry in public),
he may be, at the very least, silently judged by others as weak or as
less of a man.
Homophobia
The gender boxes that are put around both men and women
can be devastating. Especially when gender is confused with
sexuality. When we think of gender purely in sexual terms, men and
women have difficulty forming friendships that arc based on an
understanding of each other's struggle. Instead, these friendships
may be based on sexual definitions of gender. Many young men
already associate their masculinity witl1 their sexual prowess.

men can

STOP
rape

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(Cont ...)
Same gender relationships, when seen through sexuality, become stigmatized and feared, especially for men. This
is the essence of homophobia. Homophobia is not exclusively a queer issue. lt is a straight issue. When gender is
examined through sexuality, men fear each other. Men do not develop deep or lasting relationships with other
men because of the fear of being labeled as gay. How often do men, in society at large, sit down and really talk to
each other about their fears, passions, hopes and sorrows? Likewise, just as women get together and talk about
their oppression and how to liberate themselves, so too should men.
Socialized gender boxes also dictate who we should be attracted to. How do we treat those who's sexuality
doesn't fit the mold? As straight men and women we take our heterosexual privilege for granted. Besides the
obvious challenges of being rejected and scorned by society at large, queer men and women face considerable
obstacles in many aspects of life. As difficult as love can be, for queer couples it is even harder. Their validity as
couples are constantly challenged. They rarely are allowed to live their lives outside of their sexual identity. While
straight people can be congresspersons, lawyers, doctors or teachers, queer people are known most often for their
sexuality, and secondly their talent or occupation. We as straight people have the right to raise children without the
threat of state intervention; few queer couples have had that luxury. Queer men and women, just as straight men,
do not have the social acceptance to share affection in public. Therefore, ending heterosexual privilege contributes
to our own Liberation as loving men.
Sexism at Evergreen
Some of you reading this article may be thinking "this may be tl1e case in
the .Midwest, or in some small hick town, but here at Evergreen, we are all
evolved men". I wish that were trne. Many female activists often talk about
how domineering some men are, how so many workshops, activities, and
trainings are led by men, and how often the majority of comments in meetings
are made by men. If men are not willing to look at their own sexist,
competitive, and aggressive or domineering behaviors, which are rooted in their
own oppressive socialization, our revolution will only go so far. We may have a
kinder gentler patriarchy, but the patriarchy will remain none the less.
Furthermore, every year on the Evergreen campus women are sexually harassed
and even sexually assaulted.
So what can we as men do to help ourselves, and thus our female
comrades as well? Many believe it starts with self-examination. \V/here do my
notions of masculinity come from? What did my father (or mother) teach me
about being a man? Do I feel intimidated by a powerful woman? Do I feel competitive in the presence of a
powerful man? Do I find myself dominating the conversation a lot at meetings, in class, or other social situations?
Examining ourselves and our actions, we will begin to see how the heterosexist, patriarchal systems we're
involved in affect those around us. In our interactions with friends who are women or queer, we shouldn't feel a
sense of politically correct alarm every time we try to interact. At the same time, our interactions shouldn't
become interrogations of how we enact the oppresive systems of patriarchy and heterosexism. Above all, Listening
and seeking to truly understand, without reserve or defense, is the best way to learn how our actions affect those
we love.
Furthering a commitment to a changed society, we can mentor our younger peers. We can provide them with
healthier models of masculinity than what we may have received growing up. We can provide them with courage
and support to stand up to derogatory comments, sexist and heterosexist stereotypes, as well as educating them
about their own privilege as males and how not to abuse that privilege.
Most of all I encourage men to talk to other men in deeper ways than you usually do, to create a
3 7 new mentality behind our notions of masculinity. Equally important, I encourage men to listen more
deeply to other men and to other women, queer and straight.

Diversity And Evergreen
Diversity means a lot of things at Evergreen. TESC
advertises itself as actively promoting diversity. The school's
administrative policy does not discuss what they mean when they
say diversity and how or with what they seek to support it. Do you
define diversity as a quantitatively measurable appearance of
inclusivity with statistics that depict the success of your
institution because of its ability to attract and retain a broad
enough range of constituencies? Is diversity solely a tangible element that is meant to enrich the lives and
educations of the majority populace-the white middle class-while still abiding by laws of a state institution,
they cannot intentionally segregate or actively discriminate against certain constituencies?
Another thing that struck me as especially strange was that, though the school's social contract, as well as
its administrative policy, does not specifically discuss or define diversity or its commitment to diversity, The
Evergreen State College Admissions page does. "The community of faculty, staff and students work together
to ensure an environment that embraces differences, fosters tolerance and understanding, and celebrates a
commitment to cultural, ethnic and racial awareness". How does the community of faculty, staff and students
work together to bring about such an environment? Does the administration, or even the faculty and staff,
demonstrate on a comprehensive level a sophisticated awareness of race and racism , let alone demonstrate a
perceivable concern about students' lives concerning race? The reality is that students, administrators, faculty
and staff actually don't work together; in fact, there is very little in the way of communication across these
lines, especially about diversity itself. Many administrators, as well as the board of trustees are separated
from the lives of students. And though they may believe that they know what's best for us and for the faculty
and staff, they do not actively engage them in discussions about support and awareness.
I take the meaning of diversity to mean a full spectrum of experiences and lives that encompass a range
of racial, socio-economic, religious, sexuality and gender, age and ability, political and nationality identities. All
oppressions are not the same and this is one of the key elements that are missing from the vague statement
the institution takes on diversity. Not all oppressions are treated equally in our society, so why should we
pretend that we could cater to those different experiences in the same way?
Without creating a definitive community and an experiencedriven definition of its commitment to diversity, Evergreen has failed
to create what they say they already have: an open and supportive
learning environment that protects and empowers underprivileged
communities, particularly people of color. The problem is a farreaching and multi-faceted one. Without the critical awareness
necessary to create a commitment to concerns of diverse
communities and methods for responding to oppression, the
institution embodies a commitment to the status quo. It's not the
numbers that matter or the bottom line, it is the experiences of
people.

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The annual Day of
Absence/Day of Presence
program provides an
opportunity for the entire
campus to explore issues of
diversity, equity, and
multiculturalism. The program
started at Evergreen in 1975
and comes from the play, Day
of Absence, by African
American playwright Douglas
Turner Ward. The play is about a town where all of the African Americans
disappear one day leaving their white neighbors. The town is unable to function as
usual on this day and the remaining residents realize that all members of the town
are vital and integral members of the community.
At Evergreen the Day of Absence, many of the faculty, staff, and students of
color are absent from campus in order to participate in an off-campus retreat.
Their absence from the college serves as a tangible reminder of the diversity
present at Evergreen. While away, the community of color looks at issues within
their communities and strategize ways to strengthen support for each other. The
day is spent enjoying each other's company and looking at administrative and
community-based solutions for providing a safe and welcoming campus
atmosphere. Previous themes for the Day of Absence/Day of Presence are
examining racial climate in the classroom, incorporating anti-oppression values in
the workplace and seminar, exploring one's own internalized oppression.
In 1992 the Day of Presence was added at the recommendation of members
of the Evergreen community in order to reunite the college community and honor
diversity and unity. Today, the Day of Presence occurs the day after the Day of
Absence and represents the uniting of our community and consists of campuswide workshops, seminars, and performances. More faculty and administrative
support is needed for students of color and white students to participate in the
activities. The issues raised and the discourse undertaken on these days are things
that we should be doing constantly. Two days isn't enough.

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AND CONSENT
Sexual violence is nauseatingly cotmnon: l in 3 women are raped
and 1 in 6 college-aged women reported having been victims of rape or
attempted rape in the preceding year alone. These grotesquely high rates of offense only account for
rape and not other forms of sexual violence. Question: HOW THE FUCK CAN RAPE RA TES BE THIS
HIGH? Answer: Because sexual violence is socially acceptable.
Some statistics from the University of Pennsylvania website elucidate this point. 85% of rapes of
. college women are cotmnitted by someone they knew. 84% of men who cotmnit rape say that what
they did was definitely not rape. One third of men said they would have sex with a non-consenting
person if they thought they would get away with it. Furthermore, 42% of women who are raped tell no
one about the rape. That same percentage of women expects to be raped again. Among the 85% of
women who are raped by an acquaintance, only 5% reported the rape to the police. It is estimated that
50 to 90% of all rapes go unreported. Again, these statistics only address rape and not other forms of
sexual violence.
Before continuing to talk about sexual violence lets give a definition, "Sexual violence is any action
that makes an individual feel violated in a way that pertains to sexuality. " Everyone has a right to
determine their own sexual expression and the role they play in the sexual expression of others. The
terms "sexual expression" and "sexuality" extend beyond physical actions into verbal, visual, and other
nonphysical actions as well. It is important to use this definition if we want sexual violence to stop.
Notice in the definition above that the determining factor in an act of sexual violence is how the survivor
feels. This means that:
SURVIVORS ALONE ARE CAPABLE OF NAMING WHEN SEXUAL VIOLENCE OCCURS
Sexual violence cannot be objectively defined. It is entirely circumstantial. Sexual violence is
degrading, humiliating and takes power away from the survivor. It removes the survivor's ability to
detennine their involvement in sexual expression.
The statistic above stating that 84% of men who rape do not think they committed rape exemplifies
the extent to which sexual violence is not recognized. It is not uncommon for a survivor to come
forward and have others side with the perpetrator. If there is any excuse as to why a perpetrator may
have been justified in the act of sexual violence, then some third parties respond by trying to mediate
and explain this perspective to the survivor. This response sides with the perpetrator in invalidating the
survivor's experience and right to define zir own sexual boundaries. Sometimes third parties will
attempt to help by telling a survivor they need to calm down or are ove1Teacting. Again, fmiher
invalidating them.
This reaction fails to recognize an act of sexual violence as being unacceptable. Instead, it displaces
the responsibility onto the survivor, as though the way to deal with the situation is empathy and
understanding toward the violator. As a third party, you have absolutely no business asking for any
information about the incident that the survivor does not voluntarily offer.
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(Cont ... ) YOU DO NOT NEED TO HEAR THE WHOLE STORYto determine whether or not a
violation occtm-ed, because it is not up to you to make that call. At this point it might be good to
add that only 2% ofrapes reported to police are false accusations, which is the same rate that any
other crime is falsely reported. Note also that the legal criteria for defining rape does not hinge on a
survivor's experience as it rightfully should.
So how DO you deal with these situations? The answer is different every time. Because sexual
violence takes power away from an individual, the most effective way to handle the situation is for
the survivor to determine the process. Control of the process helps survivors feel empowered after
having been violated. IT JS CRITICAL TO ALLOW THE SURVIVOR FULL CONTROL OF THE
RECOVERY PROCESS.
With that said, there are some general guidelines: FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY EVER! The most important
thing you can do to prevent sexual violence is to make sure all
SO LONG AS
sexual activities (or activities that can conceivably be seen as
ARE NOT FREE
sexual) are consensual. Consent is "the act of willingly and
PEOPtE AR verbally agreeing to involvement in any sexual contact or
NOT FR
conduct."
Consent is an ongoing process in any relationship. The only
way to know that you are not sexually violating someone is to
always ensure there is consent. It is important to note that saying
no, even when asked, can be very hard. People will feel pressured
into sexual activity and may verbally agree, but not really want to
\.t be engaging in sexual activity. If someone says "yes", but you
feel that their nonverbal communication is saying "no", then you
should stop. It is important to note that this does not go the other
way around. If you feel that someone's nonverbal communication
is saying "yes", but they have not verbalized consent, then you have not obtained consent. You
cannot know for sure without verbal (and physical) affirmation.
While it is possible to engage in willing sexual contact without expressed verbal consent (have
you verbally consented to every sexual encounter you have had?), recognize that each and every
time you do this, it is possible that you are sexually violating your partner(s). If you did not gain
consent and your partner tells you that you have violated them, then you have.
FOR ALLIES: If you wish to be an ally with a survivor then it is critical that you listen and provide
whatever support they request and are comfortable giving. Having a domineering, even ifwellmeaning, ally who tries to make decisions for the survivor or tries to impose their own views of the
situation on the survivor, only acts to further disempower the survivor. Be empathetic and
communicate your support. If you feel uncertain how to help, ask the survivor what kind of support
they need. Do not talk about the incident with anyone else unless the survivor explicitly asks you to.
No one needs to know. DO NOT GOSSIP
Professional resources for emotional and physical assistance are listed at the end of this article.
While these resources are helpful, having support from friends and loved ones is essential.
You provide a different kind of support as a friend, which even the best professionals
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cannot provide (although keep in mind that professionals provide resources like medical
care that you cannot).

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FOR PERPETRATORS: If you have sexually violated someo ne, then you need to be accountable to that person. It is
essential to understand that even if you did not realize you were violating someone, if they tell you that you did then you are a
perpetrator ofsexual violence. It is only up to the survivor to decide. How you process and heal from your role as a perpetrator
is different than what you need to do to be accountable to the survivor. Primarily, you have to respect the survivor's decisions
in dealing with the incident. If the survivor wants an apology, then apologize (in a heartfelt manner that shows you understand
the seriousness of what you have done). If the survivor does not want to see your face ever again, then be certain as hell that
they never do ... and so on. If the survivor wants to communicate with you, then trust and respect their ability to detem1ine how
they need you to act. YOU DO NOT HA VE A RIGHT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE SURVIVOR IF IT IS UNWANTED. Many
perpetrators will want to apologize for their actions, not out of a concern for the well-being of the survivor, but their own
benefit. Such apologies take the form of"I am sorry that you feel violated but I was really just meaning to have sex with you
and I thought it was consensual and we've done it before so I just thought that it was okay ... " This kind of apology is
illegitimate (aka fucked up) because it places the blame on the survivor. It apologizes for the fact that the survivor feels
vio lated rather than for the violent act itself. It only serves the perpetrator. If the survivor wants to know what you were
thinking, let them ask. DO NOT MAKE ANY EXCUSES FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. There are none. Your
perception/intentions are completely irrelevant to whether or not you committed violence. You do not have the right to talk
about the incident to anyone else. If you need to talk about it, it must be confidentiality (professionals can help). If a perpetrator
does not adequately heal and learn from their mistakes, they are liable to commit sexual violence again .
FOR COMMUNITIES: Talk about sexual violence with your friends . Think about and discuss what you can do to make
sexua l violence socially unacceptable in your community. This could be anything from naming names of known perpetrators to
hurling bloody tampons at them. Be creative, but ALWAYS put the needs of the survivor first. Before anything happens, talk
about how you might respond to an incident. Be suppo1tive of survivors and sensitive to their needs.
RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS:
Medical- It's important to be checked for physical injuries, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and pregnancy after a rape. It
is best to wait to bathe, douche, or change clothing until after the physical examination. If you have to change clothes put the
clothes you were wearing into a brown bag and bring them with you to the hospital.
St. Peter's (439-7289, 413 Lily Road) provides legal rape exams and will call a Safeplace advocate and a Sexual Assault
Nurse Exan1iner-folks who are specifically trained to help you through the examination. The exam is paid for through Crime
Victims Compensation.
·
Group Health (456-1700, 700 Lilly Road) provides legal rape exams but only accepts members of its health plan.
The results of your medical exam will not be released to the police without your written consent if you are over 18 (if you are
under 18 the hospital is legally required to do so). Remember it is always your choice to speak with police or answer questions
they ask you. lfyou want to press charges against your attacker, it is important to go to the hospital within 72 hours after
vagina l penetration, 48 hours after anal, and 12 hours after oral.
The Evergreen Health Center (866-6000 x6200, Room 2110 of Seminar Building) cannot conduct legal rape exams but can
provide treatment of injuries, testing, and emergency contraception.
Emotional Support Options- Friends, family members, peer advocates, Safeplace advocates or anyone else you know and trust
can provide support.
The Counseling Center (866-6800, Room 2109 of Seminar Building) has licensed and peer counselors available during the
academic year. Conversations are free and confidential. Walk-in hours vary each quaiter.
The Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinator (on campus 867-5221 M-F 8AM to 5PM) can help decide whether to press
charges and what your options are for suppo1t and assistance. You can call police services (867-6140) after hours.
evegreen.edu/health/sexualassult.
Safeplace Rape Relief/Women's Shelter Services (754-6300-24 crisis hotline 754-8754-business line) has advocates
availab le 24 hours a day who are specially trained to help WOMEN survivors though all phases ofrecovery including medical
help and the legal system. Safeplace also provides confidential shelter for women and children. While Safeplace acknowledges
the need for trans/intersex survivor services and is working toward providing them, the Survivor Project (503-288-3191,
survivorproject.org) in Portland currently provides better intersex/trans support.
Male identified survivors of sexual violence: resources are scarce. Start by dialing 211.
Even if someone ...




Is your spouse or partner
is someone you've had sex with before
is female bodied
is drunk or is wearing sexy clothes

is someone you flirted with, kissed, or seems to like you

Has not directly said "no"
... if you do not have consent, IT IS STILL RAPE.

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:Notes from a fatty
I'm fat. T came out of the womb at 10 pounds and have stayed a healthy, strong, and cuddly soft weight
throughout my life. Until 1 got to college, I didn't think about fat-phobia. I thought fat-hating attitudes were
just normal , scientific, even simply just right. But fat-phobia is prejudice just like any otner. It's a bunch of
sucky assumptions about people with no real interest in honest information. Here's a list of some assumptions
to watch out for. Do your homework, respect the fatties in your life!

