[Street] Occupy the NH Primary: Elephants, Flash Mobs, Love Police!
Katie Gradowski
katie.gradowski at gmail.com
Thu Jan 5 14:12:13 EST 2012
For wide circulation -- please read and forward!
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This weekend, Occupy Boston will join dozens of Northeast Occupy groups in
Manchester, NH <https://www.facebook.com/events/124596234321440/> to show
the national and international media that we are part of the American
political debate. Republican presidential candidates will debate in a room
at St. Anselm College on Saturday night, Jan. 7, but our voices will be
heard loud and clear outside. Occupy Boston will provide an embodiment of
the "elephant in the room," displaying the questions and statements that
the politicians and media are trying to avoid.
On Friday, January 6, Occupy Boston will bring a life-sized plywood,
media-equipped, livestreaming elephant, which we'll decorate with all the
questions and statements that the candidates should address. This elephant
has gotten too large to ignore! We'll decorate it on Friday night, as
part of Occupy New Hampshire's kickoff celebration, and then we'll bring it
along to the debates the next day. (We're assuming they won't actually let
us bring the elephant *into* the room with the candidates, so we'll park it
outside with everyone else to welcome the candidates to St. Anselm
College.) On Saturday, the elephant will join Operation
Pride<https://www.facebook.com/events/281180708599133/>,
marching to Victory Park as a response to hateful speech and campaigning of
many of the Presidential candidates. On Tuesday, January 10, from 3-6
p.m., we'll follow it up with a Love Police flash
mob<http://www.facebook.com/events/193054617456938/>,
to drive the message home.
Come to Manchester Friday evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. to launch the
elephant, or Saturday through Tuesday to help create this celebration and
statement of our determination to change the complacence of politics as
usual. Carpooling and bus-sharing can be arranged on the Discussion tab of
http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Occupy_NH_Primary,_OB. The current
schedule is available at http://occupynh.org/primary/ andhttp://
www.facebook.com/events/124596234321440/ (see below for a full schedule
of events)
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Schedule:
Friday January 6th
5:00 PM: Welcome
6:30 PM: Occupy Boston "Elephant in the Room"
7:30 PM: Teach-In "Bird-Dogging Political Candidates" (Arnie Alpert and
Olivia Zink) / Film "Bullied" (Marianne O'Connor) Both will be held at the
UU church at 669 Union St.
Saturday January 7th
9:00 AM: "Occupying Small Towns" (Occupy Keene)
10:00 AM: "Cost of US Foreign Policy" (Veterans for Peace)
11:00 AM: "Politics" a lecture by Mark Twain (Ed Helm)
12:00 PM: General Protesting (Occupy Exeter - side action)
1:00 PM: Lecture "How to Build a Strong Movement" (Occupy Wall Street)
2:30 PM: Gay Pride Rally from Veteran's to Victory (Occupy Nashua)
https://www.facebook.com/events/281180708599133/
5:00 PM: General Assembly
7:00 PM: Funeral Procession for the American Dream at St. Anselm College
during the primary debate. Please wear "mourning attire," if possible.
(Occupy Manchester)
Sunday January 8th
9:00 AM: Direct Action (Occupy Manchester)
11:00 AM: Street Theater "Puppets and Power" (Occupy Maine)
1:00 PM: Dance Party of Awesomeness (Occupy Worcester)
3:00 PM: Hallelujah Corporations, storytelling, songs, and skits (Occupy
Conway)
4:00 PM: Drum Circle
5:00 PM: General Assembly
7:00 PM: Film "Inside Job" at the UU church 669 Union Street
Monday January 9th
9:00 AM: Street Theater "Bank Transfer" (Occupy Manchester)
11:00 AM: Open
1:00 PM: "How to Build Efficient, Renewable Energy Systems." (Roy Morrison)
3:00 PM: "All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" (Occupy Concord)
5:00 PM: General Assembly
7:00 PM: Film "The Corporation" at the UU church 669 Union Street
Tuesday January 10th (Primary Day)
9:00 AM: "Tax Inequity and Oligarchy" (John Kavanagh - Occupy Durham)
11:00 AM: "History of Labor" (IWW)
1:00 PM: NH Healthcare Now
3:00 PM: Flash Mob (Occupy Boston) http://www.facebook.com/
events/193054617456938/
4:30 PM---8:30 (END) Occupy NH Wins the Primary!
Occupy NH will convene at MacNeil's Banquet Facility for Victory Party.
The McNeil's have offered their banquet room to Occupy NH without charge.
We have to bring our own food. We can potluck, order BBQ from KC's rib
shack, etc.
Bring some $$ for beer/wine/soda.
Address is 837 Second St., Manchester, NH (Bottom floor of KC's Rib Shack)
Events are taking place at Veteran's Park, unless otherwise noted.
All open spaces are available to claim. Send requests to Katie at
Occupythenhprimary at gmail.com.
SLEEPING SPACE: We have many sleeping spaces to offer in NH, or if you
require sleeping space, please email Paul Brochu at
sevensixtworevolution at yahoo.com. You will require a sleeping bag, pad,
pillow. It is just indoor floor space and bathroom access.
>From January 6th to January 10th, Occupy NH invites you to "Occupy the
Presidential Primary"--First in the Nation's History.
Occupy the NH Primary will address growing economic inequality and the
disproportionate economic and political power of corporate America and the
wealthiest 1%. We want to highlight our concerns that the candidates and
media ignore.
Events include marches, debates, street theater, workshops, and
entertainment. Occupy groups in NH and throughout the region are encouraged
to reserve a 2-hour block for their own event.
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