[Street] Occupy the 'T' Campaign--healthcare focus?

Eli Cohen elcoh002 at mail.goucher.edu
Fri Jan 13 16:21:16 EST 2012


+1 to Ben's comment. Street theatre in T stations about health care is
awesome, and I'd definitely encourage you to pursue it. Calling it "Occupy
the T" may confuse people, though.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:

> Hey y'all,
>
> Personally, I do not agree with having this campaign be about more than
> the T cuts. This is already going to be a really huge project. We will have
> to make fliers that catch the eyes, organize amongst all the occupations
> and like-minded organizations where the T runs, including the commuter
> rail, set up mic checks and informational campaigns at community meetings,
> create art that reflects our views, and think about alternatives to what
> the MBTA is proposing. *And*, we have to do this before the budget is
> decided on in April. That's already gonna be a lot to take on, and to make
> this about more than the T is going to be hard.
>
> With that being said, having street theatre and other actions unrelated to
> the T in T stations or public transportation vehicles, where you have a
> large captive audience is a great idea, and should be pursued. I just don't
> want to see us make a manageable project fail at the expense of making it
> too broad in scope.
>
> In Solidarity,
> Ben
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Joseph Ramsey <jgramsey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Love the idea of making "Occupy the T" more than an anti-T cuts campaign.
>>
>> Seizing the public space for various sorts of politically inflected
>> theater and speech...awesome!
>>
>> Join "Occupy the T" on facebook, please!
>>
>> -Joe
>>
>>  On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Aria Littlhous <aria at littlhous.net>wrote:
>>
>>>  ...I guess I was wondering about "our story"...and I think this would
>>> be a great moment to push for single payer health insurance! I have a great
>>> guerilla theatre skit called, "The Waiting Room" where all the
>>> industrialized countries are represented by patients who get seen before
>>> the very sick US. I'll google share it with Ridgley...T stations are great
>>> stages...
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> this can also be found here:
>>>> http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/?id=23567
>>>> BJ
>>>>  On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Patricia Downer <
>>>> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I got this from some MBTA folks this morning. http://bit.ly/OccupyMBTA
>>>>>
>>>>> Some one else sent something they put together after one of the MBTA
>>>>> meetings. It was a few emails back.
>>>>>
>>>>> Patricia Downer
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Aria Littlhous <aria at littlhous.net>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Does OB have a MBTA fact sheet? Can someone send it to me?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> IRC is internal relay chat -
>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  basically a chatroom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Patricia Downer <
>>>>>>> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I don't know. I was hoping that I was just clueless and someone
>>>>>>>> else would know. I just assumed it was another WG. :[
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Patricia Downer
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What is IRC?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Patricia Downer <
>>>>>>>>> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Was talking in OB Radio chat about Occupy MBTA. Someone from IRC
>>>>>>>>>> said they're working on that stuff too. Wants some one to coordinate with
>>>>>>>>>> them. I honestly don't have time. :( Can some one please reach out to
>>>>>>>>>> him/her(not sure) to coordinate: smant at occupyboston.org
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Patricia Downer
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Patricia Downer <
>>>>>>>>>> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Well, where is the Sunday Action Summit? (I forget where our
>>>>>>>>>>> Sunday meetings usually are) Preferably somewhere within walking distance
>>>>>>>>>>> from there.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Patricia Downer
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Ben Janos <
>>>>>>>>>>> ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  yeah, let's have a street meeting sunday at 4 to work out
>>>>>>>>>>>> what we will talk about at the Action summit on Sunday! I'd love to get as
>>>>>>>>>>>> many people involved as possible! OB has been really buzzing about this,
>>>>>>>>>>>> let's get some people to start working on it and make this campaign really
>>>>>>>>>>>> happen!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Location suggestion anyone?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Ridgely Fuller <
>>>>>>>>>>>> ridgelyfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  Hi Folks..
>>>>>>>>>>>>> .I thought the T riders U mtg last night was really good (
>>>>>>>>>>>>> though left at 7:30) and it doesn't seem to me, at least up until I left
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that OB would be stepping on anyon orgs. toes by initiating Free Charlie
>>>>>>>>>>>>> strategy...i am wondering whether 'street' should offer that up as an
>>>>>>>>>>>>> initial Action idea at this Sunday's Action Summit..that way we might get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> all workgroups working on the campaign in their own way..eg we wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have to have our few members go to CASA ..we could get CASA right there on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sunday night and ask them to consider our ideas but come up their own..same
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for media..etc etc..'street' might then have more of a coordinating role
>>>>>>>>>>>>> among groups on the Free Charlie Strategy rather than have to round up all
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the resources and do all the wrok ourselves..seems like an easy way to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> all of OB involved in this really exciting idea..one of the things I liked
>>>>>>>>>>>>> best about the TRU mtg was the incredible
>>>>>>>>>>>>> diversity..age,ethnicity,city/suburb......etc
>>>>>>>>>>>>> if you all like the idea of it being part of OB action summit
>>>>>>>>>>>>> this Sunday at 5, maybe we should get together at 4 to see what components
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it might have and how we would help organiize it..i really want these
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Action Sunday's to work!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  Ridgely
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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