Here's a list of some assumptions to watch out for:
-fat isn't okay. it's dirty, ugly, smelly, and gross.
-fat is a choice. fat people are too lazy and self-hating to be 'properly'
thin.
-fat isn't a choice any sane healthy human should make.
-our cultural, biological, and medical understanding of fat is
reasonable, honest, and unbiased.
-violence against fat people isn't a hate crime.
-fat is a flaw. "you have such a pretty face, but. .. "
-"inside every ugly fat person, a beautiful skinny person is just dying
to get out!"
-cultural feelings about fat are the same across all races and ethnicities.
-fatties can't just BE. we should, can, and will want to change our
bodies.
-fat people ( or anyone, for that matter) want to hear "oooh! did you
lose weight?!?!" as anything other than an expression of concern.
-female-socialized fatties are taught to always, if nothing else, find one
person in the room fatter than they are.
-fat people want to lie about our weights. we want you to lie for us too.
-fatness is important. weight matters.
-fatties can't be, won't be, and aren't vegetarian or vegan.
-fat people eat differently than other people.
-you should never ever laugh at fat in appreciation of how it moves,
feels, jiggles, looks, and is.
-fat people should never appear on television in leading roles unless they provide comic relief, or offer support
as a sexless best friend .
-fat people have to wear different clothes than 'normal' people because their bodies are gross, not because the
clothing industry refuses to take fat bodies seriously as cute, sexy, and normal.
-fatties have to wear traditional 'sexy' clothing to BE sexy.
-images of fat-phobia are absent in "radical" movements (Ad busters, anyone?)
fat people are anything other than -gorgeous-, -powerful-, -smart-, -radical-, and -sexy- people!
Fatties are people. We love and laugh and fuck. We have strengths and faults that have nothing to do with the size
of our bodies. Heart yer fat, yer fat hearts you.

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Banking in Olympia
During the your first few weeks at Evergreen, you'll notice some Bank of America representatives. These people
are super friendly and they talk a big talk. They'll promise you free checking and lots of convenience. With the
ATMs on campus and the numerous locations around Olympia to serve you, banking with BofA can seem pretty
appealing. Before you make this decision, or even decide to make a donation (that is, pay the TM surcharge), here
are some things you should know.
To begin, Bank of America is the second largest bank in the US, and the 19th largest corporation in the world.
Bank of America is also notorious for screwing its workers while maintaining its CEO's wealth. ln addition, Bank
of America ' s co1Tupting influence in government is noteworthy with four separate political action committees
donating over l .4 million dollars in the 2002 election to candidates
around the US . BofA's labor practices can now be seen in action in the
•••
Bush Administration, with Elaine Chao, an ex-executive of BofA, as his

Labor Secretary.
In addition, BofA's customer service policies are abysmal. You
won't find a financial institution that doesn't charge overdraft fees, but
some do charge less than others and are more understanding of
mistakes . If you're using your debit card and don' t have enough money

in your account, banks cover the cost but then bill you further into debt.
This practice is essentially a very profitable and predatory line of credit
with what amounts to a highly exorbitant interest rate.
The Bank of America representatives will also tell you that most
people don't overdraft very often and they'll offer you a one time
accidental overdraft protection program called "OOPS." The thing is
most people who are charged overdraft fees get charged a lot. They're
repeat users and these fees lock absent-minded people into a cycle of
debt. In this way, Bank of America actually has a policy of preying on
its customers weaknesses, rather than helping them.
If you're looking for a financial institution in the Olympia area, go
with the Washington State Employees Credit Union. It is a non-profit
institution that offers most of the same services as BofA. As a student
you're eligible to access their services. Plus they don't charge nearly as
many service fees as Bank of America, their overdraft fees cost less, and they're usually willing to refund y
money.

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Thurston County Community Ser-vices List
Opdatid 2/21/2007

CRISIS

CLINIC

24 Hours 586-2800

Created by the Crisis Clinic Res_ource Network & WIN 211 of the Western Counties

CHILDREN / YOUTH / TEENS
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters (children matched with adult vol.) _ _ _ _ _ _943-0409
Child Care Action Council - Resource & Referral Line _ _ 1-800-845-0956; 754-0810
Child Protective Services-(investigates abuse-24 hrs) _ _ _ 725-6700, 888-822-3541
Children & Parents First (Parenting skills/child care) BHR _ _ _ __ _ _.704-7170
Children's Mental Health Program, (Tumwater Kids)_--,--,-_ _ _ _ _7
. 54-7576
Community Action Council WJC (Women, Infants & Children) Program _ _438-1100
Community Youth Services (employ. assist,crisis intervention,outreach) _ _943-0780
Covenant House Nineline ( crisis line for runaways & their families)_ 1-800-999-9999
Family Reconciliation Services, DSHS (assist families in conflict) _ _ 1-800-746-6521
Head Start/ EC_
EAP (preschool for low income 3-5 year olds) admin _ _ _753-7590
National Runaway Switchboard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (24 hrs) 1-800-RUN-AWAY
Olympia Child Care Center (sliding scale fee, ages 1 mo - 5 years) _ _ _ 943-9857
Parent Education Clearinghouse(Parent Education/family support groups)_ 754-2629
Youth Help Line of South Sound (CCRN) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 586-2777
YMCA ( recreation before & after school) ____ Olympia 357-6609/Briggs753-6576

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
Alcohol/ Drug 24-Hour Help Line (support & information) _ _ _ _ 1-800-562-1240
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) (24 hrs)
352-7344
Alternatives Professional Counseling
357-7986
Chemical Dependency Counseling (BHR Recovery Services) _ _ _ _ _ _704-7170
Community Youth Services (CYS) (drug/alcohol info classes)--,---,---- 943-0780
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) (for any chemical dependency 24 hrs) ____754-4433
Nisqually Tribal Health Services (incl. substance abuse program) _ _ _ _459-5312
Providence St. Peter Chemical Dependency Center(detox) 456-7575 or 1-800-332-0465
Sea Mar Behavioral Health (incl. Spanish-speaking services) -,---,--,----,--704-7590
South Sound Clinic (counseling, Methadone program)_ 413-6910 or 1-888-764-7243

COUNSEUNG / MENTAL HEALTH
Behavioral Health Resources (BHR) Counseling Services (24 hours) _ _ _704-7170
Catholic Community Services - Counseling and Consultation Services _ _ _586-1583
Community Youth Services (CYS) (crisis intervention & youth support) _ _ 943-0780
Crisis Clinic (crisis intervention; referrals to counselors 24 hrs) _ _ _ _ 586-2800
Crisis Resolution Services (24 hours) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 754-1338 or 1-800-270-0041
Family Reconciliation Services (free counseling for families in crisis)_ 1-800-746-6521
Home Mental Health (Providence SoundHomeCare) _ _ 459-8311 or 1-800-869-7062
Olympia Alano Club (AA meetings/info) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _753-9934
Providence St Peter Hospital Psychiatry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _493-7060
Safeplace (support groups/counseling for domestlc & sexual abuse) _ _ _754-6300
Tumwater Kids (BHR) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _754-7576

DISABIUTIES - PHYSICAL/ MENTAL
Adult Protective Services, DSHS (report abuse to vu lnerable adults)_ 1-877-734-6277
Arc of Washington State (Association for Retarded Citizens) _ _ _ _ _ 357-5596
Blind, WA State Dept of Services for the _ _ _ _ _ _ 586-1224 or 1-800-552-7103
<;api~al,Sl,u~~~use_(reha"b program by,& for_men_tal ~ealt~, consumers) _ _ ~~!-~~~~

ETHNIC SERVICES & ASSISTANCE
Korean Women's Association (Asian,Pacific Islander, & Elder)
455-4524
Cielo Project at Radio Ranch (Hispanic/Latino services) _ _ _ _ _ 709-0931
Nisqually Indian Tribal Services_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 456-5221
Refugee & Immigrant Service Center (RISC) (interpreters, translators,
tutors, job search, information & referral) _ _ _ _ 754-7197 or 754-5759
South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency (SPIPA- five tribes) _ _ _ 426-3990

FOOD & NUTRITION
FOOD BANKS:

Thurston County Food Bank, Olympia _ _ _ 352-8597
South Thurston United Friends Food Bank_273-5891
Tenino Food Bank Plus _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 264-5505
Yelm Community Center- Food Bank _ _ _ 458-7000
ROOF (Rochester) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 273-6375
Food Stamps (DSHS Community Service Office)_ _ 725-6600 or TDD 586-0226
Meals on Wheels (lunches to anyone homebound) _ _ _ _ _ _ 586-6181
Salvation Army Meals (7AM, noon, & 6PM, daily - 824 stt1 Ave SE) __ 352-8596
Women, Infants & Children(WJC) Nutrition Program _ _ 754-2936 or 754-2933 ·

HEALTH CARE/ HOSPITALS/ CUNICS
Assured Home Health & Hospice _ _ _ _ _ _ 236-9204 or 1-800-833-9404
Capital Medical Center Switchboard _ _ 754-5858 or Emergency Rm 956-2590
Choice Regional Health Network(low-income insurance) _ _ _ _ 493-4550
Care Net (pregnancy counseling/testing,ultrasound) _ _ _ _ _ _ 753-0061
Dental Clinic, Sea Mar Community Health _ _ _ _ _ _ 570-8016 or 570-7902
Family Practice, Providence St Peter (health care at sliding scale ) __ 493-7230
First Steps (at-risk teens/pregnant women) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1-800-322-2588
Health Department, Thurston County: HIV/ AIDS, Family Planning Clinic,
Immunization, Maternity, TB Clinic, Refugee Clinic, Communicable Disease
Program, Children's Services, First Steps, STD Clinic, SIDS, WJC, Nutrition
Program.Rural Healthmobile _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 786-5581 or 786-5583
HIV/AIDS Hotline, Washington State (info & referral)_ V/TDD 1-800-272-2437
Medical Assistance (coupons),CSO (DSHS) ____ 725-6600 or TDD 586-0226
Nisqually Tribal Health Services (Indian med/dental) __ 456-5221 or 491-8543
Paratransit Services (transportation to medical appointments)_ 1-800-846-5438
Planned Parenthood (birth control, pregnancy testing/counseling) __ 754-5522
Poison Center, WA (info for poison/overdose 24-hrs) _ V/TDD 1-800-222-1222
Providence St Peter Hospital _ _ _ _ _ 491-9480 Emergency Rm 493-7289
Providence SoundHomeCare & Hospice ____ 459-8311 or 1-800-869-7062
Referral & Workforce Resource Center (In home care 24 hours)_l-800-970-5456
Sea Mar Community Health Center, Medical _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 491-1399
Senior Case Mgmt (Area Agency on Aging) _ 664-3162 x133 or 1-800-545-0910
United Communities AIDS Network (help for people with AIDS) _ _ 352-2375
Thurston-Mason Medical Society (physical referral)
352-1417

HOUSING ASSISTANCE/ EMERGENCY SHELTERS
Bread & Roses Women's Guest House Shelter

754-4085

Capital C:luohouse (retiab program by & for mental healt h consumers)-=-357-2582
Crisis Clinic (community resowce information & referral) -~~~=~586-2800
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Servi~A~te Office of(DSHS)
...__ ""¥fr 902-8000
Dial-A-Lift (IT bus services) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 754-9393 or 1-800-244-6846
Long Term Care Program, Catholic Community Svcs (in-home assistance) _586-2960
Morningside (vocational development/employment services) _ _ _ _ _943-0512
Parent To Parent Support (for parents of kids who are disabled) _ _ _ _352-1126
Parks & Recreation, Thurston County Specialized Recreation _ _ _ _ _ _786-5595
Protective Payee Services - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ 3 5 2 - 3 9 1 4
Respite Care Program (through Childcare Action Council) _ _ _ _ _ _ 754-0845
Senior Case Management (Area Agency on Aging)_ 664-3162 x33 or 1-800-545-0910
Social Security Information Line (SSI/Medicare) _ _ _ 753-9451 or 1-800-772-1213
Vocational Rehabilitation, Division of (DVR) V/TDD _ _ 438-8940 or 1-800-548-0946
WA Talking Book & Braille Library _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1-B00-542-0866
WA PAVE (support/advocacy for parents of disabled kids)
-1-800-572-7368

EDUCATION/ UTERACY
FIST (self-defense workshops for women and teen girls) _ _ _ _ _ _ 438-0288
Life Recovery Center (literacy, life skills education) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 709-9725
Literacy Network (adult literacy) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 754-7482
Nisqually Youth Services (tribal youth services) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _456-2822
Parent Education Clearinghouse (Family Support Center) _ _ _ _ _ _ 754-2629
Work First Program, SPSCC (pre-employment training/support) _ _ _ _ 596-5403

EMERGENCY NEEDS - CLOTHING, UTIUTIES:
Adventist Community Service Center _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _943-1518
Baby Bank (diapers & baby clothes; referral necessary) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 357-6617
Community Action Council (utilities/weatherization assistance)
438-1100
Community Service Office, Olympia (DSHS)
(public assistance/medical coupons/food stamps) _ _ 725-6600 or TDD 586-0226
Crisis Clinic - (24 hr referral to community resources) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 586-2800
Emergency Outreach Program (Sacred Heart Church) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _923-0929
Other Bank, YWCA (for supplies that food stamps don't cover) _ _ _ _ 352-0593
Red Cross (assistance for natural disasters & house fires 24 hrs) ____ 352-8575
Safeplace (advocacy & shelter for domestic violence or rape 24 hrs )_ _ _754-6300
Saint Vincent De Paul Clothing Bank, Olympia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _352-0782
Saint Vincent De Paul (limited utilities asst) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 352-7554
Salvation Army (emergency shelter, meals, utilities assistance 24 hrs) _ _352-8596
Serving Hands (Olympia Gospel Mission) (Furniture, Household goods) _ _709-9725
Veterans Assistance Fund _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 786-5578
Yelm Community Services (food, clothing, utilities asst, emerg shelter) __ 458-7000

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION & ASSISTANCE
Employment Security (job search/unemployment compensation) ____ 704-3600
Job Corps (vocational ed & life skills, ages 16-24) _ _ 754-7409 or 1-800-863-5627
Pacific Mountain Workforce Consortium (job training)704-3600 or 800-624-1234 x5586
Pathfinders Supported Employment, (jobs for mentally ill), BHR _ _ _ _ 704-7170
Washington Cooperative Support Center (non-profit temp labor) _ _ _ _459-9765
Youth Employment & Training, CYS (ages 16- 21)_ _ _ _ _ _ 943-0780 x119
Vocational Rehabilitation (Thurston County Work Source) info line
704-3560

Breaa-& Roses-Women's Guest Rouse Snelter _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 754-4085
Emergency Shelter Network ( overnight shelter)_--______ 528-8999
Haven House-(shelter/crisis cemi"fo~ns 12-17) _ 754-1151 or 888-698-1825
Housing Authority, Thurston (housing for low income, disabled, elderly) 753-8292
Housing Rehabilitation, City of Olympia (rehabilitation loans) _ _ _ 753-8436
Safeplace (shelter for abused women - 24 hrs) __ 754-6300 or TTY 943-6703
Salvation Army (shelter for single men, women, families) _ _ _ _ 352-8596
Transitional Housing Program (Housing Authority). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 753-8292
Yelm Community Services.(rural Thurston County residents) _ _ _ 458-7000

SAFTEY / LEGAL/ CONSUMER ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT
Bread & Roses Advocacy Center (BRAC), _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 360-754-4588
Child Support Enforcement Office ______ 664-6900 or 1-800-345-9964
Columbia Legal Services _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 943-6260
Consumer Protection Division (unfair business) _ _ _ _ _ _ 1-B00-551-4636
Dispute Resolution Center (mediation services) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 956-1155
Family Court Facilitator (Thurston Co. Juvenile and Family Court)_ _ 709-3274
Family Support Center (coordinated family services) _ _ _ _ _ _ 754-9297
Human Rights Commission, WA State _ _ _ _ 753-6770 or 1-800-233-3247
Long-Term Care Ombudsman (mediation/advoc in nursing homes)_ 943-6018
Safeplace (legal advocacy for abused women) _ _ 754-6300 or TTY 943-6703
Tenant's Union, Thurston County (landlord/ tenant legal info) _ _ _ 943-3036
Victim Advocate Division, Thurston County_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 754-2989
Victim Assistance Office, Olympia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 753-8408
Volunteer Legal Clinic, Thurston County ____ 705-8194 or 1-800-201-1014
Washington PAVE (parents of disabled children) _ _ _ _ _ 1-800-572-7368
WA Protection.&Advocacy System (dev disabled/mentally ill)_ 1-B00-562-2702
WROC (Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition) _ _ 352-9716 or 1-877-330-3063

SENIORS
Adult Protective Service DSHS (investigates reports of abuse) _ 1-877-734-6277
Area Agency on Aging (info, case mgmt) __ 664-3162 X133 or 1-888-545-0910
Catholic Community Services--....,...,----,---:------- 586-2960
Gatekeeper Program (senior outreach/monitoring) _ _ _ _ 664-3162 ext 133
Older Adult Services, BHR (Counseling/case mgmt) 704-7170 or 1-800-825-4820
Home & Community Services, Div of (DSHS) _ _ 664-7575 or 1-800-462-4957
RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 586-7787
Senior Centers _ _ _ _ Olympia 586-6181, Yelm 458-7733, Lacey 407-3967
_ _ _ _ _ Tenino 264-9805, Rainier 446-2258, Tumwater 754-4160
Senior Information & Assistance (AAA)_ 664-3162, ext. 133 or 1-888-545-0910
Social Security Information Line ----,---------1-800-772-1213
South Sound Care Connection (care coordination) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 586-4491
STARS Program (Adult Day Care -Several locations) _ _ _ _ _ _ 586-6181

SUPPORT GROUPS
Support groups meet for information sharing and mutual support. Our community
has many professionally sponsored and participant-run groups covering a wide
range of topics. For information on a support group relating to a specific issue: Call
The Crisis Clinic _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (24 hrs) 586-2800

The Crisis Clinic Resource Network
For more copies please call 360-586-2888
Access our complete resource database at

www.crisis-clinic.org

MUSIC IN
OLYMPIA
The Olympia music community today is a noisy, vibrant, D.l.Y. smorgasbord
that follows in the giant footsteps of some visionary artists that have called this city
home. And now lucky you! Here you are all ready to be a part of it yourself, and
ou ' ll be in good company.
he independent music community in Olympia has been thriving here for years. In
fact, this little pebble of a city happens to be one of the best music communities in
the country. We are home to two incredible indie music labels, K Records and Kill Rock Stars, as well as a handful
of other fantastic D.I.Y. labels and collectives. K Records has been around since 1982 when Evergreen grad Calvin
Johnson formed it and began recording Oly bands and his own band, Beat Happening. Beat Happening went on
to become a bit of a big-time thing for DIY music, doing their fair share to put Olympia on everyone's radar. Since
then K has become a thriving independent record label that has done a lot of work towards getting many Oly bands
out there and into people's ears. And they've put out a lot of music! Built to Spill, Old Time Relijun, Karp, Love
as Laughter, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Beck, Modest Mouse, and so many more bands to discover!
Many people probably also know Olympia music from the fierce riot gml movement that came tearing out of
here in the nineties. Revolutionary bands such as Bikini Kill, Sleater Kinney, and Bratmobile gave no-bullshit,
feminist inspired punk music a name and made Olympia the epicenter of the movement/sound that would change
music and many lives . Which is, of course, the point, right? From Bikini Kill Kathleen Hannah would go on to
form Le Tigre and Tobi Vail would later become involved with the label Kill Rock Stars. Kill Rock Stars has been
kicking ass around here since 1991 when it was fonned as a spoken word label by Slim Moon. Soon enough, it
became a label for punk rock that has since been enonnously influential in the local and international punk/indie
scene. Notable bands include (drum roll please): Unwound, Sleater Kinney, The Gossip, Deerhoof, Bikini Kill,
The Decemberists, Thrones, Rella, Gravy Train!!!, The Old Haunts, etc, etc. You get it right? So much good
music!!!
For all you hip-hop heads thinking we forgot you, don' t
worry. Olympia has been a stronghold for some dope emcees
and crews for quite awhile now. For anyone not privy to these
local legends, Olympia natives Hostalion have been holding
down Oly hip hop for years. Xperience released Soul Tree last
fall and is featured on a Greyskul album. He is also part of the
Stepcousins with Seattle' s Macklemore. AKA will be
releasing his album Heart Hurt Good in the next few months.
Q-Storm is also releasing an album this fall, Q&A with I.Q.
Productions. Expect future releases and perfomiances from
Zhivago, Nicotine and Compost around town. You'll also be
hearing a lot from Saints of Everyday Failures whose inner
circle consists ofmc 's ePrhyme & D-scribe, both of whom are
dropping solo albums this year with producer My Left Foot.

