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Upcoming Events

I'm going to be participating in a panel discussion on June 18 about Intergenerational Queer/Trans Activism and how we'll continue to document and tell our stories. The lineup for the panel is like a short list of everyone I'd want to be trapped on a desert island with.

You should come check it out...

Your Saturday Evening Plans

WINTER CACHE PROJECT HARVEST DINNER (with music by the maine squeeze), ART SHOW, AND SKILL SHARE.

Saturday November 15, Williston West Church, 32 Thomas street, Portland, 1-830pm.

1-2pm
canning your bounty with julia
kimchi/sauerkraut making with local sprouts (bring a jar)
2-3pm
herbal medicine making with angel
how to make a solar dehydrator with chris
3-4pm
worm composting with julia
kombucha with gail (bring a jar)
4-5pm
beer and root beer making with jen **that's me!**
5-6pm
build a root cellar in your basement chat with jeff
backyard bees with fran

6pm
incredible harvest dinner with all local organic produce by local sprouts cooperative, with music from the maine squeeze.

730pm
Kai George and Diana Chapin, residents of Montville, will be speaking about moratorium on Genetically Modified Organisms they helped pass in their town, what GMOs are and why it is important to protect our farms and food supply from GMOs.

workshops: sliding scale $5-20/per workshop
dinner and speaker: sliding scale $15-30
pay what you can, no one turned away....

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: if you would like to volunteer to set up, cook or clean up, contact hanifa: hanifaw@gmail.com

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Burdock 2008

for a free and sustainable future

August 19-26 in
Starks, Maine.

A participatory community gathering
Workshops, discussions, & skillshares
Kids workshops & Activities
Campfires, swimming, music & art
Lots of fun & free healthy food
Participating rain or shine!

• Workshops
• Do-it-yourself skillshares
• Sustainable living skills & wild crafting
• Biodiversity & environmental protection
• Indigenous struggles
• Race, gender, sex and sexuality
• Capitalism and class
• Political prisoners: struggles & support
• Unschooling & youth empowerment
• Alternative Building & more!
• Music, Bartering, Building, Performance and Celebration
• Building a Yurt in Celebration of Patrikya, a center of Burdock who passed on this spring. All week long-bring skills and materials.

Community Dinner & Jam in Honor of Patrikya: August 21st 6pm-10pm: Come enjoy food, music and celebrate the life of Patrikya.

Barter Fair! Saturday August 23rd from 1-4pm Bring crafts,medicine, food, clothing, books or anything else you want to trade.

Open Mic (less) Night: Friday Night August 22nd

Burdock Cabaret: Performance, Puppetry, Circus Shows & Music on Saturday Night August 23rd

Suggested Donation of $5 per day or pay what you can (no one turned away for lack of money)- includes all camping, food, workshops, and music.

www.burdockgathering.org
info@burdockgathering.org