Olympia Community Resources
a community directory Olympia
June 2, 2008
Media Resources
Radio
Free Radio Olympia 98.5 fm frolympia.org
Free Radio Olympia is an unlicensed, direct action micropower radio station broadcasting at 100 watts on 98.5 FM in Olympia, Washington, Cascadia. We have been on the air since March 2001. FRO is committed to providing a service to the community by creating access to the airwaves and bringing unregulated, uncensored media to our listeners in the spirit of free speech and freedom of the press.
KOWA-LP FM 106.5 fm kowalp.org
KOWA 106.5 fm is a low-powered community radio station in the Olympia Washington area.
KOWA-LP's mission is to give voice to individuals, organizations and movements working for social justice, economic democracy, ecological sustainability and peace. We also play music.
Print Media
Anarchy InfoBox (24-7 anarchy in the streets of Olympia) 4th and Franklin in downtown Olympia featuring anarchist literature and other thought-provoking writings. DIY autonomous zone on Main Street.
Olympia Zine Library 211 4th Ave. E. Olympia http://zinelibrary.blogspot.com
The Olympia 'Zine Library is Housed in Last Word Books located at 211 4th Avenue East Olympia, Washington 98584. The Library is an unofficial subdivision of the Media Island nonprofit and is free and open to the general public. We offer a 'Zine Creation Station and an immense library of self-published 'zines for your browsing pleasure.
Natural Learning http://oly-wa.us/freeschool/NaturalLearning.php
Natural Learning is a quarterly journal of Olympia Community Free School, providing information, networking support, classes, workshops, and open forums for creative alternatives to education.
We welcome articles by teens and adults, which challenge standardized schooling as a status quo, while promoting self-directed and community-based learning.
Sabot Infoshop Evergreen State College Library
Works in Progress http://olywip.org
Works In Progress is a free, volunteer-operated progressive community newspaper based in Olympia, Washington. Our aim is to confront injustice and encourage a participatory
democracy based on economic, social, and environmental justice. Works In Progress is dedicated to providing a voice for those most affected by the exclusionary and unfair practices that seek to silence the oppressed.
Internet
Olyblog http://olyblog.net
OlyBlog is devoted to hyperlocal news and discussion specifically about Olympia, Washington. Contributors to OlyBlog are citizen journalists who care about their community and are tired of corporate media.
Olympia Indymedia http://olympiaimc.org
The Independent Media Center is a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. We work out of a love and inspiration for people who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity.
Media island http://mediaisland.org
Media Island International is a resource and networking center for individuals, organizations, and movements working on Social Justice, Economic Democracy, Ecological Sustainability, and Peace. We gather, evaluate, and distribute underpublished information on critical issues at strategic times.
Olympia Workers Resource http://olympiaworkers.net
This website is an educational resource for working people in the Olympia Washington area featuring local and international labor news.
Zinelibrary.net http://zinelibrary.info
ZineLibrary.net is a library of hundreds of radical zines ready to print in PDF format. ZineLibrary.net started out in the Olympia Zine Library scanning the radical zines there. Now people upload their own zines to the site and many people do internationally.
International Solidarity
Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project http://orscp.org
ORSCP consists of participants in Rafah, Palestine and Olympia, WA, dedicated to building connections between communities to promote better cultural understanding.
CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) http://www.cispes.org
The Olympia chapter of CISPES is bringing the struggle to the south puget sound!
Olympia CISPES is proud to have two parts of our chapter. The first of which is the Olympia proper chapter, the second is the student group at The Evergreen State College. Both of our 'legs' have been making extra long strides to increase our presence in Olympia as well as TESC.
Anti-Poverty/ Homeless and Low Income Outreach
EGYHOP/ Done and Done
EGYHOP’s mission is dedicated to bringing direct service items and resources to the homeless and low-income populations living on the streets or who self-identify as part of the street population. This population is made up of youth-at-risk, homeless, and low income people living below the poverty line.
Street outreach workers provide direct service on the streets of Olympia. Street outreach workers are available during hours when the street population cannot access traditional services. The mission of EGYHOP is to provide emergency intervention services, a friendly and familiar face to talk with, and needed and requested items which can include, but are not limited to: socks, blankets and sleeping bags, etc.
POWER - Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights http://www.oly-wa.us/power/
POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and care giving are truly valued, and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.
Thurston County Tenants Union http://www.tenantsunion.org/
Created in 1977 by volunteers, the Tenants Union of Washington State (TU) has built a dedicated membership base and steadfastly sustained grassroots social change organizing.
The TU challenges and transforms unjust housing conditions and housing policies through empowerment-based education, leadership development, and community organizing and tenant ownership.
Our work is grounded in a strong conviction that those facing housing problems must be the leaders of efforts to transform our own housing conditions and communities.
Anti-Imperialist and Peace Groups
Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace (OMJP) http://omjp.org
We are committed to building a mass movement to further justice and peace. We believe that the issues of justice and peace cannot be separated, and that by furthering economic and social justice we create the conditions for a peaceful world. Our long term goal is to build a society that meets the needs of all people, not one based on profit and economic values.
Olympia Port Militarization (Oly PMR) http://olypmr.org
Olympia Port Militarization Resistance (OlyPMR) is organized to end our community's participation in the illegal occupation of Iraq by stopping the U.S. Military's use of the Port of Olympia.
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