Valley Council
List of Local Organizations 9.1.06
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Organization |
Contact Person |
Contact Info |
Description |
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FOOD/Agriculture
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1. |
Northeast
Organic Farming Association (NOFA) |
Leslie
Chaison Wendell Sharon
Gensler Wendell |
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Dean’s
Beans |
Dean
Cycon |
Deansbeans.com
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Seeds of Solidarity
Education Center/North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival |
Deb Habib
and Rick Baruc |
deb@seedsofsolidarity.org,
solidarity@seedsofsolidarity.org |
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Village
Coop |
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413/367-9794, info@villagecoop.org |
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5. |
Fosters
Supermarket |
Bud
Foster and sons |
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Community
Involved in Sustainable Agriculture (CISA) |
Annie
Cheatham - ED Sara Lockard
Silvia - Development Director |
South annie@buylocalfood.com,
sara@buylocalfood.com |
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Food
Bank(s) |
Andrew
Morehouse - ED |
413
247-9738
andrewm@foodbankwma.org |
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New
England Small Farm Institute |
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(413)
323-4531 |
Supports
beginning farmers and sustainable small-scale agriculture through programs
and educational opportunities. Unique resource center and lending library. |
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CSAs Laughing
Dog Farm, Common
Wealth CSA, etc. |
Danny
Botkin dbotkin@valinet.com |
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Organic
Trade Association |
Lori
Wyman Communication
Projects Coordinator, Ext. 11, Katherine
DiMatteo, Executive Director |
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Venture
Center, Franklin County Development Corp (FC-CDC) (Value added food
processing center) |
John
Waite Executive
Director |
413-774-7204,
or visit us at |
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Our
Family Farms |
Faith
Williams |
Shelburne (413)
772-2332 |
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13.
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Community
Discount Store |
Steve
Alves |
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14.
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Eveline
MacDougall and Dorothea Sotiros |
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15.
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Free Harvest
supper |
Dorothea
Sotiros |
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Green
Fields Market (Franklin Community Co-op) |
Suzette
Snow-Cobb, Co-General
Manager |
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Suzette
Snow-Cobb, 863-9026
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Mid-week
farmers market in |
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Suzette
& Steve Snow-Cobb 863-9026 |
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Community
garden in |
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Farmers
Markets in Ashfield, |
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Peace/Education |
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Nipponzan
Myohoji Peace Pagoda |
Sr.
Claire Carter, Brother
Kato |
413.367.2202 www.peacepagoda.org |
Most well
known for their construction of Peace Pagodas throughout the world. These
pagodas are offerings for world peace, and “prayers of the spirit made
manifest form.” Locally Nipponzan
Myohoji initiates state-wide walks to help bring about justice and peace. |
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20.
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Sunny
Miller |
103A 413.773.7427 www.traprockpeace.org |
Exploring nonviolence, fostering
community, working to end war. |
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Veterans
Education Project (VEP) |
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(413) 253-4947 |
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22.
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Veterans
for Peace (VFP) |
Eric
Wasilesk |
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American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) |
(Jo
Comerford) (Frances Crowe) |
413.584.8975 afsc@crocker.com www.WesternMassAFSC.org |
A grassroots social justice and
peace organization. |
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Paula
Green |
info@karunacenter.org
/ www.karunacenter.org |
A U.S.-based nonprofit organization that offers international training programs in conflict
transformation, inter-communal dialogue, and
reconciliation. |
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Juanita
Nelson |
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26.
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Chip Wood |
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27.
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Journey
Camp and |
Sarah
Pirtle |
(413)
625-2355 |
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28.
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Red Gate Farm |
Ben
Mazzei |
(413)
625-9503 |
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29.
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Quabbin
Mediation |
Sharon
Tracy, Executive Director |
978-544-6142 www.quabbinmediation.org |
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30.
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Mediation
& Training Collaborative |
Cheryl
Fox and Betsy Corner |
413-774-7469 mediation@fcac.net |
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31.
