Hey all! I'm forwarding this to the "occupy the T" list, in an effort to consolidate mailing lists.<div><br></div><div>On to the substance --- this is great! The Occupier article touches on a lot of the bases that I was concerned about, especially in its reporting on the debt issue. I think it makes sense to follow this up with a blog posting on the T, ideally as a promo for the Monday rally. Tyson and I had volunteered to co-write that -- if anyone else wants in, please let us know! Maybe we can shoot for having that up by Friday? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Between now and then, I would LOVE to get a teach-in scheduled for the OB community on these fare cuts. If we want large-scale buy-in from Occupy, we're going to have to do some internal educating -- as I said, i think street + outreach are going to be steering the strategy for a bit, at least until we figure out what that strategy is. In the meantime, internal education is a good way to grow that impulse.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Eli was planning to reach out to Lee at the T rider's union -- we can either try to do this next Monday (during the community gathering) or scheduled separately, probably at E5. Either would be great. It would also be a good idea to touch base with Mass Uniting -- they want to coordinate with us on this. I can reach out to Jeremy Thompson and to Darrin and see what they have in the works. </div>
<div><br></div><div>More to come! Exciting stuff!</div><div><br></div><div>Katie</div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Joseph Ramsey</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jgramsey@gmail.com">jgramsey@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:57 PM<br>Subject: [Occupybostonoutreach] Occupy the T (already!) in the NEWS<br>To: Eli Cohen <<a href="mailto:elcoh002@mail.goucher.edu">elcoh002@mail.goucher.edu</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:occupysomerville-mbta@lists.mayfirst.org">occupysomerville-mbta@lists.mayfirst.org</a>, outreach outreach <<a href="mailto:occupybostonoutreach@lists.mayfirst.org">occupybostonoutreach@lists.mayfirst.org</a>>, Adam Machson-Carter <<a href="mailto:adam@groundworksomerville.org">adam@groundworksomerville.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:lauperu26@hotmail.com">lauperu26@hotmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:Jeremy@massuniting.org">Jeremy@massuniting.org</a>, <a href="mailto:ob-media@lists.occupyboston.org">ob-media@lists.occupyboston.org</a>, <a href="mailto:mjcjlt@comcast.net">mjcjlt@comcast.net</a>, <a href="mailto:loochyj@gmail.com">loochyj@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:genevieve.d.butler@gmail.com">genevieve.d.butler@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:reciprocityrik@gmail.com">reciprocityrik@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:jenmazer@gmail.com">jenmazer@gmail.com</a>, Emily Parrott <<a href="mailto:emily@teenempowerment.org">emily@teenempowerment.org</a>>, street <<a href="mailto:street@lists.occupyboston.org">street@lists.occupyboston.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:charwitt@somervillecdc.org">charwitt@somervillecdc.org</a>, Guy Fawkes <<a href="mailto:occupysomerville@yahoo.com">occupysomerville@yahoo.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:greene.douglas@ymail.com">greene.douglas@ymail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:ben@occupyboston.org">ben@occupyboston.org</a>, Eric Fields <<a href="mailto:ericcfields@gmail.com">ericcfields@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:darronmfs@yahoo.com">darronmfs@yahoo.com</a>, <a href="mailto:mashaelmajid.1@gmail.com">mashaelmajid.1@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:lee@ace-ej.org">lee@ace-ej.org</a>, <a href="mailto:maryregan@hotmail.com">maryregan@hotmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:danny@teenempowerment.org">danny@teenempowerment.org</a>, <a href="mailto:illynana9@gmail.com">illynana9@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br><div>Dear fellow T-riders and activists:</div><div> </div><div>Occupy the T in the front page of two Boston papers today. </div><div> </div><div>1) <strong><em>The Boston Metro</em> </strong>featured us on the front page! It's just a short story </div>
<div>but it shows already that this campaign is capable of garnering a LOT of media attention, public interest...and support!</div><div> </div><div>2) <strong>The new <em>Boston Occupier</em></strong>, has a substantial, very informative and useful article on page on about Occupy and the T hike/cuts.</div>
<div><a href="http://bostonoccupier.com/2012/01/17/free-charlie-occupy-activists-take-on-the-t/" target="_blank">http://bostonoccupier.com/2012/01/17/free-charlie-occupy-activists-take-on-the-t/</a> Read it and forward it widely as well!</div>
<div> </div><div><u>This makes the new <em>Occupier</em> issue a great outreach and organizing vehicle</u>. (There's lots of other good stuff in it as well!) </div><div> </div><div>If people can, THIS Wednesday, (tomorrow!), any time after noon, please go down to Encuentro Cinco (aka E5) </div>
<div>at 33 Harrison Avenue (in Chinatown, near Downtown Crossing) to </div><div><strong>PICK UP A STACK OF THEM TO PASS OUT AT T and BUS STOPS and STATIONS</strong> near you! </div><div><br>Also, one more time, I have attached a touched up version of an "Occupy the T" full page leaflet. Please print as many as you can and distribute widely!</div>
<div>Let's strike while the iron is hot! (Note: after printing, but before copying this, you might write on the margins that </div><div><strong>there is a Rally and March planned at the State House for Monday, Jan 23rd at Noon and at 5pm.</strong></div>
<div> </div><div>Free Charlie!</div><div>-Joe</div><div> </div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Eli Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elcoh002@mail.goucher.edu" target="_blank">elcoh002@mail.goucher.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">...trying that again, only this time, I'm going to <i>attach</i> the files. :-D<div>
<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Eli Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elcoh002@mail.goucher.edu" target="_blank">elcoh002@mail.goucher.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">Hello everyone!<br><br>I've put together two sets of quarter-sheets based around the "Free Charlie" idea. One specifically focuses on <b>Monday, January 23rd</b>, which is one of the major MBTA hearings in Boston. The T Rider's Union has a rally planned at <b>Noon at the Transportation Building, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10+park+plaza&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89e37a767c572bc1:0xb05d71435fa7a3b6,10+Park+Plaza,+Boston,+MA+02116&gl=us&ei=ro0UT5HTEuix0QHI4oGwAw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ8gEwAQ" target="_blank">10 Park Plaza</a></b> (then the hearing starts at 1PM). Please print and distribute these, particularly at T stations!<br>
<br>The other one is a more generic message: "Fare increases and service cuts are happening! Be outraged!" I'm going to make a third one soon that has a message along the lines of "This bus will no longer exist in a couple months!" for use on specific buses and T lines that are disappearing. As always, feel free to email me with more suggestions.<br>
<br>In solidarity,<span><font color="#888888"><br>Eli Cohen<br>
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