[Street] [Infotent] New Developments - Movement building + OB + community organizations

Kevin at OccupyBoston.org Kevin at OccupyBoston.org
Tue Dec 13 21:47:15 EST 2011


Hey Jennifer

I love the idea of mobile info tent, lets try to make that work. the  
more rest i get the more energized I am to get that going

- it brings to attention that we will need a core group of Occupy  
Boston docs that we want to have. Upcoming actions, DEclaration  
statement, contact info, etc. Can anyone lead on that?

- also on your court question, I believe people will be arraigned  
around 9am tomorrow, gandhi is making is way to the courthouse around  
8am


Quoting Jennifer Emmaline <jennifer_emmaline at yahoo.com>:

> I couldn't make GA tonight -- think Ridgely's suggestion of Caroling  
> is a good one and ESPECIALLY of doing something for FIRST NIGHT. It  
> seems to me a good night to have something like a mobile InfoTent?   
> Btw, I've looked at occupationboston website and fb page and perhaps  
> my browsing skills are simply subpar but I can't find any info on  
> upcoming arraignments -- is there one scheduled for Wed am?  That I  
> can make.  
> Jennifer
>
> --- On Tue, 12/13/11, Ridgely Fuller <ridgelyfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ridgely Fuller <ridgelyfuller at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Infotent] [Street] New Developments - Movement  
> building + OB + community organizations
> To: "Katie Gradowski" <katie.gradowski at gmail.com>
> Cc: "street" <street at lists.occupyboston.org>, infotent at lists.occupyboston.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 1:35 PM
>
> Hi..thanks for the update re last night's meeting..I'd like to add  
> some thoughts re street and maybe a proposal for tonight but I can't  
> be atGA..It seems to me that street should focus all its energy into  
> giving visibility ( and so bringing in  more folks)to issues that  
> are clearly identified with the Occupy movement esp boston...so I  
> think we should concentrate our actions on Bof America, helping City  
> Life with their foreclosure campaign and promote the issue of income  
> inequality and money in politics ( which we havent even addressed  
> yet) these are the main issues that I think will come up in the  
> problem collection..Because of the Season I propose that we start  
> working on a version of Dicken's  Christmas Carol  eg Tiny Tim= the  
> 99% campaign and go everywhere there is wealth with a version of our  
> Christmas Carols..( help from DeweySq ad hoc chorus)..going to  
> Louisburg Square in Boston..where John Kerry as well as certainly  
> the top1% live would be
>  great..as well as Scott Brown's house ..Congressional offices, find  
> corporate leader's home..eg Peter Kraft!!!!!!
> would be easy..we could carol in shopping areas during the  
> weekend..would draw in lots of participants as easy to costume..is  
> fun and Scrooge was redeemed so it is hopeful and so provides good  
> mood building for the public re Occupy Boston
>
> also I am not sure if there is a First Night celebration in Boston  
> this year..but the parade...perfect time for hundreds of Tiny  
> Tims!....
> off to work today, court tomorrow....Solidarity!
> Ridgely
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Katie Gradowski  
> <katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey all! 
>
> For those who weren't at the community organizations meeting  
> tonight, a quick update on things discussed.  Four exciting  
> proposals on the table.   None have been proposed to GA yet, and  
> some are far from being a true integration of OB and wider social  
> justice community, but things are definitely moving in the right  
> direction.   As an added note: there were many more tonight's  
> meeting, as well as OB representation from multiple working groups  
> (faciltiation, media, interoccupy)   This all bodes very well for  
> the future! 
>
>
>
>  Here's a quick rundown of some of the proposals that are in the  
> works, which will be discussed at next week's meeting.
>
> For reference, that meeting happens next Monday at 7 p.m. at SEIU615  
> (23 west steet, 2nd floor)
>
>
>
> **********************************************************************************************************************
>
> 1.  Occupy Winter  (proposed by Cynthia Peters, CLVU member and  
> long-time Boston organizer) - modeled on Freedom Summer, a proposal  
> to pair occupiers with community organizations across Boston to work  
> on specific campaigns or issues over the winter months.   Beyond an  
> internship or apprenticeship, a way to share skills and build  
> relationships, with the idea of establishing grassroots beyond Dewey  
> through winter and reemerging in the spring. CLVU is a test case for  
> this -- using this weekend's actions as a jumping-off point for  
> future collaboration  (home occupations and eviction defense through  
> winter - organizing in neighborhoods beyond Dorchester and East  
> Boston, with CLVU's help)
>
>
>
> 2.  Town Hall meetings (proposed by Joanie Parker, organizer at  
> SEIU1199 -- also by Martin at OB!) - This idea has emerged  
> separately both in OB (spurred by Martin) and in community orgs  
> meetings.   A proposal for mobile public meetings, in conjunction  
> with local community organizations and smaller occupations (quincy,  
> arlington, somerville, etc), linking it to issues in specific  
> communities. This has been proposed on a number of fronts, and seems  
> to be the furthest along  (already happening in local occupies  
> beyond Dewey Square) 
>
>
>
> 3.  Targeted anti-oppression work within OB / change from within  
> (proposed by George Lee, youth organizer, active in anti-oppression  
> and people of color working group) -- to respond to racism, sexism,  
> and deep levels of privilege within OB -- call for a "freedom  
> summit" among various working groups working on anti-oppression  
> (decolonize, white allies, anti-oppression, womens caucus) to  
> discuss next steps.  As part of this, a move to work with Ideas  
> reevaluate Ob's statement of occupation, and rewrite it with a  
> fuller account of history and community needs (that's my rough  
> summary)
>
>
>
> 4.   Mass moblization - day of action for 99% (proposed by Bryan  
> McCormick - OB DA - and Morrigan Phillips, organizer at Survivors  
> Inc)   A coordinated day of action in January or February --  
> combination of collective, planned actions (permitted march, etc),  
> along with autonomous actions across the city, organized by  
> community orgs along affinity group model.  Leading up to this, a  
> spokescouncil framework for planning and organizing the day of  
> action, with community-wide trainings between OB and wider  
> organizations on non-violent direct action, facilitation, etc.   Two  
> trainings set for this weekend, first spokescouncil meeting this  
> Sunday at 5.
>
>
>
> **********************************************************************************************************************
>
>  The first three proposals have been in the works for awhile -- the  
> fourth was new today, and generated a lot of excitement among the  
> group. These are all still in the works, and should not be widely  
> circulated or
>  established as fact -- none have, as yet, been proposed to GA or the
> wider OB community.  All edging toward possible, with huge  
> implications for expanding OB's work in the wider Boston community
>
> Awesome meeting!   Excited to plan next steps.
>
>
>
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