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WG/Anti-Oppression

2011-11-04T22:54:25Z

Cathyj: /* Meetings */

=Objective=
A group to discuss what we can do about dominant-culture-privilege and its effects on dynamics at Occupy Boston, having grown out of an outreach meeting about such things, in a largely-though-not-exclusively racial context.

=Proposals=

=Workshops=
* October 16, 2011: Anti-Oppression Workshop held during 7pm GA.
** Agenda: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Agenda - October 16, 2011]] 
** Notes: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Notes - October 16, 2011]] 
** Participant comments: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Participant Feedback - October 16, 2011]]

= Meetings =
*November 5, 2011: 5 PM, Encuentro5.
*October 30, 2011: Met at Community Change. [[Anti-Oppression Meeting Minutes - October 30, 2011]].
*October 23, 2011: Met at Community Church Boston. [[Anti-Oppression Meeting Minutes - October 23, 2011]].
*October 13, 2011: The first anti-oppression working group meeting was held Thursday, October 13, at 6 PM.
*October 9, 2011: The Outreach committee met with Cynthia Peters to discuss issues that arise while trying to engage with the community at large. Ideas from this meeting generated a new anti-oppression working group. Notes from the meeting can be found here: [[Anti-Oppression Minutes CP Teach-in]].

=Contact=
Google Group: [http://groups.google.com/group/check_your_privilege_ob check_your_privilege_ob]

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WG/Strategies/Anti-Oppression/Minutes/Oct 30 2011

2011-11-04T22:52:41Z

Cathyj: Created page with "Anti-Oppression Working Group Meeting Notes - October 30, 2011 Agenda Check-in (10) -Chose scribe, note taker, time watcher, etc -Go around: name, oops & ouch moment Cathy, ..."

Anti-Oppression Working Group

Meeting Notes - October 30, 2011
Agenda
Check-in (10)
-Chose scribe, note taker, time watcher, etc
-Go around: name, oops & ouch moment
Cathy, Michelle, Irene, Carolina, Stecia, Zoe, Nicole, Mezk, Maureen, Chris, Estelle, Susie H, Bobyn, Michael M.

Ground rules & discussion (30)
1. Step up, Step back
-Facilitators can help w/ this
-Its hard work
2. Active listening
-Actively engaging with speaker: nodding, affirmative gestures
-Don’t multi-task while someone else is speaking
-Possible: not raising hand until someone else is finished speaking
3. Allow Space for disagreement
4. Don’t blame/ shame/ attack
5. Speak for yourself, Use I statements
6. Progressive Stack & Diversity of facilitation techniques
-Have people who self-identify with marginalized groups put higher on the stack
-EX: people of color, woman, trans, queer, …
-ALSO, can put people who have talked a lot lower on stack … Facilitators
-Discuss this ahead of time so it is not on facilitator to decide how to manage

7. Practice ‘both/ and’ thinking not just ‘either/ or’
-more than 1 reality exists

EX-should we go to gov. and beg/ ask for stuff or create our own world… actually both are possible
-be mindful of ‘neither/ nor’ possibility
EX: glass half full, half empty? One could also say: glass is partly full of water and partly full of air

8. Oops, Ouch, What’s up with that? (& positive hand gestures)
-What’s up with that?: if something may be an ouch, this is an option that asks for clarification and can open up discussion

Create toolbox:
-ethics of groundrules
-specific practices and ideas that we have used/ going to use to diversify facilitation techniques
---WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THIS?

Not going to include
Assume best intentions
-might not leave room for disscussion

Working Group Updates (15)
Women’s Caucus
-currently a space for females
-purpose
-creating a process: discussion about how we are going to decide things
-100 listening; 15-40 in meetings
-being visible at camp & accountable in decision making

Occupy the Hood
-No update on internal discussion
-In email: Occupy the Hood would like to ask people to endorse electoral candidates
-Questions about relationship between Occupy Boston and Occupy the Hood
-is it an event or a working group?
-it looks like it is an ongoing group
-Centrally controlled group, mainly around Jamal Crawford
-Term has roots in NY (Malcolm X … Center)

Anarchist Caucus
-Concern expressed over people always wearing masks…
-it is a tactic that may loose its effectiveness
-people wearing masks may not identify as anarchists
-hierarchies in media group
-Moving to other spaces
-privately owned or foreclosed spaces
-legality of these things

People of Color
-to ally with Occupy the Hood or not?
-have had 4 meetings
-working towards statement of purpose
-homelessness issue

Community Organization group
-Monday meetings in the past
-Next meeting Tuesday November 1
-Purpose of group: possibly moving in direction of becoming more action-oriented
--Still being discussed

Statements of purpose
-formed to be the group to work on an Anti-Oppression statement of purpose
-take ‘skeleton’ of ideas they have come up with, and discuss them with other groups.
-have Saturday and Sunday meetings in the future
-once Statement of Purpose is completed, the group plans to dissolve
Transparency Group
-from emails: having meeting Tuesday (we think)
-trying to figure out regular meeting times for groups and possibly posting them somewhere else

Queer/ Trans Caucus
-working on putting up Anti-Oppression signs up around camp
-this group is meeting now… Can anyone fill in?

