Many Paths, One Spirit: Aiken Hall Pagan school in need of help

I was made aware of this important message today. I feel that it is our duty to help them in every way we can. Please donate if you are able, and repost to any online groups you are a member of. I am not affiliated with the school, but as a pagan parent I would hate to lose something as special as this. Please help in any way you can.

Aiken Hall Restoration Project consist of the renovation of a 102 room building which acts as a residential home and private high school for pagans, witches, and others who have had problems in the public system. We house homeless pagans and others who are in need of a safe, non-judgmental place for a short period of time. All Traditions and Paths are welcome.

Aiken Hall is in desperate need of a new roof. Over the last 100 years it has been patched, patched, and re-patched. Please click the link and help us earn the needed funds to accomplish this. Also recently, because of discrimination by the Mayor and a few others at City Hall, a suit has been filed in US Federal Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, Rose v. The City of Olive Hill. Case No. 008CV26-DLB (a copy is available to all supporters who request it) . We are pagan and proud. WE WILL NOT BE VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION. THE CITY WOULD LIKE US TO LEAVE AND ARE TRYING, THROUGH BOGUS ORDINANCES, TO TAKE THE BUILDING. Since I returned to my Home town a small group have discriminated, harrassed, called names, and just been their general ignorant selves. We lived and ignored them, but no more.

This is the oldest historical brick school in the community. It is composed of yellow fire brick and was built in 1917 by The Woman's Missionary Group of the Methodist Church. It was purchased by Melissa Rose. It has been used by a covan for several purposes, including residence since 1998. In 2006 it housed students and became Aiken Hall Education Academy, a private school for anyone who needed a High School Education and for whatever reason could not accomplish this from a public system, especially PAGANS, who had been discriminated against and dropped out because of the attitudes of their communities and fellow students toward Pagans, witches, Gays, lesbians, trans-gendered, and anyone else who is different. Because of our diversity, we are big targets in this small Community, but have endured.

Aiken Hall is undergoing a full renovation. The bottom floors are complete, but there is so much more to do.

For the last 6 years, this has been a hard project, and a constant fight to keep everything intact. The politics changed in this small town in 2003 which has led to constant harrassment and a policy of "out to get us". We need all the help we can get to preserve the building as well as our constitutionally protected rights. A loss here is a loss to pagans everywhere!

Please visit the web site for the whole story and the lik to donate to help.

Website: http://aikenhall.com/projects.aspx