Loesje Handbook [english]

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I am Loesje, a young girl from the Netherlands. I write texts and put them on posters, to spread them around, because I think posters can change the world.I was born in Arnhem in 1983, and already on my first day, I was old enough to travel alone. I got myself a fancy passport, a world atlas and went abroad. I always meet many people through my journeys, and have friends on every continent. They help me to create posters and stick them, so it’s hard to keep track of all the thousands of posters that are spread every year.Maybe you have already seen a poster I made or joined a creative text writing workshop.My friends and I write new texts regularly, because new ideas are born every day. Some we translate into many languages. But every culture has its own kind of humour and characteristics, so I prefer to write in the native language of the people I want to reach. You probably already have a picture what I am up to. You will soon find out more about me and my friends.

Hello!

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What Loesje is all about...How it works in practiceWriting textsFinal editingLoesje has a familyLay-outing the texts

Index

Spread them aroundWorldwide Loesje

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What Loesje is all

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Loesje is a writers’ collective, an international non-governmental organisation, a poster activist group, a creative network, a contagious idea - many titles, call it what you want. The young Dutch girl Loesje has given her name to this growing group of world constructors and dreamers, people who are helping her to conquer the world with creativity and posters. Black texts on white paper, inspiring observations on the world, something humorous that makes you think, reflect and react, an exchange of opinions in the public space. Through Loesje people get the chance to express themselves, and become inspired to act and react to the world around them. Writing texts together is one way to express opinions and to exchange ideas. Loesje is the voice on the posters and therefore you’ll find her signature under each text. Loesje believes in the power of people and supports self-initiative, creativity, independence, freedom, acceptance and peace. She is fighting in her own creative way for freedom of speech and other human rights. Loesje is open to anyone with humanistic values and is politically and religiously independent. Loesje groups all over the world write and spread posters. Local groups write

and spread texts that are relevant to them and the country, region or city they live in. Usually texts are written in the language(s) of that country. They are thought-provoking, inspiring, sometimes critical, and often try to highlight something from a different perspective. Most texts are open for many interpretations, which reflect reality as it is: complex and many-layered. Loesje is not trying to tell people what to think or do, but hopes to inspire people to make up their own mind about things. As Loesje is a person, she has values that shape her opinion and what she says. While being open to different ideas, these core values determine what she may or may not say, and can be a good guide for new groups on whether the message of a text fits the ideas of Loesje.These values are: Showing solidarity, being Anti-authoritarian, being Sexually free, Showing Initiative, being Decisive, being A-religious and being Independent.

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How it works

in practice

The foundation Loesje International supports individuals as well as local and national groups to start Loesje activities. We provide many chances for people to get active with Loesje locally, nationally, internationally as well as online. We answer questions, provide tips and train people to organise text writing workshops, set up final editing meetings (the selection of texts for posters) and to create a proper layout. We also initiate projects and activities which members and other people interested in Loesje can join. As a foundation Loesje International are not allowed to have members, in lack of a better word we still use the term.

The international poster series

Each month the international office makes an international poster series from the text proposals written by local groups all over the world. These series of about 4-8 Loesje posters in English can be used for inspiration, but you can also simply translate them into your language and spread them, of course. Every local group is encouraged to send in their text proposals each month, translated into English. The international office makes a selection from these texts and publishes them online so that the members can vote on

the shortlist. From this list, the international series are created. If there already is a national organisation in the region where you live, they will give you posters and help you to translate texts. But the nicest thing to do is of course to write your own Loesje texts with your local group. Groups usually make one series every month or every two months. The texts that end up on posters are chosen through a process called ‘final editing’, in which they are discussed, evaluated and combined to create a balanced series in terms of subjects and ideas. For both this part of the poster-making process and the layout of the texts you can get help from the international office or the national organisation, if one already exists.

Website & online activities

The international Loesje office can make an official Loesje email address for your group and help you to set up a group page on the website www.loesje.org on which you can inform others about their activities, and invite them along. On the main website members from all over the world upload their posters, publicise their activities, invite others to join their projects and so on. Here you can also find the most recent issue of

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the international Loesje Bulletin, which is released 11 times a year. On the website you can also find out more about what is going on in the international world of Loesje, and tell about your own activities. You can vote for the next international poster series, read about ongoing and past projects, purchase Loesje products in the web shop and much much more. We also have an email list for internationally active members that you can join. Loesje International has a page on Facebook which you can join and on which you can publish your activities and posters.

