[Street] Action goals - a brainstorm
Kevin Maley
kevinmaley at gmail.com
Thu Dec 8 06:42:15 EST 2011
ill be there
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Rachel Plattus <rachelbp at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1
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> Roadmap meeting is at noon in E5--I'll be there. Anyone else?
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> rbp
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> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Katie Gradowski <
> katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hey all!
>>
>> Had a quick conversation with Stephen and Ariel in media this evening ---
>> I think it would be great for street to sit down with media and think
>> specifically about how we can plan actions to support concrete, clear
>> messaging.
>>
>> The gist was, "we missed the window to get message out with statements,
>> now we need to do it with actions." I think this group can really run
>> point on this, and will be incredibly effective in doing so if we can do it
>> in conjunction with media (as well as with community orgs -- bridging one
>> of the more effective outward messaging WGs with the wider community that
>> we need to get on board).
>>
>> There's a meeting this Sunday at E5 to talk about roadmaps and strategy
>> --- can anyone from the streets team make it? It's early in the day, I
>> think around 2. If we can make a short list of actions and bring it to
>> that meeting, i think that'd be a huge help to everyone involved.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Random one that could be a tactic or a goal:
>>>
>>> 8) To shock the viewer or somehow create an alternate sense of reality
>>> in which an outside's mind becomes more open to accepting a truth or
>>> leaning about a situation. (Ex: a mass "playing dead" demonstration to
>>> visualize the scope of war casualties or something like that.)
>>>
>>>
>>> PS - I'm a firm believer in a very open, accepting brainstorming
>>> process. All ideas should be thrown out there, and we can weed through what
>>> we like and don't like later.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ravi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Rachel Plattus <rachelbp at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> All of these fall under the broad heading of ORGANIZING:
>>>>
>>>> 4) Outreach: to bring more individuals into the movement and activate
>>>> those individuals
>>>> 5) Outreach: to show organizations why they should want to work with us
>>>> long term
>>>> 6) Community building: to identify groups and individuals within the
>>>> movement who are uniquely suited to working on a given action as a way of
>>>> expanding our base of those who work their asses off
>>>> 7) Internal education: to use actions as an opportunity to make
>>>> ourselves better at what we do (organizing, media, interpretive dancing,
>>>> etc)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Writing that last email made me think that it might be fun (and
>>>>> useful) to have a theoretical discussion of what various goals of action
>>>>> should be? In my mind (please chime in here), a valid goal for an action is
>>>>> any ideal/value or outcome that aids our overall movement. For example,
>>>>> education is a very obvious goal - if people know more about the issues,
>>>>> they're more likely to support our cause, which makes it easier for us to
>>>>> change the status quo. Conversely (and this could be controversial, again
>>>>> please chime in), something like "agitation" if often thought of as a goal
>>>>> in of itself, but I think it probably needs more qualification to be truly
>>>>> accepted as a goal. Shutting down a street in a financial district could
>>>>> definitely be a goal because it hurts the operations of those who are
>>>>> behind the problems that plague our society
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, without further ado, some goals off the top of my head -
>>>>> please discuss and add yours!
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Education - teaching people about the issues and what is going on
>>>>> today, for example
>>>>> 2) Fun! We're not going to be here in the long run if we're not
>>>>> enjoying ourselves. :)
>>>>> 3) Targeted systems disruption - making it harder for the opposition
>>>>> to do stuff in a manner that helps our cause
>>>>>
>>>>> Any particular action can aim to achieve one, some, or all of these
>>>>> goals. The point of this thread is to create a list of what action goals
>>>>> should be, and the hope is that we can use these later to more effectively
>>>>> analyze actions and their efficacy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally. this article by author John Robb frames some basic Conflict
>>>>> Theory quite well and could serve as a framework to think about what goals
>>>>> of actions should be.<http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/11/how-to-win-a-modern-conflict.html>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>
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