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6-21-02 PSA has purchased the following items for the communal use of progressive groups on campus: fax machine -can blastfax to 162 numbers at once (press releases) -can make color copies answering machine -has 4 mailboxes to list different groups 4 clipboards lots of tape, several different kinds 5 stapleguns lots of staples for the staple guns tempera paint several paint brushes lots of poster board big old roll of butcher paper several small notepads stacking letter tray 5-13-02 PSA supports the town hall meetings that have been taking place this semester and will continue to act as a resource for groups seeking to network with eachother. 4-30-02 PSA would like to coordinate an end of year social event so us activists can reward ourselves for our hard work this past year. We are asking those interested to send us a message with your ideas of what you and your group would like to do, your available dates, and anything else you'd like to share. 3-24-02 PSA has created the website for the Environmental Coalition's Earth Weekend Conference 2002. You can view it here: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~eco/earthweekend 3-7-02 The online calendar is now completely functional again. Also, check out the new online calendar of group meetings at http://protest.net/calmeetings. Directories of general activist resources, student activism history, research, organizing, and publicity have been added to resources section of the website. 2-26-02 The online calendar is active again, yet is unable to add events as Protest.net is still in the process of moving servers. Until this is functional again, you can send events to psaevents@yahoo.com and they will be added to our email calendar. A new page has been created for announcments and other news that are not tied to any specific dates. We are also in the process of starting a resource center at our office in 516A Eschelman - we are purchasing a phone and creating a library. 2-13-02 The calendar of progressive events website has been inactive as its host, Protest.net, is working on moving to a new server they purchased to handle the traffic but the process is slow. They expect the problems to continue for at least the next few days. PSA has continued to send out the calendar of progressive events over email, however. Directories of local media and support services have been added to the student group and resource sections of the website. 1-19-02 Spring 2002 semester is beginning and the PSA has resumed sending out its calendar of progressive events over email. To recieve it, sign up using the form on the left, or just follow the link to the website. Our members will be meeting soon to discuss restructuring the organization. The website has also been overhauled! If you have any comments or suggestions please send them to our email address.