Make Media, Make Real Trouble: What's Wrong (and Right) with Indymedia
Contributed by Jennifer Whitney
Saturday, 19 August 2006
Written by Jennifer Whitney
This article appeared in the Summer 2005 "Constructively Negative" Sacred Cows issue of LiP Magazine. Despite the critical tone of this piece, it is ultimately a call for a better Indymedia.
“PROSPERITY DOTH BEST DISCOVER vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.” So said Francis Bacon. If his maxim holds true, then residents of Saskatoon’s west-side core communities should be deemed virtuous indeed, organizing to meet community needs in the face of tremendous adversity. While poverty rates in Saskatoon have remained relatively constant over the past twenty years, residents living in poverty have become increasingly concentrated in the core neighbourhoods on the west side. Annual income in these neighbourhoods is roughly half the city average of $62,451. More than forty percent of families living on the west side survive on less than $20,000 a year.
This is an invitation for you to attend a
Community Retreat, which is being held on this upcoming Sunday, July 24th. The
intent of this retreat is multi-fold. We hope to re-connect with one another on
a personal level; do some visioning for the future of our community and
organizing; look at the barriers we face, individually and collectively as
social justice workers; and, finally, engage in dialogue on how the seeds
of change can continue working towards the goal of creating and supporting
progressive social change. Our sincere hope is that we will come away
from the day with a sense of ownership, direction, and renewed passion for the
work in which we engage.
Everyone is welcome, regardless of prior involvement within the community.
Whether you are just starting out and full of energy or you have been
organizing for years and want to get reinvigorated, we want to see you there!
Details:
Car pooling is being offered - if you require transportation, please meet in
front of the Turning the Tide Bookstore (the pink house behind Lydia's)
at 8:30am. A
vegetarian lunch will be provided for all participants - please let us know if
you have any other dietary needs (allergies, etc.). If you require childcare so
that you are able to attend, please contact us (email:
) and we
will compensate your childcare provider. Also note that Ancient Spirals is a
wheelchair accessible space.
Who: You
What: Community Retreat
When: Sunday, July 24, 9am-4:30pm
Where: Ancient Spirals Retreat Centre
Why: for fun, frolicking, food
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