[Street] [Occupybostonoutreach] Campaign Finance Community Gathering tomorrow night!

angela giudice amgnsm at verizon.net
Sun Jan 1 22:58:56 EST 2012


Happy New Year All,

Where would I find more detailed info about the NH trip.  I would have to be back here in Boston Saturday night.  How are folks getting up there and are there any thoughts about "lodging"?  
thanks, and peace,
Angela


--- On Sun, 1/1/12, Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski at gmail.com>
Subject: [Occupybostonoutreach] Campaign Finance Community Gathering tomorrow night!
To: "outreach" <Occupybostonoutreach at lists.occupyboston.org>, "street" <street at lists.occupyboston.org>, infotent at occupyboston.org
Date: Sunday, January 1, 2012, 10:20 PM

Hey all!    A few quick updates heading into the new year....This weekend, a number of folks from OB will be heading to Manchester NH to Occupy the Primary.   Tomorrow at 5 p.m., the Street Working Group will be meeting in Copley to plan an action for the following Tuesday.   We'll be meeting at Boloco in Copley Square, immediately next to the Community Church (565 Boylston Street)   There are a number of exciting actions being planned, and we would love to have people across working groups be involved!    Anyone interested in participating should email street at lists.occupyboston.org, or join us at that meeting.  
Tomorrow evening, the Citizens United Working group will be hosting a community gathering on campaign finance reform,  kicking off a month-long campaign to inspire and educate the greater public about corporate influence over public policy.  The gathering will start at 7:30 at the Community Church, 565 Boylston Street in Boston.   It would be wonderful to have some folks from outreach involved and at this meeting, as this will be an important campaign that many WGs will be focusing on as we move into the month of January.   
City Life / Vida Urbana will be having their weekly bank tenant meetings this Tuesday and Wednesday.   These meetings are a great opportunity to get in on the ground on home defense work, and to get involved in rolling auction protests and eviction defense actions.   If you are interested in attending these meetings, please email katie at occupyboston.org for details.
We'll be starting up with our regularly scheduled meetings next week -- in the meantime, enjoy the remainder of the holiday weekend!
All best,Katie

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     December 31st,
        2011 · Gunner · Events,
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The Citizens United Working
      Group of Occupy Boston will host a Community Gathering and forum Monday,
        January 2nd at the Community Church, 565 Boylston Street in
        Boston. This event is the kick off to a month-long
      campaign designed to inspire and educate the greater public about
      corporate influence over public policy.  The program will
        begin at 7:30, but guests are invited to arrive early
      for refreshments and social networking.  Featured speakers include
      MA Sen. Jamie Elderidge, who has introduced many of the bills that
      support campaign finance reforms in the State House, and Arthur
      Macewan from Dollars and Sense and author of the Wealth-Power
      Connection.
    Macewan will address the larger problem of corporate personhood
      and the myriad of problems it has created with respect to money in
      politics.  Sen. Elderidge will be there to discuss some of the
      related bills and resolutions that he is sponsoring in the State
      House.  This event is open to the public.  The speakers will be
      followed by a facilitated open discussion geared toward building
      a vision for what steps we can take to solve these
      problems.  Getting corporate and special interest money out of
      politics is an important issue for people across the political
      spectrum.  Everyone is encouraged to attend and participate in
      building a unifying strategy to affect change.
    The goal of the evening is to introduce people to the campaign
      finance issues surrounding the Supreme Court’s landmark decision
      in Citizens United vs FEC. Among the issues discussed will be the
      idea of Corporate Personhood, which as a result of several
      misguided court decisions prior to Citizen’s United, has given
      corporations rights and protections that the Founders intended
      only for people. Corporate Personhood has come at a terrible cost
      to our democracy–especially with regard to the financing of
      elections and the influence of money in politics.
    In addition, campaign financing and fundraising have become huge
      distractions for our elected officials. In order to raise enough
      money to be competitive, candidates are forced to pander to big
      money corporate donors, lobbyists and PACs which often puts them
      directly at odds with wishes of the people they are supposed to
      represent. The Citizen’s United decision, in which the Supreme
      Court ruled that corporations have a First Amendment right to
      spend unlimited — and unreported — amounts of money to influence
      elections, has further undermined democracy.
    Getting corporate and special interest money out of politics is a
      unifying issue for people across the political spectrum. Fixing
      this problem is essential if we want our representatives to be
      responsive to the 99% and not just their deep-pocketed corporate
      backers.
    This Community Forum on “Citizens United vs FEC” is part of a
      month-long educational campaign that will culminate with a two-day
      “Rally & Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy” on January 20
      and 21. The rally will bring together organizations that have been
      working specifically on these issues for years, like the Coffee
      Party, Free Speech for People, Move to Amend and Rootstrikers,
      along with groups like the MA League of Women Voters and the
      Nurses Union that also want to have a voice in this debate. For
      more information about any of these events, email citizensunited at occupyboston.org
      or occupybostonmedia at gmail.com.
    
  




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