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Women’s Congress for Peace |
Emily Lewis |
www.womenscongressforpeace.org ? |
A diverse
group of women activists, united in their commitment to building communities
based on equality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and
non-violent means of resolving conflict |
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32.
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413.538.8537 wmassiac@hotmail.com ? |
Information, activism, and
resistance to |
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Valley War Bulletin 413.584.8975 |
Of AFSC |
www.westernmassafsc.org/vwb/ |
A monthly free publication
dedicated to covering the war at home and abroad. |
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Social Workers for Peace and
Justice |
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c/o 33 413.586.0345 almasiano@hotmail.com |
Works on issues that promote peace
and justice in our society and world. |
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Faith
Groups |
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37.
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Interfaith
Council of |
Leslie
Fraser |
davidjames@deltahousepress.com http://www.interfaithcounciloffranklincounty.org/ |
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All Soul’s Unitarian Action Committee |
Rev.
Jonathan Rehmus, Minister |
Hope and Main Streets, 413.773.5018 |
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of Friends (Quakers) |
Clerk: Ruth Hazzard, 413.256.1721 |
Meeting phone: 413.548.9188 |
All welcome. Has a strong peace and
social justice mission |
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Rabbi Ephraim |
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Unity in the |
Rev. Carol Kelshaw |
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Social
Change |
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42.
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Center for Popular Economics |
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Programs@PopularEconomics.org www.populareconomics.org |
A non-profit organization that
teaches economic literacy to activists for progressive social change. |
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Policy
Development |
Aron
P. Goldman |
413 549 1193 Tel 413 218 7865 Cell |
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Men's |
Rob Okun, Exec. Dir. |
236 N. Pleasant
St. 413-253-9887 |
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Equitability |
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46.
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Cyndie
Rothschild |
773-8031,
Rothschild@crocker.com |
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Undoing Racism Organizing Collective (UROC) |
Ann, 413.736.5136, Lisa, 413.367.2190, Marco 413.746.1960, Mary,
413.586.9988 |
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A network of anti-racist organizers
in Western Massachusetts whose mission is to organize, educate, communicate,
and provide resources to undo racism in our families, communities, and
institutions. Every October, UROC hosts an Undoing Racism Organizing Training
by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond. |
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Proyecto del Valle Pionero |
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235 Eastern Avenue, 413.827.0781 pvp.general@verizon.net |
A membership organization of
congregations, unions, and community groups working to relieve conditions of
poverty, racism, discrimination, dependence, unemployment, and to prevent
further deterioration of our communities. |
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ARISE for
Social Justice |
Michaelann
Bewsee |
413.734.4948 arise@riseup.net www.angelfire.com/ma4/arise/ |
A low-income rights,
anti-oppression membership organization in Western |
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Class
Action |
jladd@classism.org |
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European Dissent—Uprooting Racism in our Community |
Sharin Alpert Annie
Keough |
413.625.2951 774-2112, anniek@crocker.com |
Self-education, discussion, and action group for anti-racist whites
in Greenfield/Franklin County area. |
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Coalition for a Safe Community |
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413.774.7469 ext. 13 Barbara Russell 413.772.0582 |
Established 12 years ago in
response to increased violence in Franklin County, the Coalition sponsors a
Week of Awareness each spring, including a Take Back Our Lives March and
Rally and other events focused on prevention of violence, primarily violence
against women. |
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GRACE (Get Real and Create Equality) Franklin Community Action Corporation |
Jen Jakowski |
413.774.7028 ext. 106 jjakowski@fcac.net (FCAC) |
Weekly drop-in group led by peer
leaders on social justice and conflict resolution. Monday and Wednesday
afternoons, ages 12–18. |
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Social
Services |
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Dov
Schnelle |
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Hospice/
of |
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Franklin
Community Action Corp (FCAC) |
Jane Sanders Aida Martinez |
413.774.7028 amartinez@fcac.net |
Focused on creating a safe place for
young people of color. |
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ServiceNet |
Rick
White |
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Equity
Trust |
Ellie
Kastanopolous |
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The
mission of Equity Trust is to promote equity in the world by changing the way
people think about and hold property. |
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The Brick
House |
Mike
Bosworth |
24 863-9576
www.thebrickhouseinc.org
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Community
resource center. |
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Alternative
Energy/ Environment/Sustainability |
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66.
