This guide is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License For more information, see http://creativecommons.org R Local Economies 15 aleigh Certain consumer choices can help keep economic value in Reorientations... S t the area and create equitable trade relations elsewhere . t. y S e. Precarity is… Bike Shops r Av St. on Rosema C 14 r klin olumbia Have you heard of Day Labor? Have you ever had a temp job? Does your partner, or any ran Came of your friends, lack health insurance? Are you juggling debts, bills, and still needing to Research Triangle Park (RTP) is… Fair Trade Coee 6 5 F 12 11 take out another loan just to get through school? Do you know someone working at “Where the minds of the world meet” reads the logo of RTP. Founded in 1959, 20 Wal-Mart? the board of directors managing RTP includes university and college Food: A v 1 Weaver Street Market e administrators as well as executives of global corporations. According to its Weaver St. 1 8, 16 . If the answer is yes to any of the above, then you’ve heard about PRECARITY. website, RTP is the largest Research and Development Park in the country and www.weaverstreetmarket.com 2 M 4 UNC Campus (919) 929-0010 ain 3 13 over 80% of its employees work for multinational corporations such as IBM and St. Precarity means a lack of security or stability in life, and it refers to the entire gamut of GlaxoSmithKline. Executives, researchers in lab coats, food service workers and St Main 9 2 Carrboro Town Commons: . 10 7 experiences such as: temp work, retail, day labor, SLJs (S***ty Little Jobs) in a fast-food cleaning sta, are part of the varied workforce that share this space, though they Carrboro Farmers Market 21 joint. ese positions share a lack of health insurance, piled up debts just to meet basic rarely cross paths. 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R and Starbucks (919) 967-6842 d . -Knowledge economy- anchored in Research and Development (R&D) Parks, e. is kind of knowledge economy works through university-corporate Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Av Information Technology industries, and Universities . partnerships based on commercial cutting-edge scientic achievements, www.carolinafarmstewards.org t ron St. NC Plenty S corporate management and prot-driven discoveries, as well as the creation of a (919) 542-2402 Came o auley A Currency for the Local Area As a member of the UNC community and a Triangle resident in one of the world’s most precarious work-force. r cC Spence’s Farm o M famous R&D parks; you are in a testing ground for the knowledge economy and its b s Why? www.spencesfarm.com precarious underbelly. e Triangle Region is being exported as a development model to other parts of n (919) 968-8581 e A local currency fosters the world. While France was in the throes a national crisis during the suburban e r support for unique local riots of 2005, the creation of "competition hubs" was being discussed, the main G Precarity can mean some good things, a lot of bad things, and a bunch of ambivalence. SEEDS (South Eastern Eorts Developing Arts: 13 Sizl Gallery Thrift Stores: Housing: economies, reduces example being given was the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. h Sustainable Spaces, Inc.) t 9 The ArtsCenter www.sizlgallery.com 17 PTA Thrift Shop 20 Community Realty www.seedsnc.org u environmental damage by www.artscenterlive.org Precarity is a way of understanding what common traits a member of the Housekeeping o (919) 960-0098 www.ptathriftshop.com communityrealtync.com (919) 683-1197 Books: S (919) 929-2787 (919) 942-6565 reducing the distance sta, a Teaching Assistant, and an Undergrad work-study may share. 4 Internationalist Books (919) 932-1990 between producers and www.internationalistbooks.org 14 Ackland Art Museum 10 Cat’s Cradle www.ackland.org 18 Club Nova Thrift Shop 21 Weaver Street Realty consumers and builds A closer look at Precarity forces us to examine the guts of our university, the larger region www.catscradle.com 5 The Bookstore 19 (919) 967-6985 www.weaverstreetrealty.com community through it inhabits and our own lives, asking: Are my rights being protected? How stable or secure (919) 967-9053 15 Varsity Theater (919) 929-5658 interaction of local people. is my situation? (919) 966-5736 6 The Boomarket 11 Dirty South Improv Transportation: www.ncplenty.org Health (919) 929-7264 Weaver Community Housing www.dsicomedytheater.com 19 ReCYCLEry (COOP) Association • If I