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Smoke hails from Seattle/POX crew Oldominion. He dropped his solo album Bleed last fall. You'll hear a lot of
Smoke beats since his resume is gargantuan. Most recently he produced both ePrhyme and AKA's solo albums.
And for you turntablist-lovers, check out DJ's Slimrock and Sweet Elite who handle most of the WORD LIFE
nights. Gone but not forgotten are Resident Anti-Hero (www.residentantihero.com/), who moved on to bigger
and better things (such as cage fighting) in Eugene, and Glimpse, who rn.oved to Seattle to become a professional
homeless person. Anti-Hero and Glimpse will both be back to party with you, and both have dope cd's to help
you through those tough times.
As for hip hop events, the granddaddy of all others has got to be WORD LIFE which happens at the Clipper,
between 4'" and Adams, Downtown every year. WORD LIFE is a series of shows featuring local crews and touring
acts. As a result, over the last 3 yrs, Olympia has seen Immortal Technique, 2Mex, Sage Francis, Awol One,

Typical Cats, Pigeon John, Lyrics Born, Vast Aire, Bigg Jus, Aceyalone, Dose One, Drunken Immortals, Grayskul,
Existereo, Sleep, Labtekwon, Daddy Kev, O-Styles and the list goes on ...
The only way to fully discover all of Olympia's treasures, is to get out there and put yourself into the thick of
things. Meaning, you have to actively participate in this music commw1ity in order to fully appreciate it. But isn't
chat always the truth? If you look hard enough, you'll find Oly's best kept secrets in venues and basements all over
chis city where new bands and emcees are blowing minds on the daily.
So attend a show of someone you've never heard before, you may be
pleasantly surprised.
There are venues downtown that host great shows as well. Of
course, there are all the bars which hold shows fairly frequently. Some
feature bands often, such as Le Voyeur. But let's skip these 2I +
establishments in chis article, shall we? We don't buy into that ageist
crap anyway, right? Olympia boasts a number of great all-ages venues
such as The Manium on 4th, the Eagles Hall, the Midnight Sun, and
Traditions. Many are holding shows most nights of the week and have
hosted some amazing local and touring bands in the past. The music
at these venues varies, too.
There are always great hip-hop,
punk/ indie shows, dance music,
electronic, and the hardcore scene is becoming vibrant ( and fun ), as well.
There's also bluegrass, folk, and twang music all around, so keep your ears to
the ground!
A quick word to the wise and the wonderful: like many music cities of
its kind, Olympia has a bit of a pest problem with hipsters. Shock! Awe!
They may try and make you think chat music is about points, knowledge, or
insider secrets. In essence, the will try and suck the soul out of the art.
Don't let them fool you! Music has always been, and always will be, about
passion, desire, expressing the mind and the body through sound and energy.
Please, please don't become a soul sucker. Let's make Olympia music about
music agam.
So in the end, it all comes down to the fact that if you want hear it,
you gotta search it out or make it happen yourself. Make some noise!

THE SINGLES

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Camp Quixote
We are Camp Quixote. An independent free form tent city in
Olympia formed by the Poor People's Union on Feb. 01,2007.
Originally set up in protest to Ordinance No. 6456n, criminalizing
sidewalk sitting with a maximum fine of90 days in jail and a
$1000 fine. This act of civil diso?edience, this tent encampment,
was carried out in response to growing discontentment amongst
Olympia's poor people over the slow, systematic attempt at the
dispossession of our city's homeless, orchestrated and supported
by some city official's and business owners. The PPU believes the
rights to shelter, dignity, and mental and physical health to be
basic human entitlements, and that a community where all
individual members are valued and their contributions recognized must be realized.
The PPU believes that all people are entitled to these basic rights and if these rights are not provided, we believe it is
essential for us to take what is necessary for survival by the means available. The State thus far has proved inadequate in
addressing our needs as human beings, and the situation has grown too urgent for us to wait for either institutionalized
charity or bureaucratically hampered government aid. We are thus attempting to take matters into our own hands. TO BE
TREATED AS HUMAN BEINGS IS OUR GOAL. As there is a stigma attached to our being homeless, we will create
homes of our own and show ourselves to be reasonable, caring members of the community, as capable of taking care of
ourselves as any other group of people. fn our encampment, we will keep order, prohibiting drugs, alcohol , violence, and
theft. These are our only regulations.
We will work towards creating sustainable, permanent housing for all who are in need, and to create a space for those
who are looked down upon to be integrated into the community, not out of charity or pity but out of acceptance, solidarity,
and mutual appreciation. We run our community as a Direct Democracy, and all decisions are made by group consensus.
We are NOT HOMELESS, only houseless. Our community provides safety, stability, security, and acceptance for all of
us. We help each other to help ourselves by offering moral support, encouragement, respect, and community involvement.
We provide each other with a positive social space where we can exchange and share resources, positive leisure activities,
help one another with emotional development and how to work
within a group.
Camp Quixote is a great place for finding,
sharing and developing individual talents and skills. We provide a
positive, progressive society for those society has rejected. We
have a vision of a self-sustaining permanent encampment of ecofriendly structures and a community garden. We are trying to raise
funds and work with the city council to resolve the issues
confronting the homeless in Olympia, Wash. We are looking for a
place for us to permanently call home. We are Family for the
Forgotten and we provide progress for the poor, love for the lost,
homes for the houseless, hope for the hopeless and we are
connecting the community with the classless. Anyone wishing to
donate funds/ and or materials to the cause of Camp Quixote is
much appreciated . We can be contacted at the Oly
Unitarian Congregation 2200 East End St. NW Olympia, Washington, 98502. Also, we can be emailed at
guixotecoyotes@yahoo.com

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OlYMPIA DOWNTOWN
ASSOCIATION
The Olympia Downtown Association is a non-profit corporation that works
tirelessly for the profit of a few and, despite their rhetoric, do not represent the
community. They are a coalition of downtown business owners, with the goal
of "sanitizing" downtown and turning it into a shopping-focused area.'
Unfortunately, cleaning up the streets of Olympia to them involves passing
anti-homeless legislation, banning skateboarding, panhandling, and essentially,
banning poverty. Their anti-homeless and anti-youth legislative initiatives have
cost the city thousands of dollars to 'study' and have repeatedly divided an otherwise caring community. And yet
the city, in their love-affair with the ODA, gives them thousands of dollars year after year to the possible detriment
of other neighborhood associations that receive only partial funding or none at all from this limited resource.
Perhaps the Olympia Downtown Association is not an honest corporate citizen as they claim or as the city of
Olympia gives them credit for. They have been the instigators and proponents of anti-homeless and anti-youth
legislation for nearly twenty years.
In November of 2005 the Olympia City Council approved a law passing a Business Improvement District
proposed by the ODA. A BID is a special tax district in which businesses or property owners downtown are
required to add an additional fee to their tax bill that would go towards "beautifying" downtown and building a
new parking garage. Many small businesses can't afford to contribute or do not want to be a part of the ODA
because of their arrogant anti-homeless tendencies. Over 60 signatures were gathered by downtown businesses
opposing the BID. However, through business/asset bullying, all businesses downtown are compelled to do their
bidding, putting undue strain and forced compliance on the small businesses located downtown.
The primary purpose of the district is to operate a publicly funded and constructed parking garage.
Studies have shown that the majority of parkers downtown are business owners and their workers. The Downtown
Neighborhood Association conducted a survey of residents. The preliminary results show that residents were more
interested in improved public transportation than a parking garage. If a
parking garage is so needed, surely a private entity would have already seen
the merits of building one. Their plan sounds too much like plundering public
resources for private gain.
The city's Comprehensive Plan is to develop downtown as 'MixedUse' including residential, retail, and commercial uses. Declaring downtown
a business zone is not consistent with the cities plan. Such a zone downtown
might be used positively if it included improved business guarantees such as
fair trade, living wage, mandatory recycling and waste reduction, consumer
protection requirements, discounts for residents, and public accommodations
including open access to restrooms and a place for non-consumers to
congregate under cover from rain. These issues are not part of the Olympia
Downtown Associations' Business Improvement District.
Actual crime downtown as documented by the Olympian and the
police department has remained fairly constant-and was never really high.
Fear of crime and fear of 'others' is the flames fanned for decades by the ODA.
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Downtown is safe - just ask those who live downtown.
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(Cont ... )
Currently, the ODA is busy focusing on improving downtown by discouraging loitering and hiring a
clean-up crew to remove graffiti from the walls. It's obvious that these efforts are going to do little for
stopping street art, and are only going to further harassment towards the poor and homeless community
downtown. The same thing has happened to Sylvester Park (giving us increased police presence and a
fence around the public gazebo) and the transit center lawn (Mozait on the loudspeakers?).
Unfortunately, the ODA and the actual residents of downtown seem to have much different ideas about
what an "improved" downtown is.
These are some ofthe ways the ODA has "improved", or attempted to improve, downtown:
1986: Criminalization of skateboarding
1987: Outlawing of teen dance clubs
1990: Criminalization of loud car stereos
1991: Outlawing of"cruising"
1993: Criminalization of"aggressive pan handling"
1994/1995: Attempted stop of transitional housing for
homeless
1995: Proposed criminalization of car camping
1995: Proposed outlawing of fortified wine (against the
homeless)
1996: Outlawing ofOAPP Needle Exchange
1996/1997: Attempted banning of sitting on the sidewalk
1999/2000: Criminalization of graffiti and lobbying against designated "graffiti walls"
2000/2001: Proposed public financing of a massive Convention Center downtown
2001/2002: Proposed criminalization of car camping and camping, proposed outlawing of fortified wine,
proposed ban on pan handling
2002/2003: Proposed public financing of a massive Convention Center downtown
2005: PBIA/BID (Parking Business Improvement Area/Business Improvement District) passed

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2005/2006: Continued attempts to rid downtown of graffiti and loitering

--OLYMPIA COP WATCHOlympia's police department has the same issues that most agencies have - a few cops who like to
play power games, a vast majority who merely do their jobs (but turn a blind eye to the thugs among
them) and a few who complain to the brass about the situation. We call the third category
"unemployed."
OPD is overwhelmingly male, white, and privileged (as are most departments). Its chief,
although he has served since September of 1997, has hired no supervisors in all that time. Not one
OPD officer hired since Chief Michael has risen above the rank of Detective, although one - Paul Lower
· - is finally supervising his fellow detectives and has some discretionary authority. But Paul's also been
known to shoot videotape at protest events for intelligence purposes.
Two famous deaths in custody, and a near-fatal shooting of a
mentally ill man, have marked the history of the OPD. In the late 1980's
a man named Danny Spencer was killed by positional asphyxiation
while handcuffed in the back of a cruiser. His family's lawsuit in Federal
Court was dismissed . The officer most responsible for his death, Clifford
Lee Maynard, is still on the force.
On January 11, 2002, Kent DeBoer was shot six times by
Officers Jeffrey Dale Jordan and Gregory Thornton Brown while Cliff
Mayna~d was also using his T ASER on the man. Kent survived his
injuries. Kent's parents' lawsuit was also dismissed in Federal Court.
On November 7, 2002 a 59-year old man named Stephen Edwards was killed in the parking lot
of Bayview Thriftway when OPD Officer Jeff Jordan shot him with his TASER four times in about one
minute. His family could not raise the money to sue.
Olympia has had several generations of Copwatch organizations, all of which have called for
citizens' review of police. The latest incarnation of Copwatch is implementing citizens review without the
participation of the City Council and has implemented audits of all use of force reports since 2002.
We've also hosted radio shows on KAOS, FRO, and KOWA as well as published regular reports on
local indymedia outlets and web biogs .
Olympia Copwatch as it exists now is NOT an organization, but a tactic that we will gladly teach
you or your group. When we do organize, it is usually for a specific event such as the July 2006 visit by
a neo-Nazi group to the state capitol building.
Call 870-3127 or visit www.olycopwatch.org for more information or to get involved.

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June 1988- In-Custody-Death of Danny Spencer, who was beaten and hog-tied by Olympia office.rs
Cliff Maynard and Aldo Pantoni.
August 1988- Inquest held in the death of Danny Spencer. Video taped for TCTY. Inquest official
findings reveal "positional asphyxiation" as cause. Death Certificate says "Homicide" as cause of death
but
office.rs are not held responsible.
1991- Citizens ask City Council to establish a Civilian Review Board to bring more public accountability to the OPD. Council rejects the idea.
1992- Olympia City Cow1cil allows citizens to file complaints against police at City Hall rather than
just at the Police Department. Asst City Attorney brought into investigating process.
1996- Review of OPD ordered, resulting in finding the department is borderline dysfunctional. Plan
formed to reorganize department, all but leaving out accountability issue.
March 1996- Oly Copwatch established to push for accountability -organizes public testimony on
police abuses and proposes Non-Violent/De-Escalating Training for officers, an aggressive hiring and
promotion of women and people of color as officers, adoption of a commwuty oriented policing
policy and establishment of independent civilian re,~ew board.
February 1997- Forum organized by City of Olympia, which brought various experts to testify on
structure and organization of police departments. Accountability is a side issue. Video taped for
TCIV.
May 1997- Copwatch sets up meeting ,vith expert on law enforcement, Eileen Luna, to discuss issues
with Olympia city officials. She says citizen review is good for the city and the police.
August 1997- Gary Michel (of Oregon) hi.red to replace Chief John Wurner after 18 years ,vith OPD.
1998- $15,000 of Olympia's City budget earmarked to conduct police accountability study.
2000- A Police accountability study was done by John Walters ,virh components of case review and
small public sessions. Study finds accountability system lacking; technical system flaws, and recommends corrections as well as different intake system.
January 2001- Police shot and tasered Kent DeBoe.r, a mentally ill man who lives in Olympia, Washington. He was showing aggressive behavior due to a change in medication. Kent DeBoe.r lives, but
experiences severe health problems as a result of his injuties. His Federal lawsuit is dismissed.
2001- Olympia City Cow,cil decides to create an Independent Auditor to oversee police complaints
rarher than a civilian review board. Council elects to exclude citizen participation in the auditor
process.
2001- Olympia City council buys riot gear for the OPD due to complaints about street festivals and conduct duting May Day.
Sununer 2002- Oly Copwatch reorganizes after hiatus due to police harassment of homeless people in dmvntown.
November 2002- Police TASER a man four times in one minute outside Ralph's Thri.ftway for suspected shoplifting, and punch hin1 in
the face, knocking him unconscious. Stephen Edwards is dead just 15 minutes later.
Spring 2004- OPD extends rheir deadline to investigate citizen complaints from 30 days to 45 days.
Sun,mer 2004- Ad Hoc Committee on Police Accountability forms in reaction to Police using a motorcycle to push a 55 year old woman
out of a street during a protest. Committee meets and reviews history.
Sununer 2004- Oly Copwatch begins broadcasting on Free Radio Olympia 98.5FM each Tuesday, 5-6PM their radio show "Seeking
Justice" ,vith host, Drew Hendricks 870-3127.
2005- Oly Copwatch maintains records of police use of force and puts continued pressure on the city council to reign in the police.
Feb 2005- marks the beginning of a significant drop in use of TASERS to about half of their previous uses
Spring 2005- Olympia City Cow,cil creates a "Chief's Forwn", in rheory to serve as a venue for citizen input and discussion about police
operations and public safety
Spring 2006- Chief's Fornm actually starts meeting
May 2006- Police display a complete lack of restraint and nse excessive unnecessary violence against protesters at the Port of Olympia
August 2006- Ron Nesbitt, an OPD officer fired in 2005, is calling for a citizens' review board as a check to police power and misconduct
}f--CONTACT Drew Hendricks 870-3127 for info on Cop Watch. }f--

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Port
Militarization
Resistance
All across this imperial motherland they call "America," civilian port cities are being used to fuel the fires of the genocidal
occupation of Iraq. Despite growing opposition, both expressed and organized, munitions and war vehicles (including the
infamously easy-to-blow-up "Stryker" armored transport) continue to be shipped out of publicly owned ports. Ports just like the
Port of Olympia, the Port of Tacoma, and the Port of Grays Harbor. But this opportunity to oppose the bloodshed has not gone
unnoticed.
Port Militarization Resistance is direct action against the occupation of Iraq. PMR organizes around opposing military
shipments through local ports as a means of cutting off material support for the war. This is achieved through a spectrum of
tactics, direct and indirect, including street demonstrations, civil disobedience, ballot campaigns, court challenges, and
awareness campaigns. While the military is loathe to relent in its quest to murder every living thing everywhere, local Port
Commissioners (who are not beholden to the military) can be made to see that working with the military isn't worth it, or at
least, that it isn't as "profitable" as they thought it would be.
From Olympia PMR's mission statement:

"The goal ofPort Militarization Resistance is to end our community's participation in the illegal occupation of Iraq by
stopping the US military 's use of the Port of Olympia. "
PMR, the organization, was founded in June 2006. While affiliated with the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, it
maintained a singular focus of opposing war shipments. PMR has succeeded in kicking the military out of the Port of Olympia
and the Port of Tacoma. The organization now has chapters in Olympia, Tacoma, and Grays Harbor, and will expand anywhere
the military chooses to export its tools of destruction.
Why Port Militarization Resistance?
Congress will not end the war. A new President will not end the war. Endless solemn
marches will not end the war, countless hours of"bearing moral witness" will not end the
war, and a million candles will not end the war. (Not by themselves, anyway.) Only
popular direct action, bold and uncompromising, can end genocide. This direct action
doesn ' t have to take the form of violence or of some street revolutionary's fantasy. But it
must take form and it must be uncompromising. It must be direct.