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NESEA |
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67.
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Citizen’s
Awareness Network (CAN) |
Debbie
Katz |
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69.
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Co-op
Power |
Lynne Benander |
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70.
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Co-Op
Power |
Christian
Lagier |
(413)
203-4408 |
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71.
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Don
Campbell Sandy
Thomas |
campbell@shaysnet.com |
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72.
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Interfaith
Environmental Task Force |
Kate
Stevens? |
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73.
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David
Bowles |
Phyllis’s
hm? |
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76.
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Scott Reed |
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Clean
Water Action |
Tina
Clark |
413-584-9830,
www.cleanwater.org |
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PV2 |
Phillippe
Rigolaud |
413-772-8788 bills@pvsquared.coop |
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Conservation
Commissions? |
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81.
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Energy
Committee, |
Dorothy
McIver |
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Financial |
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Community
Bank - Society to Benefit Everyone |
William
Spademan |
413-628-3336 |
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Trusteeship
Institute, Inc., |
Terry
Mollner ED |
(413)256-1331
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A think
tank and consulting firm founded in 1973 that focuses on the development of
socially responsible businesses, employee-owned cooperatives, and spiritually
based enterprises. |
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Other
credit unions |
Pam Kelly |
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Healthcare |
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87.
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Sarah
Kemble |
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Tapestry
Health |
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Franklin/Hampshire Health Coalition |
George and Arky Markham |
413.586.0345 |
Meets the third Tuesday, |
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Communications
and Media |
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90.
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Turning
Tide Productions |
Robbie
Leppzer |
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Valley
Free Radio |
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Media
Education Foundation (MEF) |
Sut
Jhally |
413.584.8500 info@mediaed.org
/ www.mediaed.org |
MEF produces and distributes video
documentaries to encourage critical thinking and debate about the
relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the
democratic demand for free flows of information, diverse representations of
ideas and people, and informed citizen participation. |
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Indymedia |
Don
Ogden? |
www.wmass.indymedia.org/ |
An independent media site. Jones
Library |
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Local
Cable Stations |
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People’s
Voice |
Jonathan
von Ranson |
commonfarm@crocker.com |
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96.
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The |
Greg
Aubin |
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97.
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Jeff
Potter |
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The
Women’s Times |
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Montague
Reporter |
David
Detmold |
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The Republican Letters to the Editor |
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letters@repub.com Fax: 413.788.1301 |
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101.
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The Letters to the Editor |
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letters@recorder.com Fax: 413.774.5020 |
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102.
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Valley Viewpoint |
Eve
Brown-Waite Lynn
Nichols Don
Kruger |
don@valleyviewpoint.com |
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103.
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Reel
World Collective |
Liz
Kelner |
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Housing |
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Local
co-housing groups |
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Conference/Retreat
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Rowe Camp
and |
Doug
Wilson |
(413)
339-4954 |
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Temenos |
Nancy
Smith |
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Woolman
Hill |
Mark
Fraser Margaret
Cooley |
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112.
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Earthdance |
Samantha
Burnell, Co-Director Spirit
Joseph, Co-Direcotor |
(413)
634-5678 samantha@earthdance.net spirit@earthdance.net |
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Angel’s
Rest |
Jennifer
Paris |
www.angelsrestretreat.com
mntnhiker@sprintmail.com 413-772-0648 |
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9 Mountain |
Davio |
davio@ninemtn.com |
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115.
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Earthlands |
Larry
Buell |
larrybuell@earthlands.org |
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116.
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Sirius Community |
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