<blockquote>'''''For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%!''''' - ''from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xssJ1y0Gedlt-gOGqSygGoFfld0oDOHcendgJaOor5U/edit?hl=en_US draft statement] we are working on''</blockquote>
= Fight fare hikes and service cuts =

=== Planning Meetings ===

Occupy the MBTA meets at 6pm Fridays at SEIU 615, 26 West St. Boston, and at 5 on Sundays at the Occupy Boston 'Strategic Action Assembly', 5 pm at community Church on Sundays

*[[OccupyMBTA Planning, Jan 29th 2012]]
*[[Planning Meeting, Feb 17th, 2012]]

== Actions ==

=== Upcoming ===

==== Febraury 25th - Rally ====
*organized by John Murphy, Occupy the MBTA, OccupySomerville
*facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/155333684580789/

==== March 14th - Lunch hour Flash Mob at Transportation building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston ====
*[[Mass GA Call to Action - March 14th & April 4th]]
==== April 4th - 'Wisconsin Style' People's Hearing and MBT(GA) at the State House ====
*details forthcoming

=== Past ===

==== February 13 - Convergence and Rally @ Boston Public Library ====

Occupy the T: Free Charlie [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/1d/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page_Feb_13.pdf pdf], but including some info specific to the Feb. 13 action.

=== Ongoing ===

==== Canvassing - (printable flyers below) ====

Here are some dates for handing out fliers. If you would like to organize a flyering action, put the info below and email the list: occupymbta@lists.occupyboston.org

-Every Wednesday (5pm-7pm): Meet at Davis Square [near the Somerville Theater / Davis MBTA station. contact: Joe Ramsey (jgramsey@gmail.com)

Sunday, January 29th (11am-1pm): Meet at Davis Square [near the Somerville Theater / Davis MBTA station] contact: Jamie Rinaldi (jamie.rinaldi@gmail.com)

== MBTA Public Hearings ==

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''January 31''',''' '''Tuesday</strike> 
| <strike>Boston (Mattapan) </strike> 
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM </strike> 
| <strike>Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 1''',''' '''Wednesday</strike>
| <strike>Jamaica Plain</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM  </strike>
| <strike>Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria 200 Heath Street </strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 2''', Thursday</strike>
| <strike>Boston (Dorchester)</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>1:00-3:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM</strike>
| <strike>Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1353 Dorchester Avenue</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 6''', Monday</strike>
| <strike>Lowell</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>5:00-7:00 PM</strike>
| <strike>City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 7''',''' '''Tuesday</strike>
| <strike>Lynn</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM  </strike>
| <strike>City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor 3 City Hall Square</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday</strike>
| <strike>Boston (West End)</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>4:30-6:30 PM</strike>
| <strike>Shriners Hospital Auditorium 51 Blossom Street</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday</strike>
| <strike>Hingham</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM  </strike>
| <strike>Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium 210 Central Street</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 13''',''' '''Monday</strike>
| <strike>Boston (South Station area)</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM </strike>
| id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown" | <strike>Boston Public Library Boston Rabb Lecture Hall 700 Boylston Street </strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 14''', Tuesday </strike>
| <strike>Framingham </strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM  </strike>
| <strike>Town Hall 150 Concord Street </strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 15''',''' '''Wednesday</strike>
| <strike>Quincy</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM</strike>
| <strike>Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room 40 Washington Street</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 16''', Thursday </strike>
| <strike>Malden </strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM</strike>
| <strike>City Council Chambers 200 Pleasant Street </strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 27''', Monday
| Winthrop
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Winthrop DeLeo Senior Center 35 Harvard Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 28''',''' '''Tuesday
| Somerville 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 29''',''' '''Wednesday 
| Cambridge 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Avenue 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 1''',''' '''Thursday  
| Waltham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Government Center Auditorium 119 School Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 5''', Monday
| Haverhill
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| 90 Washington Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Brockton
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560 1 Massasoit Boulevard
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Revere
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Paul Revere School 395 Revere Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 7''', Wednesday
| Fitchburg
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Public Library Auditorium 610 Main Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 7''', Wednesday
| Hull
| nowrap="true" | 7:00-9:00 PM 
| Memorial Middle School 81 Central Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 12''', Monday
| Brighton
| nowrap="true" | 5:30-7:30 PM 
| Veronica B. Smith Senior Center 20 Chestnut Hill Avenue 
|}

== Activities ==

=== Charlie on the MTA remix: Bechtel and the MBTA ===

A couple of people are playing with a remix of [[Charlie and the MTA]].

{{:Charlie and the MTA}}

=== Graphics ===

[[File:Affordability BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|Affordability BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:No hikes BUTTON.jpg|thumb|No hikes BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:See something BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|See something BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG|thumb|WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG]]

[[File:FreeCharlie.jpg|thumb|FreeCharlie.jpg]]

=== Petition ===

Link to document in process: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B0AfclbB9k7dgKLjqZP0rIZ5m2kN8wje1RJLIgmQZAs/edit?hl=en_US draft]

=== Pamphlets and More ===

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/1d/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page_Feb_13.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page_Feb_13.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/25/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/18/OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/e/e0/OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/d/df/OccupyTFlyer1.pdf OccupyTFlyer1.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/6/6c/MBTA_rally_double-sided_quarters.pdf MBTA_rally_double-sided_quarters.pdf] - rally flyer with list of hearings on back

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/24/MBTA_Passenger_Advisory.pdf MBTA_Passenger_Advisory.pdf] - MBTA-style poster with hearings listed

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/c/c5/Charlie_mask.pdf Charlie_mask.pdf] - print out your own mask of MBTA's iconic humanoid!

=== For Designers ===

MBTA ad templates are Banner: 18" high by 28" wide Poster: 22" high by 15" wide Here are some [http://www.bostonveg.org/campaigns/index.html examples].

== Maillist ==

A lot of stuff gets emailed to this list. You can join [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupymbta here], or view the archives [https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/occupymbta/ here].

== Links and Bibliography ==

*[http://studentsagainsttcuts.org/ http://studentsagainsttcuts.org/]
*[http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/?id=23567 MBTA Page on Fare Changes]
*[http://mbta.com/uploadedfiles/About_the_T/Fare_Proposals_2012/MC12149%20Fare%20Increase%20Booklet_v7.pdf MBTA Fare Change Information Booklet]
*[http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/financials/?id=3482 MBTA Financials]
*[http://transitontheline.wordpress.com/ Transit on the Line]
*[http://www.ace-ej.org/tru T Riders Union]

==== [http://www.mass.gov/sao/Press%20Releases/2008/mbtadebtpr08.pdf State Auditor on MBTA Losses via Credit Default Swaps (2008)] ====

'''State Auditor Joe DeNucci reported [in 2008] that an investment practice intended to help save money actually resulted in a $55 million increase in borrowing interest costs to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)...During the five-year period reviewed by DeNucci’s office, the MBTA entered into 12 interest rate swap agreements with various investment banks totaling $1.632 billion. As a result of these swaps, the MBTA received nearly $31.5 million in interest and premiums. However, the MBTA made payments totaling more than $86.8 million for interest costs and termination fees during the same period, resulting in a net loss to the T of $55.3 million. “These rate swaps were highly speculative, risky and complex, and have proved costly to the riders who are paying increased fares and the taxpayers who subsidize the MBTA,” said DeNucci.''' - from State Auditor [http://www.mass.gov/sao/Press%20Releases/2008/mbtadebtpr08.pdf press release] January 29, 2008

February 19, 2012 - Boston Globe

= [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/02/19/top_official_favors_fare_hike_over_service_cut/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/02/19/top_official_favors_fare_hike_over_service_cut/] =

 

[[Category:Working groups|Occupy the T]]

Occupy MBTA

2012-02-19T20:08:41Z

Ndmc: /* Links and Bibliography */

<blockquote>'''''For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%!''''' - ''from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xssJ1y0Gedlt-gOGqSygGoFfld0oDOHcendgJaOor5U/edit?hl=en_US draft statement] we are working on''</blockquote>
= Fight fare hikes and service cuts =

=== Planning Meetings ===

Occupy the MBTA meets at 6pm Fridays at SEIU 615, 26 West St. Boston, and at 5 on Sundays at the Occupy Boston 'Strategic Action Assembly', 5 pm at community Church on Sundays

*[[OccupyMBTA Planning, Jan 29th 2012]]
*[[Planning Meeting, Feb 17th, 2012]]

== Actions ==

=== Upcoming ===

==== Febraury 25th - Rally ====
*organized by John Murphy, Occupy the MBTA, OccupySomerville
*facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/155333684580789/

==== March 14th - Lunch hour Flash Mob at Transportation building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston ====
*[[Mass GA Call to Action - March 14th & April 4th]]
==== April 4th - 'Wisconsin Style' People's Hearing and MBT(GA) at the State House ====
*details forthcoming

=== Past ===

==== February 13 - Convergence and Rally @ Boston Public Library ====

Occupy the T: Free Charlie [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/1d/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page_Feb_13.pdf pdf], but including some info specific to the Feb. 13 action.

=== Ongoing ===

==== Canvassing - (printable flyers below) ====

Here are some dates for handing out fliers. If you would like to organize a flyering action, put the info below and email the list: occupymbta@lists.occupyboston.org

-Every Wednesday (5pm-7pm): Meet at Davis Square [near the Somerville Theater / Davis MBTA station. contact: Joe Ramsey (jgramsey@gmail.com)

Sunday, January 29th (11am-1pm): Meet at Davis Square [near the Somerville Theater / Davis MBTA station] contact: Jamie Rinaldi (jamie.rinaldi@gmail.com)

== MBTA Public Hearings ==

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''January 31''',''' '''Tuesday</strike> 
| <strike>Boston (Mattapan) </strike> 
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM </strike> 
| <strike>Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 1''',''' '''Wednesday</strike>
| <strike>Jamaica Plain</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM  </strike>
| <strike>Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria 200 Heath Street </strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 2''', Thursday</strike>
| <strike>Boston (Dorchester)</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>1:00-3:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM</strike>
| <strike>Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1353 Dorchester Avenue</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 6''', Monday</strike>
| <strike>Lowell</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>5:00-7:00 PM</strike>
| <strike>City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 7''',''' '''Tuesday</strike>
| <strike>Lynn</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM  </strike>
| <strike>City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor 3 City Hall Square</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday</strike>
| <strike>Boston (West End)</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>4:30-6:30 PM</strike>
| <strike>Shriners Hospital Auditorium 51 Blossom Street</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday</strike>
| <strike>Hingham</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM  </strike>
| <strike>Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium 210 Central Street</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 13''',''' '''Monday</strike>
| <strike>Boston (South Station area)</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM </strike>
| id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown" | <strike>Boston Public Library Boston Rabb Lecture Hall 700 Boylston Street </strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 14''', Tuesday </strike>
| <strike>Framingham </strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM  </strike>
| <strike>Town Hall 150 Concord Street </strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 15''',''' '''Wednesday</strike>
| <strike>Quincy</strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM</strike>
| <strike>Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room 40 Washington Street</strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | <strike>'''February 16''', Thursday </strike>
| <strike>Malden </strike>
| nowrap="true" | <strike>6:00-8:00 PM</strike>
| <strike>City Council Chambers 200 Pleasant Street </strike>
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 27''', Monday
| Winthrop
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Winthrop DeLeo Senior Center 35 Harvard Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 28''',''' '''Tuesday
| Somerville 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 29''',''' '''Wednesday 
| Cambridge 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Avenue 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 1''',''' '''Thursday  
| Waltham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Government Center Auditorium 119 School Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 5''', Monday
| Haverhill
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| 90 Washington Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Brockton
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560 1 Massasoit Boulevard
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Revere
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Paul Revere School 395 Revere Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 7''', Wednesday
| Fitchburg
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Public Library Auditorium 610 Main Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 7''', Wednesday
| Hull
| nowrap="true" | 7:00-9:00 PM 
| Memorial Middle School 81 Central Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 12''', Monday
| Brighton
| nowrap="true" | 5:30-7:30 PM 
| Veronica B. Smith Senior Center 20 Chestnut Hill Avenue 
|}

== Activities ==

=== Charlie on the MTA remix: Bechtel and the MBTA ===

A couple of people are playing with a remix of [[Charlie and the MTA]].

