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

Kevin Maley kevinmaley at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 09:12:23 EST 2011


100% agree on focusing on these issues and raising visibility, christmas
carols seem like fun ideas too.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Katie <katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:

> YES.   Sounds awesome :)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 13, 2011, at 8:35 AM, Ridgely Fuller <ridgelyfuller at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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>
> 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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