Projects

The International Loesje office initiates several international projects for its members every year. We also go on trips to spread Loesje posters and meet the local groups. These projects often bring creative means and important topics together, as well as people from many different countries and social backgrounds. On the website www.loesje.org/projects you can find many examples of past and current projects. As Loesje encourages self-initiative we also are very happy to hear about your ideas for projects!

Summer camp

Every year Loesje organises an international summer camp in a European country. Both active Loesje members and people who want to learn more about Loesje are welcome. During the summer camp people from all over

Europe, and sometimes from even further away, meet to learn from each other as well as to educate one another through a method called ‘School of Freedom’. This means that the people joining the camp share their skills by offering workshops as well as indicating what they’d like to learn or hear more about, so others might organise workshops about these topics. The programme is compiled by the participants and is a mix of Loesje-related and non-Loesje-related workshops. The summer camp is self-financed, which means that all participants pay their own travel costs as well as a fee for food and accommodation. It is not funded as a project because Loesje doesn’t want restrictions based on age or geographical origin for the summer camp, but that everyone who wants can participate. The camp is also self-organised, meaning that we cook, clean and take all responsibilities together. In this way we form our own community for around ten days.

Board meeting & assembly

Twice a year Loesje International holds a board meeting which is meant for the board and employees of Loesje International, and an assembly which is open to all active members who want to take part in making plans, evaluating activities and sharing experiences. At the board meeting, the official board and employees make decisions that concern working issues and finances. At the assembly active members from national and local Loesje groups evaluate past projects and activities, make plans and create a vision for the future and evaluate the poster series. The board meeting and assembly take place around the same time, once during the summer camp and once around February/March.

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Examples of Loesje activities:

* Writing texts, turning them into posters and spreading them * Publishing a monthly international poster series* Organising workshops in creative text writing* Publishing a monthly bulletin for members* Organising international youth exchanges

Want to start up your own Loesje-group in your country/town?

Gather a group of enthusiastic peopleStart your own creative text writings;Spread the results in the public space;Make your own group page on the Loesje website

What you can do:

* Become a ‘member’ and receive the monthly bulletin* Print posters and spread or stick them in good public spots* Email Loesje to find out if other people are active in your neighbourhood and join them* Join workshops in creative text writing* Take part in international youth exchanges* Write articles for the magazine and/or the bulletin* Join the email-list, our Facebook group, and/or visit the website

Need help? Contact the international office,

[email protected], they are there to support you!

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Writing texts

1. Preparation

Choose a nice and comfortable room for the workshop, with a big table and enough chairs. People will have to sit round the table and they have to have enough space to write. The papers will be passed from one person to another, so make sure people can sit round the table. Make sure that you also have enough paper and pens – regular pens as well as coloured felt-tips. You can invite anyone to the workshop because everyone can be creative: you don’t need to be an experienced writer.

2. The beginning

You start by introducing yourself and making a name round of the participants. Then you explain what Loesje is and what the outcome of the workshop will be: text proposals of which some will later become Loesje posters. You tell how you have planned the

Loesje texts are normally written by a group and not by a single individual. Below you can read how we usually create posters, so that you get a rough picture of how it’s done and use

it to create your own texts together with your friends. But feel free to improvise; a good cook does more than just follow the recipe!

workshop and answer questions from the participants. If there are persons who don’t know Loesje or who haven’t done any Loesje workshop before, explain a bit about Loesje’s way of writing texts. Our posters are made about topics the workshop’s participants can relate to. They display a positive way of thinking about the world and aim to change disappointment into initiative. So, you can write about anything and the first rule is that “There are no rules”.

3. Warming-up games

We use this phase to get people inspired and relaxed and in the mood for writing, and to show the participants of the workshop just how creative they are. There is no such thing as “too weird” or “too crazy” for what can come out of the warming-up games. The warming-up game can also help you to create an open atmosphere in the group.

