[Street] nye actions
Patricia Downer
patricia.downer at gmail.com
Thu Dec 22 09:54:34 EST 2011
The first thing that comes to mind for me would be something along the
lines of New Years resolutions and/or what people hope the new year brings.
We could do something where we have people write their wishes for how this
country could be better (or something like that) on slips of paper and
build something out of that to put on display. Alternately, we could have
them write it out on mini-whiteboards and take a picture of them holding
the whiteboard. We could then post the pictures online and/or print them
out and make something with the pictures.
I think this could be really powerful and very in the spirit of the holiday.
Patricia Downer
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org> wrote:
> Awesome. Does anyone know if there are other actions being planned? A
> simple mic-check new years wish on the subway seems very easy. Chalking
> could be another low hanging fruit. Let's put together a few simple actions
> that we can funnel a bunch of people into (and dangle a party after as an
> incentive to join :).
>
> --
> Ravi
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Kevin Maley <kevinmaley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Everyone
>>
>> We had a really productive meeting for Info's plans for First Night. I am
>> summarizing notes and will send out later, but here is the summary:
>>
>> -We are going to meet at a home base (possibly Community Church) around
>> 12 or 1, then disperse into groups of 4 or 5 to hot-spots in the city where
>> we expect a lot of foot traffic.
>>
>> - Each group will be a mobile info tent. We will have buttons, Occupy
>> Boston literature, sign-up sheets to join the movement, a big Occupy Boston
>> sign, potentially tiny tents, tent hats, and maybe a little red mobile-info
>> wagon with a tent over it. We are also trying to *stay on message* and
>> let people know we are not just a movement to be a movement, but are
>> connected to economic/social-justice issues that touch all of the 99%
>>
>> - We are going to meet back at Community around 4 and debrief; then hope
>> to go on to that night's GA in a place that is outside and visible to a
>> large audience (will bring that up tomorrow) and have an "info" presence
>> there for any new people
>>
>> - We are also looking to coordinate with any other OB actions; including
>> any street theater or kid friendly events, underscoring that we are going
>> to be about most of the afternoon/early evening, where First Night is
>> family friendly, and look to pull back when the drunks start coming out.
>> perhaps we will all go to a bar afterward...
>>
>> Next meeting is Monday at 7pm
>>
>> thanks
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Katie Gradowski <
>> katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all!
>>>
>>> I'm going to be out of the loop on these actions --- next week is winter
>>> vacation camp, and Parts and Crafts has separate plans for first night, so
>>> that's going to be my main focus for the next two weeks. If people do
>>> decide to go forward on the actions that were discussed, I have two things
>>> to add!
>>>
>>> 1) We have workshop space to volunteer if anyone needs a place to
>>> assemble floats, masks, giant puppets, what have you --- lots of space and
>>> a bunch of tools in West Somerville, open any day after 3 next week.
>>>
>>> 2) Radical christmas caroling came up at least three times in that
>>> meeting. Our house is having a solstice party on December 30, with at
>>> least three divergent groups of nerdy folks in attendance. Anyone up for
>>> some radical rehearsing?
>>>
>>> Love to all from Maryland!
>>>
>>> Katie
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> adding nicole to this chain (see below for some ideas i wanted to throw
>>>> out there). please feel free to reply with comments, and let me know how i
>>>> can help plan this stuff. i'll have a mass email going out about actions
>>>> (summarizing the summit, next steps, etc.) before i sleep tonight, and i'll
>>>> include a plug for nye in that as well.
>>>>
>>>> given the cohesiveness of the ob community, nye will be a great night
>>>> to get a ton of people involved in actions (because we'll all want to hang
>>>> out). let's not let the opportunity slip! :)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ravi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> kev - not sure how i left you off the initial message. major apologies.
>>>>>
>>>>> sounds like meetings are happening tonight and tomorrow. i can
>>>>> definitely be available by phone/dial into a conf call to listen in if you
>>>>> guys can set this up.
>>>>>
>>>>> i wanted to throw some ideas out there:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) random acts of kindness.
>>>>> 2) chalking happy messages around the city (need to look into
>>>>> legality): stuff like "ob wishes you a happy new year" and maybe something
>>>>> sarcastic/humorous about how much corporations are screwing people.
>>>>> 3) mic-checking subways
>>>>> 4) flashmobs at various events: http://schedule.firstnight.org/
>>>>> 5) quick input about the "circle of lights" idea floating around: i
>>>>> think we can do way better. dewey is going to be fairly deserted compared
>>>>> to other places. there is a lot going on, and we should focus on high
>>>>> traffic areas, imo.
>>>>>
>>>>> overall, strategically (echoing the action summit), i think first
>>>>> night should be a perception-building night for us: make our presence
>>>>> known, come across as positive, give people reasons to like us, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Elias Feghali <efeghali at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There was a ton of enthusiasm to move forward with NYE actions, but
>>>>>> it's going to take a hell of a lot of organizing if we want to do it right.
>>>>>> At the very least, we need to meet soon to start planning. If we choose a
>>>>>> few strategic, realistic actions, I think we can pull it off.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Appreciate the offer for off-site support, Ravi. We'll lean on you as
>>>>>> soon as we can, ha.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eli
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Ravi Mishra wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> anything i can do to help organize? i'm out of town but can send
>>>>>>> emails and try to coordinate and all that. lmk :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> btw, pretty crazy schedule of events:
>>>>>>> http://schedule.firstnight.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Occupy Boston! Please redirect mail to katie.ob at occupyboston.org.
>>>
>>> www.partsandcrafts.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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