[Street] [Occupybostonoutreach] Feb 18 and March 10: Occupying to Organizing Popular Power - Workshops!

Betsy Boggia boggia at comcast.net
Mon Feb 13 09:53:08 EST 2012


Hi All-

Just a general observation with full appreciation for how difficult it is to 
keep all activities organized and promoted!

It would be really helpful if all events were posted on a facebook page or 
as events in some centralized location-I regularly review emails, various 
facebook pages, OB calendar etc. to gather info about upcoming events and it 
is time consuming-for example today have found a rally on March 10th for 
International Women's day that was posted by someone out of state !!!) on 
the Mass Occupy facebook but does not seem to have any local promotion 
(couldn't find on Occupy Boston facebook page or event invite).

For those of us outside of Boston who are trying to promote events and 
engagement it gets challenging-however I understand it is just as 
challenging to keep track of all-are there solutions being worked on or any 
way that someone (like me!!) can help-don't want to just complain, and have 
seen this discussed repeatedly...

Thanks to all-
Betsy
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 9:57 PM
Subject: [Occupybostonoutreach] Feb 18 and March 10: Occupying to Organizing 
Popular Power - Workshops!


> Hey all,
>    I'm involved in a group that's putting on a series of trainings. We
> hope these can really help us in the occupy movement to build the
> capacity of our communities to struggle against the 1% this springtime
> and beyond! More details forthcoming, please mark your calendars.
> Email me for a flier!
>    -Jake Carman
> (of Occupy Boston Labor Outreach)
>
> **please forward widely!*
>
> Feb 18 and March 10: Occupying to Organizing Popular Power - Workshops!
>
> From Occupying to Organizing Popular Power
> A series of Workshops, presented by long-time community organizers from a
> wide background, to give activists the skills we need to build a truly
> popular movement!
>
> Saturday, February 18, and Saturday, March 10
> 2pm-5pm (both Saturdays)
> At the Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St # 2  Boston, MA
> 02116-3678   (In Copley Square, near the Copley Green Line T stop).
>
> Join our conversation about expanding participation in our movements. How
> do we move toward organizing with millions not just online but in our
> neighborhoods? Discuss ways we can work together to engage more people
> through organizing practices that are unfortunately uncommon in most
> activist scenes. Hear local organizing examples that have expanded
> participation beyond tactic-focused activism. Find out about ways Occupy
> activists have learned to move beyond Facebook activism to face to face
> relationship building based on solidarity through common struggles.
> Discuss
> with grassroots organizers organizing the 99% toward our demands. Learn
> about effective collaborations between the Occupy Movement and organizing
> projects and the development of organizing practices that support
> grassroots leadership of those most impacted by economic, racial and
> social injustice. Share examples from base building efforts from the
> Occupy Movement and from collaborations with grassroots organizing
> efforts. Hear about Occupy Boston’s efforts to organize on the
> neighborhood level.
>
> Organizing trainings provided Occupy Boston activists with a participatory
> strategy and a campaign development process that built organizing capacity
> and turned activists into local organizers. For many of the Occupy
> activists it was their first time organizing more broadly than focusing on
> event or action mobilizations. Share success stories about your grassroots
> organizing that have reached beyond activist circles.
>
>
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