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Examples of warming-up games:

A story:

The goal of this game is to make up a story with a randomly chosen group of words. Everyone gets a blank sheet of paper on which they write the first thing that comes to their minds on the left side of the paper. Then, they pass it to the person on their right. This person writes another word underneath the first word. This second word should be a free association on the first one. Then the paper is passed on again. Participants keep on passing on the papers and writing down words, always associating only on the last one on the paper, until each sheet contains around 10 words. Then, every person circles 3 words in the paper they have in front of them – the three words they like best or find most interesting - and they pass the paper on again. Now you ask them to write down the name of a famous person, to pass on the paper again, to write down the name of a kitchen tool and pass it on again, the name of a place, a problem, a style or ...Then everybody writes a story involving the 3 words that have been circled and the famous person who uses the kitchen tool on the chosen place (or the other elements). After the group has finished writing, read out (some of) the stories. Always ask for volunteers and if no one wants to start, do it yourself.

Variations:

Use 2 famous persons for which the group has to write a dialogue, in the appointed place, about the object chosen; let the famous person write a love poem to the object, using the 3 circled words and the location; replace the famous person, the kitchen tool and the place for a weather condition, food, something that you take on a holiday, a mood, a number, an office object, etc. Instead of a story, write a poem, a newspaper article, a letter, a dialogue or a fairytale. Use your imagination to create endless variations!You may also adapt the game to specific groups and subjects.

A poem:

You can also create a poem with the whole group:Participants write the name of the poem at the top of the page, then fold this over so that the title is not visible, and pass the paper onThe next person writes the first line of the poem, unaware of the title, and folds the paper over – on the piece of the paper now visible they write the LAST WORD of their line(The words are written on the pages, not because they have to be used, but to allow the next person in the chain to RHYME or

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ASSOCIATE in order to create a flowing poem)The person writing the second line repeats this process, but after writing their line, writes the LAST WORD OF THEIR OWN line, and the LAST WORD OF THE PRECEDING LINE, on the part of the paper that’s visible and passes it on.The fourth person to get the paper should rhyme the end of their line, with one of the words written on the paper they receive - after folding over the paper, write THE LAST WORD of their line, and the SECOND WORD WHICH THEY DID NOT CHOOSE TO RHYME WITH, on the visible part of the paper, and pass it on.This process continues until the poems are long enough (8 lines is a good size)It is probably fun to read the poems out loud. Again, if people are too shy to start, perhaps you can be the first to read the poem that you have in front of you.Of course poems don’t have to rhyme, so you can also have a lot of fun with this method, and altering it yourselves!

4. Collect subjects

After the warming-up, it is time to choose the subjects that you are going to write about. Everybody can say what’s on their minds and what they want to write about or you can talk about the latest news. Avoid topics that are too similar and don’t forget to turn what is bothering people into inspiring subjects. One tip is to not take topics that are too broad: “War in Iraq” is easier to associate on, than just “War”, for example. Write each subject on the top of one sheet of paper. You should have at least as many subjects as participants, ideal is to have 2 or 3 subjects more than the number of participants.

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Association:Think of as many words and ideas as possible that are related to the topic or make a chain of associations. What feelings does the topic provoke in you? What do you think of when reading these words? What do the words mean to you?

5. Writing

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Comparison:Compare your (opinion of a) topic or something that is new for you (and others) to something that is well-known. That might help to clarify the meaning or consequences of the topic.

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questions, tell anecdotes and much more. However, try to avoid just writing down ‘yes’ or ‘that’s nonsense’ or ‘I agree’, and don’t cross out anything someone else has written. Crossing out or commenting negatively and unconstructively on other people’s texts is off-putting and therefore unwanted. When you think you have written all you can think of on one subject, pass the paper on to the person on your right side. Try to stick to the order in which the papers have been distributed so that everyone has the chance to write about every subject. Make sure that everyone has had all the papers at least once and stop when you think that people are getting tired (usually after the first round of the papers). The reason why we write texts in a group is to inspire each other. Let yourself be inspired, even by your strangest thoughts.Of course, other techniques can be used. You just have to get started and then new ways appear. Introducing the writing methods can be very helpful, especially for new participants, but also for experienced people. If you decide to present and use new techniques, it might be good to do that after the warming-up games.