NOWAA
Between Nations

Port of Olympia - May 20-31, 2006
On May 20, 2006, convoys of Stryker vehicles belonging to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division out of nearby Fort Lewis began rolling through downtown Olympia to
the port. The Army issued the usual traffic advisory warning that these convoys would be
coming and police presence was light. Despite local organizers' talk of opposing
shipments, they clearly did not see us as a threat.
Demonstrations turned into street blockades. Street blockades turned into strategic
shutdowns of critical streets and gates. Hundreds of people reclaimed the streets, and a
local movement was born.

(Continued on next page ... )

NO PEACE
Between Classes
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(Cont ... )
On May 24, Pott Militarization Resistance was formally founded. The 12-day long demonstrations culminated with a
mass civil disobedience of22 people at the Port of Olympia gate.

In the aftermath of the Port of Olympia demonstrations, PMR organizers pledged to keep the heat on local port
officials and to be ready to hit the ground running the next time. Because ofa lucrative deal between the Port of Olympia
and the military, wartime shipments used to go out of our docks two or three times a year. Since May 2006, these
shipments have never returned to Olympia, but they have still been shipped.
Port of Tacoma - March 3-15, 2007
PMR knew 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry division, another Stryker unit, would deploy soon. PMR knew their equipment
would have to be shipped out a month before their deployment. But PMR did not know what port would be used. After
months of preparatory organizing, we got the call. The convoys started, and they were headed north to Tacoma.
13 days of protest at the Port of Tacoma made Olympia look like small potatoes. Blockades, mass civil disobedience,
and street rallies ran all day and into the night. Hundreds of demonstrators came from as far away as Portland, Bellingham
and Port Townsend . Midnight marches wound through downtown Tacoma, and police in full riot gear filled the port
grounds with tear gas, chasing demonstrators all over the public port grounds well into the night.
The biggest story at the Pott of Tacoma was the heavy-handed police brutality, intimidation, and suppression. Police
openly and brazenly beat organizers, gassed demonstrators, and tazed vets like it was finally their chance. Cops acted like
video cameras didn't matter, telling blatant lies to reporters, firing tear gas at passive protesters, and even telling one
videographer he would smash his camera ifhe didn' t turn it off, all on film. (Check out YouTube videos, type "Port of
Tacoma" as well as "Film Is Not a Crime," and others.)
After 14 days of protest, the shipment left as scheduled. But the line had been drawn in the sand. The City of Tacoma
incun-ed $500,000 of unexpected costs to provide security for these shipments, and is facing several million doll~rs in civil
suits for police brutality. A clear example was made for any city wishing to get in on those "profitable" military contracts.

Other actions
Port Militarization Resistance did not begin in Olympia. Similar actions were organized during the Vietnam War, and
actions to oppose shipments to Iraq were also opposed before Port Militarization Resistance was formalized. In March
2003 , demonstrators at the Port of Oakland were shot in the face with rubber bullets by
cops defending munitions shipments. In November 2004, masked demonstrators at the
Port of Olympia cut a big hole in the fence around the port quay, resulting in the U.S.S.
Cape Intrepid raising anchor and taking off with half its cargo still on the pott quay. On
May Day 2007, not long after the Port of Tacoma, the military began a surprise
shipment out of the Po1t of Grays Harbor which resulted in street demonstrations. And
not long after that, demonstrators at the Port of Oakland convinced longshore workers
THE to halt work on loading the shipments, citing the police behavior in March 2003 as a
safety violation.

What's next?
The organizing will continue. Awareness events and workshops will still be held.
City Councils and Port Commissions will still be told to go to hell. And the next time
another Stryker unit (or other unit with similar equipment) will try to have their
munitions shipped through our ports, PMR will be there to stop them.
This article does not necessarily represent the views of PMR, OMJP, or their supporters. However you can find more
information at www.omjp .org and www.ufppc.org.

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Olympia CAT Campaign
Following the death of Rachel Corrie, an Olympia native who graduated from Evergreen, concerns about unethical
investments made in Evergreen's name began to surface. In late 2003 a group of students entered a Board of Governors meeting
and demanded divestment from the state of Israel. The Board refused to act on this issue, claiming the Evergreen State CoJJege
Foundation's complicated investment policy prevents them from taking any action regarding companies that the five million
dollar Evergreen Endowment is invested in, allowing Evergreen's name to be associated with defense contractors, major polluters,
and the Caterpillar Corporation.
2005 marked the laund1 of the Olympia CAT Campaign, a group dedicated to highlighting the CaterpiJJar Corporation's
human rights abuses in Palestine and calling on the company to cease its support of the Israeli occupation through sales of
Caterpillar D-9 buJJdozers and other equipment. Militarized D-9s are used in home demolitions, including the one that kilJed
Rachel Corrie. Caterpillar construction equipment is also used to build the separation wall, an 8 meter high concrete barrier that
will encircle the West Bank, creating the world's largest open-air prison.
Teaming up with SESAME (Students Educating Students About the Middle East), the Olympia CAT Campaign arranged a
series of meetings with the Evergreen Foundation's Board of Governors. After months of pressure, the Board eventually admitted
that the Evergreen Endowment was more than likely invested in CaterpiJJar. The Oly CAT Campaign also sent representatives to
the Caterpillar shareholder meeting in June of 2006, voicing support for a shareholder resolution calling for the company's
investigation of human rights abuses in Palestine.
The Olympia CAT Campaign maintains a number of long-term projects, including the development of a new investment
policy for the Evergreen State College Foundation. For more information check the campaign's web site:
www.olvcatcampaign.org

"We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong even in the most difficult circumstances." - Rachel Corrie R.I.P. (April JO, 1979-March 16, 2003)

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RADIO RESOURCES!
Olympia has some amazing radio to tune in to, or better yet, be a part of1
You can get involved with any of these local radio stations:
Free Radio Olympia (FRO)- 98.5- Local pirate radio! Best radio in
Olympia. Community broadcasting, news, and all varieties of music for
your listening pleasure. Check them out at www.frolympia.org for more
info or how to get involved. Fuck the FCC! Free the airwaves!
(www.frolympia.org)
KOWA @ Media Island- 106.5- New community radio resource run out
of Media Island downtown. Great news, speeches, interviews, and music .
Awesome low power FM project. Meetings are Tuesdays at 7:30 at
Media Island. Get involved. (www.kowaradio.org)
KAOS- 89.3- Community radio station run right here at Evergreen on the
third floor of the CAB. Been around a while, Olympia staple. Good
stuff. You can become a member, or volunteer, or become a part of the
team through Evergreen. (www.kaosradio.org)

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DON'T TALK TO THE FBI
The FBI is currently knocking on doors in the Olympia
area looking for information about the "green scare."
The green scare is an FBI roundup of environmental and
animal rights activists being linked to arsons committed
by the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal
Liberation Front (ALF). These arsons were done in the
name of the Earth and animal defense and not one
person has been injured in any of these actions. Still,
You·re in good hands.
the FBI is labeling this as "terrorism" and charging
those detained with outlandish sentences. We must be extremely aware of the very real
threat that this poses for our community, and must know how to handle ourselves if we are
ever contacted by the FBI. Rule number one: DON'T TELL THEM ANYTHING! This
is very important to remember. As a community we cannot stand for these scare tactics. Be
aware, look out for each other. Find out more about the green scare, grand juries, and
what to do if you are contacted by the FBI at www.olycivlib.org, or
57 www.fbiwitchhunt.com

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The Neo-Nazi Movement in Olympia
A group of neo-Nazis, called the National Socialist
Movement (NSM), has held rallies in Olympia a few times
this past year. Each time, their rallies draw 10 or so NSM
members and hundreds of protesters. They are usually
separated (protected) from the protesters by the cops. They
stand and throw out disgusting hate speech for a bit while
the protesters yell back or ignore them, or create another
scene with anti-racist clowns or noise makers or whatever.
Then the Nazis leave.
These protests draw the largest crowds of protesters I
have ever seen around Olympia. These people do pose a
threat; they can and have committed hate crimes, and they
attempt to recruit vulnerable lost souls. They should be
confronted and know they are not welcome here, in
whatever creative way that may be.
But really, they basically come to Olympia every so often to get the attention-as-fuel
they need to make themselves feel thoroughly victimized, and then go on their way. It is
debatable what should be done about them. They get mountains more media coverage
than if we just let them holler and hate. Most people would never hear about their
existence. So they maybe use us as their tool for recruitment via media attention etc. It is
also really sad that Olympia can not unite in multihundred rallys of people for proactive means.
Meaning we can gather for anti-war causes and
anti-nazi rallies, but we rarely gather to confront
racism in our neighborhoods through outreach
and workshops. There are so many ways
oppression is playing out and directly affecting
people all around you every day. If they come to
town again, handle the Nazis how you think fit,
but always examine how people of color, queer
people, homeless people, etc. are constantly being
oppressed in ways that affect their daily lives more
than a dozen crazy Nazis. Put some real energy
into stopping that too.

MCIST

ACTION

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Pizza Time owner Heath Flores refuses to be socially responsible. The Pizza Time
worker lockout continues. Don't buy scab pizza!
In February of 2005, all l O Pizza Time workers walked off the job and went on
strike to protest unacceptable working conditions in the downtown Olympia
store. The workers drafted a list of demands no Pizza Time owner has since
agreed to in writing. The workers' demands are already part of US labor law,
but the workers felt it was important that their employer agreed to uphold these
protections in writing. Current owner Heath Flores refused to discuss the
demands until his business was picketed last August. After a series of meetings
with Flores, it became clear to all that Flores would not meet the demands.
The demands are:
1)
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3)
4)
5)

No workers are fired without Just Cause and without warning.
No racial slurs
A friendly, clean and safe work environment
Standardized breaks
Respect our right to unionize

The workers who went on strike may never get their jobs back. Pizza Time is
currently open and selling non-union pizza . The current workers (scabs) have
no written protections and can be fired at any moment without reason. We are
asking people in Olympia who care about workers' rights to buy pizza
59 elsewhere. Don't support union-busting businesses with your money!

-91ympia Worker's Association
The Olympia Workers Association's mission is to assist working people
in Olympia who want to improve their working conditions. Workers in all
different types of employment deal with the same issues - job insecurity,
health, safety, and childcare issues, bad pay, and the general lack of respect
for wage workers. The Olympia Workers Association believes all people
deserve workplace dignity, a living wage, safe working conditions
and workplace democracy.
Workers around the world have done incredible things by exercising their rights to organize. We have
workers of the past to thank for things like minimum wage, fair labor standards, and the weekend. By
organizing, working people can bargain with the bosses over the conditions of employment - you set the
terms of your employment and you have a voice at work. Standing up for your rights is not easymanagement is usually hesitant to allow workers any control or self-determination. The Olympia Workers
Association is here to stand with you while you stand up for your rights.
The purpose of the Olympia Workers Association is to help those who want to stand up get organized
and tap into the support of the community to win respect and fair treatment from employers. We are a
democratic, community based labor organization. We can support you in your effort to get a voice at your
workplace and help you and your fellow workers by carrying out solidarity actions.
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collectively. The Olympia Workers Association was created to help workers see their common interests and
build a network of workers and supporters in Olympia to help others with their struggles. We believe from
our own experiences that the people of Olympia are sympathetic to those who will stand up for their rights at
work and will support a movement based on truth, equality, and justice. For more information call: 360-5399523, visit http://olympiaworkers.org or email olympiaworkers@riseup.net
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Critical Mass- ''We're Not
Blocking Traffic, We Are Traffic"
"Critical Mass is not an organization, it's an unorganized
coincidence. It's a movement ... of bicycles, in the streets."
Traditionally, in Olympia Critical Mass has been a great way to get
outside, have fun, and make the bicycle presence more visible,
while promoting a more sustainable mode of transport. Critical
CRlTiCAL
Mass happens on the last Friday of every month, and meets up at
Red Square at 5:00 pm.
A notable instance occmTed at the Halloween Critical Mass in 2006 which was Olympia's largest in two
years. The bike parade was tainted when police harassment ended the ride with unsafe road conditions,
multiple citations, and two arrests. The ride left The Evergreen State College at 4:45 p.m. with 75-80 cyclists.
In the past, when large rides occurred in Olympia, the Olympia Police Department chose to escort the rides
and hold back traffic at intersections for the group's safety. Those rides were successful, non-violent, and
quite fun. At the Halloween Critical Mass, the OPD acted in the contrary. One Critical Mass participant was
being issued an $81 ticket for riding more than two abreast. One rider noted that, "Police were waiting at the
bottom of hill anticipating our presence." Police officers continued to pick people off and cite them for minor
infractions. This aggravated the group, who had until then been participating in a peaceful and joyful bike
parade. One cyclist was quoted while conversing with Police officer, "I think that offering citations is making
the group more aggressive and the situation more dangerous overall." The officer responded, "We are just
doing our job ... who knows, there might be commuters calling in angry and they want to see us cracking
down." Three police cars and three bicycle cops herded the group into a large mass - completely stopping
traffic on 4 th Avenue. Officers
were witnessed ordering and
physically pushing cyclists into
other cyclists. While police
harassment was heightening a
hissing noise was reported by
people on the sidewalk. An
officer was seen sprinting to the
front of the mass where he
assaulted a participant with a
flying choke hold, sending him
to the pavement. The
bystander, who offered no signs
of struggle, was handcuffed and
dragged into a police car. As
this happened two tires of a
parked OPD cruiser hissed flat.

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MASS

Reasons to Ride a Bicycle
*It's all about putting the fun between your legs
*Never having to buy gas
*Finding cool shit on the side of the road
*Cross training for out-running cops

*Doing your own repairs
*That cute bike punk ass
*Laughing at traffic
*Drive less, live more

Riding a bike is fun . Driving a 2000-pound machine powered by explosions at unearthly speeds emitting toxic fumes that
are killing the planet is stupid. But let's not dwell on sad topics like the people that are killed to provide you with gas for your
car, or how gas prices are going up, or about how over 40,000 people are killed by cars each year on America ' s highways.
Let's talk about putting some fun between your legs.
Riding a bicycle is a great way to improve your physical fitness; think of it as cross training for out running cops or any
other sport you may enjoy. Or, to appeal to your vanity, think about how hot biking will make your ass look. There ' s
probably nothing more fun in all of Olympia than bombing down Harrison Avenue through the round-a-bouts and riding past
all the cars snick in traffic downtown. It's al I about putting the fun between your legs .
Bikes can be really cheap. Not only don't you have to pay for gas, but it's not that difficult to learn to do your own
repairs. And you are privileged to have resources that can help you learn more about your bike. If you have a car, you could
deck out a sweet rig and ,;ave lots of beer money left over if you sold it.
People who ride bicycles will tell you that the world just looks different outside of a car. You 'II notice all kinds of
interesting little things from people watching to plants growing through the cracks of the sidewalk to graffiti art. A car drives
through/past/over communities; cycling is travel in communities.
Bike Resources:
Community Bike Shops:
Bike & Bike: free bikes/parts/repairs for low income folks in the
back of Dumpster Values (302 4th Ave E) . Open Sunday and
Monday from noon-4pm. Friday is Trans and Ladies night from 59pm.
TESC Bike Shop: free/cheap bike stuff and knowledgeable
volunteers to service your bike. Open as often as volunteers can staff
it, everyday in the basement of the College Activities Building
(CAB)
Community Build a Bike: another community shop. They have
limited hours on Sundays. Call Laura at 870-7347 for more info. It's
located in a garage on the eastside.
A note on community bike shops: the folks at Bike & Bike and the TESC bike shop are volunteers there because they want to
help you, not paid bike mechanics getting paid to do the work for you. If you approach them by asking them to help you with
something you don't know how to do, they'll be glad to put in a lot of work with you, and you'll probably learn a lot. If you
think volunteers are your personal mechanics service, and you can order them to do repairs while you leave your bike in the
shop, you're not going to get very far.
Capitalist Venn1res: If community resources aren't your thing you can get ripped off at one of the many retail shops ..
Critical Mass
Critical Mass is an intemational movement that started in the Bay area over a decade ago when cyclists started
riding en masse once a month to assert their presence in traffic. For years now that monthly celebration has
spread across the nation and has attracted a lot of police repression. The ride happens across the world
every last Friday of the month. In Oly riders gather at Evergreen at 5 pm, 5:30 at Harrison and Division, and
5:45 at Squi1t Fountain Park.

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Top 5 Olympia Hiking Spots
Within Biking Distance
Priest Point Park - Head east to downtown Olympia, take a left on East Bay drive and head north ,
entrance on your right. Nice second growth forested trails and beach trails, great for the doggie.
Watershed Park - Head east to downtown, take a right on Capital St., take a left toward Interstate 5,
follow the signs to get to Henderson Blvd ., parking lot is on the left. More lush than Priest Point but
smaller and with more traffic noise from 1-5.
Nisqually Wildlife Refuge - Get on Interstate 5 north, take exit 114 and follow directions to the Refuge.
Lots of birds (especially in the winter), plants, and a wide variety of shrubs.
McLain Creek - Take a right on Evergreen Parkway coming from
TESC and take the exit before the bridge to Highway 101. Take a
right on Mud Bay road , a left on Delphi. Look for signs for the
Creek. Big trees and lots of birds, newts and you can watch the
salmon spawn here!
Mirna Mound Nature Preserve - Take Interstate 5 south to exit 95,
head toward Littlerock, turn right on Waddell Creek Road. The
entrance is on the left. Probably the most bizarre place in the
county, a massive field of several foot tall natural bumps. The
wildflowers of the pseudo-prairie peak in late April and are superior
to anywhere else within 100 miles of Olympia.

