[Street] a question
Katie Gradowski
katie.gradowski at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 09:41:44 EST 2011
Do people think we can pull this off for December 3?
That's not meant to derail efforts, and I don't want to spend too long
dwelling on it if the answer is no. I'm just realizing that a lot of the
work I meant to put into outreach last week got derailed by OWS (along
with everything else), and that I may not be alone in feeling totally
behind the ball on next week's march and rally. Wednesday's conference
call left me with the distinct impression that we DO have a reasonable
organizational structure for making this march happen, but that we might
need another week and a half to pull it off.
I think that's OK, if the answer is yes. We don't yet have a concrete
list of groups on board for next weekend, but the wide net we've cast so
far means that it's VERY possible to reach the people we want to reach.
I'm really heartened, based on the meetings last week, that there are good,
solid structures in place to follow up on outreach efforts with a concrete
plan, a map, a great website, awesome flyers, etc -- but not sure that
seven days is enough time to actually DO all that, and to get everyone
involved who might want to be involved.
Other thoughts and questions:
1) There are some logistics for Copley Square which seem like they'll
take some time to negotiate (mostly regarding music, permitting, reaching
out to other groups who might be using the square, identifying what those
groups are, etc) --- at the very least, we should reach out to the church
at copley to answer some of these questions. As far as I'm aware, this
stuff hasn't happened yet, and needs to be part of our basic planning for
the rally part of the event.
2) Canvassing vs. direct actions -- I'm not sure what actions are
planned for the day, but especially since we are casting a wide net, it
seems VERY important that if there is any civil disobedience planned, we
make sure legal knows and are prepared to handle it. Autonomous action is
fine, but we should be aware of what's happening so we can make sure
everyone stays safe.
3) Timing and tactics -- if we DO win the injunction, great! If we
don't, I expect the first few days of December are going to involve
panicked last-minute meetings and bleary-eyed nights awake. I'm wary of
doing last-minute planning for the march and rally in conjunction with
this, when many of us are going to be suddenly faced with a myriad set of
other things to do.
Again -- not meant as a derail, and I don't mean to step on the toes of
people who HAVE been organizing diligently for the past two weeks -- I got
blindsided by OTH as well, and am feeling behind on many projects, but I
realize that other people have been doing this exclusively, and may have
dealt with some of the things I raised above as concerns -- in which case,
great! if not, maybe we should reconsider the date?
I'm all for going ahead with December 3, but i wanted to throw that out
there in case other people are feeling slightly panicked about how quickly
this is coming up.
What do you think?
Katie
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/street/attachments/20111125/24eb4e58/attachment-0001.htm>
More information about the Street
mailing list