[Street] Action goals - a brainstorm
Rachel Plattus
rachelbp at gmail.com
Thu Dec 8 00:51:37 EST 2011
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Roadmap meeting is at noon in E5--I'll be there. Anyone else?
rbp
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Rachel Berliner Plattus
rachelbp at gmail.com
(203)-676-2280
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Katie Gradowski
<katie.gradowski at gmail.com>wrote:
> Hey all!
>
> Had a quick conversation with Stephen and Ariel in media this evening ---
> I think it would be great for street to sit down with media and think
> specifically about how we can plan actions to support concrete, clear
> messaging.
>
> The gist was, "we missed the window to get message out with statements,
> now we need to do it with actions." I think this group can really run
> point on this, and will be incredibly effective in doing so if we can do it
> in conjunction with media (as well as with community orgs -- bridging one
> of the more effective outward messaging WGs with the wider community that
> we need to get on board).
>
> There's a meeting this Sunday at E5 to talk about roadmaps and strategy
> --- can anyone from the streets team make it? It's early in the day, I
> think around 2. If we can make a short list of actions and bring it to
> that meeting, i think that'd be a huge help to everyone involved.
>
> Best,
>
> Katie
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>
>> Random one that could be a tactic or a goal:
>>
>> 8) To shock the viewer or somehow create an alternate sense of reality in
>> which an outside's mind becomes more open to accepting a truth or leaning
>> about a situation. (Ex: a mass "playing dead" demonstration to visualize
>> the scope of war casualties or something like that.)
>>
>>
>> PS - I'm a firm believer in a very open, accepting brainstorming process.
>> All ideas should be thrown out there, and we can weed through what we like
>> and don't like later.
>>
>> --
>> Ravi
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Rachel Plattus <rachelbp at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> All of these fall under the broad heading of ORGANIZING:
>>>
>>> 4) Outreach: to bring more individuals into the movement and activate
>>> those individuals
>>> 5) Outreach: to show organizations why they should want to work with us
>>> long term
>>> 6) Community building: to identify groups and individuals within the
>>> movement who are uniquely suited to working on a given action as a way of
>>> expanding our base of those who work their asses off
>>> 7) Internal education: to use actions as an opportunity to make
>>> ourselves better at what we do (organizing, media, interpretive dancing,
>>> etc)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Writing that last email made me think that it might be fun (and useful)
>>>> to have a theoretical discussion of what various goals of action should be?
>>>> In my mind (please chime in here), a valid goal for an action is any
>>>> ideal/value or outcome that aids our overall movement. For example,
>>>> education is a very obvious goal - if people know more about the issues,
>>>> they're more likely to support our cause, which makes it easier for us to
>>>> change the status quo. Conversely (and this could be controversial, again
>>>> please chime in), something like "agitation" if often thought of as a goal
>>>> in of itself, but I think it probably needs more qualification to be truly
>>>> accepted as a goal. Shutting down a street in a financial district could
>>>> definitely be a goal because it hurts the operations of those who are
>>>> behind the problems that plague our society
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, without further ado, some goals off the top of my head - please
>>>> discuss and add yours!
>>>>
>>>> 1) Education - teaching people about the issues and what is going on
>>>> today, for example
>>>> 2) Fun! We're not going to be here in the long run if we're not
>>>> enjoying ourselves. :)
>>>> 3) Targeted systems disruption - making it harder for the opposition to
>>>> do stuff in a manner that helps our cause
>>>>
>>>> Any particular action can aim to achieve one, some, or all of these
>>>> goals. The point of this thread is to create a list of what action goals
>>>> should be, and the hope is that we can use these later to more effectively
>>>> analyze actions and their efficacy.
>>>>
>>>> Finally. this article by author John Robb frames some basic Conflict
>>>> Theory quite well and could serve as a framework to think about what goals
>>>> of actions should be.<http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/11/how-to-win-a-modern-conflict.html>
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ravi
>>>>
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