[Street] nye actions
Daniel Mc
danielm at occupyboston.org
Thu Dec 22 10:24:24 EST 2011
To that end: I purchased mini white boards and markers for the UNITY
rally. If you all would like to have them for First Night, please
contact me directly to coordinate.
Best,
--
Daniel.
Occupy Boston Outreach Committee
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Quoting Patricia Downer <patricia.downer at gmail.com>:
> The first thing that comes to mind for me would be something along the
> lines of New Years resolutions and/or what people hope the new year brings.
>
> We could do something where we have people write their wishes for how this
> country could be better (or something like that) on slips of paper and
> build something out of that to put on display. Alternately, we could have
> them write it out on mini-whiteboards and take a picture of them holding
> the whiteboard. We could then post the pictures online and/or print them
> out and make something with the pictures.
>
> I think this could be really powerful and very in the spirit of the holiday.
>
> Patricia Downer
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>
>> Awesome. Does anyone know if there are other actions being planned? A
>> simple mic-check new years wish on the subway seems very easy. Chalking
>> could be another low hanging fruit. Let's put together a few simple actions
>> that we can funnel a bunch of people into (and dangle a party after as an
>> incentive to join :).
>>
>> --
>> Ravi
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Kevin Maley <kevinmaley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Everyone
>>>
>>> We had a really productive meeting for Info's plans for First Night. I am
>>> summarizing notes and will send out later, but here is the summary:
>>>
>>> -We are going to meet at a home base (possibly Community Church) around
>>> 12 or 1, then disperse into groups of 4 or 5 to hot-spots in the city where
>>> we expect a lot of foot traffic.
>>>
>>> - Each group will be a mobile info tent. We will have buttons, Occupy
>>> Boston literature, sign-up sheets to join the movement, a big Occupy Boston
>>> sign, potentially tiny tents, tent hats, and maybe a little red mobile-info
>>> wagon with a tent over it. We are also trying to *stay on message* and
>>> let people know we are not just a movement to be a movement, but are
>>> connected to economic/social-justice issues that touch all of the 99%
>>>
>>> - We are going to meet back at Community around 4 and debrief; then hope
>>> to go on to that night's GA in a place that is outside and visible to a
>>> large audience (will bring that up tomorrow) and have an "info" presence
>>> there for any new people
>>>
>>> - We are also looking to coordinate with any other OB actions; including
>>> any street theater or kid friendly events, underscoring that we are going
>>> to be about most of the afternoon/early evening, where First Night is
>>> family friendly, and look to pull back when the drunks start coming out.
>>> perhaps we will all go to a bar afterward...
>>>
>>> Next meeting is Monday at 7pm
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Katie Gradowski <
>>> katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey all!
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to be out of the loop on these actions --- next week is winter
>>>> vacation camp, and Parts and Crafts has separate plans for first night, so
>>>> that's going to be my main focus for the next two weeks. If people do
>>>> decide to go forward on the actions that were discussed, I have two things
>>>> to add!
>>>>
>>>> 1) We have workshop space to volunteer if anyone needs a place to
>>>> assemble floats, masks, giant puppets, what have you --- lots of space and
>>>> a bunch of tools in West Somerville, open any day after 3 next week.
>>>>
>>>> 2) Radical christmas caroling came up at least three times in that
>>>> meeting. Our house is having a solstice party on December 30, with at
>>>> least three divergent groups of nerdy folks in attendance. Anyone up for
>>>> some radical rehearsing?
>>>>
>>>> Love to all from Maryland!
>>>>
>>>> Katie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> adding nicole to this chain (see below for some ideas i wanted to throw
>>>>> out there). please feel free to reply with comments, and let me
>>>>> know how i
>>>>> can help plan this stuff. i'll have a mass email going out about actions
>>>>> (summarizing the summit, next steps, etc.) before i sleep
>>>>> tonight, and i'll
>>>>> include a plug for nye in that as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> given the cohesiveness of the ob community, nye will be a great night
>>>>> to get a ton of people involved in actions (because we'll all
>>>>> want to hang
>>>>> out). let's not let the opportunity slip! :)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Ravi Mishra
>>>>> <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> kev - not sure how i left you off the initial message. major apologies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sounds like meetings are happening tonight and tomorrow. i can
>>>>>> definitely be available by phone/dial into a conf call to
>>>>>> listen in if you
>>>>>> guys can set this up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i wanted to throw some ideas out there:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) random acts of kindness.
>>>>>> 2) chalking happy messages around the city (need to look into
>>>>>> legality): stuff like "ob wishes you a happy new year" and
>>>>>> maybe something
>>>>>> sarcastic/humorous about how much corporations are screwing people.
>>>>>> 3) mic-checking subways
>>>>>> 4) flashmobs at various events: http://schedule.firstnight.org/
>>>>>> 5) quick input about the "circle of lights" idea floating around: i
>>>>>> think we can do way better. dewey is going to be fairly
>>>>>> deserted compared
>>>>>> to other places. there is a lot going on, and we should focus on high
>>>>>> traffic areas, imo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> overall, strategically (echoing the action summit), i think first
>>>>>> night should be a perception-building night for us: make our presence
>>>>>> known, come across as positive, give people reasons to like us, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Elias Feghali
>>>>>> <efeghali at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There was a ton of enthusiasm to move forward with NYE actions, but
>>>>>>> it's going to take a hell of a lot of organizing if we want to
>>>>>>> do it right.
>>>>>>> At the very least, we need to meet soon to start planning. If
>>>>>>> we choose a
>>>>>>> few strategic, realistic actions, I think we can pull it off.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Appreciate the offer for off-site support, Ravi. We'll lean on you as
>>>>>>> soon as we can, ha.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Eli
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Ravi Mishra wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> anything i can do to help organize? i'm out of town but can send
>>>>>>>> emails and try to coordinate and all that. lmk :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> btw, pretty crazy schedule of events:
>>>>>>>> http://schedule.firstnight.org/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Occupy Boston! Please redirect mail to katie.ob at occupyboston.org.
>>>>
>>>> www.partsandcrafts.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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