[Energy] [Transparency] [Womenscaucus] [Occupybostonoutreach] [Ideas] Distributed March Idea

Martin Montero these3remain at gmail.com
Tue Nov 8 23:32:02 EST 2011


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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