{{:Charlie and the MTA}}

=== Graphics ===

[[File:Affordability BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|Affordability BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:No hikes BUTTON.jpg|thumb|No hikes BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:See something BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|See something BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG|thumb|WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG]]

[[File:FreeCharlie.jpg|thumb|FreeCharlie.jpg]]

=== Petition ===

Link to document in process: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B0AfclbB9k7dgKLjqZP0rIZ5m2kN8wje1RJLIgmQZAs/edit?hl=en_US draft]

=== Pamphlets and More ===

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/1d/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page_Feb_13.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page_Feb_13.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/25/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/18/OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/e/e0/OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/d/df/OccupyTFlyer1.pdf OccupyTFlyer1.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/6/6c/MBTA_rally_double-sided_quarters.pdf MBTA_rally_double-sided_quarters.pdf] - rally flyer with list of hearings on back

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/24/MBTA_Passenger_Advisory.pdf MBTA_Passenger_Advisory.pdf] - MBTA-style poster with hearings listed

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/c/c5/Charlie_mask.pdf Charlie_mask.pdf] - print out your own mask of MBTA's iconic humanoid!

=== For Designers ===

MBTA ad templates are Banner: 18" high by 28" wide Poster: 22" high by 15" wide Here are some [http://www.bostonveg.org/campaigns/index.html examples].

== Maillist ==

A lot of stuff gets emailed to this list. You can join [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupymbta here], or view the archives [https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/occupymbta/ here].

== Links and Bibliography ==

*[http://studentsagainsttcuts.org/ http://studentsagainsttcuts.org/]
*[http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/?id=23567 MBTA Page on Fare Changes]
*[http://mbta.com/uploadedfiles/About_the_T/Fare_Proposals_2012/MC12149%20Fare%20Increase%20Booklet_v7.pdf MBTA Fare Change Information Booklet]
*[http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/financials/?id=3482 MBTA Financials]
*[http://transitontheline.wordpress.com/ Transit on the Line]
*[http://www.ace-ej.org/tru T Riders Union]

==== [http://www.mass.gov/sao/Press%20Releases/2008/mbtadebtpr08.pdf State Auditor on MBTA Losses via Credit Default Swaps (2008)] ====

'''State Auditor Joe DeNucci reported [in 2008] that an investment practice intended to help save money actually resulted in a $55 million increase in borrowing interest costs to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)...During the five-year period reviewed by DeNucci’s office, the MBTA entered into 12 interest rate swap agreements with various investment banks totaling $1.632 billion. As a result of these swaps, the MBTA received nearly $31.5 million in interest and premiums. However, the MBTA made payments totaling more than $86.8 million for interest costs and termination fees during the same period, resulting in a net loss to the T of $55.3 million. “These rate swaps were highly speculative, risky and complex, and have proved costly to the riders who are paying increased fares and the taxpayers who subsidize the MBTA,” said DeNucci.''' - from State Auditor [http://www.mass.gov/sao/Press%20Releases/2008/mbtadebtpr08.pdf press release] January 29, 2008

February 19, 2012 - Boston Globe

= [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/02/19/top_official_favors_fare_hike_over_service_cut/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/02/19/top_official_favors_fare_hike_over_service_cut/] =

 

[[Category:Working groups|Occupy the T]]

Charlie and the MTA

2012-02-19T18:15:15Z

Ndmc: /* Bechtel and the MBTA */

==== Bechtel and the MBTA ====

intro: "These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, better known as the M.B.T.A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the 99% in the form of a subway fare increase. Through service cuts, they threaten to keep our families from going to work and our children from going to school. Citizens, hear us out! This could happen to you!"

{|
|-
| valign="top" | <pre> G
Let me tell you the story
C
Of a man named Charlie
G D
On a tragic and fateful day
G
He put his card in his pocket,
C
Kissed his wife and family
G D G
Went to ride on the MTA

Charlie swiped his card
At the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there they said,
"There's been a fare hike."
and he could not get off that train.

Chorus 1:
G
Did he ever return,
C
No he never returned
G D
And his fate is still unlearn'd
G
He may ride forever
C
'neath the streets of Boston
G D G
He's the man who never returned.

Now all night long
Charlie rides through the tunnels
Saying, "What will become of me?
Crying
How can I afford to see
My sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?"

Chorus 1:

[Instrumental]
</pre>
| valign="top" | <pre>Now I'll tell you a story
about the Big Dig Tunnel
And the tragic and fateful way
How a crooked highway project
Came to rob every family
Who rides on the MBTA

It was money motivation
No one watched the corporations
The costs grew day by day
In the state house they had meetings
With the banksters they were scheming
How to get rich 'n have their way

Chorus 2:
The people got burned
The banks stole what we earned
But we won't let 'em steal the T!
We will ride forever
'neath the streets of Boston
Public trains, they oughta be free.

Bechtel did the job
While the poor working slob
Paid for all their mistakes
The highway its leaking
The people be freakin
Since they billed the MBTA

Chorus 2:

Enough is enough
The people are saying
Don't you take the busses away
Your games aint a-working
And we aint a-takin
No more cuts to the MBTA

Chorus:

Now you citizens of Boston
Don't you think its a scandal
That people have to pay and pay
While the banks get bailed out
The riders get sold out
No more cuts to the MBTA
</pre>
|}

Back to [[OccupyMBTA]]

Mass GA Call to Action - March 14th

2012-02-19T18:13:04Z

Ndmc:

Occupy the MBTA Working Group – 02/18/2012

Subject: Call to action for Massachusetts-wide endorsement of and mobilization for two major actions in the coming months: March 14thand April 4th.

The '''GOALS'''of the Occupy the MBTA campaign are to:

#DEMAND no fare hikes, no service cuts, and no worker layoffs!
#DEMAND a comprehensive transportation plan that works for the 99% of Massachusetts
#raise awareness of economic inequality, privatization and other mechanisms of class warfare
#to further unite the 99% of Boston and Massachusetts

Meetings: Occupy the MBTA Working Group will continue to meet each Friday at 6pm at SEIU615, 26 West St. near Park St. station, to continue planning for these events and many smaller actions around the MBTA's public hearings to build momentum. We will also be at Occupy Boston Strategic Action Assemblies at 5pm on Sundays, working on creative actions such as music, street theater, and visual media.

March 14th– Lunch break Flash Mob at the MBTA Board of Directors Meeting

At this meeting, the MBTA Board of Directors will discuss their final solution for covering the MBTA's $161 million deficit. This will almost certainly include fare hikes, service cuts, and layoffs, all unacceptable ways of forcing working people to pay for a problem that they didn't create. Join with Mass Senior action to denounce these short-sighted and damaging proposals.

12:30-1:30 – lunch break flash-mob / Street theater 'Traffic Jam' outside the hearing

3 pm - Visit your state representative to hand over demands

5 pm – Occupy the commute, flyering, mic-checking, and singing on the MBTA/commuter rails

April 4th– 'WISCONSIN STYLE' MBT(GA) at the State House

The MBTA Board of Directors will finalize their proposal at this meeting. April 4th also has important historical significance because it is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “breaking the silence” speech as well as his assassination one year later in 1968. We will model this day of action on Madison, Wisconsin in 2011, where thousands of people occupied the state house in protest of Gov. Scott Walker's ban on collective bargaining for public unions. Although centered on public transportation, this action will be an opportunity to speak out against all forms of class warfare, where profits of the few come before the needs of the many.

1 pm – Protest MBTA board meeting at transportation building with Mass Senior Action

3 pm – People's Hearing & MBT(GA) inside the State House. Testimonies from affected individuals and groups from across the state.

5 pm – Rally inside to keep the hearing going. Everyone will be heard!

Contact us to get involved!

Twitter: @OccupytheMBTA

email: [mailto:occupytheMBTA@gmail.com occupytheMBTA@gmail.co]m

website: bit.ly/freecharlie



Back to [[OccupyMBTA]]

Mass GA Call to Action - March 14th

2012-02-19T18:08:25Z

Ndmc:

Planning Meeting, Feb 17th, 2012

2012-02-19T18:07:49Z

Ndmc:

2012-01-27T02:01:04Z

Ndmc: uploaded a new version of "File:OccupyTFlyer Quarter Sheet Portuguese.pdf"

Occupy MBTA

2012-01-27T01:37:16Z

Ndmc:

<blockquote >
'''For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%!''' - ''from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xssJ1y0Gedlt-gOGqSygGoFfld0oDOHcendgJaOor5U/edit?hl=en_US draft statement] we are working on''
</blockquote>

=Fight fare hikes and service cuts=
==Actions==

==== Canvassing ====

Here are dates for handing out fliers:

Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.

== MBTA Public Hearings ==

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''January 31''',''' '''Tuesday
| Boston (Mattapan) 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 1''',''' '''Wednesday
| Jamaica Plain
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria 200 Heath Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 2''', Thursday
| Boston (Dorchester)
| nowrap="true" | 1:00-3:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM
| Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1353 Dorchester Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 6''', Monday
| Lowell
| nowrap="true" | 5:00-7:00 PM
| City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 7''',''' '''Tuesday
| Lynn
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor 3 City Hall Square
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Boston (West End)
| nowrap="true" | 4:30-6:30 PM
| Shriners Hospital Auditorium 51 Blossom Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Hingham
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium 210 Central Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 13''',''' '''Monday
| Boston (South Station area)
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown" | Boston Public Library Boston Rabb Lecture Hall 700 Boylston Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 14''', Tuesday 
| Framingham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall 150 Concord Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 15''',''' '''Wednesday
| Quincy
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room 40 Washington Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 16''', Thursday 
| Malden 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| City Council Chambers 200 Pleasant Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 28''',''' '''Tuesday
| Somerville 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 29''',''' '''Wednesday 
| Cambridge 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Avenue 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 1''',''' '''Thursday  
| Waltham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Government Center Auditorium 119 School Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Brockton
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560 1 Massasoit Boulevard
|}

=== Activities ===

==== Charlie and the M[B]TA ====
{{:Charlie and the MTA}}

== Graphics ==

[[File:Affordability BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|Affordability BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:No hikes BUTTON.jpg|thumb|No hikes BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:See something BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|See something BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG|thumb|WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG]]

[[File:FreeCharlie.jpg|thumb|FreeCharlie.jpg]]

[[OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf‎]]

==Petition==
Link to document in process: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B0AfclbB9k7dgKLjqZP0rIZ5m2kN8wje1RJLIgmQZAs/edit?hl=en_US draft]

==Pamphlets==
[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/25/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/18/OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/e/e0/OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/d/df/OccupyTFlyer1.pdf OccupyTFlyer1.pdf]

==Maillist==
A lot of stuff gets emailed to this list. If you like finding your information in endless emails join [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupymbta here]. (Hey list boss, please make the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/occupymbta/ archives] open (not password protected))

[[Category:Working groups|Occupy the T]]

File:OccupyTFlyer Quarter Sheet.pdf

2012-01-27T01:35:28Z

Ndmc: uploaded a new version of "File:OccupyTFlyer Quarter Sheet.pdf"

File:OccupyTFlyer Quarter Sheet Portuguese.pdf

2012-01-27T01:29:39Z

Ndmc:

File:OccupyTFlyer Quarter Sheet.pdf

2012-01-27T01:29:39Z

Ndmc: uploaded a new version of "File:OccupyTFlyer Quarter Sheet.pdf"

Occupy MBTA

2012-01-27T01:27:04Z

Ndmc: /* Graphics */

<blockquote >
'''For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%!''' - ''from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xssJ1y0Gedlt-gOGqSygGoFfld0oDOHcendgJaOor5U/edit?hl=en_US draft statement] we are working on''
</blockquote>

=Fight fare hikes and service cuts=
==Actions==
Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.

