[Ob-media-multi] [Obgroups] 2 Facilitation WG Events: 2/20 Anti-Oppression Workshop & 2/21 General Assembly Discussion

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*Event 1* - *Community Gathering, 2/20/11, 6:00 to 9:00 PM, Community
Church of Boston*
The Facilitation Work Group, in collaboration with VISIONS, Inc. is hosting
this Community Gathering.  VISIONS' staff member, Rick Pinderhughes, joins
with former staff person and current OBer, Angela Giudice, to design and
facilitate a Part I Workshop that introduces the OB community to the
VISIONS' model of anti-oppression work.

They will share a basic framework of this model that will support and
assist Occupy Boston members to:
    • Deepen our understanding of each other and group dynamics;
   • Identify and begin to address inter-personal and inter-group conflicts
amongst Occupy Boston members; and
   • Create an atmosphere that encourages us to develop options for
conflict-resolution and reconciliation.

These efforts will all be placed firmly and squarely in a political context
of the Occupy Movement and with the explicit intention of addressing issues
of oppression and internalized oppression that obstruct our ultimate
purpose and goals.

The VISIONS model of addressing all levels of differences and systems of
oppression, will allow OB members to see current tensions and conflicts as
connected to systemic, political, social and cultural dynamics that we must
all overcome to create a "new world that is possible."  Come join us (and
bring a friend) as we build yet another platform from which to transform
our worlds, internally and externally.

*
Event  2* - *General Assembly, Tuesday, 2/21, 7:00 PM, Arlington Street
Church*
Occupy Boston General Assembly will set aside regular GA business on
Tuesday, February 21st for a two-hour community discussion about GA
decision-making process and principles. The discussion will address a range
of issues that repeatedly come up in GA and in other groups grappling with
OB decision-making. Parallel to efforts by other groups working to explore
internal dynamics, Facilitation Working Group's intention is to improve GA
process to better reflect the concerns of diverse Occupy Boston groups and
help us reach our goals with methods consistent with our values.

This two hour discussion will commence, after opening announcements
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