[Street] re Occupy the 'T' Campaign
Joseph Ramsey
jgramsey at gmail.com
Fri Jan 13 13:33:31 EST 2012
+100 to "Free Charlie!" as a great movement image and slogan.
Based on the Somerville meeting two nights ago (where this slogan was also
greeted with enthusiasm), I wrote up a (text) leaflet around the theme of
reasons to "Occupy the T." It is attached as a word file.
I welcome feedback, but even moreso welcome people to adapt, edit, or just
go out and use them as you see fit. (I only ask that you change the
contact info, if you change the flier text substantially--currently it has
one of my emails on it.)
I am hoping that in some way the image based work that Eli is working on
can be merged with (some of) the language that I have developed here. I
wrote the flier so that it works as a pretty punchy and wide-ranging
two-sided leaflet of bullet points. It's also written so that you could
life out like say 10 of these bullet points and run a bigger font (or
smaller size) leafet with like a "Top Ten Reasons to Occupy the T" .
I tried to keep in mind a few potential T-rider audiences:
1) People who are already sympathetic and will be interested in getting
involved in Occupy the T, not just because of the MBTA's shitty plan, but
because of their sympathy with the broader goals and values of the 99%
movement. This is why, as you will see, the flier addresses not just the
cutbacks but other social and environmental justice issues that are
connected to the cutbacks.
2) General, T-Riders (workers, residents, students, and seniors, etc) who
have heard about the cutbacks/fare hikes, and are pissed about it.
3) Other T-riders who may have heard about the MBTA plan, but aren't
really sure what it means yet.
I welcome all comments and suggestions. (As I said this is raw copy for
use.) Maybe somebody could make a bunch of copies of (some version of
this) before the next Street meeting. For my part I plan to leaflet the
Red Line and bus riders in Davis Square starting this weekend, Sunday
12-2pm for starters. Let me know if you'd like to join me.
Enjoy the leaflet--I had fun writing it!
best,
Joe
P.S. Two things I love about "Free Charlie": 1) Obviously the creative,
ironic way it links the popular song to the cards or tickets in people's
wallets. 2) But also the way it suggests the potential to go on offense,
and to raise demands not only to oppose the current plans (that's defense)
but to move the public discourse and to build a broad-based movement to
establish FREE public transportation as a matter of RIGHT in our city, and
around the world (for environmental as well as 99%-pocketbook and social
justice reasons).
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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