[P2P-F] Fwd: 10 things Janelle has been up to this year...including 5 cartoons

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Janelle Orsi <janelle.orsi at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 6, 2013 at 8:35 PM
Subject: 10 things Janelle has been up to this year...including 5 cartoons
To: Janelle Orsi <janelle.orsi at gmail.com>


Hi friends,
Now and then, I accumulate a list of big things happening in my life and it
occurs to me to email an update to people who have been supportive and
enthusiastic along the way. That, and every now and then my
organization<http://www.theselc.org/> does
a big fundraising drive.  So, I was thinking: If you are inspired by the
list below, and if I'm helping to create the world you want to live in,
would you consider making a contribution to my work by giving to the
Sustainable Economies Law
Center<http://www.razoo.com/story/Selc-Spring-Matching-Grant-Campaign>
(SELC)?
 Here's what I've been up to the last year:

1. *Building a Movement to Help People Become Awesome Lawyers Without Going
to Law School: *In California and a few other states, apprenticing with an
attorney enables people to become lawyers without going to law school. I
have two amazing apprentices <http://likelincoln.org/bios/>, and we are
blogging about the process and sharing resources with other prospective
apprentices at this site: The Apprenticeship Journals<http://likelincoln.org/>
.

2.* Creating Resilient Communities and Bringing Legal Services Down to
Earth: *Each week, I can be found giving legal advice in a cafe through
SELC's new program, the Resilient Communities Legal
Cafe<http://www.theselc.org/cafe/>.
It's 1/3 legal advice clinic, 1/3 living classroom, and 1/3
community-building salon -- all designed to create highly accessible legal
services for worker cooperatives, urban farms, car sharing programs,
housing cooperatives, child care cooperatives, micro-enterprise, and other
innovative projects.

3. *Made a **Cartoon to Get the World Excited About the Sharing Economy: *For
years, I dreamed of making a goofy cartoon about sharing, and it's done!
 Check out "Share Spray <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U31BKGEZvBs>" on
youtube!  That's me narrating and playing guitar.

4. *Wrote a Bestselling Book about Sharing Economy Law:  *The American Bar
Association published my second book in August and it has been on the ABA's
bestseller list ever since. Find out more about *Practicing Law in the
Sharing Economy <http://www.theselc.org/book/>*.  If you buy it, use this
discount code for half off: PAB12SHR.  All royalties go to the Sustainable
Economies Law Center. If you haven't seen my first book, The Sharing
Solution <http://www.sharingsolution.com/>, check that out too!

5. *Grew the Sustainable Economies Law Center and Made Cartoons About It: *The
nonprofit law project I co-founded in 2009 has now grown to an organization
with six incredible staff. I can't even begin to list all of the things
SELC is doing, but you can find out more at our
website<http://www.theselc.org/>.
And here are a couple cartoons about our work: Economy
Sandwich<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVUXiUkfQCs>
 and The Legal Roots of Resilience<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pBVWjValZ8>
.

6. *Legalized Home-Based Food Enterprise: *In 2011, SELC started a project
to legalize the sale of certain homemade food items in California. Thanks
to the hard work of SELC staff, the California Homemade Food
Act<http://www.theselc.org/cottage-food-laws/> went
into effect this January.

7. *Legalizing Cooperative Housing and Making a Cartoon About That Too: *SELC
co-drafted and helped to introduce legislation on cooperative housing in CA
this year. AB 1024 is sailing through the legislature so far. I made a
cartoon about it: Housing for an Economically Sustainable
Future<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HlDN6Yu0Gk>
.

8. *Laying the Legal Foundation for Urban Agriculture and Community
Farming: *SELC has introduced an a bill called the CA Neighborhood
Food Act<http://www.theselc.org/homegrown/>,
which will remove barriers to the sale of homegrown produce, and will
remove various other barriers to urban food production. My first cartoon
movie ever was about legal barriers to urban agriculture:
Citylicious<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYUr0GKWWX8>.
I also recently co-taught - in Spanish - a workshop in the CA Central
Valley on legal issues for community farms. The video of that will hit
youtube soon.

9. *Supporting Asian Immigrant Farmers: *I've spent a good amount of my
time in the last year supporting Chinese, Hmong, and Lao farmers who are
facing enormous employment law barriers to small-scale family farming. In
California, thousands of small farms are operated by Asian immigrant
families, and many of these farms are at high risk of being put out of
business due to casual participation of family and friends in the farm
work. Read more about SELC's Refugee Farmer Project
here<http://www.theselc.org/work-in-the-new-economy/#REFUGEEFARMERPROJECT>
.

10. *And I'm on the (En)Rich List with folks like Gandhi and the Dalai Lama:
* It's kind of mind blowing to end up on a list like this, but there I am
at #33 on the (En)Rich List <http://enrichlist.org/the-list/>, which
"celebrates a wealth of 100 inspirational individuals whose contributions
enrich paths to sustainable futures."

Much of what I listed above is made possible by donations and grants, but I
have to be honest that my colleagues at SELC and I have made a lot of this
happen with a surprisingly small amount funding. We make every dollar count
for a lot. We'll need to raise $300,000 by the end of the year to keep it
all going in 2014.  Anything you can contribute will keep us cranking out
new laws, books, workshops, legal cafes, legal cartoons, and world-changing
lawyers!  Here's the link to
contribute<http://www.razoo.com/story/Selc-Spring-Matching-Grant-Campaign>.
You can also mail a check to the Sustainable Economies Law Center, 436 14th
Street, Suite 1120, Oakland, CA 94612.
Thank you so much!!
Best,
Janelle Orsi





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