[Street] [Ob-media] [Transparency] OB Media Strategy Summit this Sunday 2pm - 5pm at E5. ALL are welcomed!

martin m2 at occupyboston.org
Fri Nov 25 22:29:13 EST 2011


yes, there is no conflict between both events.

the Occupy Boston Women's March is on December 3

the media strategy summit is on November 27.

I hope both very important events have a great attendance!

cheers

Martin


Quoting Farhad Ebrahimi <yahktoe at gmail.com>:

> Hi y'all --
>
> If I'm not mistaken, there shouldn't be a conflict with the Occupy
> Boston Women's March.  The March is on December 3, and the summit is
> on November 27.  Is my understanding correct?
>
> Either way, I'm going to make sure that the march is on the calendar!
>
> Best,
> -- Farhad
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Leah <leah.filler at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all-
>> While the explicit goal to include women and people of color at this summit
>> is appreciated, this summit conflicts with the Occupy Boston Women's March
>> that has been in the works for the last few weeks.  The march is on December
>> 3rd from 12-2, and we have music and spoken word at Dewey from 2-4.  It is
>> important that you all try to make it to the march before the Summit, but
>> also important to note that the post-march events directly conflict, and
>> could reduce participation of many in the Women's Caucus.  While I am on
>> many lists, I have not picked up on the planning of this Summit, so I
>> apologize if I have missed the opportunity to inquire about starting the
>> Summit even just one hour or two later, as to increase the participation of
>> many who are working on this event for women and other marginalized voices.
>>  It seems that the best way to include women and people of color at the
>> Summit would be to hold it at a time that does not directly conflict with
>> events planned for and by women and people of color.
>> So, is there any option of starting this Summit later in the afternoon?
>> Thanks,
>> Leah
>>
>> On Nov 25, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Martin <m2 at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>
>> Occupy Boston Community,
>>
>> Good afternoon, hope yall had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family,
>> friends, fun and food!
>>
>> Just a quick reminder about Sunday's media strategy summit.
>>
>> The Media Strategy Summit will be convening this Sunday from 2pm-5pm at E5
>> (33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor.) We will deal with sourcing, crafting and and
>> implementing Occupy Boston’s comprehensive media strategy. For the latest
>> updates on location and more info. email m2 at occupyboston.org
>>
>> We would like to specifically extend an invitation to women, people of color
>> and the house less community to make certain they have a seat at the table
>> and influence over OB media strategy and operations.  Please forward this to
>> any working group and or person you feel should be there. My apologies if I
>> left folks out. Please help them get this invitation. Thank you.
>>
>> The format will be adjusted facilitation by members of the OB community.
>> More conversational and goal/action oriented.
>>
>> For the summit to work effectively, smoothly and productively it MUST be a
>> safe zone for all. We want a variety of views, tactics and mediums thus
>> welcome the input of all.
>>
>> We welcome all constructive criticism and dissenting voices. What is neither
>> welcome nor will be tolerated is personal attacks, hijacking the
>> conversations and/or flow of the summit, agendas that are not made public to
>> the entire group. Anyone who engages in destructive behavior (verbal or
>> otherwise) to the process and specially to other members of our community
>> will be asked to leave after the first offense. We want and need the summit
>> to be a safe zone for all voices so lets leave drama and hidden agendas
>> behind please.
>>
>> The goals and visions of these summits are:
>>
>> To democratize OB media by increasing participation and ownership of Occupy
>> Boston's public image and community relationships.
>> To give all the diverse groups, backgrounds and views that make up the
>> Occupy Boston a voice.
>> To create the needed working infrastructure and system to have rapid
>> responses to, professional quality work that puts the Occupy community is
>> the best light possible in the public's eye in order to earn their trust and
>> support.
>>
>> All who wish to attend are extremely encouraged to:
>>
>> Come prepared with practical ideas, tools and resources ready to present to
>> the group.
>> Come with a collaborative attitude which will help us as a group pool all
>> our ideas and resources into a comprehensive practical strategy we can
>> implement.
>> Come with updates, pictures, videos, writing of the great work you and/or
>> your working group is doing that the public needs to know about.
>>
>> Thank very much for all the excellent work you do!
>>
>> Hope to see many of you there and have a wonderful weekend!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>>
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