[Street] Fwd: [Occupybostonoutreach] Occupy the T (already!) in the NEWS
Katie Gradowski
katie at occupyboston.org
Tue Jan 17 18:26:12 EST 2012
Hey all! I'm forwarding this to the "occupy the T" list, in an effort to
consolidate mailing lists.
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?
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.
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.
More to come! Exciting stuff!
Katie
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From: Joseph Ramsey <jgramsey at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Subject: [Occupybostonoutreach] Occupy the T (already!) in the NEWS
To: Eli Cohen <elcoh002 at mail.goucher.edu>
Cc: occupysomerville-mbta at lists.mayfirst.org, outreach outreach <
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Dear fellow T-riders and activists:
Occupy the T in the front page of two Boston papers today.
1) *The Boston Metro *featured us on the front page! It's just a short
story
but it shows already that this campaign is capable of garnering a LOT of
media attention, public interest...and support!
2) *The new Boston Occupier*, has a substantial, very informative and
useful article on page on about Occupy and the T hike/cuts.
http://bostonoccupier.com/2012/01/17/free-charlie-occupy-activists-take-on-the-t/
Read it and forward it widely as well!
*This makes the new Occupier issue a great outreach and organizing vehicle*.
(There's lots of other good stuff in it as well!)
If people can, THIS Wednesday, (tomorrow!), any time after noon, please go
down to Encuentro Cinco (aka E5)
at 33 Harrison Avenue (in Chinatown, near Downtown Crossing) to
*PICK UP A STACK OF THEM TO PASS OUT AT T and BUS STOPS and STATIONS* near
you!
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!
Let's strike while the iron is hot! (Note: after printing, but before
copying this, you might write on the margins that
*there is a Rally and March planned at the State House for Monday, Jan 23rd
at Noon and at 5pm.*
Free Charlie!
-Joe
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Eli Cohen <elcoh002 at mail.goucher.edu>wrote:
> ...trying that again, only this time, I'm going to *attach* the files. :-D
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Eli Cohen <elcoh002 at mail.goucher.edu>wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I've put together two sets of quarter-sheets based around the "Free
>> Charlie" idea. One specifically focuses on *Monday, January 23rd*, which
>> is one of the major MBTA hearings in Boston. The T Rider's Union has a
>> rally planned at *Noon at the Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza<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>
>> * (then the hearing starts at 1PM). Please print and distribute these,
>> particularly at T stations!
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> In solidarity,
>> Eli Cohen
>>
>
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