San Francisco, You’re Invited: Thu 8/21 6pm at ArtHouse – Chris Carlsson + Nowtopia

Please join us Thursday, August 21st, as Chris Carlsson leads a discussion about his new book, Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-lot Gardners Are Inventing the Future Today.

The many categories of Nowtopian activity, in Chris’ words, “are windows into a scarcely visible social transformation that challenges politics as we know it…In myriad ways, people are taking back their time and technological know-how from the market and in small under-the-radar ways, are making life better right now. In doing so, they also set the foundation—technically AND socially—for a genuine movement of liberation from market life…”

Chris is executive director of the multimedia history project Shaping San Francisco, as well as a writer, publisher, editor, and community organizer. His work over the last 25 years has focused on the themes of horizontal communications, organic communities, and public space. He’s one of the founders of the ground-breaking magazine Processed World, a co-instigator of the original Critical Mass rides, and author of the novel After the Deluge, a story about post-economic San Francisco in 2157. Learn more about Chris and his new book Nowtopia here.

We hope to see you there for a great discussion. And as always, come ready to talk about your passions, needs, and gifts (in about a minute) during announcements so that we can help each other create the lives and communities of our dreams – right here in reality.

If you would like to be a volunteer facilitator of this meeting, just respond to this e-mail or volunteer at the meeting. Instructions for facilitating will be provided. It’s fun and easy!

MEETING
What: The Abundance League
When: Thursday, August 21st, 6:00-10:00pm (you can come and go anytime during the meeting)
Where: ArtHouse, 1360 Mission Street, San Francisco (in the bottom floor this time) ArtHouse is located on Mission between 9th and 10th in the Civic Center area, two blocks South of Civic Center BART.
Cost: Donations are welcome to cover the space rental, which helps to support ArtHouse, but are not mandatory.

AGENDA
6:00 – 6:30 – Mingle
6:30 – 7:15 – Member announcements (your passions, needs and gifts)
7:15 – 7:30 – Break: nosh, mingle, exchange support
7:30 – 8:30 – Presentation & discussion
8:30 – 10:00 Mingle, exchange support, clean up

Learn more about our meetings here:
http://www.theabundanceleague.org/2007/08/about- abundance-league-meetings.html

BRING
-Yourself, your friends
-Healthy stuff for the potluck – finger foods recommended as kitchen facilities are limited.
-Shares: books, CDs, DVDs or anything that you’d like to loan or gift at the meeting.

SITES
Check out a recent post at the league blog:

http://www.theabundanceleague.org/2008/06/money-can-make-you-happyif-you-give-it.html

And learn about our host ArtHouse:

http://arthouseca.org