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Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change

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15th October 2008

Soma For Sale

posted in current events, general, politics

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Our attention to the homeless problem has never been more important as the economic crisis thickens. Individuals and families who were otherwise “making it” are now joining the ranks of others considered chronic homeless, filling shelters and creating an unmanageable social problem throughout the country.

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If you can spare money, canned goods from your pantry, old clothes, linens, furniture, computers, bikes - pretty much anything that you don’t need anymore can be used by someone.

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Information Campaigns

In a world of media bites and advertising, information and graphic design are your friends. Since this is very much an arts and design blog, I thought I should mention that your graphics are your greatest weapon in spreading the word. Posters, fliers, postcards, and other mass-produced forms of print media are great.

If you don’t have a paid placement budget, guerrilla style is encouraged. Wheat paste is your friend. I love cities like San Francisco because people aren’t afraid to spread information with spray painted stencils, murals, and wheat pasted poster art.

And of course there’s blogging! HAPPY BLOG ACTION DAY 2008!.