Help me out, Tumblr! If you want to sponsor me, my derby name is “The Aquabrat!”.

Tampa Roller Derby will host our 3rd annual Skate-a-thon for charity on Sunday, April 28th. This year’s community charity will be Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough. (http://www.habitathillsborough.com/ ) The concept of Habitat for Humanity is that each Habitat Affiliate and those in need of adequate shelter would work side-by-side with volunteers to build simple, decent homes.

How to pledge:

-Call, email, FB message, send smoke signals, or holla’ at you favorite Tampa Roller Derby or Tampa Jr Derby skater to make a pledge. A dollar to $1,000 is greatly appreciated!

-Pledges can be made per lap.

Pledged: $0.10 / lap

Miles skated = 200 laps

Donation $20

-Pledges can be made as a flat donation.

You like a roller girl = $20.

You REALLY like your roller girl = $200!!

-Pledges can be made on Paypal.

Please include the name of the skater you would like to donate on behalf.

Donations can be made to finances@tampabayderbydarlins.com at https://www.paypal.com/

We will be starting for 2 hours straight at our Sunday evening practice. (Sorry, but this event is closed to the public.)

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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Posted on April 26, 2013 with 5 notes

The First Amendment’s Retirement Party hosted by Occupy Tampa

In response to Tampa City Council voting in the “Event Zone” ordinance for the Republican National Convention.

Cake & punch courtesy of Tampa Food Not Bombs.

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Posted on May 4, 2012 with 1 note

Occupy Tampa Movie Nights Every Sunday @ 8 pm

3/25 - “Flow” Water supplies worldwide are being privatized for profit, sucking profits from the global poor. Radical rating: 2/5

4/1 - “Cultural Marxism: The Corruption of America” How education, facts, & critical thinking are destroying American values, undermining tradition, & turning the entire country into a cesspool of degeneracy. A “Reefer Madness” for o…ur generation! Laughs galore or your money back! (Bonus: Actually kind of educational about critical theory.) Radical rating: space lizards

4/8 - “The Take” Thirty unemployed factory workers in Argentina occupy the factory that once employed them, & prove that self-organizing can help us heal the damage of a failed system. Radical rating: 4/5

4/15 - “Thank You for Smoking” A hella funny fictional film with a lot of important lessons about public relations and media manipulation. Radical rating: 2/5

4/22 - “The Century of the Self: Parts 1 & 2” The century-long story of how the concepts of psychoanalysis were corrupted by oligarchs working to construct a compliant consumer society. Radical rating: 3/5

4/30 - “Gasland” Josh Fox’s recently infamous film about fracking, a miraculous source of energy that is even more harmful than nuclear. Radical rating: 2/5

5/6 - “Codes of Gender: Identity & Performance in Pop Culture” The media are telling you how to feel about your body, your identity, and sex. Shocking, I know. Cosponsored by Sisters of Solidarity. Radical rating: 3/5

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