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Homeless Issues

Homeless People's Network
5000+ message posts, going back to '97

Celebrity Homeless List, a list of people, mostly present day, who have been homeless and also have been important to the world.

Street News
What a great idea - homeless folks buy the papers for 40 cents apiece, and sell 'em for $1.25.
Only distributed in New York, New Jersey, & Philadelphia (for now...)

THE homeless online network
Awesome portal to find more homeless info, homeless activism, squatter info, etc.

US_Homeless Yahoo Group
Pretty good Links section

Hitching Post

Camping gear and Military surplus
Damn good stuff, fast shipping, great book section

More camping stuff

Sovietski
Surplus Soviet and European camping gear and military supplies. Gifts, too!

Yahoo's Listing of Hitchhiking Resources
Advice, bulletin boards, etc.

Weather

Intellicast
Good weather site - frequent radar updates, loops

National Weather Service
Bounty of weather info, esp. watches/warnings

Maps

Buncombe County's Geographic Information Server
The system is a bit complicated to learn, but well worth the effort

Google Maps
New, Still in Beta. Several improvements over Mapquest, including better maps. Now with Satellite Maps!

Yahoo Maps
About the same as Mapquest (below)

Mapquest

Topozone
Topographic maps for continental US

see also the maps on the website

Local Culture Asheville Freecycle (Yahoo group)
Free stuff listings

FreakinAsheville.com
Asheville Alternative Culture Website

NC Rainbow Family (Yahoo Group)
Yahoo Group North Carolina Rainbow Family of Living Light

The Traveling Bonfires
Vagabond performing artists, in a neo-Vaudeville style, engaging in enthralling "Rock Journeys and Sublime Madnesses" - associate organization of The Indie newspaper

Other Friends and Sponsors

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Media

Asheville Community Calendar

Asheville Citizen-Times
Our local Gannett outlet - a bit better than average

Asheville Global Report
Covering news underreported by mainstream media, believing that a free exchange of information is necessary to organize for social change.

Back Woods Home Magazine
Great magazine, terrific site for info, great discussions and help in the forum - nationally distributed, locally produced

The Indie - Asheville
An independent, locally-produced arts and culture newspaper; associate organization of The Traveling Bonfires performance troupe

MAIN - Mountain Area Information Network is the local progressive Internet service provider, and also keeps a good community calendar and local news items on the website.

Mountain Xpress
Great free paper in town. Events calendar, job listings, commentary, classifieds.

News from Ourshoes
Raleigh's Homeless Newspaper

Rapid River Journal
Asheville's Arts & Culture Monthly

Health and Mental Illness

Living Will
This is a service of North Carolina State University's North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. The form is free, and there is no information on filing fees. You will need to get the form notarized after you fill it out. You can also get a copy of this information from Moss.

Duke University Project on Psychiatric Advance Directives
A Psychiatric Advance Directive is a legal document, based on the Living Will, that allows a potential mental health patient to state what treatment(s) s/he is willing (or unwilling) to undergo, what doctor(s) s/he is willing (or unwilling) to be treated by, etc. for hospitals, treatment centers, and so forth. You can also designate an Agent, somebody you personally trust to be on your side during treatment and who can take legal steps to enforce your Directive. This is a necessary document for people who have been abused by doctors, hospitals, and therapies.

MindFreedom International
MindFreedom is an organization of people who have been treated -- and harmed -- by psychiatric methods, as well as a coalition of other such organizations AND is certified by the United Nations as a NGO (non-governmental organization in an advisory capacity). They offer a lot of support to individuals with any mental illness, including protection from forced treatment, and publish "MindFreedom Journal".

Also see Moss' page on mental health.

Personal Websites

Hauen Ypotame
Moss' Witchy Website, including the Wisdom of Phydeaux

The Puttyman Page
Big Chris' personal site; he sets reviews of Comic Books, Movie, Music and Video Games. It's basically a geek site.

The Nipsy the Monkey Fanclub
It's about a family of Monkeys and the site is run by Nipsy herself. Nipsy is more of an Asheville site for people to come in and chat and have fun

This page last updated December 21, 2005