[Street] Our next project!

Kevin Maley kevinmaley at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 07:01:07 EST 2011


i strongly second Ravi's point on building on the culture of learning and
innovation around actions and believe its crucial to our success as a
movement

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org> wrote:

> Such a great day. Gigantic thanks to everyone who put in so much time and
> effort to make yesterday happen. (I also want to apologize for not being
> able to commit as much time to the event as I had wanted to in the couple
> weeks leading up, especially while I was gone.)
>
> So I wrote the below and thought I hit send yesterday, only to find it in
> my drafts. Short version: innovations rocks, and totally agree we should
> meet and talk about what we learned. Tuesday at 5 sounds great.
>
> Awesome action today. To me, one of the biggest signs of success was all
> the energy and creativity the event unleashed. Not only were people raving
> about how cool the actions and rally were, but they were actively
> brainstorming new and even more awesome ideas. That spark of creativity and
> empowerment is, I think, one of the best things to come out of the day.
>
> It’s super important we build on this to create a culture of learning and
> innovation around actions - I see it as being crucial to our movement. When
> Gandhi and other protesters went on the “Salt March<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March>”
> to the ocean, the action was not just symbolic but also good tactical
> operations and marketing - by making salt from the sea, they were actively
> weakening the British empire by circumventing their monopoly on salt (and
> by getting arrested for it, they were making the Brits look stupid). Just
> recently, students silently shamed the UC Davis Chancellor<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8775ZmNGFY8>, a
> tactic that seemed much more effective than yelling/chanting. Similarly, we
> can harness our collective creativity and genius to come up with actions
> that have as large an impact as possible.
> --
> Ravi
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Simon Maharai <smaharai at bu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I agree that we also need an evaluation period.  I can't make any
>> meetings before Friday, but keep me updated.  Also, please post notes from
>> Tuesday meeting.  Have a great night guys.
>>
>> -Simon
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Michael Pitter <mpitter at bu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Tuesday at 5PM works for me and I am in accord with Brett's thoughts on
>>> the vital parts of event planning.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Brett West <heavyriser at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey All,
>>>>
>>>> Tuesday at 5pm works for me.
>>>>
>>>> There had been talk leading up to the Dec. 3 Rally of the need for an
>>>> evaluation meeting, to discuss successes and pitfalls in our planning of
>>>> the event and the event itself, strategies to keep and change for the next
>>>> unity rally, etc...
>>>>
>>>> We can do this on Tuesday or choose a separate date for this, but I
>>>> agree with others that its an essential part of the event planning process.
>>>> I would also include celebrating afterwards at a nearby bar/someone's apt.,
>>>> also a key part of event planning.
>>>>
>>>> I am happy to draw up an agenda for this meeting and will open it up to
>>>> others for choosing a time and date
>>>>
>>>> Brett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Katie Gradowski <
>>>> katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hey all!   I had planned to schedule Tuesday at 5 for
>>>>> anti-foreclosure / eviction defense meeting.   So far, no one has come to
>>>>> these meetings, really (sigh).
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone want the next action to be an anti-foreclosure action??
>>>>>
>>>>> If so, let's do Tuesday at 5!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm joking, mostly.   I'm happy to meet for streets Tuesday at 5, and
>>>>> remain a little confused about the slow start to our work with CLVU, but
>>>>> that's a question for another list.
>>>>>
>>>>> *********************************************
>>>>>
>>>>> A segue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yesterday was amazing!!  I have been thinking a lot about streets, and
>>>>> how great it is that a group has come together that's pretty good at doing
>>>>> stuff together.   Very few other groups are good at doing this
>>>>> consistently, and there's a long list of actions that haven't happened for
>>>>> lack of people to do them.
>>>>>
>>>>> let's get together and make some plans!
>>>>>
>>>>> Katie
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Ben Janos <
>>>>> occupyprospecthill at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Someone yesterday had suggested Tuesday. we could meet at 5. Does
>>>>>> that work for everyone?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Katie <katie.gradowski at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Today was great!   When's our next meeting?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  *From:* Joshua Sager <jsager99 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> *Date:* December 3, 2011 6:39:39 PM EST
>>>>>>> *To:* occupybostonglobe at googlegroups.com,
>>>>>>> occupybostonmedia at gmail.com, "ob-media at lists.occupyboston.org" <
>>>>>>> Ob-media at lists.occupyboston.org>, Matthew J Shochat <
>>>>>>> mshochat723 at gmail.com>, patrickwilson <patrickwilson_ig at yahoo.com>,
>>>>>>> <students-occupy-boston at googlegroups.com>
>>>>>>> students-occupy-boston at googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> *Subject:* *[Ob-media] LOOK AT THE "OCCUPY" REMAKE OF THE BPD
>>>>>>> WARNING SIGN*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   The PDF is the Boston Occupier Remix, while the .jpg picture is
>>>>>>> the original.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I created the attached document out of the BPD warning signs that
>>>>>>> have sprung up at camp; I am hoping to spread this document out over a wide
>>>>>>> area and will print out numerous copies for tomorrow.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would ask people who receive this email to print out as many
>>>>>>> copies as they can or to forward this document to everybody that they know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Josh Sager -- <http://sarcasticliberal.blogspot.com/>
>>>>>>> SarcasticLiberal.blogspot.com<http://sarcasticliberal.blogspot.com/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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