== MBTA Public Hearings ==

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''January 31''',''' '''Tuesday
| Boston (Mattapan) 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 1''',''' '''Wednesday
| Jamaica Plain
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria 200 Heath Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 2''', Thursday
| Boston (Dorchester)
| nowrap="true" | 1:00-3:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM
| Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1353 Dorchester Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 6''', Monday
| Lowell
| nowrap="true" | 5:00-7:00 PM
| City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 7''',''' '''Tuesday
| Lynn
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor 3 City Hall Square
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Boston (West End)
| nowrap="true" | 4:30-6:30 PM
| Shriners Hospital Auditorium 51 Blossom Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Hingham
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium 210 Central Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 13''',''' '''Monday
| Boston (South Station area)
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown" | Boston Public Library Boston Rabb Lecture Hall 700 Boylston Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 14''', Tuesday 
| Framingham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall 150 Concord Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 15''',''' '''Wednesday
| Quincy
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room 40 Washington Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 16''', Thursday 
| Malden 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| City Council Chambers 200 Pleasant Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 28''',''' '''Tuesday
| Somerville 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 29''',''' '''Wednesday 
| Cambridge 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Avenue 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 1''',''' '''Thursday  
| Waltham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Government Center Auditorium 119 School Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Brockton
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560 1 Massasoit Boulevard
|}

=== Activities ===

A couple of people are playing with a remix of [[Charlie and the MTA]]. Tim would bring instruments but not unless he had actually practiced with some fellow occupiers.

{{:Charlie and the MTA}}

== Graphics ==

[[File:Affordability BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|Affordability BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:No hikes BUTTON.jpg|thumb|No hikes BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:See something BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|See something BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG|thumb|WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG]]

[[File:FreeCharlie.jpg|thumb|FreeCharlie.jpg]]

==Petition==
Link to document in process: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B0AfclbB9k7dgKLjqZP0rIZ5m2kN8wje1RJLIgmQZAs/edit?hl=en_US draft]

==Pamphlets==
[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/25/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/18/OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/e/e0/OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/d/df/OccupyTFlyer1.pdf OccupyTFlyer1.pdf]

==Maillist==
A lot of stuff gets emailed to this list. If you like finding your information in endless emails join [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupymbta here]. (Hey list boss, please make the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/occupymbta/ archives] open (not password protected))

[[Category:Working groups|Occupy the T]]

Occupy MBTA

2012-01-27T01:17:02Z

Ndmc: /* Graphics */

<blockquote >
'''For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%!''' - ''from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xssJ1y0Gedlt-gOGqSygGoFfld0oDOHcendgJaOor5U/edit?hl=en_US draft statement] we are working on''
</blockquote>

=Fight fare hikes and service cuts=
==Actions==
Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.

== MBTA Public Hearings ==

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''January 31''',''' '''Tuesday
| Boston (Mattapan) 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 1''',''' '''Wednesday
| Jamaica Plain
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria 200 Heath Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 2''', Thursday
| Boston (Dorchester)
| nowrap="true" | 1:00-3:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM
| Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1353 Dorchester Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 6''', Monday
| Lowell
| nowrap="true" | 5:00-7:00 PM
| City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 7''',''' '''Tuesday
| Lynn
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor 3 City Hall Square
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Boston (West End)
| nowrap="true" | 4:30-6:30 PM
| Shriners Hospital Auditorium 51 Blossom Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Hingham
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium 210 Central Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 13''',''' '''Monday
| Boston (South Station area)
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown" | Boston Public Library Boston Rabb Lecture Hall 700 Boylston Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 14''', Tuesday 
| Framingham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall 150 Concord Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 15''',''' '''Wednesday
| Quincy
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room 40 Washington Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 16''', Thursday 
| Malden 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| City Council Chambers 200 Pleasant Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 28''',''' '''Tuesday
| Somerville 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 29''',''' '''Wednesday 
| Cambridge 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Avenue 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 1''',''' '''Thursday  
| Waltham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Government Center Auditorium 119 School Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Brockton
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560 1 Massasoit Boulevard
|}

=== Activities ===

A couple of people are playing with a remix of [[Charlie and the MTA]]. Tim would bring instruments but not unless he had actually practiced with some fellow occupiers.

{{:Charlie and the MTA}}

== Graphics ==

[[File:Affordability BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|Affordability BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:No hikes BUTTON.jpg|thumb|No hikes BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:See something BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left|See something BUTTON.jpg]]

[[File:WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG|thumb|WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG]]

[[File:FreeCharlie.jpg|THUMB]]

==Petition==
Link to document in process: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B0AfclbB9k7dgKLjqZP0rIZ5m2kN8wje1RJLIgmQZAs/edit?hl=en_US draft]

==Pamphlets==
[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/25/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/18/OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/e/e0/OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/d/df/OccupyTFlyer1.pdf OccupyTFlyer1.pdf]

==Maillist==
A lot of stuff gets emailed to this list. If you like finding your information in endless emails join [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupymbta here]. (Hey list boss, please make the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/occupymbta/ archives] open (not password protected))

[[Category:Working groups|Occupy the T]]

Occupy MBTA

2012-01-27T01:14:08Z

Ndmc: /* Graphics */

<blockquote >
'''For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%!''' - ''from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xssJ1y0Gedlt-gOGqSygGoFfld0oDOHcendgJaOor5U/edit?hl=en_US draft statement] we are working on''
</blockquote>

=Fight fare hikes and service cuts=
==Actions==
Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.

== MBTA Public Hearings ==

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''January 31''',''' '''Tuesday
| Boston (Mattapan) 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 1''',''' '''Wednesday
| Jamaica Plain
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria 200 Heath Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 2''', Thursday
| Boston (Dorchester)
| nowrap="true" | 1:00-3:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM
| Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1353 Dorchester Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 6''', Monday
| Lowell
| nowrap="true" | 5:00-7:00 PM
| City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 7''',''' '''Tuesday
| Lynn
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor 3 City Hall Square
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Boston (West End)
| nowrap="true" | 4:30-6:30 PM
| Shriners Hospital Auditorium 51 Blossom Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Hingham
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium 210 Central Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 13''',''' '''Monday
| Boston (South Station area)
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown" | Boston Public Library Boston Rabb Lecture Hall 700 Boylston Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 14''', Tuesday 
| Framingham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall 150 Concord Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 15''',''' '''Wednesday
| Quincy
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room 40 Washington Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 16''', Thursday 
| Malden 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| City Council Chambers 200 Pleasant Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 28''',''' '''Tuesday
| Somerville 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 29''',''' '''Wednesday 
| Cambridge 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Avenue 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 1''',''' '''Thursday  
| Waltham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Government Center Auditorium 119 School Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Brockton
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560 1 Massasoit Boulevard
|}

=== Activities ===

A couple of people are playing with a remix of [[Charlie and the MTA]]. Tim would bring instruments but not unless he had actually practiced with some fellow occupiers.

{{:Charlie and the MTA}}

==Graphics==

[[File:Affordability_BUTTON.jpg|thumb|frameless|left]]

[[File:No hikes BUTTON.jpg|thumb]]

[[File:See something BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left]]

[[File:WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG|thumb]]

[[File:FreeCharlie.jpg]]

==Petition==
Link to document in process: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B0AfclbB9k7dgKLjqZP0rIZ5m2kN8wje1RJLIgmQZAs/edit?hl=en_US draft]

==Pamphlets==
[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/25/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/18/OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/e/e0/OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/d/df/OccupyTFlyer1.pdf OccupyTFlyer1.pdf]

==Maillist==
A lot of stuff gets emailed to this list. If you like finding your information in endless emails join [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupymbta here]. (Hey list boss, please make the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/occupymbta/ archives] open (not password protected))

[[Category:Working groups|Occupy the T]]

File:FreeCharlie.jpg

2012-01-27T00:38:57Z

Ndmc:

Occupy MBTA

2012-01-27T00:28:14Z

Ndmc: /* MBTA Public Hearings */

<blockquote >
'''For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%!''' - ''from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xssJ1y0Gedlt-gOGqSygGoFfld0oDOHcendgJaOor5U/edit?hl=en_US draft statement] we are working on''
</blockquote>

=Fight fare hikes and service cuts=
==Actions==
Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.

== MBTA Public Hearings ==

{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''January 31''',''' '''Tuesday
| Boston (Mattapan) 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 1''',''' '''Wednesday
| Jamaica Plain
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria 200 Heath Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 2''', Thursday
| Boston (Dorchester)
| nowrap="true" | 1:00-3:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM
| Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1353 Dorchester Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 6''', Monday
| Lowell
| nowrap="true" | 5:00-7:00 PM
| City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 7''',''' '''Tuesday
| Lynn
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor 3 City Hall Square
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Boston (West End)
| nowrap="true" | 4:30-6:30 PM
| Shriners Hospital Auditorium 51 Blossom Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 8''',''' '''Wednesday
| Hingham
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium 210 Central Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 13''',''' '''Monday
| Boston (South Station area)
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown" | Boston Public Library Boston Rabb Lecture Hall 700 Boylston Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 14''', Tuesday 
| Framingham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM  
| Town Hall 150 Concord Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 15''',''' '''Wednesday
| Quincy
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room 40 Washington Street
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 16''', Thursday 
| Malden 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| City Council Chambers 200 Pleasant Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 28''',''' '''Tuesday
| Somerville 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''February 29''',''' '''Wednesday 
| Cambridge 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Avenue 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 1''',''' '''Thursday  
| Waltham 
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM 
| Government Center Auditorium 119 School Street 
|-
| nowrap="true" | '''March 6''', Tuesday
| Brockton
| nowrap="true" | 6:00-8:00 PM
| Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560 1 Massasoit Boulevard
|}

=== Activities ===

A couple of people are playing with a remix of [[Charlie and the MTA]]. Tim would bring instruments but not unless he had actually practiced with some fellow occupiers.

{{:Charlie and the MTA}}

==Graphics==

[[File:Affordability_BUTTON.jpg|thumb|frameless|left]]

[[File:No hikes BUTTON.jpg|thumb]]

[[File:See something BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left]]

[[File:WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG|thumb]]

==Petition==
Link to document in process: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B0AfclbB9k7dgKLjqZP0rIZ5m2kN8wje1RJLIgmQZAs/edit?hl=en_US draft]

==Pamphlets==
[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/25/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/18/OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/e/e0/OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/d/df/OccupyTFlyer1.pdf OccupyTFlyer1.pdf]

==Maillist==
A lot of stuff gets emailed to this list. If you like finding your information in endless emails join [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupymbta here]. (Hey list boss, please make the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/occupymbta/ archives] open (not password protected))

[[Category:Working groups|Occupy the T]]

Occupy MBTA

2012-01-27T00:27:34Z

Ndmc: /* Actions */

<blockquote >
'''For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%!''' - ''from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xssJ1y0Gedlt-gOGqSygGoFfld0oDOHcendgJaOor5U/edit?hl=en_US draft statement] we are working on''
</blockquote>

=Fight fare hikes and service cuts=
==Actions==
Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.

==MBTA Public Hearings==
January 31, Tuesday Boston (Mattapan) 6:00-8:00 PM Mildred Avenue Community Center
5 Mildred Avenue
February 1, Wednesday Jamaica Plain 6:00-8:00 PM Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria
200 Heath Street
February 2, Thursday Boston (Dorchester) 1:00-3:00 PM and
6:00-8:00 PM Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room
1353 Dorchester Avenue
February 6, Monday Lowell 5:00-7:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers
375 Merrimack Street
February 7, Tuesday Lynn 6:00-8:00 PM City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor
3 City Hall Square
February 8, Wednesday Boston (West End) 4:30-6:30 PM Shriners Hospital Auditorium
51 Blossom Street
February 8, Wednesday Hingham 6:00-8:00 PM Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium
210 Central Street
February 13, Monday Boston (South Station area) 6:00-8:00 PM Boston Public Library Boston
Rabb Lecture Hall
700 Boylston Street
February 14, Tuesday Framingham 6:00-8:00 PM Town Hall
150 Concord Street
February 15, Wednesday Quincy 6:00-8:00 PM Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room
40 Washington Street
February 16, Thursday Malden 6:00-8:00 PM City Council Chambers
200 Pleasant Street
February 28, Tuesday Somerville 6:00-8:00 PM High School Auditorium
81 Highland Avenue
February 29, Wednesday Cambridge 6:00-8:00 PM Citywide Senior Center
806 Massachusetts Avenue
March 1, Thursday Waltham 6:00-8:00 PM Government Center Auditorium
119 School Street
March 6, Tuesday Brockton 6:00-8:00 PM Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560
1 Massasoit Boulevard

===Activities===
A couple of people are playing with a remix of [[Charlie and the MTA]]. Tim would bring instruments but not unless he had actually practiced with some fellow occupiers.

