<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Happy New Year All,<br><br>Where would I find more detailed info about the NH trip. I would have to be back here in Boston Saturday night. How are folks getting up there and are there any thoughts about "lodging"? <br>thanks, and peace,<br>Angela<br><br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 1/1/12, Katie Gradowski <i><katie.gradowski@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski@gmail.com><br>Subject: [Occupybostonoutreach] Campaign Finance Community Gathering tomorrow night!<br>To: "outreach" <Occupybostonoutreach@lists.occupyboston.org>, "street" <street@lists.occupyboston.org>, infotent@occupyboston.org<br>Date: Sunday, January 1, 2012, 10:20 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1697040450"><div
class="yiv1697040450gmail_quote"><div><pre><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hey all! A few quick updates heading into the new year....</font></pre><pre><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend, a number of folks from OB will be heading to Manchester NH to Occupy the Primary. </span><b style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow at 5 p.m., the Street Working Group will be meeting in Copley to plan an action for the following Tuesday</b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. We'll be meeting at Boloco in Copley Square, immediately next to the Community Church (565 Boylston Street) There are a number of exciting actions being planned, and we would love to have people across working groups be involved! Anyone interested in participating should email <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:street@lists.occupyboston.org" target="_blank"
href="/mc/compose?to=street@lists.occupyboston.org">street@lists.occupyboston.org</a>, or join us at that meeting. </span></li>
</ul><ul><li><b style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow evening, the Citizens United Working group will be hosting a community gathering on campaign finance reform, </b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">kicking off a month-long campaign to inspire and educate the greater public about corporate influence over public policy. The gathering will start at 7:30 at the Community Church, 565 Boylston Street in Boston. It would be wonderful to have some folks from outreach involved and at this meeting, as this will be an important campaign that many WGs will be focusing on as we move into the month of January. </span></li>
</ul><ul><li><b style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">City Life / Vida Urbana will be having their weekly bank tenant meetings this Tuesday and Wednesday. </b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">These meetings are a great opportunity to get in on the ground on home defense work, and to get involved in rolling auction protests and eviction defense actions. </span><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are interested in attending these meetings, please email <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:katie@occupyboston.org" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=katie@occupyboston.org">katie@occupyboston.org</a> for details.</span></li>
</ul></pre><pre><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We'll be starting up with our regularly scheduled meetings next week -- in the meantime, enjoy the remainder of the holiday weekend!</span></pre>
<pre><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All best,</font></pre><pre><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Katie</font></pre><pre><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></pre>
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<h1><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/12/31/ob-campaign-finance-reform/" title="Permanent Link to Occupy Boston Tackles
Campaign Finance Reform">Occupy Boston Tackles Campaign
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<div> <span>December 31st,
2011 · <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.occupyboston.org/author/gscott/" title="Posts by Gunner">Gunner</a> · <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.occupyboston.org/category/events/" title="View all posts in Events">Events</a>,
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<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.occupyboston.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dollars.jpg"><img title="dollars" src="cid:1.2157297746@web84101.mail.mud.yahoo.com" alt="dollars
Occupy Boston Tackles Campaign Finance Reform" height="263" width="350"></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong></strong>The Citizens United Working
Group of Occupy Boston will host a Community Gathering and forum <strong>Monday,
January 2nd at the Community Church, 565 Boylston Street in
Boston</strong>. This event is the kick off to a month-long
campaign designed to inspire and educate the greater public about
corporate influence over public policy. <strong>The program will
begin at 7:30</strong>, but guests are invited to arrive early
for refreshments and social networking. Featured speakers include
MA Sen. Jamie Elderidge, who has introduced many of the bills that
support campaign finance reforms in the State House, and Arthur
Macewan from Dollars and Sense and author of the Wealth-Power
Connection.</p>
<p>Macewan will address the larger problem of corporate personhood
and the myriad of problems it has created with respect to money in
politics. Sen. Elderidge will be there to discuss some of the
related bills and resolutions that he is sponsoring in the State
House. This event is open to the public. The speakers will be
followed by a facilitated open discussion geared toward building
a vision for what steps we can take to solve these
problems. Getting corporate and special interest money out of
politics is an important issue for people across the political
spectrum. Everyone is encouraged to attend and participate in
building a unifying strategy to affect change.</p>
<p>The goal of the evening is to introduce people to the campaign
finance issues surrounding the Supreme Court’s landmark decision
in Citizens United vs FEC. Among the issues discussed will be the
idea of Corporate Personhood, which as a result of several
misguided court decisions prior to Citizen’s United, has given
corporations rights and protections that the Founders intended
only for people. Corporate Personhood has come at a terrible cost
to our democracy–especially with regard to the financing of
elections and the influence of money in politics.</p>
<p>In addition, campaign financing and fundraising have become huge
distractions for our elected officials. In order to raise enough
money to be competitive, candidates are forced to pander to big
money corporate donors, lobbyists and PACs which often puts them
directly at odds with wishes of the people they are supposed to
represent. The Citizen’s United decision, in which the Supreme
Court ruled that corporations have a First Amendment right to
spend unlimited — and unreported — amounts of money to influence
elections, has further undermined democracy.</p>
<p>Getting corporate and special interest money out of politics is a
unifying issue for people across the political spectrum. Fixing
this problem is essential if we want our representatives to be
responsive to the 99% and not just their deep-pocketed corporate
backers.</p>
<p>This Community Forum on “Citizens United vs FEC” is part of a
month-long educational campaign that will culminate with a two-day
“Rally & Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy” on January 20
and 21. The rally will bring together organizations that have been
working specifically on these issues for years, like the Coffee
Party, Free Speech for People, Move to Amend and Rootstrikers,
along with groups like the MA League of Women Voters and the
Nurses Union that also want to have a voice in this debate. For
more information about any of these events, email <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=citizensunited@occupyboston.org">citizensunited@occupyboston.<u></u>org</a>
or <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:occupybostonmedia@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=occupybostonmedia@gmail.com">occupybostonmedia@gmail.com</a>.</p>
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