Keene, NH Libertarian Activists Decentralize, Expand

About a year ago, after five years of service and many good times (and challenging times) the Keene Activist Center shut down for good. Not long after, Free Keene blogger Rich Paul launched the Church of the Invisible Hand's Society for Love and Peace in the same historic location.

This Summer, the board of the Shire Free Church Monadnock, which owns the property at River and Leverett opted to end the activist experiment and we parted ways with Rich Paul, converting the property back into a home for rent. It quickly filled up with liberty-friendly New Hampshire natives. Plus liberty-minded folks now occupy the house across the street as the Free Streets Project has officially begun in Keene and Manchester.

While some have mourned the loss of the historic center for Keene activism, ultimately the movement in Keene is now more diverse, with even more regular real-life activist meetups than has ever happened in Keene:

• Social Sundays - The longest running social gathering of liberty-minded folks in New Hampshire continues at 6pm each Sunday at Local Burger (they accept bitcoin!)
• Taco Tuesdays - This super-popular gathering was created in Spring of 2016 and happens each Tuesday at Mi Jalisco at 7pm.
• Bacon Breakfast Buffet - Early risers meet up at Keene State College's Zorn Dining Commons at 8:30am every Wednesday when school is in session.
• Keene Bitcoin Network - Twice monthly real-life meetups happen on the first Sunday of every month before Social Sundays and also on the 21st of each month at 3pm at a new location each month.

(Keene Bitcoin Network Meetup at Lindy's Diner)

For a handy calendar listing many of the public meetups we have each month, check out the Keene Activist Calendar here.

In addition to the regular meetups, Keene activists are pushing forward in the area of online organization. While many libertarians are stuck on Facebook and are suffering from it, Keene activists have been successfully using Telegram and two-way radios for years for instant communications, plus we're now experimenting with Trello for project organization.(html comment removed: more)

Let 1,000 flowers bloom from the ashes of the KAC/SLAP. More new movers are coming in and it's exciting to see where we're going next.

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Originally posted to my main blog site, Free Keene: http://freekeene.com/2016/11/07/keene-activism-decentralizes-slap-shuts-down-real-life-meetups-expand/