{{:Charlie and the MTA}}

==Graphics==

[[File:Affordability_BUTTON.jpg|thumb|frameless|left]]

[[File:No hikes BUTTON.jpg|thumb]]

[[File:See something BUTTON.jpg|thumb|left]]

[[File:WTF red fare BUTTON.JPG|thumb]]

==Petition==
Link to document in process: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B0AfclbB9k7dgKLjqZP0rIZ5m2kN8wje1RJLIgmQZAs/edit?hl=en_US draft]

==Pamphlets==
[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/2/25/Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/1/18/OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/e/e0/OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf]

[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/images/d/df/OccupyTFlyer1.pdf OccupyTFlyer1.pdf]

==Maillist==
A lot of stuff gets emailed to this list. If you like finding your information in endless emails join [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/occupymbta here]. (Hey list boss, please make the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/occupymbta/ archives] open (not password protected))

[[Category:Working groups|Occupy the T]]

Ideas

2012-01-01T23:34:38Z

Ndmc: /* Working Group Meeting Times */

== Working Group Meeting Times ==

Ideas Working Group meets at 6pm on Wednesdays at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, 38 Ash St., Chinatown.
We also meet at 2:30 pm on Saturdays at E5, which is on the 5th floor of Unite Here, 33 Harrison Ave, Chinatown. The Saturday location is subject to change.
To sign up for text updates of meeting locations and times, text "@OBideas" to 23559.

Cooming Soon: The ideas working group will be holding topic-focused open political discussions at 7pm on non-GA nights - Monday, Wednesday, and possibly Friday. We need indoor space for these discussions! If you know of any, let us know by emailing ideas@lists.occupyboston.org

*[[Ideas working group meeting notes]]

'''Stay Connected and join the conversation '''

[[Join the Ideas email list]] - email your ideas, join the online conversation, and view the archive of discussions

[[index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Main_Page|Join the wiki]]. Have some ideas you are developing? Consider putting a link to them in the group workspace: [[User:user:WG-ideas|User:WG-ideas]] You can also create your own user page by clicking on your name in the upper right.

== Upcoming Public Discussions ==

*Held in the GA area, unless otherwise specified
*Topics set based on suggestions collected online [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Vote_here&action=edit vote here] and on the whiteboard outside Media tent

Want to set the agenda for future Public Discussions? [[Vote here]]

We want your input! Click here: [[Click here!|Subpage]] to fill out the "How Values Become Action" table.  You do need to log in/register. After clicking on "subpage" click "edit" in the upper right corner and then when you get the dialogue box make sure  you hit "rich text" so you're not dealing with code. 

Thanks!

== Concerns Data ==

The Ideas Group has begun the process of surveying occupiers from all over Massachusetts to get answers to the question, "What are the concerns/problems that brought you to the Occupy Movement?" This is a preliminary outline of the data we have collected so far. If you share a concern on the outline, please add an X next to it. If you have a concern not listed on the outline, please add it. The Ideas Group would like to begin to prioritize these concerns based on your responses so that we can start holding concerns-based open discussions. It is our hope that working groups will form out of these discussions, and that from there we can start to build solutions.

=== Government Concerns ===

*Tax Reforms
**Progressive Reforms xxxx
*Small vs. Big Government
*Campaign Finance Reform/Get Money Out of Politics xxxxx xxxxx xxx
**Corporate Personhood xx
**Publicly Funded Elections xx
**Lobby Reforms xxx
*Horizontal Participatory Democracy xx
*Criminal Justice/Prison Reforms xx
*Disfunction b/w Branches xx
*American Ideology x
*Military Reforms
**Diplomacy vs War
**Spending xxx
*Infrastructure Spending x
*Social Programs xxxx
*Justice and Equality xxxxx

=== Economic Concerns ===

*Capitalism xxx
**Hyper-Capitalism/Greed xxx
*Sustainability x
*Privitization xxx
*Wall Street/Financial Regulation xxxxx xxx
**Housing Crisis x
**Debt Crisis
**Bank of America/Too big to Fail xxx
**Criminal Activity/Unethical Behavior xxxxx x
*Unemployment
**Outsourcing
*Wealth Inequality xxxxx xxxxx

=== Socialization & Behavioral Concerns ===

*Value Based Accounting x
*Violence
*Anti-Oppression xx
*American Exceptionalism xx
*Wasteful Consumer Behavior xx

=== Environmental Concerns ===

*Air
*Water xx
*Degradation x
*Global Warming/Climate Change xx
*Sustainability x
*Waste x
*Food Supply xx

=== Education Concerns ===

*K-12
*College x

=== Healthcare Concerns ===

*Healthcare Reforms xxxx
*Universal xxx

=== Workers Rights Concerns ===

*Unions xx

== ==

== PROPOSAL PASSED at GA 11/29/11 ==

Proposal for the General Assembly at Occupy Boston from the Statement of Purpose Working Group November 29, 2011

=== Declaration of Occupation ===

We, the people of Occupy Boston, have occupied Dewey Square in the heart of the financial district, in order to express dissent over the state of our political and financial systems. We are practicing a form of horizontal participatory democracy in the shadows of anti-democratic institutions that dominate our government and our lives. Through our occupation, we are creating an exemplar society in which no one's human needs go unmet.

The Occupy Movement has started a nationwide conversation about the realities of economic inequality and the meaning of Constitutional rights. We are committed to living the values of transparency, equality, accountability, awareness, sustainability, and compassion as we struggle against corporate predation, injustice, and oppression. We are actively seeking to include the diverse voices of the 99%. Together, we set a precedent and provide a foothold for people to demand a truer, more horizontal democracy, in which greed has no influence.

Regardless of media spin, police brutality, or sub-zero temperatures, we will continue to peacefully exercise our first amendment rights by occupying, holding general assemblies, and planning for the American Spring. Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits of the few. We are the 99%.

== developing ideas ==

=== [[100 great political objectives]] ===

=== [[Occupy Boston Summit Notes]] ===

[[Occupy Boston Summit Notes - Overflow Room]]

== Public Discussion Minutes & Notes ==

=== Friday, 18 November ===

*Went through the new process for GA meetings put forth by the facilitators group. The mock topic was a proposal to add a values statement to the Statement of Purpose.
*Here is the feedback from the procedure:
**Facilitators need to be the ones writing on the whiteboard
**Process needs to keep going and sometimes be changed in order to figure out how to move forward.
**It may be that the best model for GA is not for people to propose a document that should be ratified, rather to propose the discussion of a document.
**Some people were lost during the discussion due to the new nature of the process.
**There is confusion in the new process of what happens after amendments had been made. This seems like a delicate point in the process.
**We still do not have a way for the GA to create a proposal.
**It may be beneficial for the facilitator, in the fly, to guide the synthesis of what GA is saying, and change the process as it needs to happen. This is tricky because the facilitators cannot help being biased. Another way is to have a very polished process that can handle many scenarios, but how to find that process?
**The new method does activate people's minds more - it tapped into the "creative capitol" of the GA better.
**we found that at one point the process did not fit the need of what we needed to do anymore at one point.
**There was a desire from many to keep the procedure fluid and adaptable somehow. Hopefully that fluidity can be written into the process (catch-22?)
**the facilitators need to have and be trusted with an extensive toolbox of process that will allow the fluidity of the discussion.
**It was noted that you are always giving your freedom up to the process, or a facilitator, or the loudest voice in GA. We are picking.

=== Wednesday, 16 November ===

*Announcement/Get the word out about Occupy Declaration: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Percent_Declaration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Percent_Declaration]
*Proposal to create an information card for how to discuss the Occupy movement with families on Thanksgiving.  The information card could give suggestions on how to talk about Occupy, but also remind to collect ideas from family members which can then be brought back to the camp for discussion.
*Discussion of possibly wording statements so that they are not as inclusive, by using words like "most of us", etc.  Debated whether this is a good strategy, no position was taken.
*Discussion on the purpose of statements of purpose, and how it can guide its development. Mention that it can act as a guide to how we live responsibly with each other in the camp (internal purpose), and how we may bring people into solidarity with the movement (external), or how it will guide our actions as we move forward (intermal/external).
**Also it is noted that most of the good work that is done within Occupy Boston needs no Statement to happen, and that a multitude of different occupy movements have a wide range of different statement sizes, breadth, meaning, or do not have any statements at all.  No position was taken, however it was consented on that if we did draft a potential proposed Values statement, it might mention the internal and external purposes. (Note: google doc of all Occupy statement's movements here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RsPuWV2D8UjB-N5WrmxZM7QxGJIABHON-ya3YtGawx0/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RsPuWV2D8UjB-N5WrmxZM7QxGJIABHON-ya3YtGawx0/edit])
*Discussion of what the proposal that we will raise at the facilitation testing of the new GA process on Friday.  We decided that it will be to propose that a values statement to be added to the Statement of Purpose.
*Discussion of what values to start off the discussion will be (Tess has the list, i forgot to write it down)
*Decision to set the date of the GA for the real proposal is Tuesday Nov 22.
*Decision to table the discussion of the whitehouse.gov/petition discussion of what petition to create until Sunday's Ideas meeting.
*Decision for a topic of discussion for an Ideas Public Discussion sometime after the Summit:
*Discussion of all of the Authors that have drafted Mission Statements, Declarations of Occupation, etc. to offer their ideas to the public and garner feedback in a discussion format.

=== Friday, 11 November ===

VALUES that came out of the meeting:

*knowledge
**education
**awareness
**information
**transparency
*unity
*change x2
*respect
**diversity
*making "freedom" bigger
*non-violence x2
*peaceful
*consensus
*horizontal democracy x2
*solidarity
*equality
*fairness
*concern for others x2
*freedom
*positivity
*generosity
*compassion
*sustainability
*honesty
*unity
*cooperation
*mutual aid
*resistance to oppresion
*kindness
*empathy
*dialogue
*civility

 SENTENCES that came out of the meeting:

*In an effort to create a more just and sustainable socitey, we will strive to embody the values of: inclusivity, honesty, non-violence, comapssion, cooperation, and ecological integrity.
*We seek to foster a cuture of inclusivity, a practice of sustainability, and a spirit of compassion.
*We beleive that in working towards change, we need to pread knowledge while maintainin a unity based on respect

[[File:Ideas values raw.png|300x358px|RTENOTITLE]]\

Original word cloud that was used to start the evening's discussion (word coud data collected from surveying the camp to answer the question "What values do we, as Occupy Boston, all share?"

 see all [[Ideas working group values data]].

=== Friday, November 4 ===

Facilitator: Marty Facilitator: Forest Minutes: Mallory Stack Taker: None

The discussion followed this format:

*Introduction (10 minutes)
*Breakout Group Formation (individuals on stack) (20 minutes)
*Group Discussions (45 minutes)
*Group Stack/Presentations (10 minutes per group x 3 groups = 30 minutes)
*Conclusion/Summary

Breakout groups were formed after an opening discussion about what people wanted to talk about. The three breakout groups were:

*Local Issues
*Occupy as Paradigm Shift
*Functional divisions in the movement and occupy boston (i.e. offline/online, onsite/offsite)

Some noted questions/comments that resulted at the end of discussion:

*How does occupy reach into rural areas? Also, what about occupy gardens/farms?
*How to include people whose time is filled with work obligations (i.e. how to occupy time the same way we are currently occupying space)?
*"laboratory space" to describe our ideas discussions.

Two functional issues with discussion format identified by facilitator (Forest) were:

*Breakout groups for the most part lacked facilitation, stack taker, timekeepers, or minute recorders. In the future groups should ideally follow an established process for discussion.

*People who tended to agree seemed to clump together in the smaller groups. Maybe experimenting with starting groups with members randomly assigned and *then* applying law of two feet would be worthwhile? Also, instructing group initiators to make sure their group has someone taking stack?

[[Category:Working groups]]

Occupy Boston Summit Notes

2011-12-15T04:31:15Z

Ndmc: /* What do we need now? */

'''Note:''' View the [[Occupy Boston Summit Notes - Overflow Room|Overflow Room's Summit Notes]] from Saturday, 19 November 2011.

 
[[Media:Occupy Boston Summit Notes - Main Room - 19Nov2011.pdf|Download PDF version of main room notes (this page).]]

