Small Planet Fund Party - THANK YOU

Our deep appreciation to everyone who joined us at the party. With more than 200 people turning out this year, we had a packed house and raised tens of thousands of dollars for our core grantees. Our special guest this year from the Landless Workers Movement (MST), Luis Antonio Pancetti, had a great time, too. Dawn Plummer from the Friends of the MST organized an amazing tour for him, including the party and a taping for Democracy Now! (it should air on Monday 12/17).
Off for a much-needed holiday!
Wishing you all well... Anna

So Many Places to Give! The Small Planet Fund Gets a Shout Out in The New York Times

Tomorrow is our big event and today we got a very sweet mention from our dear friend Marion Nestle in The New York Times: “So Little Time, So Many Charities to Feed.”

ONLINE AUCTION IS UP AND RUNNING

Hey everyone - Check out the cool items on our online auction. all of your $$ goes to the very good cause of the Small Planet Fund.

The Little Book That Could

When my mom decided to make her sixteenth book the first that she self-published, she did so with a gulp and a big leap of faith. In an ever-more concentrated publishing industry, it's a tough market out there for any author, even those being published by big-name yahoos. So, considering what she was up against when she launched our new imprint Small Planet Media with 20,000 copies of Getting a Grip: Courage, Clarity, and Creativity in a World Gone Mad, it's even more exciting to announce the news we just got today: Getting a Grip hit the San Francisco Chronicle's top ten paperback bestseller list this week. That's right... sidling up next to Eat, Pray, Love; Omnivore's Dilemma; No Country for Old Men... is Getting a Grip!

My mom published Getting a Grip on her own terms, which meant using a union-run print shop, choosing recycled paper and soy-based ink, and picking her own cover design, and she got the book out there. If you haven't got your copy yet, check it out a local bookstore near you. Go mom!

--signing off as a proud daughter