Closest Backpacking Locales
Lower South Fork Skokomish Trail (1 Hour Away): Take Highway 101 North about 30 miles, and go left
on Skokomish Valley Road. In 5.5 miles, veer right onto Forest Service Road 23. Stay on 23 past
numerous junctions, for 9.2 miles, to the junction of Forest Service Road 2353. Go right and down this
road. Cross the one-lane bridge and go left staying on paved road. The pavement ends after another
one-lane bridge. The trailhead is on the left at the end of the pavement; park at the pull off by the
trail head. If you drive to the yellow gate, you've gone too far. Rivers, huge trees, steep at first, then quite
flat.
Dosewallips Trails (1 ½ Hours Away): Take Highway 101 North about 60 miles to Brinnon and take a left
at the big sign for Dosewallips. There are tons of trails in this area. Stop by the ranger station on the right
side of the road soon after you get off Highway 101 for directions. Staircase, Lena Lakes , and Lake
Constance are personal favorites.
The North Fork of the Quinault (2 Hours Away): Take Highway 101 North about 8 miles to State Route 8
West towards Montesano for about 30 miles to Highway 12 West. Highway 12 becomes Highway 101
North- take this for about 40 miles to Lake Quinault South Shore Road. After 12 miles turn right onto
North Shore Road-go 3 miles to ranger station. Lots of BIG trees and a few trails with many options,
like the 5-6 hike along Skyline Trail through some of the most beautiful scenery in the park.

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Traditionally played with fretless banjo and fiddle. But with these chords
you can pick up almost any instrument and sing along.
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Oh Liza, Oh Liza Jane, Oh Liza Ridin' on that train.
Hardest thing I ever did was workin on the rails
Easiest thing I ever did was kiss oh liza Jane.
Wish I had a needle and thread, fine as I could sew
Sew that pretty one to my side and down the road
we'd go
Hell and damn that, Hell and damn that train
Hell and damn that train that killed oh lizajane

Come learn other Old time Tunes, or pick
up your first instrument at "Oly Old
Time" at the "Olympia Free School." It
happens every Tuesday night at 7PM
except the first Tuesday of the month.
The free school is located at 610
Columbia St. Just at the bottom of the 5 th .
Ave. hill. Across the street from Olympia
Supply Hardware Store. There is an
instrument library available if you don't
have your own.

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Wliere P,vergreen £ ies ...
Evergreen's thousand-acre campus is the second largest
college campus in the country; though it is not uncommon for
colleges to set aside a bit of land as a nature preserve, the
scale and setting of Evergreen's approximately 800 acres of
undeveloped land make it unique. Although all of the land has
been logged within the last hundred years and there are no oldgrowth trees remaining, the woods at TESC are quite amazing.
One grizzled Greener-grad has told me that Evergreen is the
largest piece of wild land left anywhere on the Puget Sound.
There is a potential danger to Evergreen's undeveloped land.
It's a real threat to our forests that Washington State will build
offices here, says Evergreen Professor Frederica Bowcutt,
since Evergreen is state land. Other professors have
mentioned the possibility of the potential expansion of our
organic farm into this pristine wilderness.
Long before Evergreen was built, the land our school now
stands on was stolen from the Indigenous people of the Puget
Sound. This led to the Puget Sound Indian war, a rarely
mentioned but important piece of local history. When the white
settlers forced indigenous people off their land, the traditional
techniques of land management went with them. Indigenous
people throughout the Americas had managed huge areas of land for the production of food and medicine (See the
fascinating article "1491" from the March 2002 issue of Atlantic Magazine or google '1491' online.) In the Northwest, this has
often involved the pruning of berry bushes to maximize production and the burning of certain lands to encourage certain
plants and provide forage for game animals. While our Western mythology frames pre-invasion America as a wilderness,
there was actually little land that wasn't traditionally maintained for production of food, medicine, fiber, and other necessities.
Pick some berries when you walk through the woods and get to know the plants. Learn how to use some of the common
medicinal plants here and harvest them in a sustainable manner. I've known Evergreen students who are scared to dig an
Oregon grape root because they don't want to disturb nature, but they buy their food from a vast monoculture farm that is
chaos in terms of following natural patterns, even if it is organic. I'm not saying we should all get all of our food and medicine
out of the woods-it couldn't support that anyway-but moderate use of a few herbs can actually connect us to the land. It's
important to know what plants around you can be used for food and medicine and how to harvest them in a sustainable way
so they will still be there for generations. Some plants in the Evergreen woods should never be harvested: Wild Ginger,
Pipsissewa, and Trillium are not abundant here and can't stand up to random Greeners taking what they need. But other
plants like Oregon Grape and Western Bleeding Heart can take some browsing as long as all of us harvesters know how to
do it right. Read up first. Michael Moore's Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West is a good place to start. Also check out
Savage Dreams: the landscape wars of the American West by Rebecca Solnitt if you liked this article. And you might like the
zine An Oral History of the Evergreen Woods which is currently out of print but still floats around campus (check the Sabot
Info Squat).
The Campus Land Use Committee (GLUC), a group of various staff members with a token student, is charged with the
responsibility of recommending management plans for Evergreen's land . Luckily, for the most part, they leave things outside
the core campus area alone.
Many greeners and non-greeners alike, find a permanent camping trip in Evergreens' woods a very pleasant and cheap way
to live. Sweeps of the woods have been made, and the people found living there were ousted. Rumor has it that, Facilities is
looking to hire someone to trek around in the woods, marking the location of all campsites using GPS units. They will then
hire an outside contractor to demolish these campsites. My take: they don't want to do the dirty work of kicking out innocent
kids themselves, not to mention potential PR hassles, so they'll hire it done.
Regardless, the woods surrounding Evergreen are the most unique and wonderful feature of this college. Get to know them,
explore them like mad, because they have a lot to offer. A relationship with this land will help you develop a sense of place
here at the college, and in Olympia. As students we have the great privilege of having this land all to ourselves.
But we also have the responsibility to get to know the plants, animals, lichen and fungi , and to learn the history
of this place, in the hope that we can keep it from being just another subdivision.

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MAY DAY!!!
May Day is an international holiday that celebrates solidarity between
workers of the world and is commemorated through public celebration
intended to strengthen unity between all workers, and be a hell of a good
time to boot. May Day was initially created in North America, where
ironically, to this day, it is not officially recognized as a holiday.
During the 1880s, when the typical workday was 12-16 hours, a
protracted struggle was launched demanding the 8-hour workdays with which we're now accustomed.
Protests took place all over North America demanding workers rights on this issue. The events came to
th
a flashpoint in Chicago on May 4 1886, when a peaceful protest was interrupted by a bomb that killed
and injured several people, protesters and police included. This event is known as the Haymarket affair.
The bomb is a mystery of history; yet, the radical leadership involved in
the protest was blamed for the actions of a zealous individual or police
saboteur. Eight Radicals were persecuted in order to disrupt the
organization of labor; four of them were hung by the state of Illinois. The
trial was by no means a typical "fair" trial ; the jury was hand selected by
the prosecution. The Haymarket Martyrs were later commemorated by
the Second International in Paris, calling for an International Worker's
st
Holiday to be celebrated on May 1 . Since that time many European
countries have turned this day into an official holiday.
Olympia has a rich May Day history with events that usually include a
bunch of Evergreen students in the festivities . These events have had
attendance in the thousands and are the largest annually occurring
pol itical gatherings in Olympia . Sometimes there is overnight camping for
May Day celebrators with festivities going into the night. May Day actions in 2006 marked a
monumental shift in the normal proceedings found in Olympia. Organizers and activists sought to bridge
the racial divides normally present by organizing a solidarity march for immigrant rights. The result was
a success , with many families and immigrants joining with Oly activists for a march to the Capital and
street party at the Artesian Well. Hopefully this tradition can be continued and May Day in Olympia can
further serve as an inclusive celebration/action around workers rights and human rights . May Day has
also been a day to create guerilla community gardens in Olympia. Every year many events occur on
this day, and it is a good way of getting closer to the subculture in Olympia . So get out on the streets
next May 1st and start a ruckus!

AUNION F!!!!

Local History Tidbit The Centralia Massacre was a violent and bloody
incident that occurred in the town of Centralia, Washington, on November 11,
1919, during a parade celebrating the first anniversary of Armistice Day. This
conflict between the populace of Centralia and itinerant workers who were
members of the Industrial Workers of the World (/WW) - also called the
"Wobblies" - labor union, resulted in six deaths, additional wounded, multiple
prison terms, and an ongoing and especially bitter dispute over the
motivations, timeline, and the events that precipitated the massacre. The
subsequent ramifications of this event included: a trial that attracted national
media attention; notoriety that contributed to the red scare of the late teens and
1920's; creation of a powerful martyr (Wesley Everest) for the /WW;
a monument to one side of the battle and a mural for the other; and
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an enmity between the American Legion and the Wobblies that persists to this day.

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Hundreds Mark Historic May Day in Olympia
Olympia, WA-- Hundreds of community members
celebrated International Workers Day on Monday May 1st, 2006.
People in Olympia assembled in Sylvester Park for a "Day
Without an Immigrant" and joined in solidarity with millions of
people across the US and workers around the world.
People gathered while speakers from various
community groups talked about immigration, Zapatistas, crossborder organizing, local worker solidarity, and other ways for
people to get organized. When the speeches ended, people took
to the streets toward the State Capitol to voice their views. \
The doors to the State Capitol building were locked. No
politician came out to greet the May Day celebrants. People
made speeches from bullhorns calling for immigration reform and the need for more worker
solidarity. At many times people chanted "jSi, Se Puede!" ... Yes, we
IJ.
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The May Day parade reassembled at the base of the Capitol
stairs, approximately a half hour later, and then proceeded down
Capital Way toward downtown. Some stores along the parade route
were closed for the day in solidarity. The parade took a right on 4th
Ave. and ended at the Artesian Well in the parking lot by Jefferson
Street.
Bike-riding police officers, a half block away, guarded Pizza
Time. Pizza Time became a focal point of the local labor movement
last year when all 10 workers went on strike for better working
conditions in Febrnary 2005. Those workers were locked out by the
current owner, Heath Flores, in August. A boycott of Pizza Time still
remains in effect, although Pizza Time was not made an issue this May
Day.
People took turns hitting a pifiata made to look like a Border
Patrol SUV. A mobile sound system broadcast Free Radio Olympia
98.5fm, and a dance party started in the parking lot. An IWW banner proclaiming "Capitalism
cannot be reformed" got duct taped to a bank
billboard overlooking the parking lot on 4th Ave.
Hundreds of people in Olympia answered
the call to not work or go to school on May 1st and
gathered to support immigrant and worker rights.
Many people talked about taking their May Day
experiences back to their workplaces and asserting
their rights on the job.
Over 1.5 million people took part in May Day
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demonstrations in 2006 in what amounted to one of
the single largest days of protest in US history.

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OLYTREASURE MAP!!!
$ = If you tip properly you can fill up on 10 bucks.

V = Vegetarian and Vegan Options

FOOD
1. The New Moon Cafe - $V - Top 3 breakfast spots.
2. Quality Burrito- $V - Eat here 1fyou like del1ciously large burritos. Open Late.
3. Plenty- $$V - expensive Applebee's style food. Old Time Jam the First Monday of the Month .
4. Le Voyeur- $V - The most hip greasy spoon in town. Sandwiches, soups and entrees all of which can be made vegan
on request with as much grease as you can handle. Garlic Fries! It will take a while to get your food regardless of how
busy they are. Open really late
5. Saigon Rendezvous- $V - Many fake meats and real meats. Spring rolls= good.
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6. Clubside Cafe-$ - Brighter than looking directly into the sun. Greasy goodness open super late. garlic tots!!
7. Mini Saigon- $V- The $1 .84 spring rolls are amazing.
8. Old School Pizza- $ - Classic Olympia pizza. The pizza is good and cheap. pretty hip and rock n roll. Lard in crust.
9. Fuji's- $V - sushi etc.
10. Otto's- $V - Nice bagely breakfasty lunchy place Bottomless coffee, too. Owned by the San Francisco Street Bakery.
1 l. Traditions Cafe- $V - Good quality food except their sysco chicken. It's mostly Fair Trade, too.
13. El Guanaco- $V - Good Salvadorian food, get the pupusas.
14. Darby's- $V - Top 3 breakfast spots.
15. Urban Onion-$$ - An almost classy healthy restaurant/ gay nightspot. Bit pricey, but tasty organic food .
16. The Spar - $$ - Formerly smokey old school histoiic diner.
17. Great Cuisine of India- $V - Very good food and the buffet is the best priced and most tasty in town.
FREE FOOD!
Free' Food Box: Located at the TESC health center.
Olympia Food Co-Ops: They provide a 10% discount for low income people and waive membership dues. This program
does not require documentation, but the co-op asks that all interested individuals read a short history of the program before
choosing to use it. Also if you have time to volunteer you get an extra 25% off. Also if you volunteer there you get first
pick at free food that is damaged or pull-dated. There is no hierarchy in the staff and it is a State non-profit so they are not
ripping you off. This food is at cost and provides good jobs. Eastside location 3111 Pacific Ave. 956-3870 Westside
Location 921 Rogers St. 754-9141 Get off the "41" at the bowman stop and walk down the hill.
35. Thurston County Food Bank: Located at 220 North Thurston St. near the downtown transit center. Open Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, l-3pm. Commodity day is first Monday of every month. If you earn less than $970 per month in
a single person household you are eligible for food benefits from the state of Washington. You can apply for food benefits
online at https://wws2.wa.gov/dshs/onlineapp/introduction I .asp
28. Food Not Bombs- Delicious, radical, food for all! Times can often change, but for now: Sundays @ 7p .m at Manium.
37. Union Gospel Mission Daily daytime shelter and meals. MEAL TIMES Breakfast Mon-Sun 6 - 7 am Lunch Mon-Fri
& Sun at Noon. Dinner Mon-Fri 6 pm 413 Franklin ST. NE 709-9725. Dental services, and safe places for all types of
recovery.
38. Salvation Army 365 days a year 3 meals a day 352-8596 (shelter services too) must be sober.
Wild Foods- 7 months out of the year you can find yummy healthy foods growing wild. Blackberries and Dandelions;
Wild Mushrooms and Fish; come to mind instantly. Most houses around town have fruit trees and other goodies that few
mind if you glean from.
Dumpsters: Depending on your standards you can pretty much live off of other peoples waste in most parts of the U.S. I
get most of my needs from others waste.
COFFEE
18. Batdorf and Bronson - $ - Go there at noon after a night of partying to see who woke up together. Uncertified
allegedly "Fair Trade" coffee- skip this place for Traditions.
19. Starbucks - They do give their workers health care, and let home bums chill there, but there are better places to
support in town than the corporate giants.
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20. Cafe Vita - $ - Seattle/Olympia based joint. Definitely hip, academic, and chill. Shitty owner.
BARS
We recommend you pick up a bottle of firewater and kick it on your friends' front porch and drink homebrew you made 6
months ago for some good wholesome family oriented times. But if you must resort to paying way to much for a few
beers at a semi-social creepy dude and sometimes friendly acquaintance filled atmosphere liere is a guide to a few of those
places.
21. The Brotherhood- Probably the best all around bar in Olympia. Hip/Scenester friendly, strong drinks, nice patio out
back!
22. The Mark- Mildly posh, usually has a DJ spinning hip hop or breaks ...
23. Jakes- Queer dance club/bar. Great venue, great folks, great grinding! Curiously straight for a gay bar.
24. The East Side- Beer only, lots of pool tables (free on Sundays), definite Greener hangout.
25. The 4th Ave Tavern- Just a bar with nothing particularly great or horrible.
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26 . capitol Theater and Backstage- A really great old movie theater, they host many benefits, and shows by rad groups. Good
hippy popcorn.
27, Midnight Sun- performanc_e space/ c_heap place t_o host theatrical performances and sometimes shows.
28 . Media Island- alternative literature hbra1y, act1v1st hangout, mdy radio broadcast spot (KOWA), and food not bombs
kitchen
29, Planned Parenthood- safe sex gear, pregnancy tests, STD tests, and consultations
JO. SafePlace- Safe Place connects youth to immediate help and safety and offers supportive services to both youth and their
families.
32. Fire and Earth- hookahs and shishah, rolling tobacco and accessories, local art glass, & herbs. Local woman-owned
business, friendly
41. Zine library - Inside Last Word Books hides a cave that will fill you day with enjoyment. Zines galore! It's GlGANTlC
42. Critical Mass -You on your bike + other people on their bikes+ fun = Critical Mass. Come ride with us. -last Friday of the
month leave Red Square at 5:00 and Harrison & division at 5:30 Downtown 5:45 -feel free to make and distribute your own
fliers for the ride.
43, Media Island -Historic independent media hub. Currently Food Not bombs Cooks here.
44. Olympia Free School -Classes taught and attended by neat people like you. Free! schedule at www.olympiafreeschool.org
45, Artesian Well -It's the water! Fresh, clean, delicious water flowing up from a giant underground reservoir.
Parks -Go somewhere and, like, run around.
Volunteer -Always free! Meet people, learn something.
House Shows -Check out poster and flyers all around.

