[Street] [Occupybostonoutreach] Street Meeting Notes, 12/23/2011

Courtney Mulroy courtney.mulroy at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 16:03:44 EST 2011


AWESOME update Katie, thanks so much.

On the 23rd, will Movement Building be presenting with us/ have we given
them a heads up? If so, would you like me to grab a couple of volunteers to
present on the spearheded topics, ie. Joanie on City Hall, George on his
idea, Cynthia on freedom winter?

Let me know and I will get in touch with them, thanks again :)

Court

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Thanks ben, for these notes!
> *
> I'm adding outreach events to this list.*  Below is a quick sketch
> ongoing outreach efforts to keep street in the loop -- there's a lot of
> potential here for awesome collaborative actions, it would be great to put
> together a schedule of sorts for actions we want to focus on in January +
> February.
>
> ALSO:   I have reserved the Monday, January 23 community gathering for
> outreach, with the hopes of presenting some of the ideas that have been
> coming out of movement building.   It would also be fantastic to have
> streets there as well!
>
> Katie*
>
> *
> *************************************************************************************************
> *
>
> *ONGOING COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS THAT INVOLVE ACTIONS
>
>    - *Chinese Progressive Association: *  On 12/3, we passed a solidarity
>    statement with 20 workers who lost their jobs and were denied wages when
>    the owner filed for bankruptcy.   *Next step:  flyering + banner
>    campaign in Chinatown, reprint this statement in English and Cantonese to
>    bring visibility to this issue*   (this was planned, but got derailed
>    with the closing of OB camp)
>
>
>    - *City Life / Vida Urbana: *  Friday's lightsaber flashmob went
>    really well!   They want to do more street theater with us.   They also
>    have a few eviction blockades coming up that we may be able to coordinate
>    on.   Next steps:   Coordinate with housing crisis WG, set up a meeting
>    with CLVU after the new year to discuss next steps  (would be awesome to
>    have someone at streets at this meeting)
>
>
>    - *Community Garden Eviction: *  Outreach has been meeting with ARGFC,
>    a refugee cooperative who has recently lost their community gardenspace and needs our assistance in their struggle. They are launching a
>    campaign to reclaim their garden -- this is definitely something we can
>    help out with, potentially with street actions (Daniel, do you have an
>    update on this?)
>
>
>    - *City-wide actions in February/March:  *  This has been mostly under
>    the radar, but will be hugely important to mobilize around as it
>    develops.   Quick summary: a day of action, in February or March  (similar
>    to the Right to the City Action) with OB and community orgs across Boston,
>    targeting the financial industry.   It's still early in the planning
>    stages, but should definitely be on the radar for streets.
>
> These are all slow-moving, but hugely important -- they absolutely involve
> "hitting the streets" as a way to support ongoing outreach efforts, and tie
> directly in with the wider OB community in Boston.
>
>
> *********************************************************************************************
>
> **ONGOING OB CAMPAIGNS THAT MAY INVOLVE ACTIONS
>
>    - *Move to Amend / Citizens United: * This Thursday at 6 p.m. at BU
>    law school, Citizens United to End Political Bribery Working Group will be
>    discussing demonstrations protesting the Jan 20-21 anniversary of the CU
>    decision.   They also want to bring together OB working groups on 12/29 for
>    targeted discussions about the event and a call to action.
>
>
>    - *Solidarity with Egypt:*   There's a rally this weekend.   Next
>    week, the Egyptian military will likely continue to beat and murder
>    protesters.  +1111 to organizing ongoing actions this month around this
>    (next step:  figuring out who else is organizing around this, and
>    coordinating with them to make this happen)
>
>
>    - *SOPA / NDAA:   *Two big, ugly congressional bills that are coming
>    through, one on internet piracy, the other on whether or not American
>    citizens can be held indefinitely by the military.
>
> There has been discussion about organizing teach-ins on each of these
> things -- I would love to invite people working on these campaigns to visit
> outreach / streets meetings so we can coordinate on actions together
> (building consensus BEFOREHAND, so we can have better actions!)
>
>
> *******************************************************************************************
>
> ONGOING OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS THAT DON'T YET INVOLVE ACTIONS, BUT MAY IN THE
> FUTURE
>
>    - *ESWA: *  They have been coming to our meetings and are interested
>    in working with OB.   Sarah Francis is interested in being a liaison.   No
>    word yet on what actions will come of this  (conversations still in
>    progress) -- having a liaison may be useful, given that they don't
>    primarily work via the internet and are mostly face-to-face
>
>
>    - *Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE): *  A handful of
>    people met with them last week -- they are in the middle of a transit
>    campaign, not sure what came of this meeting, but this is a long-overdue
>    collaboration, and we should think about whether there are useful actions
>    we can do with them in the next few months  (Eli, can you update?)
>
>
>    - *Rosie's Place:   *Cherie and I met with them last week - it's a
>    private women's shelter, and we were doing a presentation on income
>    inequality.   There is a LOT of potential here for reaching out on housing
>    issues  (in particular, organizing around  HUD restrictions on smoking in
>    low-income apartments).   Next step:  coordinating with housing crisis
>    working group  (more on this to come)
>
>
>    - *Dorchester People for Peace*.   They remain awesome.   We like them
>    a whole lot!   Eli can update with more details.
>
> These are all in the works, and involve ongoing work on the community orgs
> front -- not directly aciton-related, but work that streets should probably
> be aware of.
>
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