These writing techniques you can also practice together with the group, on the papers with the topics, or as a warm up exercise. You can for instance ask each participant to write a statement on the topic, then the next person shall turn this statement into a question, the third person turns the question around (now it doesn’t have to be a question anymore), and finally the fourth person exaggerates the turnaround as much as s/he cans. Now it is time to explain to the group that they can write whatever comes to their minds. Emphasise that this is a group process and that you don’t have to write a “Loesje poster” immediately, because it is important to let yourself be influenced by other people’s ideas. It is okay to just write a word or an idea, though of course you may already write what could become a Loesje poster text. While writing, you can use the whole page creatively - i.e. make drawings, write in a circle or upside down or diagonally. Everything is allowed that is constructive and inspiring. Just express yourself and encourage others to do the same!You can react to what others have written, improve on their texts, create variations, ask

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8. Before going out for a drink together...

Explain that the proposals with the most circles will be turned into a long-list. Out of them the poster series are made. The final editing group of that country will discuss each text and take the final decision on which texts will become part of the series. Then all you have to do is work on the layout of the series. Loesje International can help you with both the final editing process and the layout after you and your group have created the texts.To also be part of making the international poster series, you and your group are very welcome to send in your long-list of text proposals to [email protected]. From all the text proposals of this month a short list will be published online at www.loesje.org/voting where the active Loesje members from all over the world, including you, can vote. After this the international office selects this month’s series, lay outs them and publishes them online for anyone to download and use. Also, get some feedback from the participants. How did they feel? Did they like it? Was it clear to them what you were going to do? Were your instructions clear enough? Would they like to participate again? And: thank them for joining.You can also ask if they would they like to receive the posters and to go sticking.

6. Circling

For this final part of the workshop you need coloured felt-tip pens. Let everyone choose a colour and ask them to read the sheets once again (again, try to keep them in the right order). Every person can now draw circles around the texts they would like to become Loesje posters. They can choose more than one text on each sheet, including their own texts, or, if they don’t like anything that’s on the sheet, not circle any texts at all. When reading the texts again, you may want to change or add something; in that case, just write it down. In the end you’ll be able to recognise the most popular texts by the number of circles.

7. Reading out loud

If there is still time and if people are not too tired, you can read out the texts with the most circles, or ask all participants to read one of the texts on the paper in front of them.

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Final Editing

After a list of all the circled texts from one or more workshops has been created, it is time to select the texts that could be turned into Loesje posters. It is difficult to say what exactly makes a text something that Loesje could have said, as everyone knows the person Loesje in their own way. That’s why a lot of discussions take place during the final editing. There are some guidelines however, based on what Loesje has said before and on her views on life: to be critical in a funny way and to comment in a way that encourages people to think for themselves. Texts shouldn’t be cynical or moralistic, or

suggest that one should think in a certain way. Loesje does not decide what is important in life and in the world; she makes texts about everything and everyone and so diversity is one of the key considerations when composing a series. For your first poster series you are asked to send the texts to experienced Loesje activists to get a second opinion. When compiling a group for the final editing process try to include people from different ages and both experienced members who know who Loesje is and new members who may provide a fresh outlook on some texts.

A good text...* should be positive and progressive* tickles the mind* makes people smile* criticises without judging or being moralistic * makes people think / challenges people* shows people a new way of looking at something they’d taken for granted * can be easily read in different ways (but if one of those ways gives the wrong impression, it might be better to leave it out)

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The kid brother

He’s a real adolescent. His opinions can be rather extreme and he explores the world in a provoking way. He is slightly selfish and pretends to be very tough, but he can also be rather pathetic and terribly annoying. Sometimes his views match his big sister’s and sometimes he says things that she’d never say. Every girl who has a kid brother now his kind: sometimes he’s great fun, but other times you just want to kill him. He can have great ideas and is good at twisting words, but he can also be very negative, sarcastic and irritating.

Cousin Carl

Carl has succeeded in staying unemployed with the remark “unmanageable” from the unemployment agency for the last ten years. He lives on the dole. Every week he writes a job application to the Queen of the Netherlands since he’s expected to apply for

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Sometimes you end up with great texts which just don’t seem to fit Loesje’s personality. Therefore you find Loesje’s relatives on some of the posters. In her diary [from 1987], Loesje describes her family. The kid brother is the most frequently used so far. Use the family members if you want to, but don’t use them too often: the organisation is called

Loesje, not Loesje’s family. The rule of thumb is: only one relative per series.

a job weekly, and in the time that remains he enjoys life. He has many ideas and ideals, but he just doesn’t have the energy and the enthusiasm that Loesje has to do something with it.

