We’ll have a table at Viva Valhalla’s demo release party at Yayo Taco tonight at 8 p.m. Bands include Fake Smiles, Hard Pipe Hitters, Scrap Iron Saints, Dick Falcon and The Seriouslys, plus a performance by Gracie Psycho of the Snake Eyes Sideshow. Swing by, say hello, and stay for the music!
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Jun 10, 2011: Viva Valhalla Demo Release, June 10, 2011
Jun 6, 2011: Picnic in Baker Park, June 5, 2011
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on June 5 from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Gail brought potatoes, rice, soup and beans, Jeremy lemonade, bananas and Clif bars, Herb coconut rice, Daniel juice and Sean bananas, water, peanut butter sandwiches and fruit. Her and Lorne also brought and gave out clothes.
About 20 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Jeremy, Her, Lorne, Herb, Daniel and Sean were there. It was windy (as usual) but not too bad, and we had only a few cups blow away this week. We talked about community organizing and just generally enjoyed the weather.
See you at the park next week!
Jul 3, 2010: Food Not Bombs Las Vegas @ First Friday in downtown Las Vegas, July 2, 2010
Las Vegas Food Not Bombers Sarita, Charles and Brian had a great time tabling for FNBLV at this month’s First Friday in the downtown Arts District on July 2 from 7-11:30pm. We set up an outreach table with banana bread, pastries, fresh fruit, lemonade and iced coffee; we also had handbills to get the word out about our weekly picnics, literature, Food Not Bombs bumperstickers and buttons. Charles did the baking and FNBer Kelly contributed literature and merch.
We got a great response from folks passing by the booth, whether just because they were looking for a bite to eat, or because they knew Food Not Bombs and wanted to know how to get involved here in Vegas. We had a lot of good conversations with friends old and new, and are looking forward to doing more tabling events at First Friday and other public gatherings in the future.
See you at the park this weekend — and at the next First Friday in August!
Apr 5, 2010: FNBLV @ First Friday in downtown Las Vegas, April 2, 2010
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas participated in Aprils First Friday event in Downtown’s Arts District on April 2 from 6:30pm to 10:00pm. We had banana bread, brownies and fruit. Charles brought fruit, Gail supplied banana bread and Michelle brought banana bread and brownies. Michelle and Brian worked the booth.
Though, off to a rough start, having to relocate multiple times, we seemed to have had a great response from people at the booth, many of whom were familiar with FnB, but unaware of a local chapter. Others were interested in the effort, and curious about participation. Overall we felt the booth was a successful form of networking, and hope that FnB will be able to participate in future First Friday events.
Nov 12, 2009: Reportback from outreach tabling at Cyanide Destruct show on Tuesday, Nov. 10
On Tuesday, a few of us went down to the punk show at the East Bonanza Theater to do some outreach tabling for Food Not Bombs Las Vegas.
The show featured the Hardpipe Hitters, The Kurgans, Assanine, and the headlining act, Cyanide Destruct (who came down from Seattle, Washington). We set up a card table in the lobby of the venue with pamphlets, handbills about our weekly free picnic in Baker Park, a sign-up sheet for people who are interested in getting involved, and some free bananas and vegan pumpkin bread for anyone who wanted some food.
Vegas FNBers Vanessa and Joey put together the outreach event and brought the food. Charles helped out with staffing the table and brought out the literature. We made a couple of new contacts, had some good conversations, and gave out all the food we had on hand, but most importantly, we got our name out there. Vanessa says she plans for this to be the first of many outreach events at shows. (And Charles is planning to get together a fuller outreach kit to lay out on the table at future events: buttons, bumperstickers, eye-catching literature, a banner, and more.) If you’re interested in volunteering to help out with future outreach tables at evening and nighttime music shows, drop us a line in the comments section or contact an organizer to let us know.
Nov 9, 2009: Reportback from Living Without Borders 2009 (Nov. 6-8, 2009)
This past weekend, Food Not Bombs Las Vegas came together to provide fresh vegan food and an outreach table at UCIR’s 2nd annual Living Without Borders / Viviendo Sin Fronteras encuentro at UNLV. We had pamphlets and handbills; we had banana bread and fresh fruit; we provided four hot vegan meals to the over 100 participants at the three days of workshops, keynotes, and conversation.
