[Street] [Ob-media] [Transparency] OB Media Strategy Summit this Sunday 2pm - 5pm at E5. ALL are welcomed!
Leah
leah.filler at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 17:37:55 EST 2011
Well that sounds great then! Sorry for the mixup. Um, so come to the march on the 3rd! And hope to see you at the Summit on the 27th!
On Nov 25, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Farhad Ebrahimi <yahktoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi y'all --
>
> If I'm not mistaken, there shouldn't be a conflict with the Occupy
> Boston Women's March. The March is on December 3, and the summit is
> on November 27. Is my understanding correct?
>
> Either way, I'm going to make sure that the march is on the calendar!
>
> Best,
> -- Farhad
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Leah <leah.filler at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all-
>> While the explicit goal to include women and people of color at this summit
>> is appreciated, this summit conflicts with the Occupy Boston Women's March
>> that has been in the works for the last few weeks. The march is on December
>> 3rd from 12-2, and we have music and spoken word at Dewey from 2-4. It is
>> important that you all try to make it to the march before the Summit, but
>> also important to note that the post-march events directly conflict, and
>> could reduce participation of many in the Women's Caucus. While I am on
>> many lists, I have not picked up on the planning of this Summit, so I
>> apologize if I have missed the opportunity to inquire about starting the
>> Summit even just one hour or two later, as to increase the participation of
>> many who are working on this event for women and other marginalized voices.
>> It seems that the best way to include women and people of color at the
>> Summit would be to hold it at a time that does not directly conflict with
>> events planned for and by women and people of color.
>> So, is there any option of starting this Summit later in the afternoon?
>> Thanks,
>> Leah
>>
>> On Nov 25, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Martin <m2 at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>
>> Occupy Boston Community,
>>
>> Good afternoon, hope yall had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family,
>> friends, fun and food!
>>
>> Just a quick reminder about Sunday's media strategy summit.
>>
>> The Media Strategy Summit will be convening this Sunday from 2pm-5pm at E5
>> (33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor.) We will deal with sourcing, crafting and and
>> implementing Occupy Boston’s comprehensive media strategy. For the latest
>> updates on location and more info. email m2 at occupyboston.org
>>
>> We would like to specifically extend an invitation to women, people of color
>> and the house less community to make certain they have a seat at the table
>> and influence over OB media strategy and operations. Please forward this to
>> any working group and or person you feel should be there. My apologies if I
>> left folks out. Please help them get this invitation. Thank you.
>>
>> The format will be adjusted facilitation by members of the OB community.
>> More conversational and goal/action oriented.
>>
>> For the summit to work effectively, smoothly and productively it MUST be a
>> safe zone for all. We want a variety of views, tactics and mediums thus
>> welcome the input of all.
>>
>> We welcome all constructive criticism and dissenting voices. What is neither
>> welcome nor will be tolerated is personal attacks, hijacking the
>> conversations and/or flow of the summit, agendas that are not made public to
>> the entire group. Anyone who engages in destructive behavior (verbal or
>> otherwise) to the process and specially to other members of our community
>> will be asked to leave after the first offense. We want and need the summit
>> to be a safe zone for all voices so lets leave drama and hidden agendas
>> behind please.
>>
>> The goals and visions of these summits are:
>>
>> To democratize OB media by increasing participation and ownership of Occupy
>> Boston's public image and community relationships.
>> To give all the diverse groups, backgrounds and views that make up the
>> Occupy Boston a voice.
>> To create the needed working infrastructure and system to have rapid
>> responses to, professional quality work that puts the Occupy community is
>> the best light possible in the public's eye in order to earn their trust and
>> support.
>>
>> All who wish to attend are extremely encouraged to:
>>
>> Come prepared with practical ideas, tools and resources ready to present to
>> the group.
>> Come with a collaborative attitude which will help us as a group pool all
>> our ideas and resources into a comprehensive practical strategy we can
>> implement.
>> Come with updates, pictures, videos, writing of the great work you and/or
>> your working group is doing that the public needs to know about.
>>
>> Thank very much for all the excellent work you do!
>>
>> Hope to see many of you there and have a wonderful weekend!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>>
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