Aunt Rita

She invented the word “comfy”. She loves tea with biscuits, hot chocolate and Wheel of Fortune. She enjoys her karaoke nights in the local pub at which she is occasionally found dancing on the bar at the end of the evening. She also organises bingo evenings in the community centre and knows everybody in her neighbourhood as well as all the local gossip. She is concerned about the world in a bit of a naïve and maybe slightly superficial way. She reflects social problems on herself and sometimes she gets confused, but she’s always open for new things, especially on a spiritual level.17

Grandpa

He is a walking history book. He thinks pragmatically, has a lot of life experience and nobody can fool him. He’s got a good insight into society and likes his granddaughter. He’s an old leftist who still celebrates the 1st of May.

Grandma

She lives half of the time abroad, does things nobody has ever heard of and lives a remarkable life. She’s an old rebel in her eighties and, as she puts it, ‘in the prime of her life’. Beautiful tanned men fall for her. Wherever she goes, she meets the most interesting and bizarre people. She’s critical about new things such as genetic manipulation, battery-powered toys and brown-bread-that-looks-like-white, but she tries to keep an open mind. She’s probably the first elderly person who hacked the files of the secret service through the internet.

Mother

Mothers want their children to become happy, but they also want them to have a ‘good job’ and ‘the right kind of friends’. However, a parent’s idea of ‘good’ and ‘right’ doesn’t always resemble the child’s views. Loesje’s mother is into good family conversations and used to fuss a lot, but she has become freer now that Loesje and her kid brother are not that little anymore. She has recently started learning Italian and has gone off on holiday on her own, leaving Loesje’s dad to take care

of the house. She found her first hot flushes very exciting.

Father

He is a real father. He finds Loesje’s ideas great but he doesn’t really understand all of them. He’s a bit afraid of what the neighbours and his colleagues will say. In his youth he goofed up a lot but he tries to keep it a secret from his children because he’s afraid of being a bad example. He’s somebody who often says “Could you be quieter?” or “Is that really necessary?” and who can be found waiting outside the shops while his wife is buying clothes. And probably he always pays too many taxes because he can’t be bothered to sort out all the exemptions. He has a model railway in the attic.

Uncle Henry

Henry is a bit of a cynic who loves working on his allotment. He sticks to old habits: porridge for breakfast at 7.30, each day, every day; one biscuit with his tea at 11; at 8 pm a cup of coffee while watching the news and at 10 pm it’s time for bed, because the next day porridge will be served at 7.30 again. With Aunt Rita, his wife, he’s living a quite happy life. She is the one who tries out most new things, even though from time to time he can do surprising things as well (such as taking up shamanistic dancing). He’s a bit bourgeois, but he still can be surprisingly progressive and modern at times.

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* It is better to divide long texts into paragraphs.* In each text choose the same line spacing between the units.* The text must remain readable!* If the text has a title (e.g. dentists // the best cure is your smile) you put one line space between the title and the rest of the text. * If the text is in one sentence (e.g. the world is more beautiful with you), you don’t have to do the graphic separation and you can centre it. * Use the contact info (www.loesje.org, P.O. Box 910138, 12413 Berlin ; or the address of your local group) to emphasize the message (e. g. with the text show me the borders / and I’ll show you how to cross them put the whole info text in one horizontal line and put it between two parts of the text – we mark it with /). * There is also a special font and fixed sizes for the texts, contact the international office for this info.* And pay attention to spelling mistakes. Always let somebody else have a look at your posters.

Remember, just be creative!

Lay-outing the texts

The main idea when lay-outing a Loesje poster is “keep it simple”. In the flood of colourful ads, black text on white paper with a short message stands out.Before you start with Loesje posters, you can play a bit with other texts to see how different layouts look. Choose one text (e.g. from a

newspaper), write it down in capitals several times, cut out every word and manually layout the text in different ways on the page. Now that you have several versions in front of you, try to see which one captures the eye. You can ask other people their opinions too so you have a wider and more objective view.