[[File:Obsummit-wall.jpg|none|Occupy Boston Summit Graphic Recording on Front Wall]] 
'''Occupy Boston World Café Summit'''
'''Josiah Quincy School, 885 Washington Street, Boston'''
'''Group Memory'''
'''November 19, 2011'''

= Start Ups =
Welcome

''Maureen White:'' 
Welcome to day 51 of Occupy Boston! My name is Maureen White, I know many of you from around OB and elsewhere. Thank you for coming here to the first ever OB Summit! This is really amazing and exciting and it’s been incredible to see this seed of an idea of a summit to be nurtured by so many amazing people over the last two weeks.
 

Who’s here in the room? Raise your hand if…

*You have been to Dewey Square?
*This occupy movement has inspired you to donate anything?
*You are part of an occupy WG?
*You have slept at the encampment?
*This movement has inspired you to take some kind of action?
*Through this movement you’ve taken the opportunity to meet new people and build new relationships?
*You’ve contributed by using occupy as a way to have conversations about inequality you might not otherwise have had?

That’s beautiful. There are so many ways to contribute to the occupy movement. All these contributions are needed now as we face challenges and opportunities. The opportunity for us to come together and addresses challenges and opportunities was the impetus for convening this summit. It’s about harvesting the collective wisdom of all the people in the room. We’re going to spend the day having some dialogue, and as we move through it we might find that we don’t always have agreement or shared opinion, and that’s ok. I suspect we’ll probably find that we have alignment or shared intention to create a more fair and just world. We want to enjoy spending this afternoon together talking about our future.

''Mariama White-Hammond:'' 
How amazing it is that even in our wildest imagination as we were planning this, this has already exceeded our expectations in attendance. I’ve been traveling for 10 days. I had the opportunity to visit Occupy Detroit, Oakland, and San Francisco. I’ve been having dialogue with Occupy Wall Street and Atlanta. As I started to talk to people about this summit, people were like, “we need to steal that idea.” We are here and we are Occupy Boston and we are part of a national, global movement that’s raised issues that needed to be raised in this country. I want us to see ourselves not just as individual, but part of global moment. And use this opportunity to go deep together and share it with others around the country.

''Reverend Jason Lydon:'' 
It is so beautiful and exciting to be in this space together, learning, growing, transforming and being transformed by and with this community of folks coming with different ideals, hopes, drams and knowing we can create something transformative and be rooted in our collective and own experiences.

''Jason read the Marge Piercy poem, “The Low Road:”'' 
What can they do 
to you? Whatever they want. 
They can set you up, they can 
bust you, they can break 
your fingers, they can 
burn your brain with electricity, 
blur you with drugs till you  can t walk, can’t remember, they can 
take your child, wall up 
your lover. They can do anything 
you can’t blame them from doing. How can you stop 
them? Alone, you can fight, 
you can refuse, you can 
take what revenge you can 
but they roll over you. 
 
But two people fighting 
back to back can cut through 
a mob, a snake-dancing file 
can break a cordon, an army 
can meet an army. 
 
Two people can keep each other 
sane, can give support, conviction, 
love, massage, hope, sex. 
Three people are a delegation, 
a committee, a wedge. With four 
you can play bridge and start 
an organisation. With six 
you can rent a whole house, 
eat pie for dinner with no 
seconds, and hold a fund raising party. 
A dozen make a demonstration. 
A hundred fill a hall. 
A thousand have solidarity and your own newsletter; 
ten thousand, power and your own paper; 
a hundred thousand, your own media; 
ten million, your own country. 
 
It goes on one at a time, 
it starts when you care 
to act, it starts when you do 
it again after they said no, 
it starts when you say We 
and know who you mean, and each 
day you mean one more. 

 

''Suzanne Lee:'' 
Welcome to the Quincy Elementary School cafeteria. I was the former principal of the Quincy School for ten years together with Elaine and David who are here, the director of the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Council. We made this school one of the beset urban schools in MA with 80% of children receiving free and reduced lunch, 60% speaks another language at home, and we topped the MCAS score every year. We know poor children can get to the top. How we get there is b/c all of us who work in this community have been in this fight for more than 60 years. I will be in this fight for 40. The site you are in now, this whole complex, was designed as a community center with a health clinic and a school so that it’s opened up to the community after school hours to share all the space. To my teachers when I interview them, I ask “are you willing to share your space with the community after school hours?” If you’re not willing to do that, this is not the place for you. We’re able to build on the concept of collaboration, cooperation, and with a common vision. The city has brushed aside stomped over housing to build the expressway and mass turnpike in the name of progress. They leveled more housing on where my father used to live back in the 40s and 50s, called New York Street. That’s why people were forced to move. Every step of the way, people kept saying why? They are poor people living in Chinatown? We’ve been here for 150 years. This is one of the oldest Chinatowns in the US. In other places like Philadelphia the Chinatowns are gone. We are not going to let them push us out. Across the street, the piece of land was called Parcel C and was the last piece of publicly owned land by the City of Boston. They wanted to hand it over to Boston Medical Center. We fought back for 10 years, no way. All the elderlies who lived here were being pushed out and had moved elsewhere, but we came back to help. Many of us were first ones in our families to go to college. Even though we don’t live here this is home. We came back to use our skill and vision to make sure our community remains for the future generations. Now they have a building that is 40% affordable. It’s not perfect. What’s happening here today and the occupy movement. I got to be where I am, to go to college to schools like Brandeis and Harvard because of the Civil Rights movement. Students that came before me occupied buildings to make sure they accepted students who have the ability, but not the means to pay. Those doors are now closing and we gotta make sure those doors remain open so that everyone who wants it can go there. It’s about time that we send that message. This is common sense, people who want to have a say. I retired as principal and I don’t want to sit still. I just ran for office in district 2 and lost by 87 votes to get on the City Council. I know it’s possible when we come together and focus and forget about little differences we have among each other. We need focus on the big picture that the 99% wants to have a say and wants things to be equal.

 

''Melinda Weekes:'' 
Together with Andrea Nagel we are pleased to serve as your facilitators for today’s World Café. We have been asked to serve by way of volunteering on some working groups of Occupy Boston. It’s a deep honor to serve you. A World Café is really based on the ancient art of conversation. The premise is that pretty much everything we need, the wisdom we need to sort out what’s important to us lies inside of us. That’s the premise we’re seeing, the collective intelligence and wisdom that we bring to this moment into the room. World Café is going to help us discover what that wisdom is. It’s not so much based on decision making, although action will flow from this. More importantly, it is about us discovering together collectively what we sense, what our wisdom is. This process has been chosen to facilitate our coming together figuring out who we are, what our next steps are, and what is important to us.
 

Raise your hand if… 
*you have volunteered to help today
*you have been on the host committee, planning this summit
*you are recording (live notes will be posted on the OB wiki and website)
*you are part of the facilitation team

The audio is being live streamed. If you hover near that part of the room, you may be interacting with folks online.
 

For 200 people to have a conversation, in order to work together, we need to lift up some working agreements to help us do this successfully.
 

Conversation Agreements 
*Focus on what matters
*Listen to understand
*Step up, step back
*Speak and listen with heart and mind
*Use and link ideas to others’ ideas
*Put your hands up when others to do listen for further instructions

 

= What is our story so far? =

''Andrea asked everyone to discuss this question at small tables.''

= What values do we want to live by? =

''Andrea asked everyone to discuss this question at small tables and to fill out one sticky per value.''

[[File:Obsummit-values.jpg|none|Occupy Boston Summit Values Stickies from Harvest]]

[[Values Word Cloud]] [[File:11-19-11 values OBSummit.jpg]]

Harvest (ideas shared out loud in the large group)

*Anti oppression and collective liberation
*Cooperation
*Solidarity
*Direct action
*Equality
*Truth
*Knowledge
*Transparency
*Integrity
*Internationalism
*Compassion, compassion, compassion
*This movement lives its values by building transparent, inclusive…democracy in the shadows of democratic institutions
*Mutual responsibility, guarantee each other’s livelihood
*Interdependence
*Building environment where everyone is taken care of
*President of Chinatown Resident Association: So happy this great group of people are coming to Chinatown. I’m personally supporting this movement and know that this action has been brought out to over 50 cities in the US and also throughout other countries. I know that this movement will be keep growing and growing and I will continue to support this group.
*Value is voice to be heard, respect, justice
*Learning to communicate to the true depth of any other person even those taking roles …
*Fun and humor
*Trust to create sustainable change
*Willingness to learn a different point of view
*Redistribution
*Love
*Communication
*Equal sharing of information
*Consensus process
*Collective liberation
*Leadership from most oppressed communities
*Sustainability – voluntary, not top down
*Inclusiveness
*Non-violence and redefining as not physical
*Democracy
*Simplicity
*Generosity
*Courage
*Democratic control of state, government, and economy
*Sense of responsibility
*Humor
*Tolerance
*Integrity
*Accessibility with message available to everyone in free space
*Living wages
*Housing with quality for all
*Equality in health care
*Clean water and clean air
*Getting things done
*Sustainability
*Compassion
*Sovereignty
*Honesty
*Respect
*Autonomy while acknowledging interdependence of society
*Accessibility to space, food, education, dialogue, education
*Transparency
*Life before money
*People and planet before profit

''Andrea asked one person to stay at each table as a “host” and the rest of the folks to move to new tables.''

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= What do we need now? =

[[Needs/Next Level Word Cloud]] [[File:12-13-11 OBSummit Needs.NextLevel2.jpg]]

 

Harvest (ideas people shared out loud in the large group)

*Mission statement
*Increased support, membership, involvement to grow the movement
*Better communication within the movement, for example when you look at the calendar tyrign to understand what activities are
*Better coordination and outreach to others outside the movement
*Physical location we can count on to meet, or three or four places we rotate among
*Spokespeople
*Online conversations and inside conversations to make it broader
*Large protest like in DC
*Keep focused on vision, not so much on police
*Truth and reconciliation with corporations
*Compassion not confrontation
*Need to shift language back to focus on WE ARE THE 99% rather than occupy b/c occupy is a tactic and limits us in many ways including the Am Indian community
*Monthly summits to keep this energy and face to face contact going
*More creative kinds of direct action
*Education and outreach, plan to get message out
*Sincere solidarity
*Sustainability of each individual and movement
*Compassionate and nonviolent
*Amplify and listen to folks most impacted by our decisions
*More Gas in more places, focused on specific issues
*Decolonization, what that means
*More voices for people of color
*More outreach, conversations
*Civic re-engagement for suburbanite friends, peers
*More awareness, information so folks can identify themselves with the movement
*Strategy for multi-level marketing known as word of mouth
*Each of us as individuals need to take ownership of reaching out to our familial network, spreading the word about occupation movement
*Instructive ways to shift focus of our country’s funding from war to education
*Deal with realities of homelessness, power dynamics at camp
*New theory of economic democracy, post-capitalist vision
*Hold camp after winter
*Talk about race, concrete problems
*Connecting with other groups
*Better information about how people who are not camping can participate and help
*Strategic plan with list of outcomes
*In light of the egregious stuff continuing to occur, we do need a few demands such as PROSECUTE WALL STREET
*Educate broadly, not just social media
*Build democratic work places
*Set up Christmas trees at camp so cops can’t bulldoze
*Intergenerational dialogue
*Non-police ways to deal with disruptions at camp
*Addressing divisions emerging so we don’t fall apart
*Accountability
*Diversity of tactics with depth of analysis to build momentum and support
*Media strategy and clear messages with dedicated spokespeople
**''No''
*Inside headquarters and paid staff
**''Boo''
*identified candidates and legislation to support
**''Boo'' 
*winterization, possibly including indoor headquarter space downtown, possibly vacant storefront or warehouse space for disseminating information,  meetings,  planning, keeping library and computers and people safe; regardless of whether tent camp stays or goes after December
*tangible political goals
*educate people on OB process
*I’m here from Occupy Wall Street. Our camp has been closed down b/c there were so many voices, opinions and opposing views and it was easy to destroy us. We’re doing our best to rebuild, but damage has been done. We came here b/c we feel without unified voice and one vision it will be easy to destroy us here as well. Propose we do of such events in the future and create roundtables and little by little start to narrow to one specific demand to government, corporations, society in general
*Better ways to build relationships between differ groups – campers, working groups, distant supporters – to know needs of each and support other groups
*Realize if we get tear gassed, we won’t be friends anymore with the police
*More civil disobedience, and to expand b/c we need more campers as well
*More action
*More revolutionaries
*More participation in our camp community and in our GAs
*More people to participate in safety b/c right now Direct Action
*Be something, say something – if something’s going on at camp,  you should address it and also tell a WG member
*More  strategy
*Balance between logistics of survival and the building of the vision
*Plan for sustaining movement if the camp is evicted, take advantage of what’s already happened
*Move forward, evolve, challenge our own shit – racism, sexism, etc.
*Been at the camp 90%  of time since inception; see familiar faces here and others I haven’t seen before; all of you should be there at least some of the time; it’s not a bad or unsafe place; don’t believe the hype; I spend a lot of time making sure it’s safe, cooking there; before it’s written off it would be a nice gesture if all of you could spend a night there

 

= What must we do to take OB to the next level? =

''Melinda asked everyone to discuss this question at small tables and to fill out one sticky per idea.''