Low Income Resources!
Finding the money to provide basic needs for yourself(and your family if you're a parent) can be very difficult for those with a
limited income. This is true in Olympia where unemployment is chronic- a town of limited employment and an abundance of
students willing to work for poverty level wages. In Washington, the unemployment rate as of July 06 was 5.3% above the
national average at 4.8. Unfortunately, American capitalism teaches from a young age that taking assistance from the
government is lazy and selfish. Furthermore, it's plain "UN-AMERICAN"! Despite the social stigma associated with state and
federal assistance programs like food stamps and welfare, many in this "prosperous" country have no recourse due to economic
and political issues beyond their control. lf any shame is called for, it is against a capitalist system that exploits workers and
creates a class system that prevents workers from attending colleges and universities due to high tuition and high cost of living.
FACT! There are more low-income students at TESC than at any other four-year college in WA. One reason being that it's the
cheapest four-year college in WA. MYTH! There is a strictly limited pool available for food stamps. FACT! Just because
you decide to collect food stamps in order to supplement you food budget, it does not mean that someone else will get denied.
GET OTHER FREE THINGS!
Evergreen Free Box Historically there has been a free box located next to the HCC in housing that has served Evergreen for
many years. It was removed at the end of the 2004/2005 school year because housing claimed it was being overused and
unsanitary. You should harass them to get it back! lt was really cool. Housing tends to be a wasteful environment and people
throw all sorts of things out.
Hippy Christmas You can outfit an entire 6 bedroom group house with the things students in housing get rid of the first two
weeks of June. Thankfully there are donation pods around now for community groups, but they won't mind if you glean from
there, and not everything makes it past the convenient dumpsters.
Free Store (at Westside co-op) Open when it's open. Hours vary because it's run by volunteers. It is an 8' by 8' by 8' cube of
fresh and stale free stuff.
Yard Sales Often have cheap and free things that you may or may not want.

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GET A CHEAPER EDUCATION!
CLEP If the main reason you are in school is to get a diploma, find out about some of the ways to get it fast and cheap.
CLEP (college level examination program) tests are cheap, easy and will give you credits.
SPSCC Classes at SPSCC (South Puget Sound Community College) are also fairly cheap.
PLE (prior learning from experience) is a program offered through Evergreen that offers credits for non-classroom
experiences. Academic Advising (866-6312) can fill you in on these alternatives.
Residency before school starts, immediately open a bank account in the state, register to vote, and get your Drivers
License or ID card IN THIS ST A TE and register your vehicle if you have one. For more information about residency,
contact Rafael Lozano at 867-5189 or pick up a checklist from the registration office. It will either Cost you $20,000ifyou
are a resident of WA State for a degree or $60,000 if you are not a resident. Consider it a $40,000 donation to the college
so the rest of us can go to school for cheaper and you can never pay off your debts.
Wait because once you turn 25 , you are legally financially independent (poor in the governments eyes), and don ' t make
$50,000 a year the federal government will pay you to go to school. You'll get all costs covered plus some in most cases.
You will also get more out of your education because of your life experience and a probable increase in awareness of what
you want to do with your life and what you want to learn while you ' re here.
Marriage If you are under 24 and your parents make the big bucks you WILL NOT be eligible for financial aid even if
they don ' t give you one red cent of it. .. unless you get hitched! Find a friend who you trust enough to join in eternal
matrimony (or at least for the duration of college) and you will be considered financially independent and will be eligible
for thousands in grants and subsidized loans that you would otherwise have no access to. Do it before the deadline for
financial aid! Applications are at the county courthouse, 2000 Lakeridge Dr. SW, 786-5453. If you want your application
processed faster, APPLY ONLINE at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/. You can make around $5500 in personal income and still
receive full financial aid.

GET HEALTH INSURANCE!
Washington Basic Health: Washington State provides subsidized health care plans to low-income individuals. The
waitlist is usually very long. Apply early! Plans cost as little as $17 a month. The application process is simple and easy.
To apply contact the Washington State Health Care Authority at 1-800-826-2444 (ask for a basic health application
packet), pick up a packet at the health center, or find more information online at http://www.basichealth.hca.wa.gov/.
Dental Insurance: Basic Health does not provide dental insurance. Go to the TESC Student Health Center for
ihformation on low-income dental care options. They are extremely limited and there is often a waiting list for most
routine services. Emergency dental services are, however, available with a minimum wait and with costs on a sliding
scale. The Mission has a community dental clinic.

EXPLORE!

There are tons of ways to lower your expenses. Try playing around with your needs and seeing what

superfluous things in your life you can get rid of. Try living in the woods, using coupons, or both! You can work with the
Bike Shop to build a bike, get your books from the libraries, or photocopy the chapters you need. You can audit
classes, stalk the CRC ' s back-country trips, or make your own beer! If you ever run out of ideas, there are kids
in town who will offer great advice on how to never pay for anything!

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GLOSSARY
• Anarchist - an advocate of a stateless society free of exploitation, where decisions are made based on direct
participation from below on equal terms rather than being imposed by a set of elites in positions of authority.
• Affinity Group -A small group of activists who work together on a direct action; these activists are usually close to
avoid infiltration by government operatives.
• Consensus - A way of making decisions which aims to include everyone in the decision making process and resolve
any objections; less mob rule than usual.
• COINTELPRO- A series of FBI counterintelligence programs from 1956-1971 designed to neutralize political
dissidents to maintain the existing social and political order.
• Direct Action - a form of political activism which rejects reformist politics as ineffective. It involves taking
responsibility ourselves for solving problems (examples of direct action include sabotage, strikes, squatting,
blockades, street-fighting, etc.)
• D.I.Y- Dolt Yourself, a movement that promotes the creation of what we need by ourselves, without relying on
multinational corporations or governments to do it for us.
• Free Trade - Free trade is a market model in which trade in goods and services between or within countries flow
unhindered by government-imposed restrictions to maximize opportunities for exploitation and profit. This
economic model is advocated by multinational corporations and politicians who want to make foreign countries
safe for business by eliminating taxes and tariffs, suspending labor rights, and dismantling environmental
protections.
• Fair Trade - A market model that resists the "free trade" paradigm by the use of a certification process where
distributors negotiate directly with the growers or creators of a product who guarantee a living wage to all their
workers.
• FTM - The Free Trade Agreement of The Americas is a proposed agreement ro eliminate or reduce trade barriers
and extend de facto US hegemony throughout the Americas.
• Green Scare- this term refers to the federal governments expanding prosecution efforts against animal liberation and
ecological activists, drawing parallels to the "Red Scares" of the 1910's and 1950's.
• Globalization -the creation of an unfettered international free market which has expanded the wealth and influence
of multinational corporations in the Western world at the expense of environmental devastation, increasing
poverty, inequality, injustice and the erosion of traditional cultures and customs.
• Hegemony- a way in which dominant groups or individuals maintain their power by persuading subordinate groups
to accept, adopt, and internalize their oppressor's values beliefs, and norms.
This strategy is in contrast to the ruling group achieving and maintaining
dominance purely by force (Teddy Roosevelt's adage "Speak softly but carry
a big stick" can be seen as an example of advocacy for both "hard" and
"soft" power.)
• lndymedia -A global network of independent journalists and alternative media
which use an open source publishing model to empower people to reduce
their reliance on corporate media. Check out counterpunch.org,
infoshop.org, zmag.org, and indymcdia.org.
• Mutual Aid - an egalitarian concept of voluntary reciprocal exchange of
resources and services for mutual benefit between groups or individuals.
Read up on Peter Kropotkin's Mutual Aid for proof as to why cooperation is
just as much "human nature" as competition.
• NAFTA -North American Free Trade Agreement which has reduced or
abolished trade barriers between the United Stares, Canada, and Mexico.

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(Cont ... )
• Neoliberalism- A political movement that promotes corporate expansion and the free flow of capital (but not people)
without restrictions across borders by eliminating taxes and tariffs, gutting public services, and crushing labor
power to intensify capitalist inequality.
• Privilege - The historical accumulation of power, influence, and benefits to a particular group based on race, class,
gender, sexuality, and other factors which allow certain people to move into positions of power more easily. This
phenomenon is aided and reinforced by modes of capitalist domination which reproduce the conditions of
privilege and inequality. For more info, check out Bell Hooks, Malcom X, Tim Wise, and Mumia Abu-Jamal.
• Permaculture - an agricultural system applied to food production, land use and community building which seeks more
ethical and sustainable ways of living. This includes growing seasonal crops, a shift awa~ from monoculture and
towards more traditional methods of farming, and the creation of a symbiotic system of growth management.
• State Socialism - an economic and political system that believes in retaining positions of power and hierarchy but, at
least in theory, ensuring that there is financial equality among all people.
• Solidarity-The feeling of unity based on common goals, interests, and sympathies. It is a term which is promoted by
many social movements to foster relationships based on justice and equality. A necessary ingredient to effective
revolutionary action.
• Socialization-The process whereby the dominant, mainstream society imparts its values on its children from a very
young age. This mass-indoctrination occurs through corporate media, state education institutions, imposition of
language, etc. often for the sake of profit, social control and maintenance of oppressive power structures.
• SOA - School of the Americas, now known as WHINSEC (Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation),
a training school based out of Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia run by the US Army. SOA trains soldiers from
South & Latin America in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare,
military intelligence and interrogation tactics. The graduates of this school have consistently used their training to
wage campaigns of terror against their own people, with the aims of eliminating dissidents and disrupting social
movements throughout the Americas.
•WTO - World Trade Organization, the enforcement body of
Let's cut ourselves free
GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), the
from
mother of all free trade agreements, run by an unelected
body that has the power to eliminate or curtail any countries
laws and regulations that interfere with free trade or elite
business interests .
• World Bank & IMF (international Monetary Fund) organizations setup after WWII to lend money to European
countries to rebuild their economies after the war's
devastation. Nowadays, this money is loaned out to
developing countries if they agrees to implement SAPs
(Structural Adjustment Policies), which abolish social
services, labor rights, and environmental protections which
interfere with direct foreign investment and exploitation of
"human capital" and material resources.
• Zir - gender neutral pronoun that specifically avoids the gender
binary system by using a term that neither assumes a male or
female recipient.
• Zine- a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original
or appropriated texts and images. Zines are often distributed
through secondary circuits, such as: trade, zine symposia,
record stores, concerts, independent media outlets, mailings,
or zine "distros." Many zines are distributed for free or cost
less than $1 (rarely more than $3 to $5 dollars.)

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-student Group Directory

Appearing Task ~orce on Anti-O~pression [The ATF]- (867-6144) ... We affirm our .
commitment to a liberal arts education that encompasses the often uncomfortable growing
process that poly-culturali~m entails. We are ded~cate~ to_ supporting ~rogram~ and activ_ities
that will hold our community accountable for dealing with issues of racism , sexism, class1sm ,
heterosexism , ableism , etc.
Bike Shop- (867-6399)
capoeira Angola-(867-6105)
carnival- (867-6092) .. . If its radical, if its art, then we 're down.
CD Project- (867-5848) ... The student CD project is a 25-year-old TESC tradition. The project
has created an annual album composed, produced, designed and released by students.
Chemistry Club- (867-6143)
coalition Against Sexual Violence- (867-67 49)
committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador [CISPES]- (867-6092)
common Bread- (867-6781 ) ... Weare an international Christian community, which provides a
welcome place for people to explore their relationship with God.
Community Gardens Org . Farm- (867-6145) ... We provide garden space for Evergreen
students.
Cooper Point Journal Student Newspaper- (867-6213) ... or email cp j@evergreen.edu
Developing Ecological Agricultural Practices [DEAP]- (867-6493)
Digital Audio-Pro Tools Network- (867-6412)
Environmental Resource Center [ERC]- (867-6784) .. . We work toward conserving,
protecting , and restoring native ecosystems through education and active participation.
The EverGleaners- (867-6784) ... We organize volunteers to gather surplus food for distribution
to the low-income members of Thurston.
Evergreen Animal Rights Network [EARN]- (867-6724)
Evergreen Face Productions- (867-6879) ... We write, produce, and perform comedy.
Evergreen Political Information Center [EPIC]- (867-6144) ... Our mission is to create a
sustained community of political education and action.
Evergreen Queer Alliance- (867-6544)
Evergreen Review- (867-6098) .. .The Evergreen Review is a web journal that provides
students and professors in the field of political economy with a place to write scholarly articles.
It will also be printed as a quarterly journal with more extensive essays.
Evergreen Spontaneity Club- (867-6879) .. . improvisational theater group.
Evergreen Story Tellers- (867-6098) ... Group to help student writers, journalists and
documentary film makers improve on their craft of story telling.
Flaming Eggplant- (867-6092)
Gaming Guild- (867-6036)
The Geoduck Union- (867-6555)
Giant Robot Appreciation Society [GRAS]- (867-6036) ... A anime club for Japanese culture
enthusiasts at Evergreen.
Healing Arts Collective- (867-6143)
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Hillel- (867-6781 ).. . We seek to provide Jewish and non-Jewish students with
resources , information and support about Judaism.
Sabot lnfosquat- (867-6574) ... A radical lending library specializing in zines,
movies, and books. This community space is on the second floor of the library.
Masters in Environmental Studies (MES), Graduate Student Association(867-6479)
Masters in Teaching (MIT), Graduate Student Association- (867-6479)
MEChA- (867-6583) .. . the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan.
Media Influenced Entertainment- (867-6412)
Mindscreen Film Group- (867-6412)
Musician's Club- (867-6879)
Organizing for Workers & Labor [O.W.L.]- (867-6144)
Percussion Club- (867-6105)
The Phrontisterion(867-6033) ... Academic club for students fascinated by
the literature, philosophy, history and culture of ancient Greece and Rome
Queer People of Color- (867-6583)
Services and Activities Fee Allocation Board [S&A Board]- (867-6221)
Shaolin Temple Cultural Arts Club- (867-6105) ... Shaolin Buddhist theory.
Slightly West Literary Magazine- (867-6098)
Society for Trans Action & Resources- [STAR]- (867-6749)
Student Video Gamers Alliance- (867-6105)
Students at Evergreen for Ecological Design [SEED]- (867-6493)
Students Educating Students About The Middle East [SESAME]- (867-6724)
Synergy- (867-6493) ... Evergreen's annual Sustainable Living Conference.
Umoja- (867-6033) ... We are students dedicated to promoting diversity and crosscultural understanding, and fostering an identity among students of African descent
at TESC. We organize positive cultural activities, events, and educational
programming about people of African descent. We work to recruit more students of
African descent to the campus and help them adjust academically and socially to
the campus. Umoja is open to all campus members.
Vox: Communities for Choice- (867-67 49) ... Communities for Choice is a
program to educate young Americans and mobilize them in support of reproductive
health and rights.
Women of Color Coalition- (867-6006)
Women's Resource Center- (867-6162)
Writer's Guild- (867-6098)

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CAMPUS CHILDREN'S CENTER

Bldg. 201

867-6060
we provide low-cost child care to students and staff. The child care center is open
Monday-Friday 7:30am to 5:30pm and enrolls children of students, faculty and staff
(3 months to 5 years).

CLEAN ENERGY COMMITTEE
CAB 320
This committee composed of four students, two staff, and one faculty, is
responsible for reviewing budget proposals for clean energy related campus
projects. Student representatives to the committee are selected in the Fall for oneyear appointments. To find out more about the Clean Energy Initiative, go to:
http://academic.evergreen.edu/groups/greenfut/cleanenergy.htm.
KAOS OLYMPIA COMMUNITY RADIO
CAB 306
867-6888
Evergreen's non-commercial, community radio station specializes in a variety of
independent music, news and public affairs programming. Students and volunteers
comprise the radio personalities on the air. KAOS airs at 89.3FM. Internships are
also available for students.

S&A PRODUCTIONS
CAB 317
867-6222
This group organizes stage events for the Evergreen campus, often bringing major
acts to the school. S&A Productions provide opportunities for students to learn
about, and gain practical experience in, event production and planning.
STUDENT TRUSTEE
CAB 320
Appointed by the Governor of the State of Washington, the student trustee serves
on the college's Board of Trustees as a voting member. This is a one-yearappointment, July 1-June 30. Students must be currently enrolled and in good
academic standing in order to be considered. To learn more about the role of the
Board of Trustees, go to www.evergreen .edu/trustees.

