[Shadow_Group] Emergency appeal to help an activist in need

[shadowgroup-l at lists.resist.ca]

December 7, 2004

Dear friends,

We are writing to encourage you to help support our dear friend and
colleague, Luke Anderson. As you may know, Luke is one of the world's
leading activists on genetic engineering, and has been working
tirelessly for many years on behalf of all of us.

A few weeks ago, Luke's biodiesel camper van was stolen in Berkeley.
His van was his traveling home and contained virtually all of his
possessions, including over a year's worth of creative writing and
other personal mementos. Although the van was found three weeks later,
the people who stole it had sold or trashed all of Luke's belongings
and damaged the vehicle. Can you help us raise the $9,200 that Luke
needs to at least recover the replaceable portion of his losses and
repair his van?

Luke has been a full time activist since the 1990s, writing, speaking,
inspiring and organizing groups in the US and around the world.
Activists like Luke forego the usual measures of personal security in
order to put their best energies toward the work of social change. This
is a chance for all of us to show that the movement can take care of
its own -- to model the caring society we hope to create.

Please contribute what you can:  $100, $50, $10. More if you can.
Please send your donation to Luke Anderson, c/o Margaret and Gary, P.O.
Box 233, Boonville, CA 95415. Electronic donations are also possible,
via http://www.adoptanactivistorg/donate. Click on the "Paypal" button
and enter "Luke Anderson" in the "Payment For" box.

For a tax deductible contribution, make your check out to "Peace & 
Justice
Center of Sonoma County," write "Adopt-an-Activist/Luke" in the memo
line, and mail it to Adopt-an-Activist, PO Box 9363, Santa Rosa, CA 
95405.
For questions regarding donations, email adoptanactivist at riseup.net

Please forward this to any email lists you feel would be appropriate.

Thank you, and have a phenomenal (and GE-Free) holiday season!

     Brian Tokar (briant at sover.net)
     Jeffrey Smith (jeffrey at seedsofdeception.com)
     Starhawk (stella at mcn.org)
__________

Some more information about Luke's work:

In 1997, Luke founded the Totnes (UK) Genetics Group, which helped set
the stage for the most successful, sustained opposition to genetic
engineering anywhere in the world.  In 2000, he began touring the US
with his comprehensive book, Genetic Engineering, Food and Our
Environment (now in its third edition), informing many for the first
time about the dangers of GE foods.  In 2001 he relocated to
California, touring the state in preparation for that year's Biojustice
event in San Diego. Subsequent tours helped gather thousands of people
for the 2003 Sacramento Mobilization against the USDA and the 2004
Reclaim the Commons events in San Francisco. Luke has also worked
extensively in Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Europe, Canada,
and in several California counties in support of local anti-GE
intiatives.








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