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Get The Scoop on Vital Info Like Transportation Tips & What To Bring
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Aloha fellow Localizer!
Enjoy the weather in Washington
Enjoy the weather in Washington
Raftup on Beautiful Puget Sound
Raft Up on Beautiful Puget Sound
Bill Moyer Waiting to Give You A Bear Hug
Bill Is This Happy To See YOU!
Dinner At Localize This!
Fraternize with stellar company at LocalizeThis!

The Localize This! 2014 team is excited for the August 5th start of our Sixth annual action camp. We all have a great deal to learn from each other, and inspiring actions and collaborations are guaranteed to blossom.

IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND IT IS NOT TOO LATE. Just have them register online and indicate what day(s) they will be attending (it might be helpful for them to check out LocalizeThis.org). OR they can call us at 805-776-3882. Remember - NO ONE will be turned away for lack of funds, we encourage people who are passionate about social change to attend.

Localize This! 2014 will be held at the former Vashon International Hostel. WARNING - There are remnants of a slightly offensive/tacky Cowboy and Indian motif, but the location and facility is near perfect for us.

Many will be arriving on Monday, August 4th to join us in the camp setup. We welcome you to come set up your camp space on that day, and pitch in with our preparations and explore Vashon. The beaches and trails nearby are beautiful. Regardless of when you arrive - we are more than happy to arrange a pick up at the ferry.
1. Camp Welcome & Check-In: When you arrive at camp, give us a ring (805) 776-3862, so we can welcome and orient you to the camp and where to find all the resources you may need during your stay. We'll do a final registration at lunch everyday to make sure we have all the complete information needed to send you useful post-camp materials and resources.

BUILDING COMMUNITY AT CAMP
Your contributions, and openness to engage and build connections will determine how strong and vibrant our community at camp is. By building a strong foundation we can challenge each other, grow together, and model the world and thriving communities we so desperately want to create. Camp is the organizer incubator.
  • Make the most out of camp by coming with reflections on the campaigns your already engaged in.
  • Come with action ideas to workshop and test out among participants and trainers!
  • What do you want to bring back to your community and how will you share those insights and inspiration?

2. Trainers at Camp: We welcome you to meet some of the trainers at camp who we've invited to share their insights, hard-earned lessons, and inspiring stories. Some trainers are listed HERE with more to be added. We hope you'll share your gifts, talent, and wisdom, we are all experts in something. Our hope is that we we will co-create a safe and welcoming space and time together where the cross-pollination of ideas spurs our engagement forward. We hope that camp will deepen our commitment to the cause and to one-another, help us to be more effective and grow our movement. An evolving schedule of workshops and activities will be available when you arrive and will be sent in a follow-up email.

3. Work-Trade: We encourage you to contribute to the camp and help sustain it and our ability to make it happen by signing up for work trade shifts. At registration check-in we'll have a work-trade sign-up. Right now the most pressing need is for folks to stay on Tuesday August 12th to pack-up and tidy-up the camp. Additionally We need help painting overpass bannering materials, supporting the kitchen crew, and packing up post-camp, etc.

4. Bring:

  • Sleeping Bag, Blankets, Pillow
  • Sleeping Pad
  • Tent
  • (if you don't have the gear let us know, we'll have a very limited supply to borrow) There are a few Tee Pees available and even fewer home-stays for those who camping is not an option.
  • And YES! there are hot showers AND some web access.
  • Fabulous food will obviously be provided according to your dietary preference noted during registration.
  • Our kitchen crew would appreciate it if you brought your own dinnerware, utensils, and cups to keep down the trash and help everyone be responsible for their own clean-up.
  • Flashlight
  • Clothes for the warm weather
  • Jacket for cool morning and evenings
  • Raincoat for unlikely wet weather
  • Whatever you need to chronicle your experience and bring the lessons home (pen, notebook, laptop, etc)
  • Something fun to share during rare downtime or at the campfire like musical instruments, glow-in-the-dark frisbee, etc
  • A open, positive attitude, eagerness to learn and share, and build connections with other passionate change makers.

5. Transportation: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY We've got all the transportation tips below to ensure you arrive at Vashon hick-up and hang-up free! To get transportation advice give a ring to (805) 776-3862. If you are coming from out of town we will do our best to pick you up at a Seattle transportation hub on Monday the 4th and return you there on Monday or Tuesday August 11th or 12th after camp-wrap up. If you are flying in to SEATAC airport let us know ahead of time so we can avoid a taxi and arrange a volunteer to give you a ride to the ferry. We can pick up anyone from the Vashon Ferry Terminal and give you a lift to the camp, please call before you disembark from either Tacoma or West Seattle so we can send someone. If at all possible please try to arrive before opening circle in the AM.

Remember, the ferries wait for no one!- Arrive early and relax for an enjoyable boat ride on beautiful Puget Sound.

2014 Localize This! camp is being held at: 12119 Southwest Cove Road Vashon, WA 98070
The Camp is at the old Youth Hostel on the left side of Cove Road. Cove Rd is West off of Vashon Highway/99, the main road runnning North and South connecting both the Vashon and Tahlequah Ferry Terminals.

Utilizing the metro trip planner by King County is a great resource for non-locals.


Bus- The Rapid Ride C bus will bring you directly to the West Seattle/Fauntleroy ferry terminal from downtown Seattle. Except for very late night hours it runs every 15 minutes. Cost is $2.50

If you are arriving during the weekday from downtown Seattle you can walk or bike onto the passenger water taxi located at: Pier 50, 801 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98104

By utilizing this resource, the 7:40 AM ferry, you'll arrive at camp in perfect time catch a cup of coffee and some breakfast. The cost is $5 each way and no extra for your bike.
King County water taxi 2014

The ferries that run from West Seattle can take cars and passengers & are located at: SW Barton St/Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal
FARE $22.05 for car, $5.20 per passenger (walk-on too). You only pay to come to Vashon.

West Seattle Ferry to Vashon Schedule (Weekday)
vashon ferry schedule camp 2014 weekday
West Seattle Ferry to Vashon Schedule (Weekend)
Vahson Weeked Schedule camp 2014

If you are coming from the south near Tacoma area you can grab the vehicle and passenger ferry to the southern end of Vashon Island at Point Defiance. (There's a gap around 1pm where "SSH" is on the schedule)

FARE $22.05 for car, $5.20 per passenger (walk-on too). You only pay to come to Vashon.

point defiance ferry schedule vashon camp 2014
Directions to Vashon


6. Alter and Space for Grounding and Mindfulness: Social change requires more than intellect and a strong work ethic, we need to engage our full being including our heart and spirit. I find that I am doing my best when I am working from a place of honoring those who have come before and the generations who will follow. In the spirit of our inter-generational struggle for justice we hope you recharge at camp all the capacities you need to carry you forward throughout the year in a sustainable manner. Several Localize This! participants are creating a space dedicated to that. Here is what they have to say:
"This year at action camp we decided to have an alter space as an option for people to sit, meditate, pray, honor, feel and think as they like in a quiet place. Why do we do this work? Perhaps because of our love for the earth? People? Spirit? This can be a place to reflect and ground yourself. Everyone is welcome to bring inspiring items for the alter from home. We are also going to dedicate part of the alter space to honor the inspiring people in our lives who have passed, in particular for Alberto Cazarez who came to camp last year and passed recently. We'll have a printed collage there for people to see, and if any of you want to bring photos or write messages to honor Alberto and others, please bring them."
Learn About Action Camp HERE

We Can't Hardly Wait For You To Join Us!



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