[Energy] Call for an Occupy Boston Summit Nov.19
Maureen White
maureenclairewhite at gmail.com
Tue Nov 8 08:18:05 EST 2011
Hello Occupiers,
There have been many conversations in various working groups recently about
the challenges facing our Occupy Boston community, especially as winter
approaches. There seems to be a general feeling that we are at a critical
moment, a moment when we need to ask ourselves some key questions about how
to make the Boston branch of the Occupy movement sustainable, so that we
can continue to have space to address the widening inequality in our
society.
In light of this, many of us have been discussing the idea of gathering our
community for an "Occupy Boston Summit" to address some of these key
questions about where we are headed. It would *not* be a GA or a decision
making session, but rather a community-wide discussion of the challenges
and opportunities we face. It is a chance bring together camp residents,
working group members, and anyone else who identifies as part of Occupy
Boston to share ideas about *how to make this movement strong and
sustainable.*
This idea has been discussed over the past few days by many people active
with Occupy Boston: Mariama White-Hammond, Susie Husted, Alex Ingram,
Nicole Sullivan, Noah McKenna, Katie Gradowski, Chris Williams, Carl
Williams, Bhavin Patel, Angela Giudice, Allison Nevitt, Greg Murphy, and
others in Facilitation and Anti-Oppression. All together, these folks are
active with a cross-section of the working groups: Outreach, Media, Women's
Caucus, Anti-Oppression, People of Color, Queer/Trans Caucus, Media,
Facilitation, Ideas, Direct Action, Community Organizations, Social,
Financial Accountability, and Legal. There is broad support for convening a
summit as a "meeting of the minds" to harvest the collective wisdom of our
OB community and to think creatively about our future.
I have connected with some skilled facilitators from the Interaction
Institute for Social Change who are trained in some innovative techniques
for helping large groups address challenges and opportunities in a
strategic way. They have volunteered to facilitate a summit on *Saturday,
November 19, from 2-6pm.* A couple of us are looking for an indoor space
close to Dewey Square that we could use for this gathering.
As I am one of the many people helping to get this ball rolling, please
feel free to be in contact with me about it. Any contributions to make
this a positive event for our community are welcome. A flyer including the
location is coming soon. Please spread the word!
In solidarity,
Maureen White
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