[Street] Syrian Americans Rally for Democracy
Brett West
heavyriser at gmail.com
Fri Dec 2 15:21:17 EST 2011
Thanks Daniel,
Just talked with a representative from their rally.
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*This seems like it will be the final word on the matter: *
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*Points from our conversation*
1) Our rallies will not physically interfere with each other as theirs is
located on the wide sidewalk across from the BPL, and ours is located on
the other end of the park in front of the church.
2) They do not want their message to get drowned out by joining our rally.
3) They welcome people from our rally to come over to their rally at any
time to take part and show solidarity
4) The one item of organized collaboration, which I proposed and they
approved, was for us to go over and join their rally during the speech of
the Amnesty International representative which will take place at some
point. They do not have a strictly scheduled rally as we do. They do not
know exactly when or for how long the AI representative will speak. So I
propose that I talk to them tomorrow and figure out then when and for how
long the AI person's speech will be. And the Copley Program Committee can
make a decision on the spot as to whether this works with our rally
schedule.
That said, I will remove the items that pertained to the Syrian American
rally from our itinerary for now and send to a revised itinerary that
attempts to leave room for such a visit to the Syrian American rally.
Peace
Brett
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Daniel Mc <danielm at occupyboston.org> wrote:
> Brett,
>
> Thanks so much for keeping everyone in the loop about this. I think this
> is an incredibly important issue to be completely clear about before
> tomorrow. I fear that, if not done correctly, there is a potential for us
> to alienate people who the movement certainly wants on our side.
>
> We need to create space for mutual respect and humility for tomorrow.
> Collaborating would be great but it is more about sharing the physical
> space and creating opportunities for meaningful support.
>
> I really liked the sound of having some Syrian music/dancers at some point
> for all in attendance to enjoy and experience together. Also, it would be
> great if one of their members would come and say a few words to us about
> the connections between our issues.
>
> There was a bit of negative backlash on their facebook event page, which I
> tried my best to respond to. That being said, they DO HAVE LEGITIMATE
> CONCERNS. Let's do our best not to take over their event by hammering out
> logistics with them tonight. To that end, happy to have a conference call
> or sit down meeting tonight after 7:30pm.
>
>
> Thoughts?
> --
> Daniel.
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>
> Quoting Brett West <heavyriser at gmail.com>:
>
> Hey All,
>>
>> Due to a lack of communication, I'm having doubts that there will be as
>> much collaboration between the Syrian American group and ourselves. This
>> is
>> not to say that we won't get together at some point, just that it is hard
>> to know anything for certain as communication is slow.
>>
>> *Also, one of their organizers told me that they are inviting folks from
>>
>> New Jersey to join their rally, and that one of those folks may include
>> the
>> MAYOR of New Jersey.*
>> *
>>
>> *
>> I wanted to disclose this information to everyone and gather thoughts. I
>> will hopefully speak with a representative by phone today. Waiting for a
>> return call....
>>
>> Onward
>> Brett
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> You can do anything you want, as long as you don't wait for permission.
>>
>>
>
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