#F27: Occupy the Food Supply: GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION On Monday, February 27th, 2012, OWS Food Justice, OWS Sustainability, Oakland Food Justice & the worldwide Occupy Movement invite you to join the Global Day of Action to Occupy the Food Supply. We challenge the corporate food regime that has prioritized profit over health and sustainability. We seek...
F28: Stand with Occupy! Don’t Suppress The Occupy Movement! Tuesday February 28 Mass nonviolent actions to Stop the Suppression of Occupy …if this illegitimate wave of repression is allowed to stand… if the powers-that-be succeed in suppressing or marginalizing this new movement… if people are once again “penned in”—both literally and symbolically—things will be much...
Occupy Our Food Supply is bringing together the Occupy, sustainable farming, food justice, buy local, slow food, and environmental movements for a global day of action on February 27, 2012. Inspired by the theme of CREATE/RESIST, thousands will come together to creatively confront corporate control of our food supply and take action to build healthy, accessible...
NATIONAL STUDENT SOLIDARITY TEACH-INS: FEB. 22 & 23 Angela Davis to Speak at UC Davis [OccupyColleges] – On February 22 and February 23, students in colleges and universities nationwide will be organizing on-campus teach-ins in preparation for March 1st National Day of Action for Education. Renowned author, political activist and scholar, Angela Davis, is scheduled...
The potential value of inter-occupy calls: to build trust between people across the city to take the middleman out of OWS to promote horizontal communication to help newcomers get connected and help people who are not yet involved learn about what is happening to share information/announcements to coordinate actions/events to allow people to communicate who...
Notes for Article V Call 2/16 We had Bill Walker, co-founder of FOAVC.org, join us to discuss the current federal criminal complaint before Attorney General Holder. The complaint is concerned with the state applications for a convention call, and why members of Congress are violating federal laws in not issuing the call. We...
NOTES CONFERENCE CALL 2/16/12 Facilitator: Jasmine CHECK-INS Phoenix – All-day action. Annapolis – Mall area, street theater, community outreach, questions for ALEC legislators Louisville – Inviting community groups in, radio spots Charlottsville – Verizon – signs, skits, coordinating with Fredericksburg Tampa – Outback or Chili’s. Bill 7172 awareness (minimum wage) Boston – Researching....
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Feb 17, 2012 • Mainstream Media Tool Kit for Occupy Media Teams - How to convince MSM to cover the Occupy movement! This Tool Kit contains valuable information to help with your outreach to Mainstream Media. Contents: - How to Write a Press Release (with a Template); - Creating a Media Distribution List; -How to Create a Video News...
Foreclosures Online Resources http://www.tenant.net/Community/history/hist03d.html info on 1930’s tenant movement. Some tactics may be relevant. http://www.truth-out.org/how-occupy-our-homes-can-win/1328034041 focus on anti-eviction rather than anti-foreclosure, makes the housing bubble the real culprit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qSeEvKoYg0pxLKJxfDW20wNyxVUiBei4-VDoBeKfgmM/edit notes from 2/2/12 mtg http://occupyourhomes.org/ Above has lots of info about helping folks stay in their homes http://bit.ly/9zurox Above enables homeowners to ask their lenders to...
Notes from Arts Call Planning Session 2/16/12: Gan: Subject of next week’s call is “Artists as Bridges” – artists playing a unique role in creating bridges between several social movements and the Occupy movement – more specifically, who is the 99% – migrant workers, immigrants, how the economy is destroying the environment. Wants to...
NOTES: On the call: Joan, Gordon, Walt, Larry?, JackRabbit, Andrea, Steve, Tammy, Jay, Jovanni (sp?), Brandi, Recurring Reports – max of 3 minutes Previous General Call summary and coming call plan – Steve last call had 23 people, peak was 33 low point was 16, call languishes, think we should put it to bed, JR...
Super Tuesday Call Agenda & Notes * BEGIN CALL HERE * Welcome to the Super Tuesday Call. This call is an excellent opportunity to discuss key items of interest to all and share knowledge across Occupations around the country. You might want to keep this agenda open in a browser tab so you can refer...
