[New-imc] ST. LOUIS (personal intro)

[Ana]

i have to say, i think its one of the most beautiful "mission" statements i have ever read. 
and their site is great too!
my fingers are twinkling, as is my heart.

>
> > From: Jay <jay at tao.ca>
> > Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 01:01:01 +0200
> > To: new-imc at indymedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [New-imc] ST. LOUIS (personal intro)
> >
> > Vishal, all,
> >
> > What does everyone think about the below intro?  I admit my brain is full
> > recently and I can't compute anything (even forgot my own phone number
> > yesterday) but I think it sounds good.  I'm itchin' to bring the St.
> Louis
> > application to imc-process, so let's get some comments then make it
> official!
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > At 6/29/01 , you wrote:
> >> here it is:
> >> http://www.stlimc.org/
> >>
> >> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> >>
> >> Saint Louis:
> >> Home of the Gateway Arch and Monsanto
> >> Home of some of the worst urban sprawl in the nation
> >> and a slowly-draining inner city that remains a mystery
> >> to many that call Saint Louis home,
> >> when they live 30 safe miles away.
> >> We, Independent
> >> We, Media
> >> We, at the Center
> >> of this jewel on the Mississippi River.
> >> As the old money and mores leach away,
> >> We fill the cracks left behind with:
> >> Youth - Active Art - Alternative Energy
> >> Eyes - Ears - Hands
> >> To reclaim
> >> Streets - Parks - Wasteland
> >>
> >> I thought you knew.....
> >>
> >> Now You Do.
> >> Media, Independent.
> >> Tells the stories of those left behind
> >> to clean up the mess
> >> rebuild the infrastructure
> >> plant the seeds
> >>
> >> So many groups, struggling within a highly
> >> patriarchal, fractured environment work
> >> daily, fighting the good fight.
> >>
> >> Who are we?
> >> Step inside the Independent Media Center, where
> >> you can find the people you always knew existed,
> >> but never noticed on your street. Invite them over
> >> for a little tea and civil disobedience.  Get to know
> >> the revolutionary community you never knew existed.
> >>
> >> What are we doing?
> >> People building a community that builds a village, a network of
> >> villages, a town, a city of people that is THE city: building the
> >> infrastructure for a self-sufficient, permanently autonomous,
> >> sustainable society: feeding us, transporting us, housing us, caring
> >> for us, knowledge-sharing, fun-making, problem-solving: and media is
> >> the voice-canvas-publicmural for us to tell us about us, and the
> >> things we want are the reasons we build.
> >>
> >> We aim to catalyze these efforts, in turn presenting
> >> a serious (and fun) alternative to the status quo.
> >>
> >> Saint Louis is asleep, everybody.
> >> Quietly lulled into a comfort zone through geographical
> >> isolation and historical backwash, the windows to the
> >> outside world have been painted shut. There are those
> >> who are wired through the underground networks, though.
> >> We need a source of independent thought and information
> >> here. Those of us working together on this project can aid
> >> in disseminating these amazing ideas through the web,
> >> in the Confluence newspaper and in the streets.
> >>
> >> Then, this sleeping giant will stand with the other rogues
> >> on the frontlines of love and revolution.
> >>
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teargas blinds and disperses... don't let the media do the same