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<font size=3>Dear Friends.<br><br>
We just celebrated our 10th Anniversary! Thanks to so many of you
for joining us for this successful event. If you missed the party, you
can still contribute to making our next decade even more
significant.<br><br>
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</a>In 1999 we became an organization “on paper” and on January 1st, 2000
we moved boxes of tapes into our present space. We built shelves. We
started to gather equipment and began sorting through many thousands of
hours of materialsa task that continues today. We continue to add to the
growing audio and video collection. Ten years ago we began with a modest
budget of $100 per month which covered rent, phones, and little else. As
you may know, we’ve never requested government or corporate funding. We
receive no operating support from large foundations. We raise funds among
a small number of people. We knew then that a community-based, grassroots
approach would lead to a much stronger type of organization – an archive
not tied to any outside agendas or funding trends.<br><br>
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Leticia Miranda, Prentis Hemphill, Sele Nadel-Hayes & Claude
Marks<br>
The staff over the last 10 years<br><br>
Today we have a viable community organization that works with high school
and college students in an active youth training program and serves as a
source of unique historical materials for researchers, teachers and
documentary producers. In ten years, we’ve produced CDs and videos,
catalogued thousands of hours of media, been sampled by garage bands and
professional rockers, spoken-word artists, jazz musicians, and DJs. These
amazing sounds also live at the Museum of the African Diaspora, in murals
on the streets of the Mission, and in documentaries done by independent
artists who seek context and content. The audio and video collection of
the Freedom Archives is sampled, broadcast, and web streamed in schools,
festivals, and community centers. Our materials are used throughout
the world. <br><br>
We’ve met amazing people and collaborated in creative waysacross
generations and with all the richness that collectivity promotes.
Our video <i>Legacy of Torture</i> played an important role in the
victory of the San Francisco 8. We’ve gained support and supporters by
organizing, rather than turning to the corporate and non-profit game. We
are there for the community, and that community is there for us. That’s
why we’re celebrating ten strong years!<br><br>
We’ve enclosed a flyer that lists the CDs and DVDs we have produced and
announces our next film – <b><i>COINTELPRO 101</i></b> – which will be
released in the spring of 2010.<br><br>
Looking toward the future, our ability to maintain our integrity and
continue to expand our capacity depends on you. Every contribution
counts, no matter the amount. Please show us that you agree with our
goals – the need to preserve radical history and culture – the need to
spark the imagination of new generations by introducing them to the
inspiring voices and images of the past – and the need to create tools
that can succeed in strengthening social justice work for years to
come.<br><br>
Thanks to those of you in the Bay Area who joined us to celebrate the
Archives’ anniversary with a great party. Thanks to our contributors who
have provided the “fuel” for the first ten years of the Freedom Archives.
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Please consider supporting our work. You can make a donation by sending
us a check or by making an on-line contribution. <br><br>
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Through our website you can also become a monthly sustainer. Here’s to
the next ten years!<br><br>
Our sincere thanks<br><br>
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