[Street] Our next project!

Ravi Mishra ravi at occupyboston.org
Mon Dec 5 01:07:09 EST 2011


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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