Here are also some tips that might come in handy when lay-outing Loesje posters:

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Spreading posters is a lot of fun, especially if the posters lead to discussions and interactions with the people passing by who want to comment on a text or ask what you are doing.Try to get at least three people to spread the posters; two to carry the materials, while the third one sticks the posters. If you are with a large group, which is the most fun, you can divide up in smaller groups and cover one part of an area each. Gather on one place and decide where each group will go. Set a time and a place where you will get together again, after the posters have been stuck. Afterwards you can exchange experiences. Maybe you even got to know someone who would like to join you next time.Stick the posters properly and as cleanly as possible. It is important to stick only on plain surfaces. If you take the same route every time, you can start by taking away the old ones which are probably tattered by then. Pay special attention to the corners of the posters and fix them to the surface properly.

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Recipe for glueYou want something that will fix the poster to an electricity-box or whatever else you’re sticking on. What you need is a glue of a rather thick consistence which is easy to pour, but will still be fairly easy to handle. The traditional way is to use wallpaper paste, but this material can be quite expensive in some countries. The cheapest and the most ecologically friendly alternative is to make your own paste out of potato-flour and water.First mix the potato-flour with cold water. Pour this mixture into boiling water and add more water to regulate the thickness. Keep in mind that the mixture will thicken a lot while boiling. The last step is to add a small amount of sugar to your glue-paste.A tip for the regions with a cold climate: add some salt to the glue; this will slow down the freezing process.

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To stick postersDon’t spread too many posters in the same street, or too close together; that will be an overkill and will just annoy people. You might meet people who’d like to take a poster home, so bring extra ones.

No fearFreedom of speech is a basic right in most countries, which means that everyone should be able to spread opinions, ideas and thoughts without being afraid of police repression or any other kind of violence. However, every country has its own rules and regulations towards spreading posters in public, so they may confront you if they catch you in the act. It’s the best to check local/ national laws on sticking in advance.We wouldn’t recommend sticking posters at night. This looks suspicious (not only to police officers), and suggests you’re doing something illegal or harmful. You are also more likely to run in to less friendly people.Of course there are also other ways to spread posters around. Many shops and restaurants find it attractive to have posters in their windows. On announcements-boards you will always find place for posters. And why not just to give posters to strangers you meet on the streets, maybe they’ll wrap them up and present the posters as early Christmas presents?

Good luck!

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Loesje Australia [email protected] Belarus loesje05.at.tut.by [email protected]

Loesje Belgium www.loesje.org/belgie [email protected]

Loesje in Cameroon [email protected]

Loesje Egypt [email protected] England www.loesje.co.uk [email protected]

Loesje Estonia www.loesje.ee [email protected] Finland www.loesje.fi [email protected]

Loesje France www.loesje.org/france [email protected]

Loesje Germany www.loesje.de [email protected]

Loesje Georgia www.loesje.geLoesje Greece [email protected]

Loesje Hungary www.hvsf.hu [email protected] Loesje Iceland [email protected] Loesje Ireland [email protected]

Loesje Latvia www.lv.loesje.org [email protected] Lithuania [email protected]

Loesje Nepal [email protected] 23

Loesje USA [email protected]

Loesje the Netherlands www.loesje.nl [email protected]

Loesje Macedonia [email protected] Poland www.loesje.pl [email protected]

Loesje Portugal www.loesje.org/portugal [email protected] Russia www.loesje.ru [email protected]

Loesje Scotland [email protected]

Loesje Serbia [email protected] Slovenia [email protected] Spain [email protected]

Loesje Sweden www.loesje.se [email protected]

Worldwide Loesje

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Loesje is a young girl, w

ho wants to ch

ange

the world, and

for these reasons spread

s idea

s and

quotes on posters. Over the

years,

many

people

all over the

world have joined her. W

hy don’t

you

help a

nd join the L

oesje movem

ent too!?

This is the LOESJE HANDBOOK and

it will show

you how

to

participate in the

poster collective a

nd start up your

own a

ctive g

roup. It a

lso explains h

ow the orga

nisation works

and w

hat’s

going on at Loesje. For further information

about anything and everything, please get in touch with

Loesje International in Berlin.

Who is Loesje?

Loesje Handbook [english]

Documents

Transcript of Loesje Handbook [english]