[Street] Fwd: [OBPOC Working Group] December 3: Rally to meet the 99%
Katie Gradowski
katie.gradowski at gmail.com
Sat Nov 26 22:58:57 EST 2011
from brian k
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From: Brian K <bdubkwob at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OBPOC Working Group] December 3: Rally to meet the 99%
To: Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski at gmail.com>
Hey Katie,
Thanks for sending this out!
I just noticed a long list of People of color organizations that we may
want to do some outreach to...it was on the Blackstonian article about the
3 strikes law. Below are the organizations that opposed the bill:
Do we have any systematic strategy for outreach to organizations for the
Unity March?
Brian
Supporting Organizations:
Center for Church and Prison
Boston NAACP
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
EPOCA – Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement
New Democracy Coalition
Mass Black Empowerment Coalition
Oistė
Blackstonian
Occupy The Hood Boston
Brothers For Boston
Union of Minority Neighborhoods
National Action Network Boston/Brockton Chapter
Criminal Justice Policy Coalition
The Real Cost of Prisons Project
Peace Boston
South Street Youth Center
The City School
Community Church
Black and Pink
Boston Workers Alliance (BWA)
Design Studio for Social Intervention
Voices of Liberation
El Movimiento
South End/Lower Roxbury Youth Workers’ Alliance
Massachusetts Juvenile Task Force on Racial Disparities
Community Change
Road To Redemption
Reflect and Strengthen
National Black College Alliance’s Greatest Minds
Jobs With Justice
Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center
Racial Healing and Reconciliation Project
Mass Decarcerate
Friends and Families of Prisoners
Mass Prison Voice
Global Ministries Christian Church
Boston Praise Radio
Massachusetts Community Action Network
Boston Mobilization
Love Movement Ministries
Multi-cultural Dropout Outreach Collaborative (MDOC)
Freedom House
Young Cape Verdean Club
Beantown Society
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski at gmail.com
> wrote:
> Hey all!
> <http://www.partsandcrafts.org>
>
> Many of you are aware of this -- this is a SPECIFIC CALLOUT to OB working
> groups and community members who may be interested in participating in the
> December 3 action. We would love to get individuals, affinity groups, and
> working groups involved -- read on for details!
>
>
> ***********************************************************************************
>
> DECEMBER 3 UNITY + COMMUNITY RALLY -- THE 99% SPEAK OUT!
>
> On December 3, occupiers, activists, and community members will be holding
> a *distributed march and rally* across Boston, *starting in neighborhoods
> across the city and culminating with a speak-out in Copley Square*.
> It's a chance for the wider Boston community to meet the 99 percent, and
> for the 99 percent to organize visibly around ALL the issues that matter to
> us.
>
> We need your help!* The basic idea: from 10-12, everyone takes a street
> corner. * Whatever your issue is -- tar sands, school closings, wage
> cuts, supercommittee cuts, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the eviction
> of OWS, s-comm, corporate welfare -- take a street corner and tell people
> why you're here! *After that, we'll all gather in Copley Square from
> 1-4 p.m. for a speak-out and celebration of the 99 percent.*
>
> WIthin Occupy Boston, we have an incredibly diverse set of talents,
> issues, and interests. *Whatever it is that you do that makes the site
> great, consider taking it offsite for a day and bringing it to the wider
> community!* It could be anything -- hosting a puppet show, running a
> civil disobedience training, canvassing on a particular issue, distributing
> food or clothing, hosting an off-site teach-in, building a tiny house on a
> random street corner in Boston.
>
> They say our differences will divide us. They say we don't have concrete
> issues, claims, or goals. Join us on December 3 for a day of celebration,
> conversation and change -- take the issues to the neighborhoods where they
> are most strongly felt, and then bring those issues to the square to make
> our voices heard.
> *
> *Please share widely, discuss with your friends, bring it to your working
> group, and consider getting involved! (and forward to any working groups
> not on this list!)
>
>
> *Open planning meeting: November 28, 5 p.m. (tentatively at SEIU615)*
> *
> Distributed rallies across Boston: December 3 from 10-12 p.m.
>
> Speak-out in Copley Square: December 4 from 1-4 p.m.*
>
> *IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, please email
> street at lists.occupyboston.org. *(main contact within Occupy Boston)
>
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