Allies against racism, White Allies
-Question over the existence of group

Occupy Racism conference call
-anti-racism work at occupations
-messy at most other occupations … but everyone is doing work!
-developing email/ resource sharing page
-wants to stay connected to Anti-Oppression group

National conference call: Action about Foreclosures
-Occupy folks and community groups
-Two calls so far
-City Life has been on this call
-Seems that people are using City Life model without talking to City Life first
-Possible Day of Action Nov. 21, 22, 23
-national calls about coordinating actions…
-possibility of elite group arising that
-how do people find out about these calls?

Youth Group

Choosing Direction (30)
-4 broad categories of what this group could be …. ??
-Network group
-increase transparency of anti-oppression group
-increase visibility of work being done (by many groups) around anti-oppression
-empower accountability at camp
-offer AO training & facilitation
-offer a safe space
-Coordinate between AO working groups (internal) and reach out to other groups (external)
-what can we do for anti-oppression now?
-doing actions we think are needed
-posting anti-oppression ground rules on your tent
-there is a Protest-Chaplan group
-are we going to ‘put out fires’ at camp?
-hopes that Safety group does not mirror oppressive ways of this country’s police force
-leadership in dealing with urgent issues as well as developing long term strategy... as a group, we want to do both
-we are meeting people and creating relationships throughout this process

Message for Reps (20)
Choosing Reps (5)

Closing Out (10) Go-Round of thoughts
-there are real emotions at stake
-learning from these meetings and shaping interactions
-here to contribute b/c I cannot be on the ground that much
-questions about if groups will stay together after this; not feeling excited about doing task-oriented stuff at occupy, but want to work towards it
-made a lot of connections, hope to keep them over time
-oil-can with dynamite flying through space… will not last forever in this form
-grateful for this group as a space for reflection; movement moment: need to deal with fast-paced work here
-commitment to this, very involved in on the ground work and it is tiring but I am going to continue
-urgency.. need to not worry about outcomes and just do my work
-we have won so much already! Claim our victories, reflection time, and take care of each other
-I appreciate that this group exists. ?s over long term strategy
-Learning space, want to contribute
-gentle entry into this movement

Next meeting: Saturday 10/5

WG/Anti-Oppression

2011-11-04T22:52:20Z

Cathyj: /* Meetings */

=Objective=
A group to discuss what we can do about dominant-culture-privilege and its effects on dynamics at Occupy Boston, having grown out of an outreach meeting about such things, in a largely-though-not-exclusively racial context.

=Proposals=

=Workshops=
* October 16, 2011: Anti-Oppression Workshop held during 7pm GA.
** Agenda: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Agenda - October 16, 2011]] 
** Notes: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Notes - October 16, 2011]] 
** Participant comments: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Participant Feedback - October 16, 2011]]

= Meetings =
*November 5, 2011: 5 PM, Encuentro5.
*October 30, 2011: Met at Community Change. [[Anti-Oppression Meeting Minutes - October 30, 2011]].
*October 23, 2011: Met at Community Church Boston. [[Anti-Oppression Meeting Minutes - October 23, 2011]].
*October 13, 2011: The first anti-oppression working group meeting will be held Thursday, October 13, at 6 PM.
*October 10, 2011:
*October 9, 2011: The Outreach committee met with Cynthia Peters to discuss issues that arise while trying to engage with the community at large. Ideas from this meeting generated a new anti-oppression working group. Notes from the meeting can be found here: [[Anti-Oppression Minutes CP Teach-in]].

=Contact=
Google Group: [http://groups.google.com/group/check_your_privilege_ob check_your_privilege_ob]

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link to law enforcement de-escalation tips: [[Safety - Law Enforcement]]
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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Anti-Oppression Anti-Oppression at wikispaces]''

WG/Anti-Oppression

2011-11-04T22:31:21Z

Cathyj: /* Meetings */

=Objective=
A group to discuss what we can do about dominant-culture-privilege and its effects on dynamics at Occupy Boston, having grown out of an outreach meeting about such things, in a largely-though-not-exclusively racial context.

=Proposals=

=Workshops=
* October 16, 2011: Anti-Oppression Workshop held during 7pm GA.
** Agenda: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Agenda - October 16, 2011]] 
** Notes: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Notes - October 16, 2011]] 
** Participant comments: [[Anti-Oppression Workshop Participant Feedback - October 16, 2011]]

= Meetings =
*November 5, 2011: 5 PM, Encuentro5.
*October 31, 2011: Met at Community Change.
*October 23, 2011: Met at Community Church Boston. [[Anti-Oppression Meeting Minutes - October 23, 2011]].
*October 13, 2011: The first anti-oppression working group meeting will be held Thursday, October 13, at 6 PM.
*October 10, 2011:
*October 9, 2011: The Outreach committee met with Cynthia Peters to discuss issues that arise while trying to engage with the community at large. Ideas from this meeting generated a new anti-oppression working group. Notes from the meeting can be found here: [[Anti-Oppression Minutes CP Teach-in]].

=Contact=
Google Group: [http://groups.google.com/group/check_your_privilege_ob check_your_privilege_ob]

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link to law enforcement de-escalation tips: [[Safety - Law Enforcement]]
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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Anti-Oppression Anti-Oppression at wikispaces]''