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On the OB calendar, it says tomorrow's (2/10) Strategic Planning meeting is at noon; below Greg said 10 AM.<br><br>Please clarify for those who may be planning to attend.<br><br>with thanks,<br><br>Monica Raymond<br>femmevox@hotmail.com<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:34:25 -0500<br>From: gsjmurphy@gmail.com<br>To: katie@occupyboston.org; sebastian.rita@gmail.com<br>CC: movementbuildingob@masslists.org; occupybostonoutreach@lists.mayfirst.org; yahktoe@gmail.com; womenscaucus@lists.occupyboston.org; ravi@occupyboston.org; cyn.peters@gmail.com; amberpaw@gmail.com; ideas@lists.occupyboston.org; check_your_privilege_ob@googlegroups.com; amgnsm@verizon.net; rita@brandeis.edu; nicole_sullivan@live.com; nelsonterry123@gmail.com; ssquibb@gmail.com; bil@lambdacs.com; morrigan.phillips@gmail.com; street@lists.occupyboston.org; kevinmaley@gmail.com; davidlamoso16@gmail.com; occupy-boston-people-of-color-working-group@googlegroups.com; occupysomerville@yahoo.com; infotent@occupyboston.org; skier@post.harvard.edu; efeghali@gmail.com; noah.mckenna@gmail.com<br>Subject: Re: [Ideas] [Proposal] Grow the movement + Outreach strategy session<br><br>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.<br>
<br><br>Greg<br><br><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Katie Gradowski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:katie@occupyboston.org">katie@occupyboston.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey all!<br><br>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!<div>
<br></div><div>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...</div>
<div><br></div><div>With that said, here's the idea!</div><div><br></div><div>*******************************************************************************************************</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div>
<div><div><div><br></div><div>With that in mind, a proposal! </div><div><br></div><div><b>Grow the Movement: Outreach + Connection</b></div><div><b>(ideally this will have a better title)</b></div><div><b><br></b></div>
<div>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. </div>
<div><br></div><div>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. <br>
<br>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! </div>
<div><br></div><div>I've included some further thoughts below for what might be covered in such a meeting, mostly in a brainstorming capacity.</div>
<div> <br>*************************************************************<br><br>Some thoughts on what we might cover in such a forum....<br><br>* 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? </div>
<div><br>* 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?<br><br>* 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)<br>
<br>* 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? <br><br>* Connection to Mass Occupy and Students Occupy -- what forums already exist for this sort of thing?</div>
<div><br></div><div>* 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?<br>
<br>* 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?<br>
<br></div></div></div><div>************************************************************************************</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts? Feedback? Interest? </div><div><br></div><div>This is a temperature check. If any of this sounds good to you, please respond "yes" to this email. </div>
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