[Street] Sticker design - persistent visual imagery that links a community
Ben Janos
occupyprospecthill at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 16:08:05 EST 2011
Hi Shivani,
That's amazing! I'm so glad that you guys are already working on this!
Those vintage signs sound awesome.
What do you (or other people) think about the other sticker ideas? Are they
possible? I'm not a visual artist, so I probably can't make them
As far as resources being used for printing, you'd have to go through a
working group, to request funds from FAWG, but I'm sure that it wouldn't be
a problem. Likewise for distribution, I'm sure there will be people that
want to distribute them. like, for example... ME! :D
Super fantastic!
Ben
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Shivani Kaul <kauliette at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Ben!
>
> An artist friend and I have been working on several Occupy projects,
> including a placard design for supportive local businesses to display
> proudly in their storefronts: "Join us! We're the 99%." (in the vein of
> vintage "Come In! We're open" signs). So happy to hear the powwow with OWS
> yielded a similar notion : ) We should be able to finalize on the design
> this week, and were planning to contact small shops about displaying them
> soon.
>
> It would be great to have help on the distribution side - and the printing
> side if possible (we're trying to see if we can get a discount or donation
> at local printshops and somehow finance it ourselves--were not sure if
> there were resources available for this).
>
> And thanks for sending on these notes! Fittingly exciting ideas for
> exciting times.
>
> with peace and warmth -
> Shivani
>
>
> --- On Tue, 12/13/11, Ben Janos <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ben Janos <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Occupybostonoutreach] Ideas from brainstorming with #OWS
> To: Occupybostonoutreach at lists.occupyboston.org,
> street at lists.occupyboston.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 9:15 AM
>
> hey y'all,
> ?
> Last night I had a really exciting conversation with Amity who is from
> Outreach from #OWS. We shared ideas and what we have been doing. They've
> been doing some cool stuff that really got me thinking, and some of the
> stuff we have been doing are things they haven't thought about. Most
> importantly, they want to collaborate with our outreach group and possibly
> set up a conference call with members from both Occupies to share ideas.
>
> ?
> so here are some things they have done which I think are awesome
> ?
> 1) Stickers. Three kinds to be shown around town. "We support the 99%" for
> business, "Homes for the 99%" for houses and simply ones that say "99%" for
> cars. if we had these stickers distributed around town there would be a
> cohesions which would be great for creating a sense of community. The store
> in Fields Corner would have the same sticker as the one on Newbury Street.
>
> ?
> 2) Door-to-Door Canvassing before events in neighborhoods, especially
> Foreclosure actions. That way the neighbors know we are coming and that
> there may be some activists around. Also, something that they found in #OWS
> was that when they did that, when they came to those areas, the neighbors
> had put up signs showing their support, which was uplifting. Additionally,
> this could be a way to get some organization that do a lot of door-to-door
> canvassing in those neighborhoods (ESWA, for example) to get more involved
> with us. Also, distribution of above mentioned stickers. Could we do this
> in preparation for this week's CLVU actions?
>
> ?
> 3) Occupy your Neighborhood. Sounds like something like this is kinda in
> the works with "Occupy the Winter" but basically this was simply that?we
> would contact local organizations and offer our services to them. Instead
> of asking what they can do for us, we would ask them what we can do for
> them, help with some events, bring people, etc... The idea would be to
> strengthen our relationships with the local community organizations.
>
> ?
> 4) NEW YEARS EVE. Can we please have a New Years Party? We've all gotten
> to know each other so well over the last few months, and I know a lot of
> people feel that this is a family, and it is in a sense. We can either do
> something positive for the People of Boston, such as having a Occu-Party in
> the commons, but I wouldn't mind having an indoor space where we can all
> get together, enjoy each others company and dance until god-knows-when.
> There also could be a little video camera, or roving livestream asking
> people what their hopes for the new year are, what they want the movement
> to accomplish in 2012 etc...
>
> ?
> 5) ACTIONS! Obviously this is already in the works, but because we no
> longer have a camp we need to be doing actions all the time. Small ones,
> big ones, ones that are cute, ones that are disruptive, ones that stay for
> a long time, ones that are gone in a day or a few hours.
>
> ?
> There's other stuff too, but those are more direct action oriented and I'd
> rather talk about those in person.
> ?
> Ben
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