[Energy] [Transparency] [Womenscaucus] [Occupybostonoutreach] [Ideas] Distributed March Idea
Katie Gradowski
katie.gradowski at gmail.com
Wed Nov 9 00:46:34 EST 2011
I'm super-psyched about this. Please keep outreach in the loop. Is the
idea to discuss this at the street teams / outreach meeting on Thursday, or
is there a separate planning meeting for it?
Katie
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Martin Montero <these3remain at gmail.com>wrote:
> excellent!
>
> i'm 100% behind Ravi, Nicole & this march. superb Idea. also would like to
> +1 and time the additions Joe made.
>
> cheers
>
> martin
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Nicole Sullivan <nicole_sullivan at live.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Ravi and I have been heading this up. I am a member of DA and have been
>> communicating with them about this march. We understand the nature of it.
>>
>> While there has been aggressiveness on marches, DA is actively working
>> on ways we can hold people accountable. DA is not synonymous with masked
>> people or aggressive people. If we are to do this idea, we need unity among
>> working groups and everyone working on this.
>>
>> So, basically I would like this thread to stay focused on this unifying
>> idea that we worked on then divisive problems around working groups. Ravi
>> and I have talked about having a training of sorts before the march so
>> people know how to interact in a positive way.
>>
>> Nicole
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martin Montero <these3remain at gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 04:08:39
>> To: <nicole_sullivan at live.com>
>> Cc: <lindajenkins177 at yahoo.com>; <obit at lists.mayfirst.org>; <
>> Occupybostonoutreach at lists.occupyboston.org>; <
>> transparency at lists.mayfirst.org>; <obmedia at lists.occupyboston.org>; <
>> womenscaucus at lists.occupyboston.org>; <occupybostonDA at gmail.com>; <
>> ideas at lists.occupyboston.org>; <jgramsey at gmail.com>; <
>> energy at lists.occupyboston.org>; <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Transparency] [Womenscaucus] [Occupybostonoutreach] [Ideas]
>> Distributed March Idea
>>
>> This is an excellent idea!!!!
>>
>> Specially like both of Joe's comments.
>>
>> I have one concern. Having not been on any marches yet. I've heard from
>> other who have that some of the DA members have engaged in name calling &
>> aggressive language towards the public or towards those they where
>> protesting. So as long as this keeps a positive, engaging and educational
>> vibe it has some amazing potential.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 2011-11-08, at 10:51 PM, "Nicole Sullivan " <nicole_sullivan at live.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > 2-6, we are still looking for a location.
>> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Linda Jenkins <lindajenkins177 at yahoo.com>
>> > Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 03:45:52
>> > To: <nicole_sullivan at live.com>
>> > Cc: <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com>; <jgramsey at gmail.com>; <
>> ideas at lists.occupyboston.org>; <
>> Occupybostonoutreach at lists.occupyboston.org>; <
>> transparency at lists.mayfirst.org>; <obmedia at lists.occupyboston.org>; <
>> womenscaucus at lists.occupyboston.org>; <occupybostonDA at gmail.com>; <
>> obit at lists.mayfirst.org>; <energy at lists.occupyboston.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [Womenscaucus] [Transparency] [Occupybostonoutreach]
>> [Ideas]
>> > Distributed March Idea
>> >
>> > These are tremendous ideas! I want to participate and can carry the
>> news to the Women's Caucus & the Finance Accountability Working Group.
>> > I'll try to be there Thursday at 6.
>> > Linda
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On Nov 8, 2011, at 9:50 PM, "Nicole Sullivan " <
>> nicole_sullivan at live.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I am really glad to see support for this. I just want to throw out
>> that the occupy boston summit will be the 19th. This is a super important
>> meeting for occupy boston. It is a discussion forum (not desicion making)
>> to open up conversation around the myriad complications that make up OB.
>> If we can do this before the summit, that may set an amazing tone of
>> community for the summit.
>> >>
>> >> Nicole
>> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Ben Janos <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com>
>> >> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 02:12:34
>> >> To: <jgramsey at gmail.com>
>> >> Cc: <obit at lists.mayfirst.org>; <
>> Occupybostonoutreach at lists.occupyboston.org>; <
>> transparency at lists.mayfirst.org>; <obmedia at lists.occupyboston.org>; <
>> womenscaucus at lists.occupyboston.org>; <occupybostonDA at gmail.com>; <
>> ideas at lists.occupyboston.org>; <energy at lists.occupyboston.org>
>> >> Subject: Re: [Transparency] [Occupybostonoutreach] [Ideas] Distributed
>> March
>> >> Idea
>> >>
>> >> Hey all,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This is an amazing idea! I'm beyond words. This is an idea with
>> enormous potential. It's something that can have such a huge influence on
>> the way the people of this city see us. Each of the smaller canvassing
>> teams could have their own focus. I'm envisioning one doing street theatre,
>> another focusing on women's issues, another on foreclosures, another on
>> immigrant rights, another on the financial industry/bail-outs, another on
>> homelessness, another on the prison industrial complex, etc ad infinitum
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> But it's gonna take a lot of organizing and coordination.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> And y'know what, this is the kind of thing that the Outreach
>> Street-team can and should be working on. please Please PLEASE come and
>> join us on Thursday at 6 at the Gandhi Statue, and we can talk about this
>> and any other ideas you may have.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> In Solidarity,
>> >> Ben
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Joseph Ramsey <jgramsey at gmail.com<mailto:
>> jgramsey at gmail.com> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> First thought: I *love* this idea.
