Well, the first goal for 2010 is to update this site more regularly (or at least, switch it up a bit so that an outdated blog isn’t the first thing you see when you come here! more on website updates later…)

Be Yr Own Hero has decided to go the 501c3 route and get nonprofit status this year. This is a decision based on these factors

1. People will be more likely to donate bicycles to our bike recyclery, Old Spoke’s Home, if they can get a tax deduction.
2. We can apply for grants to help existing and future projects
3. We can be to legit to quit.

hey hey! So I’m excited about this upcoming year. What else do you want to see Wilmington?

• Wreck doesn’t halt action at Castle Street center
• Local gathering held to protest against war
• Titan opponents gather outside County Commissioners meeting
• Boarded Up: Damaged Community Action Center gets a beautiful band-aid
• Neighbors come together to build garden on Castle Street

Check out the October issue of the Southeast Performer!

The Be Yr Own HeroMovement, a very loosely organized group of young

self-proclaimed anarchists (yes, that’s right), are helping to breath new life into a socio-political school of thought that they say has been lead astray from it’s true meaning over the many years. Focusing on virtues of self-reliance, pro-charity, and anti-big business, the group held its Be Yr Own Hero Festival at The Soapbox this year on September 26-27. Bands with a similar DIY aesthetic helped entertain the crowds, while workshop sessions were held and free food was served. The group still holds its “Really, Really Free Market” at Greenfield

Lake, the last Sunday of every month, starting sometime around noon.