[Street] Open Letter
Katie Gradowski
katie.gradowski at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 11:27:43 EST 2011
Hey Z,
I posted to winterization. I would like to help out with this, but am not
super familiar with the issues involved, what's been tried, what's
explicitly been prohibited, which is mostly why I didn't volunteer to write
it myself. The proposal was to draft an open letter, passed at GA,
published on the website, widely circulated to newspapers, about the
difficulties we have had in winterizing the camp and ensure basic public
health standards at dewey square.
Issues would include: 1) prohibitions on portapotties 2) no winterized
tents 3) no pallets or insulation, as explicit concerns around sanitation
and cold weather.
a public statement of this sort seems pretty important in combating the
largely facetious "public safety" concerns -- especially as we draw closer
to the December 1 deadline, when we will very much need public sympathy.
best, katie
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Z Bowditch <zthetop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Someone in the Winterization list brought up an interesting idea: There
> is very little press regarding the difficulties OB is facing with
> winterization of the camps due to what amounts to a ban on new structures
> and insulation by the city. I am currently dafting an open letter for
> consideration at GA with the following points:
>
> -in order for OB to be successful, winterization of the camp must occur
> -without the proper spaces for gatherings and information, OB will become
> increasingly unsafe for the occupants
> -Organizers and participants want to have a safe space for OB, which
> includes a desire for everyone, young and old, to be able to stay warm at
> the camp this winter
> -Despite the injunction saying that the city cannot remove the tents,
> there is more than one way to make us leave, including forcing us to have
> an unsafe space
> -the city should support our efforts to keep OB a safe place
>
> If anyone would like to add points, take stuff out, reword it, and add
> details, I would love your help in polishing this draft before bringing it
> to GA.
>
> Z
> zthetop at yahoo.com
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