>> >>
>> >> One suggestion: some of the marches, once they break down into
>> relatively small outreach teams of 10-15, might "circle up" in a public
>> place--on a street corner, next to a market, by a park, etc--and hold an
>> open forum in which both OB participants and interested others are invited
>> to speak and discuss their thoughts, feelings, ideas and questions about
>> both the current state of this society--economically, politically, etc--and
>> of the occupy movement in particular.
>> >>
>> >> My flung two cents, as I rush on...
>> >>
>> >> -Joe
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org<mailto:
>> ravi at occupyboston.org> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I've been discussing this concept with Nicole from DA, and we wanted
>> to present it to all of you. Pulling this off is going to require a lot of
>> people and support, so the goal of this email is twofold:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 1) Let me know if you'd like to join an affinity group to start
>> planning (or just if you want to be part of the march when it happens)
>> >> 2) Respond with feedback/recommendations
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We were thinking either this weekend (unlikely) or next weekend (the
>> 19th) to do this. Without further ado...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Distributed March - First Draft
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Concept: Instead of having everyone in the march in one place (where
>> the only people who take notice are those in the immediate vicinity plus
>> any media coverage), the Distributed March will aim to put people all
>> throughout the city and will focus on both marching and outreach - talking
>> to people about the issues. The goal is to have a group of people on as
>> many of the major blocks as possible, hopefully within eyesight of each
>> other (think all along Newbury or Bolyston). Depending on our turnout, we
>> can assemble a list of the most trafficked areas of town (T stops, tourist
>> destinations, thoroughfares, etc.) and organize so that we have a sizable
>> contingent (5-30 people, perhaps) at each area. With as little as a few
>> hundred people, we can really get a lot of visibility all around Boston.
>> Ideally, we could work with other Occupies to get town centers in some of
>> the suburbs (especially via Occupy the Hood and Ocupemos El Barrio).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The goal is to give people personal interaction and connection with
>> the movement. The vast majority of people have had no firsthand experience
>> of the protests, and have only heard about the issues through the media. By
>> taking to the streets in a friendly, welcoming fashion, we encourage the
>> public to learn about the issues and get involved. Our tone is very
>> important - we should be friendly and welcoming, willing to listen and
>> educate about the issues. Some people will be turned off no matter what we
>> do, but many, I think, want to hear from us.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We can start the march at camp and then have people simply peel off at
>> their respective locations, or we can just meet at our designated spots.
>> We'll likely need a (or multiple) "Group Coordinator" at each location who
>> are aware of how many people are at their location and can be a point
>> person to relay communications. Organization will be tough, and we will all
>> need to be vigilant and alert to respond to situations that come up.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Personal ideas/recommendations:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Encourage educational training before the event. We want to put an
>> articulate, intelligent face on the movement to win over the mainstream.
>> Structure the march so that there is at least one (and hopefully many)
>> trained person with each group (the Group Coordinator, perhaps), who can
>> then train the people in his/her respective group. The training will focus
>> on major, irrefutable talking points of the movement and how to and listen
>> and be friendly and personable. The more charismatic, the better. :)
>> >> 2. Prepare materials - signs are great, but flyers and handouts could
>> be even better. We could put out a call to have anyone and everyone help
>> create flyers for the march, and people could pick which flyers they like
>> best. One idea could be to have different flyers for different industry
>> verticals or big ideas. (Ex: Financial Services, Environment, War, Racism,
>> etc.)
>> >> 3. Include a variety of voices - reach out to groups like Occupy the
>> Hood or the Women's Caucus and encourage them to prepare materials and
>> attend the training, so that their voicers are included in the process.
>> >> 4. Be conscious of appearances and image. Like it or not, by engaging
>> the public in conversation, we will be judged by our dress, our conduct,
>> and countless other things. We should do everything we can to put our best
>> foot forward.
>> >> 5. Don't raise money (or, at least, don't publicize that we are). We
>> don't want to be the GreenPeace people who are always stopping you and
>> asking for money. People get very turned off if they feel like they're
>> being asked for money, and we want to send a clear message that we're just
>> there to help educate about the issues and the injustices that are
>> happening.
>> >> 6. Encourage working group mixing. From the planning committee to the
>> individual groups at each physical location, this march is an incredible
>> opportunity to foster relationships between people from different working
>> groups.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Looking forward to hearing from all of you!
>> >>
>> >> ------
>> >> - Ravi, from my OccupyBoston.org address. Please use this email for
>> all Occupy-related emails. Thanks.
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