[Street] New Developments - Movement building + OB + community organizations
Ridgely Fuller
ridgelyfuller at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 08:35:56 EST 2011
Hi..thanks for the update re last night's meeting..I'd like to add some
thoughts re street and maybe a proposal for tonight but I can't be atGA..
It seems to me that street should focus all its energy into giving
visibility ( and so bringing in more folks)to issues that are clearly
identified with the Occupy movement esp boston...so I think we should
concentrate our actions on Bof America, helping City Life with their
foreclosure campaign and promote the issue of income inequality and money
in politics ( which we havent even addressed yet) these are the main issues
that I think will come up in the problem collection..Because of the Season
I propose that we start working on *a version of Dicken's Christmas Carol
eg Tiny Tim= the 99% campaign and go everywhere there is wealth with a
version of our Christmas Carols*..( help from DeweySq ad hoc chorus)..going
to Louisburg Square in Boston..where John Kerry as well as certainly the
top1% live would be great..as well as Scott Brown's house ..Congressional
offices, find corporate leader's home..eg Peter Kraft!!!!!!
would be easy..we could carol in shopping areas during the weekend..would
draw in lots of participants as easy to costume..is fun and Scrooge was
redeemed so it is hopeful and so provides good mood building for the public
re Occupy Boston
also I am not sure if there is a First Night celebration in Boston this
year..but the parade...perfect time for hundreds of Tiny Tims!....
off to work today, court tomorrow....Solidarity!
Ridgely
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Katie Gradowski
<katie.gradowski at gmail.com>wrote:
> Hey all!
>
> For those who weren't at the community organizations meeting tonight, a
> quick update on things discussed. Four exciting proposals on the table.
> None have been proposed to GA yet, and some are far from being a true
> integration of OB and wider social justice community, but things are
> definitely moving in the right direction. As an added note: there were
> many more tonight's meeting, as well as OB representation from multiple
> working groups (faciltiation, media, interoccupy) This all bodes very
> well for the future!
>
> Here's a quick rundown of some of the proposals that are in the works,
> which will be discussed at next week's meeting.
>
> For reference, that meeting happens next Monday at 7 p.m. at SEIU615 (23
> west steet, 2nd floor)
>
>
> **********************************************************************************************************************
>
> *1. Occupy Winter (proposed by Cynthia Peters, CLVU member and
> long-time Boston organizer)* - modeled on Freedom Summer, a proposal to
> pair occupiers with community organizations across Boston to work on
> specific campaigns or issues over the winter months. Beyond an internship
> or apprenticeship, a way to share skills and build relationships, with the
> idea of establishing grassroots beyond Dewey through winter and reemerging
> in the spring. CLVU is a test case for this -- using this weekend's actions
> as a jumping-off point for future collaboration (home occupations and
> eviction defense through winter - organizing in neighborhoods beyond
> Dorchester and East Boston, with CLVU's help)
> *
> 2. Town Hall meetings (proposed by Joanie Parker, organizer at SEIU1199
> -- also by Martin at OB!) *- This idea has emerged separately both in OB
> (spurred by Martin) and in community orgs meetings. A proposal for mobile
> public meetings, in conjunction with local community organizations and
> smaller occupations (quincy, arlington, somerville, etc), linking it to
> issues in specific communities. This has been proposed on a number of
> fronts, and seems to be the furthest along (already happening in local
> occupies beyond Dewey Square)
>
> *3. Targeted anti-oppression work within OB / change from within
> (proposed by George Lee, youth organizer, active in anti-oppression and
> people of color working group) -*- to respond to racism, sexism, and deep
> levels of privilege within OB -- call for a "freedom summit" among various
> working groups working on anti-oppression (decolonize, white allies,
> anti-oppression, womens caucus) to discuss next steps. As part of this, a
> move to work with Ideas reevaluate Ob's statement of occupation, and
> rewrite it with a fuller account of history and community needs (that's my
> rough summary)
> *
> 4. Mass moblization - day of action for 99% (proposed by Bryan McCormick
> - OB DA - and Morrigan Phillips, organizer at Survivors Inc) * A
> coordinated day of action in January or February -- combination of
> collective, planned actions (permitted march, etc), along with autonomous
> actions across the city, organized by community orgs along affinity group
> model. Leading up to this, a spokescouncil framework for planning and
> organizing the day of action, with community-wide trainings between OB and
> wider organizations on non-violent direct action, facilitation, etc. Two
> trainings set for this weekend, first spokescouncil meeting this Sunday at
> 5.
>
>
> **********************************************************************************************************************
>
> The first three proposals have been in the works for awhile -- the fourth
> was new today, and generated a lot of excitement among the group. These are
> all still in the works, and should not be widely circulated or established
> as fact -- none have, as yet, been proposed to GA or the wider OB
> community. All edging toward possible, with huge implications for
> expanding OB's work in the wider Boston community
>
> Awesome meeting! Excited to plan next steps.
>
>
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