With a generous outpouring of support from activists, artists, and occupiers The Sparrow Project was able to print the first  print-run of 10,000 copies of The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City and now we are going to need your help to reach our goal of printing and distributing another 100,000 copies!

In order to reach our printing goals we launched a fundraising campaign with Kickstarter.com to fund our publishing efforts.  We need pledges from people LIKE YOU in order to reach our base goal of $10,000 in printing costs.  If you don't have money to donate, don't worry, we also need everyone's help in publicizing the kickstarter campaign on facebook, twitter, tumblr, etc.  We would like to ask everyone who is reading this and is able to pledge to pledge whatever they can, and that those who cannot afford to make a pledge to direct others to our Kickstarter page every day between now and our December 4th deadline.

For those who will be pledging, we have pulled out all the stops when it comes to incentives for your pledges!  From posters and twitter shout outs, to free copies of Green is the New Red by Will Potter, Muzzling a Movement by Dara Lovitz, and The lifelong Activist by Hillary Rettig, to free tickets to Daphne Cheng's all-you-can-eat vegan sweets party, even free graphic design services from Julie Gueraseva (Def Jam, Time Inc, Vaute Couture, Harpers, WOW) , and boxes of your own t-shirts designed by us!

With all of those amazing prizes its heart warming to see that the most popular pledge prize choice is the "Publishing Partner" bracket.  Donors in this bracket will get a package of 50 declarations, a 3'x3' declaration poster and our undying love chatter on twitter!  It is these donors who will be the legs in our distribution machine.  We already have 35 donors from all around the world in this bracket, we want to cast an even wider net and a DIY distribution network is central to making this happen.

This project is for YOU and we want YOU to be part of it.  The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City is a reflection of every voice amplified by the people's mic at Liberty Square.  Likewise, the effort to publish it is a reflection of everyone involved, from editing, to design, to production, distribution, and face to face conversations that ensue after someone is handed a copy, we are all playing a role in the life of this document.  I take this document very seriously because not only is it the first ephemeral artifact from the epicenter of the Occupy Movement, but it also lay the framework for the fight of our lives, the fight for the lives of our neighbors, the fight for the lives of creatures we share this earth with, and for the future of the earth we all call home.  I invite you in joining me in making this document a catalyst for comprehensive, global, change. 

You can help us print 100,000 copies of the 2nd edition of the People’s Declaration of the Occupation of Wall Street by donating to our Kickstarter campaign HERE.

With Love & Liberation,

Hey DC! @Will_Potter & Andy Stepanian will be speaking at Georgetown University Law Center on Friday 4/7/2011 - http://on.fb.me/elwzNO

Will Potter is an award winning journalist focusing on government repression of animal rights and environmental activists. He will be speaking about his new book, Green is the New Red

A response from Lauren Gazzola, one of the SHAC 7:

“Today has been a hard day, because I think that the Supreme Court’s denial of our cert. petition was wrong. Not just legally wrong, but morally wrong. In that sense, I’ve had many hard days over the past several years. Right now though, I’d like to tell you about one of the easiest.

A few weeks ago I gave a talk about the SHAC 7 case to a law school class. Before I got up to speak, the professor showed undercover footage from inside of HLS. It was the first time I’d seen it since getting out of prison and I broke down. When it ended, the Executive Director of the National Antivivisection Society got up to introduce me. “It’s hard to know where to start,” she began.

I was next up and still slightly shaky from having seen the footage. I had planned to begin by thanking the professor for inviting me, thanking NAVS for sponsoring the event, and thanking the students for attending. Instead I told the class, “I know exactly where to start.

Thank you to everyone who made this limited edition Glassjaw Haiti benefit shirt so successful.  We sold out of them in 10 minutes, and we are really proud to say that all of the money raised off of them will be benefiting Haitians directly.  For everyone who has been asking if we will be printing more, the answer is no.  Stay tuned to http://sparrowmedia.net in the coming months to see a similar artist collaboration (not involving glassjaw) that will be available in urban outfitters (fuck that place.)

In better news the 100 Shows For Haiti project is really picking up steam.  We just hit our 59th event set for January, you can help us reach 100, or do your part by helping to promote the shows that are already happening.  For those around NY, we have 3 great events coming up.  

1/6/11 at Ethical, $10 - Lights Resolve, Sainthood Reps (with Derek Sherman of Brand New!), These People, and HERE. All money goes to Haiti!

1/13/11 at Bluestockings, $5 - Maurice Mitchell will be performing spoken word and I will be reading an excerpt from my book The Blueprint.  All money goes to Haiti!

1/15/11 at Ethical, $10 - Vinnie from the Movie Life!, with Ryan Hunter (of Envy on The Coast/North Korea), Arthur Smilios from The Gorilla Biscuits, Richie B from UnderDog, Maurice Mitchell, and I.  All money goes to Haiti!

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All the best,