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Get your ham radio license on Nov. 2

Get your ham radio license on Nov. 2

We're hosting a PaRTEE for future hams! PaRTEE virtual Ham Cram-style study session Monday, 11/2/2020 9:30a-1:30p We're hosting a study session next Monday for folks who want to get their technician (entry-level) license! We picked this day because we know some people who can make it

Post-election resilience

Post-election resilience

We've been busy surviving COVID-19, moving to multiple places, and organizing and protesting for Black lives and for abolition, and generally trying to deal with everything that 2020 has thrown at us (dry lightning storms and devastating fires in August? A SCOTUS conservative super majority? You sure want us to

Come get your Ham Radio license with us!

Come get your Ham Radio license with us!

Join us for some "Hams on" training! Our next Ham Radio Basics session on Thursday, March 12, at 6pm in preparation for the March 14th Ham Cram. Come to one or both events! Please email hello@partee4justice.org for details.

FurCon 2020!

#LatePost! #Flashback to mid January when Berry Pie (aka Jen-Mei) and Gecke (aka Loke) collaborated with Fireline Coyote (aka Jeff) on a hands-on, QTPOC-centered Intro to Ham radio panel: Get on the Furnet! at the Further Confusion Conference [https://www.furtherconfusion.org/] (unfortunately, Jen-Mei was out sick so didn't get

Societal malfunctions in emergencies Part 1 (Spoiler alert - Lyft doesn't work!?!)

Societal malfunctions in emergencies Part 1 (Spoiler alert - Lyft doesn't work!?!)

The other week Jen-Mei hosted a gathering of folks from our shared communities to trade information we’ve collected to date about emergency preparedness and get a sense of what felt the most interesting/engaging/raw for folks. We talked about the fires and PG&E shut-offs in California. We

Power & Resilience Through Experiential Education

Power & Resilience Through Experiential Education

Loke Davis and I are starting a new organization to provide trainings to activists (in particular QTPOC and QTWOC) on various skills. We're starting with Ham Radio. We're launching the web site soon, but wanted to share here in the meantime. We're calling the project Power & Resilience Through Experiential Education