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The Tapestry of the Commons Radio Programs were written and
voiced by Jan Edwards.
Nancy Price is Executive Producer and oversees distribution.
Jan and Nancy also created the Interactive Tapestry of the Commons
Project.
Leon Schneiderman produced the radio spots and composed the theme
music.
Andrew Purcell recorded and edited the spots.
William P. Meyers created the Web site.
Jan Edwards
strives to combine art and activism. She co-founded the Redwood
Coast Alliance for Democracy which spearheaded the first ever
resolution to End Corporate Personhood, adopted in 2000 by the
City of Point Arena, California. Then she toured the county for
the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, speaking
on the issue of Corporate Personhood using an 18 ft Timeline of
Personhood Rights and Powers which she researched and designed.
In the Tapestry of the Commons Interactive Project and Radio Programs
she blends her experience in film and theater with her vision
of Rights-Based Organizing. Jan also co-hosts a radio program,
"Corporations and Democracy" on KZYX+Z Mendocino County
Community Radio, writes a regular column, "Rights and Wrongs,"
for Justice Rising, and makes a line of peace jewelry, including
the Water Drops. She lives on the ridge above Point Arena, California
with her husband William P. Meyers. They both serve on the board
of the California Center for Community Democracy.
Nancy Price
has been associated with the Alliance for Democracy since the
founding convention in 1996, and is currently Co-Chair and also
Western Coordinator of the "Defending Water for Life"
Campaign. She helped launch the Tapestry of the Commons Project
and writes for Justice Rising,, AfD's Quarterly Newsletter. She
is on the Leadership Team of the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom's Save the Water Campaign. Nancy also helped
launch the Water Allies Network in the U.S., convening the working
group on Clean Water - Healthy Communities with a focus the Precautionary
Principle. As a graduate student in Chinese art history and Ancient
Near Eastern archaeology, she studied the production and political
function of artifacts and the rise of early states and empires.
This is the background for Nancy's current interest in trade,
water and the commons, politics and democracy. Since 1973, Nancy
has lived in Davis, CA where over the years she and a clutch of
community activists have labored to create and maintain a livable
community.
Leon Schneiderman
(standing) was a member of the theater group Mystic Knights of
the Oingo Boingo and a founding member of Oingo Boingo. During
the group's early years he built original instruments and most
of the sets, costumes, and theatrical devices, which contributed
to the group's memorable and unique shows. He played saxophone
with the group and continued to do so through most of the rock
and roll years that followed. In the mid-nineties Leon moved to
the Mendocino coast near Point Arena. He joined the nonprofit
that restored the historic Arena Theatre and served on that board
for seven years before joining the film group for five years that
showed movies in that same venue. Since then he has been sculpting,
building and playing musical
instruments, and tending his garden.
Andrew Pursell (seated) was declared a child prodigy at the age of four while playing his first musical instrument: cardboard boxes. Since then he has added keyboards to his instrumental accomplishments. Andrew, also known as Isha, has played with several bands including Makka, and currently plays with the Pollinators. When he isn't performing at local venues or teaching elementary school, Andrew enjoys working with sound in his recording studio deep in the redwoods above Point Arena.
We would also like to thank:
David Rovics
Neil MacLean (New College of San Francisco)
Thom Hartmann(The Thom Hartmann Show)
David Barsamian (Alternative Radio)
Mary Aigner (Program Director KZYX+Z)
Dick Brooks (Action Media)
Patrick Reinsborough (SmartMeme)
JimTarbell (Justice Rising)
Karen Coulter (POCLAD)
Tom Linzey (CELDF)
David Cobb (DUHC)
Ruth Caplan (Alliance for Democracy)
Alis Valencia (PharosForum)
Gail Taylor (TomorrowMakers)
Anne Kessler
Molly Morgan
and everyone whose advice we sought, books or articles we read,
and radio shows we heard.
And of course The Alliance for Democracy.