[Street] tiny tents at CLVU event tomorrow?
Katie Gradowski
katie.gradowski at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 16:22:38 EST 2011
Awesome! I'm going to forward this to some lists. Facilitation is
meeting in the Transportation building near the south side of the Common
--- there's lots of space in the food court. here's a link to a map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217579273163117327297.0004b42804e6088ca2ba9&msa=0&ll=42.352324,-71.06575&spn=0.001939,0.003117
I gotta go pick up color-changing LEDs. Want to meet there at 6? Aim
for 5:30, get there at 6?
Cool!
Katie
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Cynthia Peters <cyn.peters at gmail.com>wrote:
> I'll be there, and I think this is a great opportunity for the OB
> community. I encourage anyone interested to let Katie know. I have been to
> a number of CLVU's "home for the holidays" events, and they are extremely
> moving -- hearing people's stories and decorating the "justice tree" and
> being in community with people in struggle.
>
> This home was re-occupied on October 1. We hung a banner down the front of
> the house saying "Occupy." This was the first full day that Dewey Sq. was
> occupied as well.
>
> Let's celebrate the synergy. A family is moving into this re-occupied home
> -- thanks to a grassroots struggle against the banks and for justice!
>
> Cynthia
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Katie Gradowski <
> katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Mallory!
>>
>> Just wanted to check in and see if you (or anyone else on this list!)
>> would be interested in bringing tiny tents to the CLVU speak-out tomorrow
>> afternoon. It's going to be a small, but pretty powerful event -- City
>> Life will be moving in a family into a foreclosed home, and will having
>> many of their members who have recently reoccupied, fought foreclosure, and
>> won. For anyone who wants to get an immediate sense of what reoccupation
>> might look like, CIty Life is doing it in a really responsible, awesome,
>> and incredibly effective way.
>>
>> They've invited us to speak briefly at the press conference, which is a
>> huge step forward (they're a pretty tight community, and have been on the
>> fence about doing anything with Occupy Boston at all) --- on a personal
>> note, it's a project I've been working on for about two months, and I would
>> love to have some occupiers that I know there to support it! Part of
>> tomorrow's event is decorating the justice tree, which they do every year
>> -- basically, people make ornaments to decorate the tree, saying what their
>> hopes are for the upcoming year. *
>>
>> I'd love to get the word out to 5-10 people who might want to make and
>> bring tiny tents tomorrow afternoon to decorate the tree. * I checked
>> with Steve and they're OK with it. I think it would be a really wonderful
>> way to support the event.
>> Would you be interested in doing this? Would anyone on this list be
>> interested? Details on the speak-out below.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> *************************************************************************************************************************************
>>
>> *Home for the Holidays: City Life Press Conference and Tenant Speak-out
>> *
>> *12 p.m., 40 Fowler Street in Dorchester*
>>
>> On October 1, members from City Life / Vida Urbana occupied a vacant
>> building and hung a giant banner on the front of the building with the word
>> "Occupy." After taking over the space, they discovered that the
>> Deutsche Bank foreclosure had been faulty. CL/ VU found the old owner, who
>> has agreed to rent to a foreclosed property owner who earlier this year was
>> evicted by Aurora Bank in Hyde Park. This Friday at noon, City Life /
>> Vida Urbana and the Bank Tenants Association, with support from Occupy
>> Boston, will be holding a press conference for families who have won their
>> homes back through a combination of public pressure, legal defense, and
>> alternative financing.
>>
>> The press conference will introduce the St. Simon family who will move
>> into 40 Fowler, as well as testimonials from members who have successfully
>> gotten their homes back about foreclosure. As part of the event, City
>> Life will be decorating their annual justice tree, and has invited members
>> from Occupy Boston hang tiny tents and speak about next steps and plans for
>> the future. * *Join us as we honor these families, celebrate the power
>> of collective organizing, and outline next steps in our ongoing work with
>> City Life*. **
>> *
>>
>>
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