RA News & Notes restructured

After a year and a half of publishing, the editors of the RA edition of the News and Notes have decided to limit the edition to content that strengthens community-building in Auroville, more specifically on working group announcements and reports, residents’ voices and personal sharings, some cultural events, and information from essential services. It will also contain a link to contents from the Foundation Office groups, in a spirit of inclusivity and giving space to all perspectives. Materials which were previously included under the sections “Activities & Events”; “Food, Goods & Services”; and “Classes, Workshops and Healing Arts” will no longer be published.

One of the reasons for this decision is that many residents continue publishing these events in both the Foundation Office’s News and Notes as well as the RA News and Notes, even though this legitimises the censorship applied by the Foundation Office’s News and Notes. The editors stated that the duplication of these events made no more sense, and that the new RA edition will only include event content if it is only submitted to the RA News and Notes, and not to the other one.