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Forming co-ops to deal with Depression II

The message below from In Other Words, the LAST non-profit, feminist bookstore in the country. Please repost widely, even to contacts outside of Portland. This community resource has touched many lives in her long herstory. Let us support those who have supported us for so long. Thank you, Carla

Dear friends,

In Other Words, like so many of our fellow bookstores, has fallen upon incredibly hard financial times.  With the decline in our current economy, we have experienced severely decreased revenue.  If we are unable to raise $11,000 by the end of December, In Other Words will have to close its doors.

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On the Old Mole Dec 8, 2008, Jan Haaken and I discuss Milk, The Times of Harvey Milk, the Briggs Initiative, Proposition 8, solidarity and political activism.

Welome to the latest version of the KBOO website!  This update makes it easier for you to find what you are looking for with a new navigation menu and search box.  It also offers new ways for you to connect with your favorite programs through the podcasts, RSS feeds, blogs and other features on their program pages.  Our homepage is now being continuously updated with great audio and news.  Check it out and tell us what you think.

Friday, November 28th I aired and recapped the three interviews that I conducted during the wee hours of Tuesday, November 25th.  All three guests were from another country; Sweden, France and The Netherlands.  My guests/interviewees included Adrianne George, owner of AG Communications: www.agcommunicationsgroup.com...located in Stockholm; Professor Diana Derval, founder of Derval Research: www.derval-research.com...located in Amsterdam and Liva Judic, Career Coach with Ayna Partners: www.aynapartners.com...located in Paris.  Each one brought a nuance to

Thanks very much to everyone who contributed during our recent Fall Membership Drive!  I'm thrilled to report that we met our fundraising goal of $125,000 ( $126,187 actually raised), although the on-air portion of the Drive fell short.  We immediately sent out a special appeal to people who didn't call in during the Drive, which resulted in enough additional contributions to fill the gap.  YAY!

I'm happy to share a sneak peak at the latest version of the website, which will make it easier for visitors find what they are looking for.  Below you will see our new navagation menu displayed along the top of the page and new ways to interact with programs via their webpage.

for the Old Mole Dec 1, 2008

As president-elect Barak Obama puts together his economic stimulus plan, a number of feminist economists have proposed that it ought to include investments not just in infrastructure—things like roads and bridges—but also in "human infrastructure," or the care economy. Women have been among those hardest hit by the economic crisis, because women are among the most vulnerable economically. Of the 37 million Americans living in poverty even before the crisis, 27 million are women and children. By making his economic plan friendly not just to the natural environment but also to the human needs so often met by the work of women, feminist economists suggest, Obama can increase both the efficacy and the equity of his economic plan.