[Street] re Occupy the 'T' Campaign

Eli Cohen elcoh002 at mail.goucher.edu
Fri Jan 13 13:01:49 EST 2012


Josh - The "Free Charlie" idea wasn't exactly a "strategy" so much as a
advertising/media tactic. We would use the image of "Charlie" (from the
CharlieCard) and have him be "in jail." I'm working on quarter-sheets with
this theme now, and will have them done in the next day or two. I'll be
sending them to this group, Occupy Somerville, the T Riders' Union (and
anyone else who asks me to).

One important detail: the first big mobilization point will be in *ten
days*for one of the larger public hearings hosted by the MBTA (it
would be ideal
to have a few people at every single
hearing<http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/public_meetings/>to express
outrage, but for this one we want a crowd). Here's the details:
*

*Transportation Building
10 Park Plaza, Boston<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10+park+plaza+boston&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=10+Park+Plaza,+Boston,+Massachusetts+02116&gl=us&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=0>
Monday, January 23 at noon (hearing starts at 1)

-Eli

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Patricia Downer <patricia.downer at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Was talking in OB Radio chat about Occupy MBTA. Someone from IRC said
> they're working on that stuff too. Wants some one to coordinate with them.
> I honestly don't have time. :( Can some one please reach out to him/her(not
> sure) to coordinate: smant at occupyboston.org
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patricia Downer
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Patricia Downer <
> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, where is the Sunday Action Summit? (I forget where our Sunday
>> meetings usually are) Preferably somewhere within walking distance from
>> there.
>>
>> Patricia Downer
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>
>>> yeah, let's have a street meeting sunday at 4 to work out what we will
>>> talk about at the Action summit on Sunday! I'd love to get as many people
>>> involved as possible! OB has been really buzzing about this, let's get some
>>> people to start working on it and make this campaign really happen!
>>>
>>> Location suggestion anyone?
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Ridgely Fuller <
>>> ridgelyfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Folks..
>>>> .I thought the T riders U mtg last night was really good ( though left
>>>> at 7:30) and it doesn't seem to me, at least up until I left that OB would
>>>> be stepping on anyon orgs. toes by initiating Free Charlie strategy...i am
>>>> wondering whether 'street' should offer that up as an initial Action idea
>>>> at this Sunday's Action Summit..that way we might get all workgroups
>>>> working on the campaign in their own way..eg we wouldn't have to have our
>>>> few members go to CASA ..we could get CASA right there on Sunday night and
>>>> ask them to consider our ideas but come up their own..same for media..etc
>>>> etc..'street' might then have more of a coordinating role among groups on
>>>> the Free Charlie Strategy rather than have to round up all the resources
>>>> and do all the wrok ourselves..seems like an easy way to get all of OB
>>>> involved in this really exciting idea..one of the things I liked best about
>>>> the TRU mtg was the incredible
>>>> diversity..age,ethnicity,city/suburb......etc
>>>> if you all like the idea of it being part of OB action summit this
>>>> Sunday at 5, maybe we should get together at 4 to see what components it
>>>> might have and how we would help organiize it..i really want these Action
>>>> Sunday's to work!!!!!
>>>>  Ridgely
>>>>
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