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The Hip-Hop Congress is a brand new student group at
the Evergreen State College. Following the model of the
rapidly expanding Hip-Hop Congress chapters across the
country, we strive to support social justice, community
action and unity, local artists and support systems,
infom1ation exchange, truthful knowledge, selfempowennent and more using the structures and wisdom of
Hip-Hop as a medium.
.
Though we were formed only in the spring of 2007, we
already have a committed and growing board. In this shmt
amount of time, we have been embraced by the Evergreen
community as a legitimate and valuable cause. Our efforts
will expand into the general Olympia community as we
begin to build coalitions with local artists, businesses, nonprofits, and other student groups. We will be collaborating
with the Seattle, Washington, and national Hip-Hop
Congress chapters in order to bring quality a1tists and
activists to Olympia, to uplift the youth who have been
ostracized in this community, and to bring another level of
knowledge, wisdom, and action to an already politically charged arena.
Meeting times are subject to change; however we will likely be meeting bi-monthly at 4pm on
Wednesdays at campus. We will be working to create a regularly updated website with contact
information for board members and updates on our actions. Until then, if you have any questions,
feel free to email me at NoahTL@gmail.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE SABOT INFOSQUAT
We are a stundent-run, non-profit community space
that specializes in radical literature and other
resources that are currently unavailable from the
TESC library. Our name is derived from the word
"sabotage" which is said to have originated during
the industrial revolution, when striking workers
damaged the means of production by throwing their
wooden shoes or clogs (known in French as sabots)
into the machinery, effectively clogging the
machinery. We are located on the second floor of
the library nn . 3303. Stop by some time or call us at
867-6574. You can shoot us an e-mail at:
evergreeninfoshoppe@riseup.net

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Ul(ITY GROV:1?8 I>IRE~TORY
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Thurston County Chapter
The ACLU is a nonprofit, nonpartisan,
membership organization devoted to protecting the
basic civil liberties of all Americans, and extending
them to groups that have traditionally been denied
their basic civil rights. The Thurston County
Chapter acts as the "eyes and ears" of the Affiliate
Office, ACLU-WA, reporting civil liberties abuses.
It testifies at local and state hearings and performs
as an activist group to defend civil liberties. It also
does outreach to educate the public in
understanding, appreciating and protecting their
rights. http:/ /www.aclu-wa.org;
http: //www.olycivlib.org; Contact: (206) 624-2184;
communications@aclu-wa.org; 705 Second
Avenue, Suite 300; Seattle, WA 98104
Avanti High School (AHS)
Avanti is an alternative high school residing within
the Olympia School District. With its small
numbers and low student to faculty ratio, AHS is
very open to community involvement, ripe for
input from Evergreen students. Evergreen students
have contributed to the Avanti curriculum as
student teachers and assistants, as well as leaders
of mini-units, and hosts of community service
projects. http: //osd.wednet.edu/schools/avanti;
Contact: (360) 596-7900; jwalton@osd.wednet.edu
Black Hills Audubon Society
Our goals are to maintain and protect our
ecosystems for future generations, and promote
environmental education and recreation. BHAS
efforts include both education and activism on
behalf of wildlife and their ecosystems. Classes
include monthly programs and several birding and
natural history field trips, available to members and
the general public. Activism includes efforts to
protect local natural areas and "important bird
areas" and to strengthen local environmental
protections. http: //www.blackhillsaudubon.com;
Contact: (360) 352-7299

Big Brothers Big Sisters
Helping children reach their potential through
professionally supported, one-to-one
relationships. They contribute to brighter
futures, better schools and stronger communities
for all. Contact: 360.943.0409;
Email: Brianna@thurstonbbbs.org
Bread and Roses
In the spirit of the Catholic Worker, the mission
ofBread and Roses (est. 1982) is to serve, in
love, the poor, homeless and marginalized of
Thurston County. We seek ways to eliminate
injustice and to educate and empower people so
that all may claim their rights in society. The
B&R Advocacy Center (BRAC) is the main
office, in which individuals can find assistance
to navigate social services, gain housing, and
develop an income. BRAC also provides
laundry vouchers, bus passes, hygiene items,
and mail and telephone service. The Voice is a
monthly street newspaper with a vendor
program - vendors make 70 cents for every $1
paper they sell. Shelters operated by B&R
include the Women's Guest House and Devoe
Street Shelter, providing stability, warm beds,
and a nurturing conmmnity to 47 chronically
homeless folks.
http://www.breadandrosesoly.org; Contact:
(360) 754-4588; 1009 4th Ave; Olympia, WA
98501.
Building Revolution by Increasing
Community Knowledge (SPSCC)
B.R.I.C.K. is a chartered student club at South
Puget Sound Community College utilizing
creative approaches to promote student
awareness and advocate for progressive social
change. The group acts to sponsor events and
bring speakers and films to the SPSCC campus
and Olympia community. Meetings are
Tuesdays at 2: l 5pm in the Student Union
building at SPSCC. http://www.spsccbrick.org;
Contact: Coordinator David Hyde (360) 5965284; dhyde@spscc.ctc.edu

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Capitol Land Trust
The mission of the Capitol Land Trust is to
preserve the natural heritage of South Puget
Sound. It is dedicated to the conservation,
appreciation and stewardship of the diverse open
spaces and unique natural habitats of the local
watershed . The group purchases land parcels and
establishes conservation easements to prevent
development of natural areas, offering
landowners non-regulatory options.
http ://www.capitollandtrust.org; Contact:
info@capitollandtrust.org; (360) 943-3012; 209
4th Ave E. Suite 205 ; Olympia, WA 9850 I
Carnegie Group
The Carnegie Group a voluntary organization of
citizens concerned about the financial , social and
environmental costs of growth at the local ,
regional and state level. The purpose of the
organization is to bring to public attention costs
of growth, direct public policy toward
eliminating all fom1s of public subsidies for
growth, and require growth to pay for itself.
Meetings are Mondays at 5: l 5pm at Climate
Solutions, 610 Fourth Ave E, Olympia. Contact:
Jerome Parker, (360) 754-5747; Walt Jorgensen,
(360) 867-0138 Clo Jerome Parker, 2131
Lakemoor Drive S.W ., Olympia, WA 98512
Centro Jntregal Educativo Latino de Olympia
Project at Radio Ranch
(Integral Hispanic Educational Center of
Olympia) The mission of the CIELO Project is to
facilitate programs with the focus of providing
services to the Hispanic community in Thurston,
Mason, Lewis and Grays Harbor counties. Free
ESL (English as a Second Language) classes are
offered Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30pm.
Proyecto Familia' is a multicultural mental health
services team that works with families. Support
to Leadership develops self-sufficiency for
Latino families through development of parent
leadership. Parenting Wisely provides culturally
competent parenting classes to the Latino
community. Programs also include Spanish
Literacy/GED Preparation and HIV/AIDS
education. The Radio Ranch is an eight acre lowcost conference center close to Olympia and
Lacey. http://www.cieloproject.org; Contact:
(360) 709-0931; cieloproject@cieloproject.org;
3102 8th Ave NE Olympia, WA 98506

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CHOICE Regional Health Network
Helping seniors understand Medicare, assisting low
income people access health and social services.
Contact: 1.800.981.2123
Climate Solutions
Climate Solutions is a non-profit organization
working to help pioneer solutions to global
warming. We are demonstrating a model of regional
leadership that strengthens communities and
provides economic opportunity. Local programs
include No1ihwest Climate Connections, the annual
Bicycle Commuter Contest, and the Energy
Outreach Center, an exhibit of technology available
to energy-efficient homes.
219 Legion Way SW, Suite 201, Olympia, WA
98501-1113 ; http: //www.climatesolutions.org;
Contact: (360) 352-1763; Fax (360) 943-4977;
info@climatesolutions.org
Committee in Solidarity with the People of EI
Salvador (CISPES)
CISPES has been working since I 980 in solidarity
with the FMLN (Farabundo Marti National
Liberation Front) and the Salvadoran social justice
movement to promote an alternative to the
oppressive US-backed policies of the Salvadoran
right. CISPES currently works within the solidarity
and anti-corporate globalization movements, to
build a cross-border movement that can confront the
injustices of the neoliberal economic model that is
ravaging El Salvador and much of the globe. In
particular, CTSPES is now helping to launch a
hemisphere-wide campaign against CAFTA, a
proposed free trade agreement between the United
States and Central America modeled on NAFTA.
http://www.cispes.org
Contact: LaITy Mosqueda (lmosqueda@comcast.net;
(212) 465-8115)
Community Print
Community Print is a Letterpress and Book Arts
resource center run by artists and students in the
Olympia area, located at the back of Dumpster
Values thrift shop . Workshops for all skill levels are
taught on an irregular basis - check postings on the
door. The collective's goal is to be accessible to all
members of the community while keeping the aii of
letterpress thriving! Contact:
communityprint@yahoo.com; (360) 705-3772; 302
4 th Ave E, Olympia, WA 98501

community Sustaining Fund
The Community Sustaining Fund provides grant
support for progressive and community-oriented
projects in Thurston County. Our funding is
aimed at creating a democratic, equitable,
non violent and ecologically sound society.
http ://www.traditionsfairtrade.com/sustFund/sus
tFundhome .html; Contact: (360) 252-4332
2103 Harrison St., NW, Suite 2715 , Olympia,
WA 98502
Dispute Resolution Center
The Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston
County (DRC) is a community based non-profit
agency empowering people in their relationships
by providing conflict resolution services.
Trainings on mediation and conflict resolution
are also available.
http ://www.mediatethurston.org, Contact:
info@mediatethurston.org; (360) 956-1155 ; PO
Box 6184, Olympia WA 98507
Done & Done
Done & Done is a non-hierarchical 50 l (c)3 nonprofit which umbrellas projects, such as
EGYHOP and Bike & Bike, with a primary
focus of providing items and services to
empower the homeless, youth, low-income or
otherwise marginalized populations of Olympia
and Thurston County. Meetings occur the first
Saturday of every month around 5pm at the
Bread and Roses House, 1009 4th Ave;
Olympia. Donations are welcome! Contact:
(360) 570-0608; Mail donations to: PO Box
6382 , Olympia, WA 98507
Earthbound Productions: Procession of the
Species Celebration
Created by the community for the community,
the Procession of the Species Celebration is a
joyous, artistic pageant, embracing the
languages of art, music and dance to inspire
learning, appreciation and protection of the
natural world. Music, dance and art classes as
well as an extensive art studio are held for two
months prior to the celebration. The final parade

is held annually on Saturday of Spring Arts Walk,
usually the last weekend in April. Make a
costume and join the parade!
http://www.procession.org; Contact: Director Eli
Sterling (360) 705-1087; procession@olywa.net,
P.O. Box 7192 , Olympia, WA 98507

Emergency Shelter Network: Homeless
Resource Advocacy
The Family Support Center is a community
resource center offering a variety of services for
children and families. 5 member agencies work
together to offer affordable, accessible, and
preventative services that help parents raise
healthy children. Resource Specialists work with
families in crisis and those seeking information
about community resources. ESN provides shelter
and resources for families and single women in
Thurston County. Information and referrals
regarding resources, employment, rental
assistance, voice messaging services, homeless
child care and more. ESN is a program of the
Family Support Center in collaboration with
Associated Ministries of Thurston County.
http://www.familysupportctr.org, Contact:
marianne@familysupportctr.org; (360) 754-9297;
Fax (360) 528-2004, 108 State Avenue, Olympia,
WA 98501
Emma Goldman Youth and Homeless
Outreach Project (EGYHOP)
EGYHOP's mission is to bring basic resources,
emergency intervention, information about
services, small meals, basic items to ease life on
the streets, and friendly faces to empower
members of the street population in Olympia.
This population includes but is not limited to
disenfranchised youth and homeless or lowincome folks. EGYHOP street outreach workers
cover the downtown area with bike carts full of
supplies every night of the week between 5-6pm
and 9-l0pm. EGYHOP always accepts donations
of large-sized, warm clothing (especially socks
and hats!), blankets, sleeping bags, basic
toiletries, and money. Donation boxes are located
around town and the Evergreen campus, the
largest of which is by Bike & Bike in Dumpster
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project of Done & Done. Contact: (360) 5700608 ; Mail donations to PO Box 6382,
Olympia, WA 98507

Enterprise for Equity
Enterprise for Equity is a community
supported nonprofit that helps
disenfranchised people and people with lowincome turn their ideas and talents into
businesses. Effi wants to build an inclusive
economy in the South Puget Sound. Its
mission is to ensure that low-income people
in the region have access to training,
technical assistance, peer support and credit
for small business development. To qualify
for training, participants must have income
under $18,130 (single person) or $37,000
(family of four), or be TANF recipients, GA
recipients, and Veterans Administration
beneficiaries.
http: //www.enterpriseforequity.org, Contact:
(360) 704-3375; lisa@enterpriseforequity.org
Feminists in Self-Defense Training (FIST)
FIST provides basic and advanced selfdefense workshops open to al I women and
children, covering mental preparation,
assertiveness, strategy development, and
physical defense skills. Workshops are
facilitated by female-identified folks in a
self-affirming, non-threatening atmosphere.
Cost is usually sliding scale from $5 to $35.
FIST publishes a free quarterly newsletter.
Contact: Emily French (360) 438-0288 ;
fistselfdefense@riseup.net
Fern Haven Center
The Fem Haven Center is a non-profit
educational program center that offers public
workshops, trainings, and counseling
services for individuals and organizations in
the areas of communication and
relationships, creative and intuitive arts,
community building and service, women's
support, spiritual psychology, personal
growth, and conscious organizational
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This includes a variety of workshops based on
Non-violent (Compassionate) Communication
(NYC). http: //www.fernhavencenter.com,
Contact: (360)754-1600;
rod@fernhavencenter .com

Freechild Project
The Freechild Project seeks to advocate, inform,
and celebrate social change led by and with
young people around the world; particularly those
who have been historically denied the right to
participate. We offer resources, programs, and
training to aid in youth-led community organizing
and activist projects.
http ://www.freechild.org Contact: (360) 7532686; Fax (360) 528-2350; info@freechild.org
PO Box 6185; Olympia, WA 98507
Friends of Artesians
The mission of Friends of Artesians is to preserve
and protect Olympia's heritage of publicly
accessible artesian wells, and to promote good
stewardship of these extraordinary gifts of nature.
In the parking lot on 4 th Ave next to the Manium
(all-ages venue in a black warehouse), one
a11esian well spigot spouts free, clean water. The
group is moving toward driliing a new well on
Port of Olympia property, in order to secure its
future. Be careful - it's said that once you' ve
tasted Olympia artesian well water, you'll always
come back!
Garden-Raised Bounty
GRuB is a grassroots non-profit organization
dedicated to nourishing community by
empowering people to grow good food . It sprouts
inspired, self-confident, and community-minded
youth through educational and employment
opportunities. The Kitchen Gardens project helps
low-income families to help themselves by
building raised-bed gardens at their homes. The
quality of life and nutrition of low-income seniors
are improved through therapeutic garden
programs. GRuB resulted from a merger between
Sister Holly Community Garden Project and the
Kitchen Garden Project in 2001.
http://www.goodgrub.org
Contact: grub@goodgrub.org; (360) 753-5522

Gender Variant Healthcare Project
The South Sound Gender Variant Healthcare
proj ect (GVHP) raises awareness and increases
public support for gender variant people within
the medical field and in the general population.
It is a diverse group of individuals who seek to
provide education, support, advocacy, and
resources to the public, to clinics and providers,
and to gender variant people in Lewis, Mason,
Thurston and other counties in Washington's
South Puget Sound region. The term 'gender
variant' is being used as an umbrella term to
include anyone whose gender identity or
expression does not fit within gender norms.
Identities include but are not limited to
Transgender, Trans, MtF (maletofemale),
Intersex, GenderQueer, genderfluid,
genderbender, Transsexual, FtM
(femaletomale) , Native American Two-Spirit,
and Nedlech. http: //www.myspace.com/ gvhp.
Contact: G_ V _H_P@yahoo.com
The Gleaners Coalition
The Gleaners Coalition works to alleviate
hunger by gathering surplus food from local
farms and gardens, and distributing it to the
low- and no-income members of om
community. It exists to alleviate hunger and
malnutrition while breaking down the barriers
that exist between people, through providing
access to fresh, locally grown produce and
eventually offering nutritious, low cost meals in
a safe, inviting cafe. Gleaners collect food at
Olympia area farms multiple times per week,
bringing food to distribution venues such as the
Thurston County Food Bank and Food Not
Bombs. It collaborates with the Evergleaners
Student Group.
http ://www.gleanerscoalition.org Contact: (360)
705-2375; cell (206) 412-9743225 Cushing
Street NW, Olympia, WA 98502
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
The Gifford Pinchot Task Force seeks to
preserve and restore the ecosystems and
communities of southwestern Washington by
promoting conservation of forest areas and
sustainable restoration-based emolovment.

The Task Force is the primary educational
resource on the region's forest conservation,
policy, and law. It engages interested citizens and
policy makers through canvassing, hikes, field
events, presentations and press, lobbying, and
coordination with regional and national
conservation organizations. Contact:
info@gptaskforce.org; (503) 221-2102, 917 SW
Oak St. , Suite 410, Portland, OR 97205.

Habitat for Humanity (South Puget Sound
Chapter)
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with
people in need to build and renovate decent,
affordable housing. Houses are built in
partnership with the buyer, and sold at no profit
with a 20 to 25 year non-interest mortgage.
Working with donated materials, home owners
are required to invest sweat equity (500 hours)
into the construction process, working alongside
other volunteers. Donations of funds and
materials are accepted. Habitat owns and
manages the Sound Builders ReStore, a nonprofit store dedicated to diverting used building
materials from the local transfer station as well as
providing educational and volunteer opportunities
for the community. http: //www.spshabitat.org;
Contact: info@spshabitat.org; (360) 956-3456;
Restore: (360) 753-1575 ; 210 Thurston Ave. NE,
Olympia
HeartsparkJe Players
As a multicultmal company Heartsparkle uses
Playback Theatre and other interactive theatre
techniques as tools {or community building,
education and social change. It will provide
affordable performances for the public; and for
groups who lack resources. It will be a
community resource and share its artistic skills. It
will empower communities and individuals by
providing a forum for stories to be heard, shared
and honored . It will maintain a high level of
artistic quality and integrity by providing ongoing training opportunities for our performers.
http://www.heartsparkle.org, Contact:
debek@olywa.net; (360) 943-6772.

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Homeless Resource Advocacy
HRA is a program of the Family Support
Center. In conjunction with the Emergency
Shelter Network, we give homeless
individuals a supportive environment to work
on life skills directly related to establishing
and maintaining stable, permanent housing.
The program offers a variety of resources
and opportunities based on individual needs.
Case management services are provided. Job
skills training, nutrition, parenting, problem
solving, legal issues, and credit matters
services are provided through community
advocacy. http: //www.familysupportctr.org;
Contact: esn@familysupportctr.org; (360)
528-8999.

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
The IWW is a non-hierarchical, directly
democratic union that organizes workers as a
class, regardless of their employment status.
The IWW believes that the employing class
and working class have nothing in common,
and seeks to abolish capitalism, while
forming a new, more equitable society based
on free-association and production for need
instead of profit. The IWW was founded in
1905 and has been a force in establishing
various workers rights for the last 100 years.
http ://www.iww.org/en/branches/US/W A/oly
mpiagmb.shtrnl; Contact: (360) 956-9256;
olywobs@riseup.net PO Box 2775 , Olympia,
WA 98507

Last Word Books & Rec-the-Place Music

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Last Word Books seeks to provide an outlet
to satisfy the local thirst for alternative media
and reading material and be a space where
ideas are shared and information
disseminated. It is dedicated to the idea of a
sustainable local economy. It buys, sells and
trades books and manages the Olympia 'Zine
Library. Last Word seeks to better network
local organizations, focusing on youth
activism, media literacy, radical politics and
community organizing.
http ://lastwordblog.blogspot.com; 98501 .

Contact: lastwordbooks@gmail.com; (360) 786WORD; 211 4th Avenue SE Olympia, WA

League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan
political organization, encourages the informed
and active participation of citizens in government,
works to increase understanding of major public
policy issues, and influences puolic policy
through education and advocacy. Citizens of
voting age may become League members. It takes
action on selected governmental issues,
sponsorship and coordination of voter
registrations, meetings with candidates, and
publication on specific topics.
http://www.lwvwa.org; Contact: Eve Johnson,
President (Johnsonel @peoplepc.com); (360) 3528220; 1063 S Capital Way, #212; Olympia, WA
98501.

