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Submitted by mnsc on Tue, 01/27/2009 - 13:55
Minutes
mNSC Agenda
1/20/2009… Inauguration Day!
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Free Van Sunday 1/25, St. Ben’s Ministries, 9th and State
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Where/ When -meet at Ginnie's before free van at 3:00pm
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Drivers and Numbers:
Grace (612) 616-2109
Ahmad (414) 828-4248
Henry (414) 526-3339
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Pick up clothing from UWM/ MSOE
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Reminder: meet at Ginnie’s on Saturday 1/24 at 1:00pm to organize
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Donation bins for CCC and MSOE
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When can we make boxes?--->who has any? Box making on Saturday at Ginnie's
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Organize pick ups
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Overview from meeting at Ahmad’s
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Accountability: buddy system, "report backs" in meetings
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Brainstorm ways to delegate tasks
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Goals!
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Fiscal sponsorship
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Meeting with Bucketworks- date to be determined
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501C3
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UWM legal clinic this week?
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SDS skill share
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Media/ Press release
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Benefit show/ Generally
Friday January 30th
meet up at Linneman's at 8:30 set-up
Address:
www.linnemans.com
1001 E Locust St
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 263-9844
Get directions
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 263-9844
Get directions
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Speeches??
Sarandi, Michelle, Henry
topics:
What is free culture?
Who are we?
What do we want in the future?
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Future Events (calendar)
April 10th sweatshop-free fasion show & Free Market
- Homework
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Compile a list of possible free store locations
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Compile a list of groups we would like to work with
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Research facts/ statistics regarding homelessness/ segregation in Milwaukee for the mNSC website/ future press releases--- this is up for debate!
Alex has a book with 2007 stats of homeless in milwaukee
Submitted by mnsc on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 23:17
mNSC Weekly Meeting
01/27/2009 7:00 pm
Please join us for our weekly meeting at People's Books Cooperative, 1001 East Locust Street, at 7pm!
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Submitted by mnsc on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 20:47
mNSC in the News!
Charles Benson, from TMJ4, interviewed several of our members and ran the following headlining story, on inauguration–day evening, January 20th, 2009:
Submitted by mnsc on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 13:24
January 25th mNSC Free Van at St. Ben's 4-7pm
01/25/2009 4:00 pm
01/25/2009 7:00 pm
Join us on Sunday, January 25th for mNSC's fourth Winter Free Van of the season! We'll be setting up clothing and other donations outside of St. Ben's, on 9th and State at around 4:00pm.
If you don't know what a free van is, read this.
If you'd like to rsvp your attendance to the event, please sign up here.
Again, here are the details:
mNSC Winter Free Van at St. Ben's
1015 N 9th St
Milwaukee, WI 53233
4:00pm-7:00pm
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Free Van
*WINTER, 2010 - DUE TO THE WORKLOAD INHERENT IN ESTABLISHING MILWAUKEE'S FIRST AND ONLY FREE STORE WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE A TEMPORARY HIATUS FOR ALL FREE VANS THIS SEASON. FOR MORE INFO CHECK THE "FREE STORE" PAGE LISTED ABOVE OR CONTACT MNSC AT (mkensc@gmail.com) THANK YOU FOR PATIENCE*
The mNSC Free Van is another example of "shared welfare" come to fruition; an event where community volunteers fill vehicles with locally donated clothing as well as other goods, establishing a mobile Free Market (see above), usually outdoors, with a focus on supporting the needs of those around us during Wisconsin's harsh winter months. As usual, all in attendance are allowed to give or take donations as necessary, but we ask that the service is not abused and that everyone participating remains respectful towards each other and St. Benedict's existing community.
Starting December 14th, mNSC will be holding Free Van events every other Sunday, December through February, at St. Benedict’s (1015 9th Street, just North of State Street).
Warm clothing donations will be set up outside at or around 4:00pm as the community meal line forms. If you’d like to get involved, there are many options:
- contact us to donate warm winter clothes, either to mNSC, St. Benedict’s, or any other cause you see fit. Especially needed are:
- hats
- gloves/mittens
- scarves
- socks
- large coats
- Show up at the event with your donations. We love meeting new people, and there’s no better way to know what’s truly happening around us than by doing and seeing for ourselves.
- Contact us to get involved with the group. Join us in planning, organizing, and doing. The more faces, bodies, and minds present, the more we stand to build the community we all deserve.
- Contact St. Benedict’s:
1015 N Ninth Street Milwaukee WI 53233 Telephone 414-271-0135
History:
At our first Winter event, held outdoors on December 2nd, 2007, mNSC handed out FREE winter clothing in the parking lot of St. Benedicts (1015 N 9th St) in participation and solidarity with their well-established weekly community meal. Due to the large response we witnessed firsthand, our inventory, which we had amassed over a three month period spanning multiple community driven events, was nearly completely depleted. This was just a single event of many, covering but a three hour period; proving, without a doubt that the need is there. To date mNSC has hosted 8 Free Van events celebrating the idea that warmth is a basic human right and should be denied to no one. Keep an eye out for upcoming related events.
