[Street] Street Meeting Notes, 12/23/2011

Ben Janos occupyprospecthill at gmail.com
Tue Dec 27 15:27:39 EST 2011


Katie et al,

This is awesome! Do you have any details on the CITY LIFE VIDA URBANA
eviction blockades that we can start planning for? Any dates?

Same Question for the Community Garden Eviction with ARGFC and the
City-Wide Actions in Feb and March. it would be really helpful for us if we
could get some dates that we can start planning for, and some more details
on what the actions should consist of.

Also, next street meeting is Thursday 12/29 in the Pru Food Court. Can you
make it Katie? Anyone else from Outreach? We are going to be deciding on
wether or not to have a combined Street/Outreach meeting once a week. I
personally think it would really strengthen both WGs if we had this
constant interaction.

In Solidarity,
Ben


On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Thanks ben, for these notes!
> *
> I'm adding outreach events to this list.*  Below is a quick sketch
> ongoing outreach efforts to keep street in the loop -- there's a lot of
> potential here for awesome collaborative actions, it would be great to put
> together a schedule of sorts for actions we want to focus on in January +
> February.
>
> ALSO:   I have reserved the Monday, January 23 community gathering for
> outreach, with the hopes of presenting some of the ideas that have been
> coming out of movement building.   It would also be fantastic to have
> streets there as well!
>
> Katie*
>
> *
> *************************************************************************************************
> *
>
> *ONGOING COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS THAT INVOLVE ACTIONS
>
>    - *Chinese Progressive Association: *  On 12/3, we passed a solidarity
>    statement with 20 workers who lost their jobs and were denied wages when
>    the owner filed for bankruptcy.   *Next step:  flyering + banner
>    campaign in Chinatown, reprint this statement in English and Cantonese to
>    bring visibility to this issue*   (this was planned, but got derailed
>    with the closing of OB camp)
>
>
>    - *City Life / Vida Urbana: *  Friday's lightsaber flashmob went
>    really well!   They want to do more street theater with us.   They also
>    have a few eviction blockades coming up that we may be able to coordinate
>    on.   Next steps:   Coordinate with housing crisis WG, set up a meeting
>    with CLVU after the new year to discuss next steps  (would be awesome to
>    have someone at streets at this meeting)
>
>
>    - *Community Garden Eviction: *  Outreach has been meeting with ARGFC,
>    a refugee cooperative who has recently lost their community gardenspace and needs our assistance in their struggle. They are launching a
>    campaign to reclaim their garden -- this is definitely something we can
>    help out with, potentially with street actions (Daniel, do you have an
>    update on this?)
>
>
>    - *City-wide actions in February/March:  *  This has been mostly under
>    the radar, but will be hugely important to mobilize around as it
>    develops.   Quick summary: a day of action, in February or March  (similar
>    to the Right to the City Action) with OB and community orgs across Boston,
>    targeting the financial industry.   It's still early in the planning
>    stages, but should definitely be on the radar for streets.
>
> These are all slow-moving, but hugely important -- they absolutely involve
> "hitting the streets" as a way to support ongoing outreach efforts, and tie
> directly in with the wider OB community in Boston.
>
>
> *********************************************************************************************
>
> **ONGOING OB CAMPAIGNS THAT MAY INVOLVE ACTIONS
>
>    - *Move to Amend / Citizens United: * This Thursday at 6 p.m. at BU
>    law school, Citizens United to End Political Bribery Working Group will be
>    discussing demonstrations protesting the Jan 20-21 anniversary of the CU
>    decision.   They also want to bring together OB working groups on 12/29 for
>    targeted discussions about the event and a call to action.
>
>
>    - *Solidarity with Egypt:*   There's a rally this weekend.   Next
>    week, the Egyptian military will likely continue to beat and murder
>    protesters.  +1111 to organizing ongoing actions this month around this
>    (next step:  figuring out who else is organizing around this, and
>    coordinating with them to make this happen)
>
>
>    - *SOPA / NDAA:   *Two big, ugly congressional bills that are coming
>    through, one on internet piracy, the other on whether or not American
>    citizens can be held indefinitely by the military.
>
> There has been discussion about organizing teach-ins on each of these
> things -- I would love to invite people working on these campaigns to visit
> outreach / streets meetings so we can coordinate on actions together
> (building consensus BEFOREHAND, so we can have better actions!)
>
>
> *******************************************************************************************
>
> ONGOING OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS THAT DON'T YET INVOLVE ACTIONS, BUT MAY IN THE
> FUTURE
>
>    - *ESWA: *  They have been coming to our meetings and are interested
>    in working with OB.   Sarah Francis is interested in being a liaison.   No
>    word yet on what actions will come of this  (conversations still in
>    progress) -- having a liaison may be useful, given that they don't
>    primarily work via the internet and are mostly face-to-face
>
>
>    - *Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE): *  A handful of
>    people met with them last week -- they are in the middle of a transit
>    campaign, not sure what came of this meeting, but this is a long-overdue
>    collaboration, and we should think about whether there are useful actions
>    we can do with them in the next few months  (Eli, can you update?)
>
>
>    - *Rosie's Place:   *Cherie and I met with them last week - it's a
>    private women's shelter, and we were doing a presentation on income
>    inequality.   There is a LOT of potential here for reaching out on housing
>    issues  (in particular, organizing around  HUD restrictions on smoking in
>    low-income apartments).   Next step:  coordinating with housing crisis
>    working group  (more on this to come)
>
>
>    - *Dorchester People for Peace*.   They remain awesome.   We like them
>    a whole lot!   Eli can update with more details.
>
> These are all in the works, and involve ongoing work on the community orgs
> front -- not directly aciton-related, but work that streets should probably
> be aware of.
>
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