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

rita sebastian rita at brandeis.edu
Tue Dec 13 09:20:27 EST 2011


Sorry I missed the meeting...FAWG ran on forever dealing with pressing
issues.  Will come to the next one!
Thanks,  Sounds Exciting!!!!!
Rita

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Kevin Maley <kevinmaley at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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