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Childcare + Hackerspace = Awesome!

The maker movement that seems to have so much momentum lately has been given a new and exciting twist in the Bay Area. Mothership Hackermoms bills itself as the first ever women’s hackerspace, and provides free or inexpensive child care … Continue reading

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Required Reading for all KCCA Kids!

Checkout this great new kids book: A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara B is for banner, D is for democracy, G is for grassroots. Awesome! I think we will be ordering a copy of this one for storytime…

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KCCA Fall Fundraiser!!!

KCCA is having a fundraiser this fall for a special cause*! Live music supplied by SnakeShark and Georgia Slim (of I Want Whiskey)! Spectacular Hulahooping by Renee Cooper! Post-Thanksgiving potluck vittles (bring your leftovers)! Legendary “KCCA Sunrise” cocktails will be … Continue reading

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Tips for Consensus

I just stumbled across what looks like a great series of blog posts over at the Federation of Egalitarian Communities on the finer points of consensus-based meetings. The latest post is about the pace of meetings: when to accelerate (e.g. … Continue reading

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KCCA Makes Meetings Fun!

In an effort to boost participation and enthusiasm, KCCA has decided to start holding regular meetings on the 17th of each month, and to run each meeting as a vegan potluck dinner! September’s meeting was the first such one held … Continue reading

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KCCA’s New Organizer Roles

KCCA has defined eight exciting and essential roles for organizers in the collective. The purpose of the roles is to encourage enthusiasm, consistency, and accountability in the performance of group’s key duties. Awesome! Even more awesome is that all the … Continue reading

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Our Friend’s New Book!

Hey All! Check out this new book by our friend China Martens! China is a lead organizer with Kidz City, a Baltimore childcare collective. She was heavily involved in the planning of the Kid’s Track and Childcare Collective Network Gathering … Continue reading

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WE ARE HAVING A FUNDRAISER!

The Allied Media Conference is coming up at the end of June, and we need your support to get our volunteers up to Detroit! This conference affords us an annual opportunity to meet up with fellow childcare collective organizers from … Continue reading

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SPARK and Project South: Mama’s Day Brunch

Caitliyn, Camille, and Tom braved the spring heat to represent at the Mama’s Day Brunch put on by SPARK and Project South. We were setup at the SoulShine house (next door to the event venue) which was an AMAZING space … Continue reading

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Mayday

Hey everyone! Kcca is gunna need some folx to play with some kids and help table for mayday so if you are free on tueday may 1st, give me a call to find out how you can plug in 678 … Continue reading

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