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Our Mission
     The People's Free Space is a community organization based in Portland, Maine since 2002. Our mission is to create autonomous collective spaces for sharing information and resources, building community, and fostering sustainable alternatives and creative resistance to social, economical, political, ecological oppression.  We work towards this mission by supporting any growth which fundamentally adheres to our aniti-oppression statement. It is our belief that education is an essential component of building a stronger, informed and connected community.
 
Anti-Oppression Statement

The People's Free Space accepts and celebrates the uniqueness of all individuals and our right to be the authors of our own lives. We celebrate the differences between us that make our communities diverse and vibrant. The People's Free Space recognizes that institutional, economic, political, social and cultural hierarchies inhibit personal freedom and suppress the realization of individual uniqueness. These hierarchies are expressed in various interlocking systems of oppression-including, but not limited to white supremacy, partriarchy, heterosexism, ageism and capitalism-which together prevent equal access to the necessary resources for individuals, families and communities to meet their basic needs. Through non-partisan and non-commercial means, the People's Free Space actively and consciously works to identify and dismantle these hierarchies and systems of oppression within ourselves, our organization, our community and our world.

 

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First Be Reporting Live
 
Company of Girls Community Space Lost

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The local newspapers have presented little or skewed information about the acquisition of The A Company of Girls Space on 10 Mayo Street. Although I sought response from PROP, who has yet to contact me in response to voicemails I have left, and Roxanne Quimby, who was out of town and unable to respond to emails, I will tell the story from an interview with Director Odelle Bowman and observations I have made. The story involves fiscal sponsors mergers and a small number of business transactions, but the people who are affected include all of Portland. In short, the girls afterschool theatre program A Company of Girls will be without a home in June 2007.


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Adams School & Building Collaborative
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Over the past several months, there have been exciting new potentials for collaborative and cooperative community buildings and housing in Portland. A new Building Collaborative is forming and the Adams School Re-Use Committee meetings have continued with new opportunities for community involvement in this process to re-envision the Adams School.  Over the past year, several different organizations have lost their spaces for a variety of reasons (see PFNews Nov/Dec 06 & A Company of Girls pg 1), while other spaces are in peril of shutting down.  There have been many discussions around combining resources and energy together in a more accessible and collaborative building.  The  People's Free Space recently was offered to stay in the front part of our current location and we will hopefully stay there for now, but we are excited about working on this new direction with a cooperative, collaborative building.

 

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