Left Foot Organics
A non-profit organic farm which supports the
inclusion of people of all abilities. Employs
people with developmental disabilities and rural
youth in the production of high quality organic
food. Contact: 360. 754.1849;
volunteer@ leftfootorganics.org; 11122 Case Rd
SW

Media Island International
Media Island Intemational's (MII) resource and
networking center offers a 24-hour info porch,
library, computer center, and a variety of tools for
grass-roots organizing. The MII house can be
used for meetings, workshops, and movie nights.
Food Not Bombs utilizes the MII kitchen. People
are welcome to stop in during office hours to
browse, socialize, plan, compute, watch a video
or just sit down and enjoy a hot beverage. The
website offers an open-submission news site,
South Sound community calendar, directory of
local organizations, and forums to help facilitate
communication and participation within MII.
Consider volunteering for office hours or
organizing a benefit! http: //www.mediaisland.org;
Contact: (360) 352-8526; 816 Adams St. SE,
Olympia, WA 98502.

l\10MS Club of Olympia
MOMS Club of Olympia, WA is a group for at
home mothers and their children. It is a
wonderful way to meet other stay-home moms,
and a fun way for your child to meet other
children. Events and meetings are held during
the day and children are always welcome. The
club caters to mothers who live in the Olympia
school district and Shelton. It does various
service projects in our community to help
members get involved.
http://www.momsclubofolympia.com
Nisqually Reach Nature Center
The Nisqually Reach Nature Center provides
estuarine environmental education on the
Nisqually River delta in view of the river's
headwaters on Mount Rainier (Tahoma). It
offers a hands-on experience for local school
kids, research opportunities for local college
students, internship opportunities for budding
naturalists and educators, and volunteer
opportunities for concerned citizens. NRNC is a
private non-profit organization where nature
comes to life. The center has l 000 square feet of
space filled with bird specimens, interactive
learning opportunities, viewing scopes, lab
equipment, and as a highlight, 3 large tideconnected aquariums to view Puget Sound's
underwater world.
http://www.nisguallyestuary.org
Contact: nmc@nisguallyestuary.org: (360) 4590387.
Nisqually Land Trust
Established in 1989, the Nisqually Land Trust is
a nonprofit group of farmers, business and
professional people, homemakers and others. lt
is working to protect the Nisqually River basin
through private, non-governmental means. By
doing so, it protects fish and wildlife habitats,
particularly sensitive salmon runs. The land
trust provides for the conservation of wetlands,
scenic areas, recreational lands, agricultural
resources, open spaces, and historic, cultural
and archaeological sites.
http: //www.nisguallylandtrust.org
Contact: (360) 458-1111:

staff@nisguallylandtrust.org: P.O. Box 1148;
Yelm, Washington 98597.

Nisqually Stream Stewards
The Nisqually Stream Stewards is comprised of
people living in the Nisqually watershed and
people from outside of the watershed who want to
help protect and improve the health of our
streams and salmon. NS Stewards monitor the
health of streams by taking benthic
macroinvertebrate ("stream bug") samples and
finding other stream and riparian data. They can
improve stream health by removing invasive
plants or planting native plants along stream
banks. Stewards help distribute valuable nutrients
in salmon-bearing streams through the salmon
carcass return program. Interns interested in
gaining both office and fieldwork in the field of
salmon habitat protection/restoration and
volunteer project implementation are hired.
Volunteers are always welcome in tree plantings,
stream health monitoring and salmon carcass
flings.
http ://www.nisguallyriver.org/stewards, Contact:
(360) 407-1686; info@nisguallyriver.org
Olympia Civil Liberties Resource
Olympia Civil Liberties Resource is an Olympiabased organization working to defend the civil
liberties of all citizens - particularly activists
exercising their constitutional rights. OCLR seeks
to educate the public regarding current threats to
civil liberties, and to act as a general resource for
activists. The group provides legal assistance,
information about your rights, and solidarity
during the isolation of arrest and trial.
http ://www.olycivlib.org: Contact:
olycivlib@riseup.net Support Line: (360) 5566878 (For information if you are contacted by the
FBI).
Olympia Colombia Committee
Solidarity and Fellowship with the Colombian
People. The goal of OCC is to raise awareness of
inequalities in the Colombian armed struggle
through educational events, lobbying and political
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ln solidarity with the Seattle Colombia
Committee, it supports the people,
environment and cultures of Colombia. It
seeks justice for all Colombians, especially
those whose human, political, economic and
environmental rights have been violated. lt
calls for non-violent solutions to Colombia's
cun·ent internal conflict.
http ://www.seattlecolombia.org
Contact: occ @onebox.com; Yul (360) 7535442.

Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Olympia Chapter of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation seeks to replace violence,
war, racism, intolerance, and economic and
social injustice with nonviolence, peace and
justice. Olympia FOR collaborates with the
larger community to educate and to engage
in nonviolent and compassionate actions. The
bi-monthly peace and social justice
newsletter contains feature articles on
various peace and justice concerns,
announcements about other resources, and
calendars oflocal and out-of-town events.
http://www.olyfor.org; Contact:
info@olyfor.org; (360) 491-9093
Olympia Film Society
OFS attempts to show films that depict the
experiences of under-represented people in
mainstream film industries including People
of Color, queers, and religious minorities. It
supports independent film makers and hosts a
number of benefits for local to international
organizations. The OFS has a number of
volunteer positions, and hosts an annual film
festival in autumn. http://www.olyfilm.org;
Contact: (360) 754-6670
The Capitol Theatre: 206 E. 5th Ave.
Olympia, WA 98501
Olympia Free School
The Free School is a skill-share network
rooted in the pedagogy of popular education.
The organization is comprised of community
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process can become constant source of renewal
and growth. FS provides free alternative
educational opportunities to people of all ages
and backgrounds in an open environment.
The organization works for social change by
actively building community, empowering
people, and by serving as a model for education
in the future. To facilitate a class, send a
description and preferred sch~dule to the free
school - anyone can teach and everyone can
learn! http ://www.olympiafreeschool.org;
Contact: (360) 352-4165;
info@olympiafreeschool.org; 610 Columbia St
NW, Olympia, WA 98501

Olympia Independent Media Center
Olympia IMC provides an online media outlet for
the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate
tellings of the truth. Indymedia Centers work out
of a love and inspiration for people who continue
to work for a better world, despite corporate
media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the
efforts to free humanity.
http ://olyimc.infotage.net
Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace
OMJP is committed to building a mass movement
to further justice and peace. By furthering
economic and social justice one creates the
conditions for a peaceful world. OMJP actively
supports movements that challenge corporatesponsored globalization, and those that further
racial, gender and economic equality. Its efforts
are focused on working in solidarity and in
coalition with individuals and groups on a local,
regional, national , and global level with tactics
such as popular education, active protest, and
direct action. Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4 th
Wednesdays of every month, 7-9pm, at the
Olympia Free School, 610 Columbia St NW.
Email listserv:
olympiansforpeace@lists.riseup.net; join at
http://www.riseup.net,
http://www.omjp.org; Contact: omjp@omjo.org;
(360) 867-6513

Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project
The sister city project that bonds Olympia,
Washington and Rafah, Palestine was
envisioned by local peace activist and friend,
Rachel Corrie ( 1979-2003). Through her
dedication to social justice and acute cognizance
of the Israeli military occupation, she believed
that cultural exchanges between our two
commw1ities could result in significant social
change. The project will collaborate with the
people of Rafah to create lasting friendships
across borders and bridge cultural gaps through
popular education, advocacy, communication,
and community exchange. These friendships
help members to educate themselves, increase
awareness, and demonstrate solidarity in a
common struggle for a just and prompt peace in
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Currently the
project is focusing on an Olympia CAT
campaign toward ending corporate support of
oppressive violence. http://www.orscp.org;
Contact: info@orscp.org; P.O. Box 6275,
Olympia, WA 98507.
Olympians United for Truth about
Genetically Modified Organisms (OUTGMOs)
OUT-GMOs is a local grassroots alliance to
educate the community on the health and
environmental risks of consuming and growing
genetically engineered foods. OUT-GMOs hosts
monthly movie screenings, conducts outreach
and events, and is working to improve the
quality and safety of the food served in the
Olympia School District. Contact: (360) 5391829
Olympic Forest Coalition (OFCO)
The Olympic Forest Coalition promotes the
protection, conservation and restoration of
natural forest ecosystems and their processes on
the Olympic Peninsula. The programs ofOFCO
focus on educating members of the public,
officials, agencies, and other environmental,
community and recreation groups on issues of
importance to help achieve these goals.
http ://www.olympicforest.org; Contact:
info(a),olvmoicforest.org; (360) 456-8793

Parents, Families and Friends; Olympia
Chapter
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons,
their families and friends through support in
coping with an adverse society; education to
enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy to
end discrimination and to secure equal civil
rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about
sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to
create a society that is healthy and respectful of
human diversity.
http://www.pflag-olympia.org; Contact:
info@pflag-olympia.org; Helpline: (360) 8660511
PO Box 12732, Olympia, WA 98508
People for Puget Sound
People For Puget Sound is a citizens' group
working to protect and restore the health of Puget
Sound and the Northwest Straits through
education and action. Its vision is a clean and
healthy Sound, teeming with fish and wildlife,
cared for by people who live here.
http://www.pugetsound.org; Contact: (360) 7549177, fax: (360) 534-9371;
southsound@pugetsound.org; I 063 Capitol Way
South, Suite 206, Olympia, WA 98501
Puget Sound Network for Compassionate
Communication
PSNCC - pronounced 'peace-nik' - is a regional
non-profit association of volunteers who envision
a world in which all needs are met
compassionately. Its mission is to contribute to
this vision by living & teaching the process of
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), which
strengthens the ability of people to connect
compassionately with themselves and with one
another, to share resources, and to resolve
conflicts.
http://www.psncc.org; Contact: (360) 382-8576;
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Sound Foodshed
Sound Foodshed is a coalition of farmers ,
food processors, retailers, educators,
government agencies, local organizations and
community members. It acts as a networking
center for our members and the greater
community, and provides an open forum for
dialogue about local food issues. Sound
Foodshed conducts and compiles research,
solicits and distributes information, and
educates our community about local food
systems. Annually the group publishes the
Thurston County Farm Map, a listing of
farms in Thurston County that sell their
goods directly to consumers. Sound
Foodshed supports and celebrates local food
production! http://www.soundfoodshed.org;
Contact: foodshed @yahoo.com
South Sound Clean Clothes Campaign
The South Sound Clean Clothes Campaign is
a coalition of Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey
students, union members, people of faith, and
concerned citizens raising awareness about
the sweatshop industry, and challenging
individuals as well as public and private
institutions to create positive change by
altering their purchasing practices.
http://www.southsoundcleanclothes.org;
Contact: info@southsoundcleanclothes.org;
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annual South Sound Greenpages, a monthly
environmental journal of environmental news and
commentary about South Puget
Sound.http://www.speech-greenpages.org
St. Martin's Social Action Club
St. Martin's Social Action Club is a student
organization dedicated to progressive political
and social action. It is a group of civic citizens
who promote nonviolence. Its goals are to
educate and organize against social injustice.
http ://homepages.stmartin.edu/orgs/sac; Contact:
smsa@stmartin.edu; Lennon Bronsema
(President) lbronsema@stmartin.edu
Sustainable Community Roundtable of South
Puget Sound
The mission of the Sustainable Community
Roundtable is to facilitate dialogue, vision,
action, and celebration to help create sustainable
community in South Puget Sound. The
Roundtable seeks to build consensus on how we
can become ecologically, economically and
socially sustainable. It publishes the annual State
of the Community Report, on local environmental
and health concerns, seeks out businesses that
operate in a sustainable mind-set, and sponsors
events year-round. ; Contact:
info@sustainsouthsound.org; 209 4th Ave. East,
Suite 206, Olympia, WA 98501;
http://www.sustainsouthsound.org

South Puget Environmental Education
Clearinghouse

Terra Commons

SPEECH is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to informing and educating citizens
of the Olympia area about environmental
news and issues. It is an environmental
education center and information
clearinghouse providing support and
resources to those who seek to preserve,
protect and restore the environment of the
Pacific Northwest. The group publishes the

It seeks to create lasting social change by

Terra Commons is a non-profit building network.
researching, designing, and implementing natural
building technologies in the Salish Bay
ecoregion. It holds work parties and presentations
to demonstrate the applications of natural
building, sustainable agriculture, appropriate
teclrnology and habitat restoration. Projects
include sites at Fertile Ground Inn, Media Island
International, and Culture Seed. http://www.olywa.us/Terra; Contact: terracommons@riseup.net;
(360) 866-4257

Santo Tomas, Nicaragua. Delegations from
Santo Tomas also come to Thurston County to
volunteer for our community projects. TSTSCA
publishes a quarterly newsletter to educate the
community about US foreign policy relating to
Central America, promote the efforts of other
local organizations serving the Latino
communities, and to publicize our current work.
http: //www.olympiasantotomas.org/; Contact:
(360) 480-8270; PO Box 561, Olympia, WA
98507

Thurston County Community Television
Public Access Television offering free classes
and easy access to the airwaves. TCTV is a
membership organization that provides public,
educational, and government access television
in greater Thurston County, Washington. It is a
501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation under contract
to Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and Thurston
County. TCTV provides access channel
management, training and production support to
local residents, groups, government agencies
and educational institutions. It holds Dance O'
Dance Revolutions the first Friday of every
month at 8pm in the studio! http://www.tctv.net;
Contact: (360) 956-3100
440 Yauger Way SW, Suite C, Olympia, WA
98502
Thurston County Draft Counseling Center
Protect your rights. Learn how the system
works. The Draft Cmmseling Center provides
free, confidential information and counseling
about how a military draft would work and how
to pursue conscientious objection and other
alternatives. It also provides help for people
who want to get out of the military.
Contact: (360) 491-9093; 5015 15th Ave. S.E.,
Lacey, WA 98503
Thurston County Tenants Union
TCTU is a non-profit, membership based
organization of tenants. The TU challenges and
transforms unjust housing conditions and
housing policies through empowerment-based
education, leadership development, and
community organizing and tenant ownership.

It provides free informational services and
promotes the rights of tenants through active
public advocacy and organizing.
http://www.tenantsunion.org; Contact: (360) 9433036; Seattle Tenant Rights Hotline: (206) 7230500
Thurston Union for Low Income People
(Tulip)
Tulip's unique mission is to fight poverty and
promote social responsibility by bridging the gap
between low income and more affluent people.
Tulip links low-income members with the
financial products, services, and education
necessary for financial independence. At the same
time, it offers more affluent members the
opportunity for community investment through
the loans and deposits they make with Tulip.
http://www.tulipcu.coop; Contact: (360) 5702292; info@tulipcu.coop; 3111 Pacific Ave NW,
Olympia, WA 98501.
Urban Layers Project
The mission of the Urban Layers Project is to
create innovative planning ideas for comrnunitybased, sustainable and socially progressive
economic development in Olympia. It envisions a
safe and inclusive downtown, with enough
commercial traffic to maintain Olympia's
economic centrality. Its vision is a collectively
run mall housing local businesses and services
that will fill social and economic gaps and bring
more vitality to the downtown area. This may
bring support for local business, provision of
necessary services and an increase in open space
and public areas downtown. ULP meets at Media
Island International at 816 Adams St SE.
http://www.urbanlayersproject.org; Contact:
(360) 352-8526
Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault
Programs
WCSAP is a membership agency comprised of
individuals and organizations dedicated to ending
sexual assault in their communities. WCSAP's
mission is to unite agencies engaged in the
elimination of sexual violence through education,
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offers trainings throughout the year and an
annual two and a half day conference on
topics ranging from advocacy, service
provision, prevention, to management issues.
It also has a sexual assault prevention
resource center. http://www.wcsap.org;
Contact: (360) 754-7583; 1-800-775-8013

shoreline and land use protections.
http ://www.wecprotects.org; Contact: (360) 3576548

Washington Cooperative Support Center

WROC is a coalition of individuals and welfare
rights groups organized around their own welfare
offices whose mission is to empo~er people on
welfare to effect positive change in their lives, the
welfare system, and other institutions that impact
their lives. WROC empowers recipients tlu·ough
education, leadership development, grassroots
action, and through the creation of a support
network for its members. We network with other
organizations and individuals to dispel the myths
about welfare and to create a broad power base to
effect change on the local, state, and national
levels. http://www.wroc.org; Contact: (360) 3529716; 1-866-343-9716; 701 Franklin SE,
Olympia, WA 98501

To Washington Cooperative Support Center
(WCSC) is a 501( c) 3 non profit
organization established to provide jobs,
training, transportation and advocacy for the
homeless, unemployed and disadvantaged
people of the Olympia/Thruston County area
and lower the cost of living and doing
business in our community. Supported
companies enhance the quality of life for the
people with need in our community by
offering employment, competitive wages,
and training. WCSC is working in Thurston
County to provide members with dependable
alternative resources that are s_elf-funding,
which empower the local community with
long-term sustainable solutions to
community problems.
https:/ /pro9 .abac.com/wcsc/; Contact: (360)
459-9765

Washington Environmental Council
WEC is a statewide environmental
organization and works primarily on the state
level to protect our land, air and water. The
Electronic Waste Recycling campaign works
to launch a program to provide for safe,
simple and free recycling of TVs and
computers for the people of Washington. The
Sustainable State Forests Campaign seeks to
improve the management of Washington's
state forests, creating a model of sustainable
forestry. The Water for Washington
Campaign focuses on restoring and
protecting the quality and supply of water in
rivers and streams. The Protecting People
and Places Campaign aims to improve fish
and wildlife habitat across Washington
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(The organization formerly known as)

Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition

Woodland Trail Greenway Association
The Woodland Trail Greenway Association is
dedicated to the creation of a linear park and trail
along the Olympia Woodland Trail corridor from
the Chehalis-Western Trail in Lacey to the shores
of Capitol Lake. The WTGA, formerly the EastWest Greenway Association, is a non-profit
coalition of active, interested citizens and
organizations which serve as a public voice to
promote the funding and development of the
Olympia Woodland Trail corridor for recreation
and natural open space preservation.
http ://www.wtga.org; Contact:
info@woodlandtrail.org

Wolf Haven International
One of the world's largest and most respected
wolf sanctuaries. Located on 80 acres of peaceful
forest and Mirna mound prairie. Hosts family
progranuning and educational tours. Contact:
360.264.4695; 3111 offut Lake Rd. Tenino WA
98589.

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