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Harvest (ideas people shared out loud in the large group)

*Define what violence is
*More involvement and participation in WGs and GAs
*Diversify camp to make it safe for non-white males
*Reach out to workers and working poor
*More civil disobedience
*Nationwide mass of local abandoned buildings
*Decentralize movement
*Workshops
*Working in alignment with existing efforts with the homeless, and occupying abandoned buildings
*Flexibility for GA including time and place
*Trust lands we can make a map, there are 400 in the City of Boston
*Use same process now; organize in neighborhoods and have them use this process re: direct issues in their neighborhoods and use these processes of direct action to take action on issues in all those neighborhoods; we have socially and economically different populations; and we can all come out cause we all feel these issues
*Lots of new faces here, lots want to participate; tomorrow we’ll have an occupation orientation at 11 a.m. at the plaza; working groups be there to recruit; anyone who wants to get involved, it’s a great way
*Email list for those can do shifts at camp - overnight safety, info tent, greeters
*Wonderful honor of working with the group of people here who’ve part of Direct Action and I imagined would happen, I ended up having tremendous respect for what they’re trying to do; three things we said:
**Escalation - Please talk to people what they mean about that
**More love and respect for onsite occupiers, not campers, on site occupiers; we are not camping
**Learn from the herstory and history of other direct action movements and what we can put into action
*Occupying other buildings and spaces that represent the economic situation and cuts in the city – schools that have been shut down and libraries under attack
*Thoughtful civil disobedience, set of certainties which can serve as invitation to occupy movement, pamphlet printed out
*GA highlight of everyone’s day, whatever it takes
*Neighborhood cleanup crews and engage those in most marginalized communities and do necessary work  to make those communities more beautiful
*Generate things for people to do in home towns, especially with jobs and kids so they feel they can participate in the movement
*Take this energy and power and organize way, diversity encampment; be lean and mean and on our feet; moving protest 24-7, organized facilities online, on doorsteps of major institutions and residences of their principles; 4-6 shifts, people getting rest, three pronged agenda – '''jobs, justice, education'''
*Move your money day and potential for us to expand that by engaging consumer consciousness,  and engage people off site who know something’s screwed up
*Getting my generation and those younger than me on board and off their couches, engaging them and respecting them using all the technology we have available to inspire my generation to make a move to write their own destiny; a lot of the Students OB group are working to do that
*Connections with other organizations that share our values
*Tell the story better
*Simplify our message
*Educate
*Police confrontation is inevitable; we need strategic disobedience, discipline, training, discuss spokes-councils
*Occupation of universities has begun with Northeastern Harvard, Tufts; speak to those occupying there; they are a marginalized group
*In Atlanta, the occupation successfully occupied the home of a policeman who was being illegally foreclosed upon; they stopped his foreclosure; our group suggested as sas direct action tactic, to assist particularly in communities of color, where illegal foreclosures are rampant, direct action occupations to stop those foreclosures
*2012 is the international year of cooperatives; we should use 2012 as an opportunity to celebrate cooperatives and in particular on the first Saturday in July, Day of Cooperatives, and in Boston there will be a Coop Fair; find out about it, support cooperatives and celebrate cooperation
*We suggest mic-checking everybody; we tried to mic check Newt Gingrich last night, he got scared and left town, he cancelled his book signing; we want to mic check John Kerry, Mayor Menino, media organizations; mic check is powerful, mic check gives everybody a voice
*Occupying foreclosed properties has been happening in Boston for a few years; check out City Life/Vida Urbana
*Learn from our brother from OWS b/c he articulated where we need to go more than anyone else, learned the hard way and using lessons learned to help the future of the occupy movement; we need strategy and vision
*Articulate plan for action with strategies, define vocabulary and tie nexus together – social, economic, environmental justice – and work  with universities and grassroots organizations more that are elders that already have common goals
*Need to have an occupy national strategy summit! We can start it here. Move together and create strategies, utilize internet and our resources b/c wisdom and truth comes first circle. You said all the wisdom lies inside ourselves. All the answers lie in this room. We can truly change the world here by changing the conversation.

 

= What story do we long for future generations to tell of the Occupy movement (or whatever you want to talk about at your table)? =

[[How Remembered Word Cloud]] [[File:12-13-12 OBSummit Remembered.jpg]]

*Say to the future generations: we changed the conversation and therefore we changed the world.
*Update democracy for the way the world is now
*Vision of millions of people in the street. The People spoke, the planet is saved.
*Occupy – a national convention is being planned for July 4 in Philadelphia
*First time in our history of humanity that we have a world revolution.
*Remember in our actions, strategy and points we want to make to this country and world, the people who have been hurt first and foremost have the middle class – lost pension funds, wealth in stock market
*Continue meeting and invite local government, mayor, city council to listen to our voices. Legislators, city council, etc. are elected by us so they should serve us and represent our voices.
*Change we make here is going to be lasting change
*Strategy and tactics – there will be 3 marches coming up in early December – the 1st, 3rd, and 4th – and we asked, is this a good thing or bad? How would you choose which march to go to? Hope someday we’ll have a four conversation on strategy, tactics, goals and methods
*This movement was manifestation of global shift in consciousness. Participatory democracy was lived and experienced. Focus on anti-oppression. Practiced different way of relating to each other. Made old model obsolete. Hold our own story and be able to tell our own story what happened.
*Stated purpose – been proposing this - we occupy these lands in effort to hold public space for dialogue with each other about issues which affect society.
*We restored humanity and bring them back to way we operate day to day
*Words from Ocupemos el Barrio – we’re occupying ourselves, creating social consciousness; get involved, we’re trying to have you see our point of view, way of life, hurdles, work towards improving our society
*Find ways to bring in more sympathizers and ways of keeping it interesting; best idea we had to do a flash occupy – every weekend at 2:00 or some time between 10:00 and 2:00 we know we’ll be somewhere and we have a 2 hour window and it’s tweeted or posted somewhere surreptitious and we show up at the same time at the same place. In the 80s we did this with raves. This would capture media attention every week and it would be a blast
*Once upon a time OB in solidarity with rest of occupy movement triggered shift in power…people and marginalized people and so much more
*Occupy helped American society confront problems of capitalism; we were the spark to re-imagine the system; peaceful revolution to bring attention to those ignored
*Helped catalyze economic democracy
*Helped make authority obsolete
*Pushed limits of what was possible b y breaking down left/right dichotomy
*We in MA have a senator named John Kerry who happens to be on one Super Committee.  Send messages of no cuts and tax the rich. On Tuesday there’s an event organized to send that message.
*Don’t just accept legislative changes and go away, but continue to make fundamental change to society.  1960s was decade of change. 20-teens should be remembered as decade of fundamental change.
*Demonstration in Harvard Square to support their occupation of Harvard Yard
*Original vision of Dewey Square ten years ago was to be a botanical garden. We have a garden of democracy now. We should create a museum of native history, bring in real tents, make it interactive, and invite people to come make the history in Dewey Square.
*See Dewey Square the same way we now see names like Fanueil Hall as in line with original revolutionary sentiment
*Having defended and revitalized democracy and in order to do so we need to protect equal access to information; prioritize informed democracy and ability of people to educate themselves; we will set the stage for fairly dealing with problems of inequality such as economic and environmental
*Connection is the enemy of capitalism. Everyone should be proud and pleased for the connections we’ve made today. We can pass on that this was a time that we understood that building relationships and staying connection was the way we understood to move forward.
*This was the time in which we ended “-isms”!

 

= Next Steps & Commitments =
*Occupation orientation tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the plaza. Working groups will be there to recruit. Anyone who wants to get involved, it’s a great way to get involved!
*Trans Awareness Workshop tomorrow at 11 a.m. at OB. We shouldn’t double book that with the orientation.
*Event Tuesday at Kerry’s office
*Linda Jenkins – would like to know more about mortgage foreclosures event Monday. I am willing to be arrested in the direct action in the service of populations disempowered.
*I have been Free School University for two months. I will stay here. Tomorrow at noon the talk will be about the US movement’s government towards war in Iran.
*I will go to the General Assembly tonight and participate at 7:00.
*I am committing to transition and begin to do more work in Direct Action with Direct Action. Committed to stay as an occupier downtown unless we decide otherwise. Commit to relationships I know have been fractured somewhat. Committed to get more out lesbians out here.
*Kevin – I commit to marching with all of you at the end of this meeting down to the occupy movement and its encampment on Dewey Square. Let’s take some of our words tonight and put them into action, have a march now to Occupy Boston. There are hundreds of us in this room.
*Continue my work with Ideas WG, the Health Justice WG, recruit people for guerrilla theatre. And trying very hard to get an affinity group for offsite occupiers
*Commit to try and set aside my frustrations and my ego for the good of the hood.
*Commit to work around my work schedule and move into camp if possible and if I’m welcome and if not I’m going to try to spend a lot more time helping out with the day to day at camp, cleaning up, volunteering b/c it’s therapeutic and about building relationships with everybody.
*Harry – committed years of my life to figuring out how to organically grow a new economy so we can boycott the 1% economy and grow one that is equitable and sustainable for people. I wrote a book with a 12 step program that might begin the process.  Want to put together a WG to discuss the ideas I’ve written up.
*I’m going to make a workshop that will help people at the occupation to connect with one another and really listen to and tolerate one another.
*Committed to keep on working with Occupy the Hood, Ocupemos el Barrio and OB and outreach to all communities and bring them together.
*I’m with Jobs with Justice and Mass United. We’re going to take the fight to DC in two weeks. We’re taking buses and people from 30 cities are participating. We’d love to have occupy with us. If you’re interested come talk to me.
*Laura Evonne Steinman – I will help with world cafes (handinhandarts@gmail.com)

 

= Announcements =
*OB Women’s Caucus has a meeting at 6:00 at the South Station mezzanine
*To volunteer at the camp, there’s a signup sheet at the table where you came in
*Medical WG needs someone with large vehicle tomorrow morning to transport supplies from Dewey to the storage site in JP; talk to Pete if you can help
*Movement building meeting for OB and if you work with a community group you’re welcome; Monday at 7 p.m. at 26 West Street at SEIU building
*Socialist Caucus of OB meeting Friday, November 26, location TBA; find out more on FB page – socialistcaucus@occupyboston
*November 24 at 12:00 noon is National Day of Mourning. This is 42nd celebration and remembrance of genocide. If you’re interested in rides email [mailto:decolonizeboston@gmail.com decolonizeboston@gmail.com]
*Large march on December 3rd, an open source demonstration, theme is unity. 1:00-3:00 rally at Copley Square
*December 4th OB Women’s March from Dewey at noon and back to Dewey from 2:00-4:00 for spoken word and music
*March to the camp at the end of this meeting!
*Tomorrow is Transgender Day of Remembrance teach in at OB at 11:00 followed by 3:00 march to vigil at 9:00 p.m.
*Occupation Orientation is at noon tomorrow in the plaza where you get out of the train
*Tomorrow at OB Peter Tosh’s son will be performing. It will be filmed to create a music video at 1:30 – wear black if you go
*Please get some food – we have leftover food and we don’t want to throw it away! 

