Minneapolis

Holiday Craft Sale to Benefit the RNC 8 and Isis Rising

haloka — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:09:50 +0000

Sat, 2009-12-12 10:00 - 17:00

Dread holiday shopping? Skip the mall and come buy locally made clothing, gifts and art at the sale to benefit the RNC 8 and Isis Rising, Saturday December 12.

Artists/crafters have been asked to pay a minimum 30% commission to the organizers, with many contributing more. All the proceeds benefit the RNC8 Legal Defense Fund (www.rnc8.org) and Isis Rising, a project of Everyday Miracles that provides birth and post-partum support to incarcerated women (www.everyday-miracles.org).

Saturday, December 12

10am-5pm

Walker Community Church

3104 16th Ave. S., Minneapolis

For more information or to sign up now as an crafter, email craftsale2009@gmail.com or call emily at (651) 280-0889. (You can also drop items off before 10am the day of the sale.)

If you’re interested in buying local, handmade holiday gifts while putting your money somewhere worthwhile, mark your calendars and we’ll see you on the 12th!

If you can’t make it, you can still help out by downloading this flyer and posting it around town.

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The RNC 8 are eight activists facing felony conspiracy charges as a result of organizing they did around protests against the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul last year. These people face prison time for exercising their first amendment rights and are now involved in a legal process that is moving at a shamefully slow pace. These eight lives (along with the lives of their many supporters) have been focused on legal defense and building community support for more than a year. To learn more or to donate to RNC 8 Defense, visit http://www.RNC8.org.

Isis Rising (Incarcerated Women’s Doula Network), implemented by Everyday Miracles, is a program of pregnancy, birth and parenting support for incarcerated women currently serving time at the Shakopee Women’s Prison. To learn more or to donate to Isis Rising, visit http://www.everyday-miracles.org/isis.shtml.

More information:

http://rnc8.org

Walker Church
3104 16th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55407

POINT(-93.2512433 44.946449)

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