Thank
you for your interest in the Body Freedom Collaborative!
We
pledge that we will offer activities and opportunities for fun and
activism at every level of involvement whether you are somewhat reserved
or if you thrive on being the center of public attention! Get involved!
Nude
Recreation on Public Lands
The
Body Freedom Collaborative is always coming up with new ways to enjoy the great
outdoors in the most natural way.
Past and planned activities include:
*
kayaking, canoeing & boating
* snowshoeing, skiing & tubing
* hiking, nature walks, yoga & pilates
* mountain biking & bare buns runs
* open water swimming & skinny-dipping
* hot spring soaking and polar bare swims
* kite-flying, stargazing, bonfire parties
Advocacy
and Creative Expression
The
Body Freedom Collaborative is hard at work developing new ways to have some
wholesome and funky naked fun. Past and planned
activities include:
*
theatre productions & street theatre
* body freedom progressive politics & arts festivals
* body freedom film festivals, animation for video & web, DVD
independent film compilations
* painting, drawing, photography & design
* coalition building & social networking
* legislative lobbying, citizen initiatives & public rallies
* grassroots citizen action & community outreach
* guerilla public nudity & constructive chaos
* targeted multimedia campaigns & presentations
* body-painting & other forms of body art
* writing (propaganda, fiction, essays, stories, et cetera)
Visit
our web site at bodyfreedom.org for
more information and to stay up-to-date with the group’s activities.
Make sure you sign up for our announcement e-mail list.
For
information on activities and attending an meeting or if you just
want some general information send us an e-mail (see our contact page).
(Your
privacy is important to us. We do not sell or share our e-mail lists
with others.)
If
you are interested in possibly getting involved in the local Seattle
group please take a moment to answer a few questions on our contact page.
Web
site design by Daniel Johnson
Site
last updated
8 Oct 2006
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how to help ::
"Be
the change you want to see in the world." - Gandhi
Help open up parks and beaches for clothing-optional
use! You can make a difference! As a nonprofit organization* the
Body
Freedom Collaborative depends
on your generosity for its financial strength. Become a part of
the naked conspiracy! Please help with a donation to
the BFC today for an unabashed naked tomorrow!
*The
BFC is a nonprofit social welfare organization with a possible
future 501(c)4 status and so contributions made to the BFC are not
tax deductible. This designation allows the BFC greater leeway
for legislative lobbying.
Seize
Your Freedom !
- Things you can do to make a difference
1. Become a member of BFC!
This site and the Body Freedom Collaborative are here to help with outreach and support where possible. We do have many expenses and projects ahead of us and we can do a lot more with the help of people like you who make a donation.
As of Oct 2006, BFC is offering non-voting memberships for as little as $7 per year!
How to apply:
(1) Fill out a membership survey/application and e-mail it in to BFC. Both the membership survey and e-mail address are located on our contact page.
(2) Donate at least $7 to BFC with either:
a personal check made out to "Body Freedom Collaborative" delivered to Daniel Johnson or Mark Storey (we no longer have our PO Box) or
We use our money to pay for our domain names, web site software and other creative tools. We also use money to place ads in local papers, make signs, purchase associated art supplies and camera supplies, make photocopies for flyers and posters, paying for bank account service fees, tabling fees for local events, listing our organization in activist directories, et cetera.
For a $5 donation we can make 400 1/4 page flyers. For an $17 donation we can pay for our monthly web-host service. For a $50 donation we can pay for our annual post office box fee. For a $164 donation we can run a 1/4 page ad in a local university newspaper.
You can send us your membership fee or make a donation online with the Amazon Honor System. Its quick, easy, and secure! Click the link to the right for details.
Note that these online payment services deduct a portion of your donation before it gets to us.
2.
Support us with a donation
This
site and the Body Freedom Collaborative are here to help with outreach
and support where possible. We do have many expenses and projects
ahead of us and we can do a lot more with the help of people like
you who make a donation with whatever amount you can (as little
as $3 on this site).
We
use our money to pay for our domain names, web site software and other creative
tools. We also use money to place ads in local papers, make signs,
purchase associated art supplies and camera supplies, make photocopies
for flyers and posters, paying for bank account service fees, tabling fees
for local events, listing our organization in activist directories,
et cetera.
For
a $5 donation we can make 400 1/4 page flyers. For
an $17 donation we can pay for our monthly web-host service. For
a $50 donation we can pay for our annual post office box fee. For
a $164 donation we can run a 1/4 page ad in a local university
newspaper.
You can make a
donation online with
the Amazon Honor System. Its
quick, easy, and secure! Click the link to the right for details.
Note
that these online payment services deduct a portion of
your donation before it gets to us.
"Our
lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3.
Become a member of The Naturist Society by way of the Body Freedom
Collaborative
While
the BFC is not a naturist or nudist organization, it has chosen
to be associated with The Naturist Network of the Naturist
Society (TNS) because of the common interest in advocating
the nude use of public lands.
Check
out the Body Freedom Collaborative or
any of the other organizations working
towards expanding clothes-free opportunities and fighting injustice.
Ask those organizations what you can do to stay informed and make
a difference.
5.
Contribute material
Share
your thoughts and experiences with our site visitors by contributing
an article or image. Tell us what you've got with an e-mail (see our contact page).
6.
Send us feedback
Make
suggestions to make the site better. Many people have offered advice
and constructive criticism which has made the site far more valuable
to those who visit. Send feedback with e-mail (see our contact page).
7.
Help promote us
Tell
your friends and family about us and find organizations or individuals
we can hook up with. Let us know by sending an e-mail (see our contact page).