 

= Occupy Boston Summit Host Team =
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Alex Ingram 
Allison Nevitt 
Angela Giudice 
Bhavin Patel 
Bill 
D. Callahan 
Ester Serra Luque 
George Lee 
Greg Murphy 
Jason Lydon 
Jude Glaubman 
Katie Gradowski 
Lisa Gimbel 
Mariama White-Hammond 
Maureen White 
Meck Groot 
|
Nicole Sullivan 
Susan Barney 
Susie Husted 
 

Facilitators: 
Andrea Nagel 
Cynthia Silva Parker 
Deb Gilburg 
Melinda Weekes 
Marianne Hughes 
 

Recorders 
Amy Gilburg 
Jen Willsea 
Linda Guinee 
|}

= Audio Recording / IRC Log =
Audio Recording: http://www.media.occupyboston.org/media-files/2011-11-19_obsummit.ogg 
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Log: http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Occupy_Boston_Summit_-_IRC_Log

 

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2011-12-15T04:29:52Z

Ndmc:

Occupy Boston Summit Notes

2011-12-15T04:17:27Z

Ndmc: /* What do we need now? */

'''Note:''' View the [[Occupy Boston Summit Notes - Overflow Room|Overflow Room's Summit Notes]] from Saturday, 19 November 2011.

 
[[Media:Occupy Boston Summit Notes - Main Room - 19Nov2011.pdf|Download PDF version of main room notes (this page).]]

[[File:Obsummit-wall.jpg|none|Occupy Boston Summit Graphic Recording on Front Wall]] 
'''Occupy Boston World Café Summit'''
'''Josiah Quincy School, 885 Washington Street, Boston'''
'''Group Memory'''
'''November 19, 2011'''

= Start Ups =
Welcome

''Maureen White:'' 
Welcome to day 51 of Occupy Boston! My name is Maureen White, I know many of you from around OB and elsewhere. Thank you for coming here to the first ever OB Summit! This is really amazing and exciting and it’s been incredible to see this seed of an idea of a summit to be nurtured by so many amazing people over the last two weeks.
 

Who’s here in the room? Raise your hand if…

*You have been to Dewey Square?
*This occupy movement has inspired you to donate anything?
*You are part of an occupy WG?
*You have slept at the encampment?
*This movement has inspired you to take some kind of action?
*Through this movement you’ve taken the opportunity to meet new people and build new relationships?
*You’ve contributed by using occupy as a way to have conversations about inequality you might not otherwise have had?

That’s beautiful. There are so many ways to contribute to the occupy movement. All these contributions are needed now as we face challenges and opportunities. The opportunity for us to come together and addresses challenges and opportunities was the impetus for convening this summit. It’s about harvesting the collective wisdom of all the people in the room. We’re going to spend the day having some dialogue, and as we move through it we might find that we don’t always have agreement or shared opinion, and that’s ok. I suspect we’ll probably find that we have alignment or shared intention to create a more fair and just world. We want to enjoy spending this afternoon together talking about our future.

''Mariama White-Hammond:'' 
How amazing it is that even in our wildest imagination as we were planning this, this has already exceeded our expectations in attendance. I’ve been traveling for 10 days. I had the opportunity to visit Occupy Detroit, Oakland, and San Francisco. I’ve been having dialogue with Occupy Wall Street and Atlanta. As I started to talk to people about this summit, people were like, “we need to steal that idea.” We are here and we are Occupy Boston and we are part of a national, global movement that’s raised issues that needed to be raised in this country. I want us to see ourselves not just as individual, but part of global moment. And use this opportunity to go deep together and share it with others around the country.

''Reverend Jason Lydon:'' 
It is so beautiful and exciting to be in this space together, learning, growing, transforming and being transformed by and with this community of folks coming with different ideals, hopes, drams and knowing we can create something transformative and be rooted in our collective and own experiences.

''Jason read the Marge Piercy poem, “The Low Road:”'' 
What can they do 
to you? Whatever they want. 
They can set you up, they can 
bust you, they can break 
your fingers, they can 
burn your brain with electricity, 
blur you with drugs till you  can t walk, can’t remember, they can 
take your child, wall up 
your lover. They can do anything 
you can’t blame them from doing. How can you stop 
them? Alone, you can fight, 
you can refuse, you can 
take what revenge you can 
but they roll over you. 
 
But two people fighting 
back to back can cut through 
a mob, a snake-dancing file 
can break a cordon, an army 
can meet an army. 
 
Two people can keep each other 
sane, can give support, conviction, 
love, massage, hope, sex. 
Three people are a delegation, 
a committee, a wedge. With four 
you can play bridge and start 
an organisation. With six 
you can rent a whole house, 
eat pie for dinner with no 
seconds, and hold a fund raising party. 
A dozen make a demonstration. 
A hundred fill a hall. 
A thousand have solidarity and your own newsletter; 
ten thousand, power and your own paper; 
a hundred thousand, your own media; 
ten million, your own country. 
 
It goes on one at a time, 
it starts when you care 
to act, it starts when you do 
it again after they said no, 
it starts when you say We 
and know who you mean, and each 
day you mean one more. 

 

''Suzanne Lee:'' 
Welcome to the Quincy Elementary School cafeteria. I was the former principal of the Quincy School for ten years together with Elaine and David who are here, the director of the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Council. We made this school one of the beset urban schools in MA with 80% of children receiving free and reduced lunch, 60% speaks another language at home, and we topped the MCAS score every year. We know poor children can get to the top. How we get there is b/c all of us who work in this community have been in this fight for more than 60 years. I will be in this fight for 40. The site you are in now, this whole complex, was designed as a community center with a health clinic and a school so that it’s opened up to the community after school hours to share all the space. To my teachers when I interview them, I ask “are you willing to share your space with the community after school hours?” If you’re not willing to do that, this is not the place for you. We’re able to build on the concept of collaboration, cooperation, and with a common vision. The city has brushed aside stomped over housing to build the expressway and mass turnpike in the name of progress. They leveled more housing on where my father used to live back in the 40s and 50s, called New York Street. That’s why people were forced to move. Every step of the way, people kept saying why? They are poor people living in Chinatown? We’ve been here for 150 years. This is one of the oldest Chinatowns in the US. In other places like Philadelphia the Chinatowns are gone. We are not going to let them push us out. Across the street, the piece of land was called Parcel C and was the last piece of publicly owned land by the City of Boston. They wanted to hand it over to Boston Medical Center. We fought back for 10 years, no way. All the elderlies who lived here were being pushed out and had moved elsewhere, but we came back to help. Many of us were first ones in our families to go to college. Even though we don’t live here this is home. We came back to use our skill and vision to make sure our community remains for the future generations. Now they have a building that is 40% affordable. It’s not perfect. What’s happening here today and the occupy movement. I got to be where I am, to go to college to schools like Brandeis and Harvard because of the Civil Rights movement. Students that came before me occupied buildings to make sure they accepted students who have the ability, but not the means to pay. Those doors are now closing and we gotta make sure those doors remain open so that everyone who wants it can go there. It’s about time that we send that message. This is common sense, people who want to have a say. I retired as principal and I don’t want to sit still. I just ran for office in district 2 and lost by 87 votes to get on the City Council. I know it’s possible when we come together and focus and forget about little differences we have among each other. We need focus on the big picture that the 99% wants to have a say and wants things to be equal.

 

''Melinda Weekes:'' 
Together with Andrea Nagel we are pleased to serve as your facilitators for today’s World Café. We have been asked to serve by way of volunteering on some working groups of Occupy Boston. It’s a deep honor to serve you. A World Café is really based on the ancient art of conversation. The premise is that pretty much everything we need, the wisdom we need to sort out what’s important to us lies inside of us. That’s the premise we’re seeing, the collective intelligence and wisdom that we bring to this moment into the room. World Café is going to help us discover what that wisdom is. It’s not so much based on decision making, although action will flow from this. More importantly, it is about us discovering together collectively what we sense, what our wisdom is. This process has been chosen to facilitate our coming together figuring out who we are, what our next steps are, and what is important to us.
 

Raise your hand if… 
*you have volunteered to help today
*you have been on the host committee, planning this summit
*you are recording (live notes will be posted on the OB wiki and website)
*you are part of the facilitation team

The audio is being live streamed. If you hover near that part of the room, you may be interacting with folks online.
 

For 200 people to have a conversation, in order to work together, we need to lift up some working agreements to help us do this successfully.
 

Conversation Agreements 
*Focus on what matters
*Listen to understand
*Step up, step back
*Speak and listen with heart and mind
*Use and link ideas to others’ ideas
*Put your hands up when others to do listen for further instructions

 

= What is our story so far? =

''Andrea asked everyone to discuss this question at small tables.''

= What values do we want to live by? =

''Andrea asked everyone to discuss this question at small tables and to fill out one sticky per value.''

[[File:Obsummit-values.jpg|none|Occupy Boston Summit Values Stickies from Harvest]]

[[Values Word Cloud]] [[File:11-19-11 values OBSummit.jpg]]

Harvest (ideas shared out loud in the large group)

*Anti oppression and collective liberation
*Cooperation
*Solidarity
*Direct action
*Equality
*Truth
*Knowledge
*Transparency
*Integrity
*Internationalism
*Compassion, compassion, compassion
*This movement lives its values by building transparent, inclusive…democracy in the shadows of democratic institutions
*Mutual responsibility, guarantee each other’s livelihood
*Interdependence
*Building environment where everyone is taken care of
*President of Chinatown Resident Association: So happy this great group of people are coming to Chinatown. I’m personally supporting this movement and know that this action has been brought out to over 50 cities in the US and also throughout other countries. I know that this movement will be keep growing and growing and I will continue to support this group.
*Value is voice to be heard, respect, justice
*Learning to communicate to the true depth of any other person even those taking roles …
*Fun and humor
*Trust to create sustainable change
*Willingness to learn a different point of view
*Redistribution
*Love
*Communication
*Equal sharing of information
*Consensus process
*Collective liberation
*Leadership from most oppressed communities
*Sustainability – voluntary, not top down
*Inclusiveness
*Non-violence and redefining as not physical
*Democracy
*Simplicity
*Generosity
*Courage
*Democratic control of state, government, and economy
*Sense of responsibility
*Humor
*Tolerance
*Integrity
*Accessibility with message available to everyone in free space
*Living wages
*Housing with quality for all
*Equality in health care
*Clean water and clean air
*Getting things done
*Sustainability
*Compassion
*Sovereignty
*Honesty
*Respect
*Autonomy while acknowledging interdependence of society
*Accessibility to space, food, education, dialogue, education
*Transparency
*Life before money
*People and planet before profit

''Andrea asked one person to stay at each table as a “host” and the rest of the folks to move to new tables.''