get sick, can I pay my doctor? Resources: 16 Nightlight Bar and Club www.recyclery.info 7 Nice Price Books nightlight.dyss.net www.coophousingunc.org • If I get pregnant, can I keep my job? 12 PlayMakers Repertory Company (919) 932-1335 (919) 969-7410 Carrboro Community Health Center (919) 929-6222 • Will I make it through the summer without falling into even more debt? (919) 942-8741 www.playmakersrep.org Second Friday Art Walk • If I request my overtime pay, could I be red? 301 Lloyd St (919) 962-7529 www.2ndfridayartwalk.com Carrboro, NC 27510 8 The Skylight Exchange International Politics • If I complain about health/safety conditions will my immigration/work visa be (919) 933-5550 Student Organizations: Amnesty International revoked or not renewed? Orange County Health Dept Personal Health Services Division www.unc.edu/amnesty • If I’m harassed by a professor- can I tell someone or will I be penalized? www.co.orange.nc.us/health/pers.htm Southern Human Services Center Domestic Politics and Law • If my lab supervisor doesn’t get a grant, can I be red? Student Organizations: Campaign to End the Cycle of Violence (CECV) 2501 Homestead Road [email protected] • Can I make it through school without ten years or more of debt to follow? Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Campaign to End the Death Penalty Phone (919) 968-2022 www.unc.edu/student/orgs/cedp Alternative Media Local Progressive Organizations Civil Rights Community Organizations: Student Organizations: Ask about your student debt as an Undergrad, your health coverage as an adjunct Low-cost and some No-cost services available through the Carolina National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws Carolina Interfaith Taskforce on Central America (CITCA) Personal Services Division Boiling Point Black Student Movement (BSM) www.citca.org professor, your overtime as a cafeteria worker, your vacation time from the www.unc.edu/student/orgs/bsm (NORML) Low-Cost Health Insurance for Children via boilingpoint.unc.edu Labor Environment carolinanorml.blogspot.com (919) 856-9468 laboratory work…. NC Family Health Resource Line at 1-800-367-2229. Student Organizations: Student Organizations: Meetings: Wednesdays 5:30pm Student Union Auditorium Carrboro Community Radio Student Action with Workers (SAW) Student Environmental Action Committee (SEAC) Coalition for Peace with Justice is is the other side of the Knowledge Economy. Orange County Rape Crisis Center WCOM – 103.5 FM www.uncsolidarity.org www.unc.edu/seac Carolina Hispanic Association (CHISPA) Community Organizations: www.peace-with-justice.org www.ocrcc.org communityradio.coop Meetings: Wednesdays 8pm: Alumni Hall 313A www.unc.edu/student/orgs/chispa/main.html American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina PO 2081 To learn more: 825-A Estes Dr. Community Organizations: Meetings: Tuesdays 6pm, Student Union 3205 www.acluofnorthcarolina.org Chapel Hill, NC 27515 “e Precarious Lexicon/Dictionary”: a glossary of what you need to know as a member of a precarious society Chapel Hill, NC Independent Weekly Community Organizations: Friends of Bolin Creek Feminist Student United (FSU) www.sindominio.net/karakola/precarias/lexicon.htm (919) 968-4647 www.indyweek.com www.bolincreek.org Democracy North Carolina International Solidarity Movement–North Carolina Chapter Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) www.unc.edu/fsu www.democracy-nc.org “the rst stuttering…” A great explanation of how to live and ght the precarious life 24 Hour Crisis Hotline: (866) WE LISTEN www.oc.com ismnc.blogspot.com www.sindominio.net/karakola/precarias/balbuceos-english.htm North Carolina IndyMedia 105 West Main Street 4357 Highway 117 South, North Carolina Citizens for Transportation Alternatives Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender - Straight Alliance (GLBTSA) Planned Parenthood Chapel Hill nc.indymedia.org www.nccta.org Carrboro, NC 27510 Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)–USA Dudley, NC 28333 www.unc.edu/glbtsa (919) 967-9942 1765 Dobbins Dr (919) 731-4433 www.icahdusa.org Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Peoples Channel North Carolina Conservation Network MASALA (919) 942-7762 www.ncconnet.org National Lawyers Guild of North Carolina Jews for a Just Peace North Carolina www.thepeopleschannel.org Jobs with Justice www.unc.edu/masala www.ncnlg.org Gender and Labor at UNC Chapel Hill www.plannedparenthood.org www.jwj.org 112 S.