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      Leah Lakshmi on December 21

      whoot!

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      vanessa huang on December 21

      Grateful and humbled for your reflection, response, delight, Minal Hajratwala; for your generous and dedicated encouragement and support, Martina Robinson, Catrina Joy Roallos, and Leah Lakshmi; your brilliant bouquet, Indira; and your real talk, Rob McB -- a big yes! to growing our culture of community support for movement artists, and no, I can't imagine wearing a NASCAR outfit!

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      Minal Hajratwala on December 21

      I meant to get to so many protests and write so many times about it and didn't -- but you did, and do, and will, so beautifully. I am so delighted with your way of speaking/typing/letterpressing truth to power.

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      Martina Robinson on December 20

      I'm so happy to donate! And I hope my readership kicks in, as well. I sent to Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit! Less than $1,300 to go,

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      Catrina Roallos on December 20

      I just increased my pledge and changed my reward... Thank you for doing this, Vanessa! <3

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      Leah Lakshmi on December 20

      yay, we're over 3k! let's keep doing it!

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      Indira on December 13

      A bouquet of gratitude to you for being such a champion of poetry.

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      Rob Mcb on November 15, 2011

      OMG of course you should support this! Not only is Vanessa a fabulous world-class people's poet, this is a great new way to provide collective support for our artists. I mean could you picture Vanessa wearing one of those NASCAR outfits with corporate logos all over it? NO, don't let it happen. I'd say DONATE, but considering the gift schedule it's sure not philanthropy. So let's say SUPPORT!

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Your name honored in a collective gratitude love note, and project updates!

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Handcrafted letterpress poetry card to write in and gift to a loved one, in prison, back home, near and far

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Reading of poem by phone, skype, or in person from Decolonize Oakland to wherever and however you are, at #Occupy at Home, #Occupy Together, Liberate Everywhere!

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Editioned letterpress print of poetry from most recent poems for #Occupy, Troy Davis, or California prison hunger strikers

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Editioned letterpress print of poem "Manifesto," inspired by the campaigns and organizing of Welfare Warriors and TransJustice

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Set of four assorted letterpress poetry cards to support your letterwriting practice or gift the ones in your life who love to write old fashioned notes and mail them!

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Signed copy of the anthology Revolution Starts at Home, which features "Manifesto" alongside essays and learnings from community accountability and transformative justice organizers

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Set of eight assorted letterpress poetry cards to support your letterwriting practice or gift the ones in your life who love to write old fashioned notes and mail them! Includes "oldies" and poetry excerpted from recent poems for #Occupy, Troy Davis, or California prison hunger strikers

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Signed copy of the anthology Captive Genders, which features reflection from anti-prison and gender liberation organizing that has inspired poetry from quiet of chorus

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Intimate poetry reading at fragrance-free brunch, cooked with fresh, body loving ingredients, either at my garden studio or another location supporting collective access

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Intimate poetry reading at fragrance-free dinner cooked with fresh, body loving ingredients, either at my garden studio or another location supporting collective access

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Gratitude poem written for you or a loved one, in prison, back home, near and far

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Priority registration in a fragrance-free Audre Lorde loving "poetry is not a luxury" class series designed for all of us yearning for more integration in our creative and political practice

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Poetry performance at your fragrance-free and transformation-feeding backyard brunch, ceremony or celebration, or fundraiser gathering**

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Writing and performance of a poetry "manifesto" to feed and grow your organization's base of support, inspired by my poet-comrade visit to your fragrance-free movement building gathering, or through member interviews**

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Fragrance-free visioning and poetry workshop designed for your organization's members to amplify their heart, voice, and story in your campaign**

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Poetry "manifesto," fragrance free performance, and fragrance free workshop**

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Vanessa Huang is a poet, cultural worker, and activist whose practice draws on teachings from the prison abolition, migrant justice, gender liberation, transformative justice, disability justice, and reproductive justice movements.

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