[Street] [Ideas] [Proposal] Grow the movement + Outreach strategy session

Rita Sebastian sebastian.rita at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 19:12:16 EST 2012


note:  this is only a preparatory meeting!
thanks

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Rita Sebastian <sebastian.rita at gmail.com>wrote:

> It is at Noon. The calendar is correct.   I thought Gregory sent out a
> correction.
> Noon, Diesel Cafe, Davis Square, 2/10, back room.
> Thanks,
> Rita
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:28 PM, monica raymond <femmevox at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  On the OB calendar, it says tomorrow's (2/10) Strategic Planning meeting
>> is at noon; below Greg said 10 AM.
>>
>> Please clarify for those  who may be planning to attend.
>>
>> with thanks,
>>
>> Monica Raymond
>> femmevox at hotmail.com
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:34:25 -0500
>> From: gsjmurphy at gmail.com
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>> Subject: Re: [Ideas] [Proposal] Grow the movement + Outreach strategy
>> session
>>
>>
>> sounds good Katie - also sounds like some overlap with the Strategic
>> Planning Sessions that are starting to get off the ground, with an initial
>> planning meeting Friday, at 10:00 . . . contact Rita Sebastian for more
>> info if you don't know what's these sessions are about.
>>
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Katie Gradowski <katie at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>
>> Hey all!
>>
>> Apologies for being out of the loop these past two weeks -- I've been
>> sick, and out of town, and generally trying to realign things so that they
>> are a little bit more manageable  (which has meant taking myself out of a
>> number of meetings and initiatives, and spending a lot of time at home,
>> drinking tea, and reading up on the financial crisis, yeah!)    Leaving
>> that aside -- I wanted to talk about an idea that I've floated to a number
>> of people on the outreach front!
>>
>> This email my way of putting out feelers for an idea that I would really
>> love to see take root within Occupy Boston, which I expect would be of
>> interest to a variety of people on this list.   I'm emailing it out to a
>> wide number of people, as a temperature check to see if there's interest in
>> this idea, and whether people on any of these lists would be interested in
>> taking the conversation further...
>>
>> With that said, here's the idea!
>>
>>
>> *******************************************************************************************************
>>
>> In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of development and growth on
>> the outreach front -- a new WG to "grow the movement," a student occupy
>> summit coming up this weekend, new neighborhood assemblies popping up every
>> week or so, and a lot of movement BEYOND Occupy Boston proper, as
>> Occupy takes roots and evolves within the greater Boston area.   Outreach
>> is happening on a number of fronts -- and the movement is growing!    All
>> of these developments are pretty great, and a sign that Occupy is alive and
>> well in Boston.   That said, it would be great to have a forum to bring
>> everyone into the same room and have a wider discussion about how the
>> movement is growing in Boston, and how we can help it expand.
>>
>> With that in mind, a proposal!
>>
>> *Grow the Movement:  Outreach + Connection*
>> *(ideally this will have a better title)*
>> *
>> *
>> I'd like to organize an outreach strategy  summit -- scheduled for a
>> Saturday in February or early in March --  to try to bring these disparate
>> threads together -- bringing people within Occupy Boston together with
>> people from within the wider Occupy movement *in* Boston  (from the various
>> neighborhood assemblies, from students occupy, from various neighborhood
>> groups and community organizations) to talk about outreach strategy more
>> broadly -- where we are, what people have been working on, and how we can
>> work in conjunction with each other, between and across occupies, to grow
>> the 99% movement in Boston.
>>
>> To be clear - I'm not proposing the be-all, end-all summit to figure out
>> "what it is we're doing," or "where we want to go" -- and I realize that
>> within and beyond each occupation, outreach frequently takes a back burner
>> to working through internal issues.    That's important -- but it's also
>> important to get beyond ourselves, and connect what we're doing to each
>> other, and how we can make our work relevant to the wider 99%.    In that
>> respect, the point is specifically to talk about outreach and
>> interconnection -- what initiatives are coming to the fore, within the
>> various occupies, how we can work together, and what outreach strategies
>> make sense, as Occupy moves into phase 2 in Boston.
>>
>> What do people think?   Is this a thing you would be interested in
>> attending?   Is this rendered defunct by the existence of Students Occupy
>> and Mass Occupy?   Does this space already exist?  If not, is this a thing
>> you'd be  interested in helping to *plan* and *put together*?  If you have
>> thoughts along these lines, please respond to this email!
>>
>> I've included some further thoughts below for what might be covered in
>> such a meeting, mostly in a brainstorming capacity.
>>
>> *************************************************************
>>
>> Some thoughts on what we might cover in such a forum....
>>
>> * Grow the movement -  There are MANY occupies now, not just one -- how
>> do they connect to each other, and where do they intersect?   what are the
>> common goals?
>>
>> * Look around the room -- who's occupying Boston at the moment?   who's
>> decolonizing it?   how do we expand the sphere of who we're tlaking to, so
>> we're all talking to each other?
>>
>> * Grounding in anti-sexism, anti-racism, anti-oppression.   What
>> structures can we build to address various forms of oppression within our
>> own movement?  (crucial thinking about outreach to wider community) - how
>> do we help to build common ground here so we're all speaking the same
>> language?   (this is obviously a big, big question)
>>
>> * City-wide campaigns -- Occupy the T, Citizens United, Knockout Barstool
>> -- these have been great so far, how do we build on these and support each
>> other on ongoing campaigns?
>>
>> * Connection to Mass Occupy and Students Occupy -- what forums already
>> exist for this sort of thing?
>>
>> * Interoccupy + coordination between occupations -- how do we communicate
>> now, how can we communicate better in the future?   what spaces exist for
>> cross-talk between occupies?
>>
>> * Outreach!  (beyond connecting to each other, how do we better connect
>> with the wider world?)  on a large and small scale -- what outreach
>> strategies are different groups working on, how do we build and connect
>> with the wider world?
>>
>>
>> ************************************************************************************
>>
>> Thoughts?   Feedback?   Interest?
>>
>> This is a temperature check.    If any of this sounds good to you, please
>> respond "yes" to this email.
>>
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> *Rita Monestersky- Sebastian
> *Brandeis, MA SID' 2009
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>   *We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we
> need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.*
>  J. K. ROWLING, speech to Harvard Alumni Association, 2008
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-- 
*Rita Monestersky- Sebastian
*Brandeis, MA SID' 2009


  *We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need
inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.*
 J. K. ROWLING, speech to Harvard Alumni Association, 2008
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