[Energy] Announcement *Emergency GA tonight* Please forward
theresae at occupyboston.org
theresae at occupyboston.org
Tue Nov 15 16:56:17 EST 2011
Hi All,
There will be an emergency GA tonight. Here is the proposed Agenda
for the meeting.
Proposal for an Emergency GA:
Preparing for the Crackdown on Dewey Square
Draft 11/15/11
Who: anyone and everyone who can fit into Dewey Square, especially all
OB working groups
What: a GA to understand, discuss, and plan for the event of a police
crackdown on the camp at Dewey Square
When: Tonight
Where: Occupy Boston (Dewey Square next to South Station)
Why: Given the nation-wide sweep, particularly the crackdown in NYC on
Tuesday (11/14), we need to be ready to defend against a crackdown on
Dewey Square.
Objectives:
1) Participants will understand the national picture of police
repression from NYC to Oakland and how it is being carried out.
2) Participants from each working group will develop a specific
task or set of tasks that can be executed in unison when the Boston
Crackdown comes.
3) Occupy Boston will have a general plan in place for the event
of a crackdown
Agenda:
1) Getting the National Picture (30 minutes)
a. Presentation about the nation-wide crackdown (10 minutes of presentation)
Brian K (and anyone else interested) can lead this section. Main
points to touch on:
- video clip from NYC crackdown shows teargas, pepper spray, etc.
-Some 3,600 arrests at Occupy protests, including 943 in New York
City, 370 in Tucson, 352 in Chicago, 206 in Oakland and 153 in Boston.
-Oakland, Denver, New York (and Boston) all happened in early morning
hours on a weeknight.
-Many of the mayors have "progressive" reputations and/or rhetoric
-Menino is with Bloomberg in NYC today; we must be ready for anything
at any time
b. Small group discussion (10 minutes)
People discuss in small groups the information presented and their own
sense of what is happening.
c. Share out (10 minutes)
Each group gets 1 minute to share a question, comment, or point of
information from their discussion.
2) Working group break-outs (30 minutes)
Each working group meets to discuss the following questions:
· What is our working group best at doing? What are our
strengths as a group?
· What should our working group do in the event of an all-out
crackdown in Dewey Square?
· What tasks should we allocate to specific group members for
follow up?
3) Share out (30 minutes)
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