Page 24 RAIN December 1977 Rush The latest Foxfire 4, edited by Eliot Wigginton, is out. The usual beautiful blend of tr_aditional crafts and downhome Appalachian philosophy as told by old-timers to high school students. $5.95 from Anchor/Doubleday, 245 Park Ave., New York, NY 10017. Better Jobs and Income? A series of grassroots conferences to explore the impact of the Carter welfare reform proposals and develop a response. Those still to happen: December 3-5 in Salt Lake City, December 10-12 in Portland, OR. $10 individual, $5 low income, $25 agency. Contact Bert DeLeeuw, Movement for Economic Justice, 17 3 5 T Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. 202/462-4200. Food and Hunger- Media Resource Directory available (no price given) from Media Consultants on Hunger, 1229 Santee St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. Their definition of resources relating to these topics is a bjt broad, but their people resources are well described and seem to be the cream of the crop. They fall down a bit on the print resources ... no clues as to their value or content. RAIN 2270 N.W. Irving Portla.nd, OR 97 21 O The New Alchemists have put out a lovely full-color poster of the Arktheir experimental whole systems place in Prince Edward Island. It's available for $3 from New Alchemy Institute East, P.O. Box 432, Woods Hole, MA 02543. People, Neighborhoods and Appropriate Technology: Tools for Building Community Self-Reliance, December 1-3 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Speakers include Robert Embry from HUD and William Irwin Thompson from Lindisfarne. $5 for grassroots people and organizations, $35 for others. Contact Kristin Kauth, Center for Urban Community Development, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 929 North 6th St., Milwaukee, WI 53203. 414/2244143. CALLS FOR PAPERS Motorized Bicycles- Abstracts and papers on their safety, design, legislation, planning, etc. for a conjerence to be held in February 1978 in Anaheim, California. Contact Louis Rubenstein, Metropolitan Association of Urban . Designers and Environmental Planners (MAUDEP), P.O. Box 722, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10008. Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed Resource and Environmental Policy Conference-abstracts and speakers for a conference to be held in September 1978. Abstracts are due by March 1978. Contact Population Food Fund, Box 255 University Station, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Note: Ever wonder why your conference didn't make it here? Send us a press release! We need to have it by the first week ofthe month before the event, i.e. December 7 for the January issue. JOBS ACORN is looking for people to work as community organizers on their multistate staff You couldn't find a better grassroots group to work with. Contact Ann Lassen, Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, 523 W. 15th St., Little Rock, AR 72202. 5011 376-7151. Free Environment-This group is "active in local, regional and national issues" and is seeking a new director. Coordinating employees and volunteers, fund raising, etc. Contact Steve Freedkin, Free Environment, Box 625, Iowa City, IA. 319/353-3888. Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1890 Portland, OR
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