[Street] [Ideas] [Proposal] Grow the movement + Outreach strategy session

Terra Friedrichs terraf at compuserve.com
Fri Feb 10 01:13:00 EST 2012


A lot of people are coming.  I don't have the list.  But check on the 
FAWG wiki and scroll down to find the planning link.  Then look for the 
forms list.  It'll give you some idea of all who is part of this so far.

For those not participating yet, expect that we'll be asking all WGs to 
fill out hte form, even if your actions are non-monetary.  So we can 
plan for use of OB resources..."staff-hours"... we can't continue to be 
spread so thin.  We'll be prioritizing...

Terra


On 2/9/2012 6:50 PM, Rita Sebastian wrote:
> It is at Noon. The calendar is correct.   I thought Gregory sent out a 
> correction.
> Noon, Diesel Cafe, Davis Square, 2/10, back room.
> Thanks,
> Rita
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:28 PM, monica raymond <femmevox at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:femmevox at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On the OB calendar, it says tomorrow's (2/10) Strategic Planning
>     meeting is at noon; below Greg said 10 AM.
>
>     Please clarify for those  who may be planning to attend.
>
>     with thanks,
>
>     Monica Raymond
>     femmevox at hotmail.com <mailto:femmevox at hotmail.com>
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:34:25 -0500
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>     Subject: Re: [Ideas] [Proposal] Grow the movement + Outreach
>     strategy session
>
>
>     sounds good Katie - also sounds like some overlap with the
>     Strategic Planning Sessions that are starting to get off the
>     ground, with an initial planning meeting Friday, at 10:00 . . .
>     contact Rita Sebastian for more info if you don't know what's
>     these sessions are about.
>
>
>     Greg
>
>
>
>     On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Katie Gradowski
>     <katie at occupyboston.org <mailto:katie at occupyboston.org>> wrote:
>
>         Hey all!
>
>         Apologies for being out of the loop these past two weeks --
>         I've been sick, and out of town, and generally trying to
>         realign things so that they are a little bit more manageable
>          (which has meant taking myself out of a number of meetings
>         and initiatives, and spending a lot of time at home, drinking
>         tea, and reading up on the financial crisis, yeah!)    Leaving
>         that aside -- I wanted to talk about an idea that I've floated
>         to a number of people on the outreach front!
>
>         This email my way of putting out feelers for an idea that I
>         would really love to see take root within Occupy Boston, which
>         I expect would be of interest to a variety of people on this
>         list.   I'm emailing it out to a wide number of people, as a
>         temperature check to see if there's interest in this idea, and
>         whether people on any of these lists would be interested in
>         taking the conversation further...
>
>         With that said, here's the idea!
>
>         *******************************************************************************************************
>
>         In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of development and
>         growth on the outreach front -- a new WG to "grow the
>         movement," a student occupy summit coming up this weekend, new
>         neighborhood assemblies popping up every week or so, and a lot
>         of movement BEYOND Occupy Boston proper, as Occupy takes roots
>         and evolves within the greater Boston area.   Outreach is
>         happening on a number of fronts -- and the movement is
>         growing!    All of these developments are pretty great, and a
>         sign that Occupy is alive and well in Boston.   That said, it
>         would be great to have a forum to bring everyone into the same
>         room and have a wider discussion about how the movement is
>         growing in Boston, and how we can help it expand.
>
>         With that in mind, a proposal!
>
>         *Grow the Movement:  Outreach + Connection*
>         *(ideally this will have a better title)*
>         *
>         *
>         I'd like to organize an outreach strategy  summit -- scheduled
>         for a Saturday in February or early in March --  to try to
>         bring these disparate threads together -- bringing people
>         within Occupy Boston together with people from within the
>         wider Occupy movement *in* Boston  (from the various
>         neighborhood assemblies, from students occupy, from various
>         neighborhood groups and community organizations) to talk about
>         outreach strategy more broadly -- where we are, what people
>         have been working on, and how we can work in conjunction with
>         each other, between and across occupies, to grow the 99%
>         movement in Boston.
>
>         To be clear - I'm not proposing the be-all, end-all summit to
>         figure out "what it is we're doing," or "where we want to go"
>         -- and I realize that within and beyond each occupation,
>         outreach frequently takes a back burner to working through
>         internal issues.    That's important -- but it's also
>         important to get beyond ourselves, and connect what we're
>         doing to each other, and how we can make our work relevant to
>         the wider 99%.    In that respect, the point is specifically
>         to talk about outreach and interconnection -- what initiatives
>         are coming to the fore, within the various occupies, how we
>         can work together, and what outreach strategies make sense, as
>         Occupy moves into phase 2 in Boston.
>
>         What do people think?   Is this a thing you would be
>         interested in attending?   Is this rendered defunct by the
>         existence of Students Occupy and Mass Occupy?   Does this
>         space already exist?  If not, is this a thing you'd be
>          interested in helping to *plan* and *put together*?  If you
>         have thoughts along these lines, please respond to this email!
>
>         I've included some further thoughts below for what might be
>         covered in such a meeting, mostly in a brainstorming capacity.
>
>         *************************************************************
>
>         Some thoughts on what we might cover in such a forum....
>
>         * Grow the movement -  There are MANY occupies now, not just
>         one -- how do they connect to each other, and where do they
>         intersect?   what are the common goals?
>
>         * Look around the room -- who's occupying Boston at the
>         moment?   who's decolonizing it?   how do we expand the sphere
>         of who we're tlaking to, so we're all talking to each other?
>
>         * Grounding in anti-sexism, anti-racism, anti-oppression.  
>         What structures can we build to address various forms of
>         oppression within our own movement?  (crucial thinking about
>         outreach to wider community) - how do we help to build common
>         ground here so we're all speaking the same language?   (this
>         is obviously a big, big question)
>
>         * City-wide campaigns -- Occupy the T, Citizens United,
>         Knockout Barstool -- these have been great so far, how do we
>         build on these and support each other on ongoing campaigns?
>
>         * Connection to Mass Occupy and Students Occupy -- what forums
>         already exist for this sort of thing?
>
>         * Interoccupy + coordination between occupations -- how do we
>         communicate now, how can we communicate better in the future?
>           what spaces exist for cross-talk between occupies?
>
>         * Outreach!  (beyond connecting to each other, how do we
>         better connect with the wider world?)  on a large and small
>         scale -- what outreach strategies are different groups working
>         on, how do we build and connect with the wider world?
>
>         ************************************************************************************
>
>         Thoughts?   Feedback?   Interest?
>
>         This is a temperature check.    If any of this sounds good to
>         you, please respond "yes" to this email.
>
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