Living Without Borders is an activist and community meeting devoted to freedom and dignity for all immigrants, to envisioning and working to build a world without government borders, and to radical social transformation that tears down all the walls, including both the coercively-imposed boundaries of nation-states and also all the other, interconnected forms of oppression, exploitation and domination that confine and constrain us. The encuentro is organized by the United Coalition for Im/migrant Rights in Las Vegas. As part of the encuentro, UCIR provided tabling space for community and activist organizations to reach out to the conference-goers about their projects and their issues; there was also a free breakfast and a free lunch provided to the participants at the encuentro on Saturday and on Sunday. Food Not Bombs provided vegan food for the meals along with compostable/biodegradable plates, cups, and utensils.
The meals on Saturday were prepared by Vegas FNBers Charles and Gail, with logistical help from Nelson, and with a lot of help from UCIR food committee volunteers Irina, Joanna, Jorina, and Adan. For breakfast, there was a fruit salad, fresh bananas, apples, pears, grapes, cut melons, and bread with fig jam. For the lunch, Charles, Jorina, and Adan prepared a baked eggplant marinara, banana berry smoothies, and fresh watermelon. Gail made some of her famous salad, along with a bowl of fresh strawberries. Nelson made a food pickup to make sure we had all the food that we needed. Irina delivered the breakfast to the conference site, and Joanna picked up the salads from Gail and delivered the lunch over to the lunch site at La Casita, as well as coordinating the set-up and break-down for the serving area once the food had been delivered.
The meals on Sunday were prepared by Charles and Kelly, with logistical help from fellow FNBer Daniel, and with a lot of help from UCIR food committee volunteers Joanna and Nolo. For breakfast, there were bananas, apples, grapes, banana bread, and bread with fig jam. For the lunch, Charles, Joanna, and Nolo prepared baked eggplant marinara, a vegan green bean casserole, home fries, and fresh watermelon. Daniel delivered the lunch to La Casita, and Joanna coordinated the set-up and break-down for the serving area.
At the outreach table, we had pamphlets, handbills about our weekly free picnic in Baker Park, a sign-up sheet, a donation bucket, and some literature about veganism kindly shared with us by the folks at Vegas Veg*. We had banana bread made by FNBer Kelly and cookies brought by FNBer Vanessa. We also shared some table space with Southern Nevada ALL, who provided literature and buttons about anarchism and grassroots mutual aid. Kelly coordinated the outreach tabling; Vanessa, Charles, and Daniel helped out with staffing the table. We also got to set up right next to our friends and fellow workers with the Industrial Workers of the World, who had the next table over.
The conference was great. Over 100 people pre-registered (with most of them coming to the events on Saturday, and some who only made it to events on Sunday). There were inspiring keynotes by Hilda Garcia (from La Mujer Obrera autonomous women’s community in El Paso, and from author Rinku Sen); there were 14 great workshops, including a presentation by Vegas FNBer Charles Johnson on anarchism and immigration freedom. Through the outreach table we made a lot of new connections (8 new contacts on the sign-up sheet) and raised $46 in donations. I hope that this will be only the first in a long series of Living Without Borders events, and the first of many chances for Food Not Bombs to work together with UCIR in supporting this powerful event.
See you all at the organizational meeting this Saturday!
Nov 5, 2009: Food Not Bombs Las Vegas at the Living Without Borders encuentro, Nov. 6-8 at UNLV campus
As part of Food Not Bombs’s commitment to providing food to social justice activist events, Food Not Bombs Las Vegas will be at the 2nd annual Living Without Borders / Viviendo Sin Fronteras encuentro at UNLV, this weekend. We will be helping to provide the free breakfast and lunch for participants on Saturday and Sunday; we will also be hosting an outreach table all three days of the encuentro, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The 2nd Annual Living Without Borders / Viviendo Sin Fronteras encuentro will be held this weekend, November 6-9, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Spread the word to anyone you think might be interested! Register to attend if one of the folks who might be interested is you yourself!
Living Without Borders is an activist and community meeting devoted to freedom and dignity for all immigrants, to the struggle against international apartheid, to envisioning and working to build a world without government borders, and to radical social transformation that tears down all the walls, including both the coercively-imposed boundaries of nation-states and also all the other, interconnected forms of oppression, exploitation and domination that confine and constrain us. The encuentro is organized by the United Coalition for Im/migrant Rights in Las Vegas.
Hope to see you there!
