Benefit Concert for The Phoenix Commotion & Living Paradigm

[Living Paradigm]

You're Invited to The Community In Motion

Benefit Concert for The Phoenix Commotion & Living Paradigm
Saturday, April 18th
7-11pm

All proceeds benefit the Phoenix Fund, a seed money account that helps
The Phoenix Commotion and Living Paradigm provide truly affordable
housing while reducing land fill waste and teaching marketable
building skills to anyone with a work ethic who can swing a hammer.
All size donations are welcome.

Event Location: 13th Street Amphitheatre behind City Hall in
Huntsville, Texas

Schedule of Events
6:00 pm Make your own shaker with Tamara Chasteen of Wynne Home
Get your face painted by Bernice Peacock
7:30pm Drum Circle
8:00pm Live Music by Aimee Bobruck and Matt Reed
10:00pm Poetry and Songs by SHSU Poet's Lounge

Bring your family and friends, a picnic and a blanket For more
information, contact Kristie at 936-661-3446 or send an inquiry email
to kri...@smithercompany.com [mailto:kri...@smithercompany.com]
Please forward this email to anyone with a heart.

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About The Pheonix Commotion

The Phoenix Commotion is an affordable housing initiative created by
Dan and Marsha Phillips This project is committed to helping people
and their communities.

Mission Statement
The Phoenix Commotion is committed to reducing the landfill waste-
stream by diverting useable building materials into the construction
of low-income housing, with an unskilled, minimum-wage labor force.
Building the "after-market" house with this mission in mind addresses
three major social problems with one activity.

Reduction of Landfill Burden
While an exact percentage is difficult to achieve, a reasonable
estimate would be that 10% of the average landfill waste-stream
consists of usable building material.
Reclamation is practically impossible once these materials reach the
landfill, because of the immense liability involved. Municipal
lawsuits tend to be large, and last for years. Most municipalities
have simply forbidden salvage activity, to avoid possible lawsuits.
There are, however, strategies for reclamation of materials before
reaching such finality.

Housing for Families with Low Incomes
Everyone must live somewhere. However, when a family owns its home,
there is a conspicuous increase in the overall self-esteem of its
members and general family well being, which ultimately leads to
positive social results. The venues available to families with low
incomes are rental property, public housing, or sheer luck. Purchase
of a home is often out of reach for a family with low income because
of the down-payment barrier. Furthermore, families with low incomes
typically have very little positive credit history. Many
organizations, both public and private, are working hard in this
area. The Phoenix Commotion is simply one more model in the private
sector for solving such a complicated social problem.

Apprentice Labor
All workers on after-market houses are hired as apprentice laborers,
at minimum wage. Since one minimum wage crew does all aspects of the
construction, workers accumulate many marketable skills after a year
on such a crew. They are then able to compete for higher-paying jobs.
New skills come quickly with very little tutelage.
For more info, please visit the website at www.phoenixcommotion.com

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About Living Paradigm

Living Paradigm is a Houston based organization with a mission to
empower socially or economically disadvantaged individuals to
participate in the American dream by creating affordable housing
predominately from salvaged, found, and donated materials. Living
Paradigm is a non-profit organization that supports affordable housing
in Harris and Walker County by replicating the work of The Phoenix
Commotion in the Houston area. For more information, please visit the
website at www.livingparadigm.org


Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Please contact us if you would like to contribute,but are unable to
attend.

Living Paradigm CDC
livingp...@gmail.com