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= What do we need now? =

[[Needs/Next Level Word Cloud]] [[File:12-13-11 OBSummit Needs.NextLevel.jpg]]

 

Harvest (ideas people shared out loud in the large group)

*Mission statement
*Increased support, membership, involvement to grow the movement
*Better communication within the movement, for example when you look at the calendar tyrign to understand what activities are
*Better coordination and outreach to others outside the movement
*Physical location we can count on to meet, or three or four places we rotate among
*Spokespeople
*Online conversations and inside conversations to make it broader
*Large protest like in DC
*Keep focused on vision, not so much on police
*Truth and reconciliation with corporations
*Compassion not confrontation
*Need to shift language back to focus on WE ARE THE 99% rather than occupy b/c occupy is a tactic and limits us in many ways including the Am Indian community
*Monthly summits to keep this energy and face to face contact going
*More creative kinds of direct action
*Education and outreach, plan to get message out
*Sincere solidarity
*Sustainability of each individual and movement
*Compassionate and nonviolent
*Amplify and listen to folks most impacted by our decisions
*More Gas in more places, focused on specific issues
*Decolonization, what that means
*More voices for people of color
*More outreach, conversations
*Civic re-engagement for suburbanite friends, peers
*More awareness, information so folks can identify themselves with the movement
*Strategy for multi-level marketing known as word of mouth
*Each of us as individuals need to take ownership of reaching out to our familial network, spreading the word about occupation movement
*Instructive ways to shift focus of our country’s funding from war to education
*Deal with realities of homelessness, power dynamics at camp
*New theory of economic democracy, post-capitalist vision
*Hold camp after winter
*Talk about race, concrete problems
*Connecting with other groups
*Better information about how people who are not camping can participate and help
*Strategic plan with list of outcomes
*In light of the egregious stuff continuing to occur, we do need a few demands such as PROSECUTE WALL STREET
*Educate broadly, not just social media
*Build democratic work places
*Set up Christmas trees at camp so cops can’t bulldoze
*Intergenerational dialogue
*Non-police ways to deal with disruptions at camp
*Addressing divisions emerging so we don’t fall apart
*Accountability
*Diversity of tactics with depth of analysis to build momentum and support
*Media strategy and clear messages with dedicated spokespeople
**''No''
*Inside headquarters and paid staff
**''Boo''
*identified candidates and legislation to support
**''Boo'' 
*winterization, possibly including indoor headquarter space downtown, possibly vacant storefront or warehouse space for disseminating information,  meetings,  planning, keeping library and computers and people safe; regardless of whether tent camp stays or goes after December
*tangible political goals
*educate people on OB process
*I’m here from Occupy Wall Street. Our camp has been closed down b/c there were so many voices, opinions and opposing views and it was easy to destroy us. We’re doing our best to rebuild, but damage has been done. We came here b/c we feel without unified voice and one vision it will be easy to destroy us here as well. Propose we do of such events in the future and create roundtables and little by little start to narrow to one specific demand to government, corporations, society in general
*Better ways to build relationships between differ groups – campers, working groups, distant supporters – to know needs of each and support other groups
*Realize if we get tear gassed, we won’t be friends anymore with the police
*More civil disobedience, and to expand b/c we need more campers as well
*More action
*More revolutionaries
*More participation in our camp community and in our GAs
*More people to participate in safety b/c right now Direct Action
*Be something, say something – if something’s going on at camp,  you should address it and also tell a WG member
*More  strategy
*Balance between logistics of survival and the building of the vision
*Plan for sustaining movement if the camp is evicted, take advantage of what’s already happened
*Move forward, evolve, challenge our own shit – racism, sexism, etc.
*Been at the camp 90%  of time since inception; see familiar faces here and others I haven’t seen before; all of you should be there at least some of the time; it’s not a bad or unsafe place; don’t believe the hype; I spend a lot of time making sure it’s safe, cooking there; before it’s written off it would be a nice gesture if all of you could spend a night there

 

= What must we do to take OB to the next level? =

''Melinda asked everyone to discuss this question at small tables and to fill out one sticky per idea.''

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Harvest (ideas people shared out loud in the large group)

*Define what violence is
*More involvement and participation in WGs and GAs
*Diversify camp to make it safe for non-white males
*Reach out to workers and working poor
*More civil disobedience
*Nationwide mass of local abandoned buildings
*Decentralize movement
*Workshops
*Working in alignment with existing efforts with the homeless, and occupying abandoned buildings
*Flexibility for GA including time and place
*Trust lands we can make a map, there are 400 in the City of Boston
*Use same process now; organize in neighborhoods and have them use this process re: direct issues in their neighborhoods and use these processes of direct action to take action on issues in all those neighborhoods; we have socially and economically different populations; and we can all come out cause we all feel these issues
*Lots of new faces here, lots want to participate; tomorrow we’ll have an occupation orientation at 11 a.m. at the plaza; working groups be there to recruit; anyone who wants to get involved, it’s a great way
*Email list for those can do shifts at camp - overnight safety, info tent, greeters
*Wonderful honor of working with the group of people here who’ve part of Direct Action and I imagined would happen, I ended up having tremendous respect for what they’re trying to do; three things we said:
**Escalation - Please talk to people what they mean about that
**More love and respect for onsite occupiers, not campers, on site occupiers; we are not camping
**Learn from the herstory and history of other direct action movements and what we can put into action
*Occupying other buildings and spaces that represent the economic situation and cuts in the city – schools that have been shut down and libraries under attack
*Thoughtful civil disobedience, set of certainties which can serve as invitation to occupy movement, pamphlet printed out
*GA highlight of everyone’s day, whatever it takes
*Neighborhood cleanup crews and engage those in most marginalized communities and do necessary work  to make those communities more beautiful
*Generate things for people to do in home towns, especially with jobs and kids so they feel they can participate in the movement
*Take this energy and power and organize way, diversity encampment; be lean and mean and on our feet; moving protest 24-7, organized facilities online, on doorsteps of major institutions and residences of their principles; 4-6 shifts, people getting rest, three pronged agenda – '''jobs, justice, education'''
*Move your money day and potential for us to expand that by engaging consumer consciousness,  and engage people off site who know something’s screwed up
*Getting my generation and those younger than me on board and off their couches, engaging them and respecting them using all the technology we have available to inspire my generation to make a move to write their own destiny; a lot of the Students OB group are working to do that
*Connections with other organizations that share our values
*Tell the story better
*Simplify our message
*Educate
*Police confrontation is inevitable; we need strategic disobedience, discipline, training, discuss spokes-councils
*Occupation of universities has begun with Northeastern Harvard, Tufts; speak to those occupying there; they are a marginalized group
*In Atlanta, the occupation successfully occupied the home of a policeman who was being illegally foreclosed upon; they stopped his foreclosure; our group suggested as sas direct action tactic, to assist particularly in communities of color, where illegal foreclosures are rampant, direct action occupations to stop those foreclosures
*2012 is the international year of cooperatives; we should use 2012 as an opportunity to celebrate cooperatives and in particular on the first Saturday in July, Day of Cooperatives, and in Boston there will be a Coop Fair; find out about it, support cooperatives and celebrate cooperation
*We suggest mic-checking everybody; we tried to mic check Newt Gingrich last night, he got scared and left town, he cancelled his book signing; we want to mic check John Kerry, Mayor Menino, media organizations; mic check is powerful, mic check gives everybody a voice
*Occupying foreclosed properties has been happening in Boston for a few years; check out City Life/Vida Urbana
*Learn from our brother from OWS b/c he articulated where we need to go more than anyone else, learned the hard way and using lessons learned to help the future of the occupy movement; we need strategy and vision
*Articulate plan for action with strategies, define vocabulary and tie nexus together – social, economic, environmental justice – and work  with universities and grassroots organizations more that are elders that already have common goals
*Need to have an occupy national strategy summit! We can start it here. Move together and create strategies, utilize internet and our resources b/c wisdom and truth comes first circle. You said all the wisdom lies inside ourselves. All the answers lie in this room. We can truly change the world here by changing the conversation.

 

= What story do we long for future generations to tell of the Occupy movement (or whatever you want to talk about at your table)? =

[[How Remembered Word Cloud]] [[File:12-13-12 OBSummit Remembered.jpg]]

*Say to the future generations: we changed the conversation and therefore we changed the world.
*Update democracy for the way the world is now
*Vision of millions of people in the street. The People spoke, the planet is saved.
*Occupy – a national convention is being planned for July 4 in Philadelphia
*First time in our history of humanity that we have a world revolution.
*Remember in our actions, strategy and points we want to make to this country and world, the people who have been hurt first and foremost have the middle class – lost pension funds, wealth in stock market
*Continue meeting and invite local government, mayor, city council to listen to our voices. Legislators, city council, etc. are elected by us so they should serve us and represent our voices.
*Change we make here is going to be lasting change
*Strategy and tactics – there will be 3 marches coming up in early December – the 1st, 3rd, and 4th – and we asked, is this a good thing or bad? How would you choose which march to go to? Hope someday we’ll have a four conversation on strategy, tactics, goals and methods
*This movement was manifestation of global shift in consciousness. Participatory democracy was lived and experienced. Focus on anti-oppression. Practiced different way of relating to each other. Made old model obsolete. Hold our own story and be able to tell our own story what happened.
*Stated purpose – been proposing this - we occupy these lands in effort to hold public space for dialogue with each other about issues which affect society.
*We restored humanity and bring them back to way we operate day to day
*Words from Ocupemos el Barrio – we’re occupying ourselves, creating social consciousness; get involved, we’re trying to have you see our point of view, way of life, hurdles, work towards improving our society
*Find ways to bring in more sympathizers and ways of keeping it interesting; best idea we had to do a flash occupy – every weekend at 2:00 or some time between 10:00 and 2:00 we know we’ll be somewhere and we have a 2 hour window and it’s tweeted or posted somewhere surreptitious and we show up at the same time at the same place. In the 80s we did this with raves. This would capture media attention every week and it would be a blast
*Once upon a time OB in solidarity with rest of occupy movement triggered shift in power…people and marginalized people and so much more
*Occupy helped American society confront problems of capitalism; we were the spark to re-imagine the system; peaceful revolution to bring attention to those ignored
*Helped catalyze economic democracy
*Helped make authority obsolete
*Pushed limits of what was possible b y breaking down left/right dichotomy
*We in MA have a senator named John Kerry who happens to be on one Super Committee.  Send messages of no cuts and tax the rich. On Tuesday there’s an event organized to send that message.
*Don’t just accept legislative changes and go away, but continue to make fundamental change to society.  1960s was decade of change. 20-teens should be remembered as decade of fundamental change.
*Demonstration in Harvard Square to support their occupation of Harvard Yard
*Original vision of Dewey Square ten years ago was to be a botanical garden. We have a garden of democracy now. We should create a museum of native history, bring in real tents, make it interactive, and invite people to come make the history in Dewey Square.
*See Dewey Square the same way we now see names like Fanueil Hall as in line with original revolutionary sentiment
*Having defended and revitalized democracy and in order to do so we need to protect equal access to information; prioritize informed democracy and ability of people to educate themselves; we will set the stage for fairly dealing with problems of inequality such as economic and environmental
*Connection is the enemy of capitalism. Everyone should be proud and pleased for the connections we’ve made today. We can pass on that this was a time that we understood that building relationships and staying connection was the way we understood to move forward.
*This was the time in which we ended “-isms”!

 

= Next Steps & Commitments =
*Occupation orientation tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the plaza. Working groups will be there to recruit. Anyone who wants to get involved, it’s a great way to get involved!
*Trans Awareness Workshop tomorrow at 11 a.m. at OB. We shouldn’t double book that with the orientation.
*Event Tuesday at Kerry’s office
*Linda Jenkins – would like to know more about mortgage foreclosures event Monday. I am willing to be arrested in the direct action in the service of populations disempowered.
*I have been Free School University for two months. I will stay here. Tomorrow at noon the talk will be about the US movement’s government towards war in Iran.
*I will go to the General Assembly tonight and participate at 7:00.
*I am committing to transition and begin to do more work in Direct Action with Direct Action. Committed to stay as an occupier downtown unless we decide otherwise. Commit to relationships I know have been fractured somewhat. Committed to get more out lesbians out here.
*Kevin – I commit to marching with all of you at the end of this meeting down to the occupy movement and its encampment on Dewey Square. Let’s take some of our words tonight and put them into action, have a march now to Occupy Boston. There are hundreds of us in this room.
*Continue my work with Ideas WG, the Health Justice WG, recruit people for guerrilla theatre. And trying very hard to get an affinity group for offsite occupiers
*Commit to try and set aside my frustrations and my ego for the good of the hood.
*Commit to work around my work schedule and move into camp if possible and if I’m welcome and if not I’m going to try to spend a lot more time helping out with the day to day at camp, cleaning up, volunteering b/c it’s therapeutic and about building relationships with everybody.
*Harry – committed years of my life to figuring out how to organically grow a new economy so we can boycott the 1% economy and grow one that is equitable and sustainable for people. I wrote a book with a 12 step program that might begin the process.  Want to put together a WG to discuss the ideas I’ve written up.
*I’m going to make a workshop that will help people at the occupation to connect with one another and really listen to and tolerate one another.
*Committed to keep on working with Occupy the Hood, Ocupemos el Barrio and OB and outreach to all communities and bring them together.
*I’m with Jobs with Justice and Mass United. We’re going to take the fight to DC in two weeks. We’re taking buses and people from 30 cities are participating. We’d love to have occupy with us. If you’re interested come talk to me.
*Laura Evonne Steinman – I will help with world cafes (handinhandarts@gmail.com)

 

= Announcements =
*OB Women’s Caucus has a meeting at 6:00 at the South Station mezzanine
*To volunteer at the camp, there’s a signup sheet at the table where you came in
*Medical WG needs someone with large vehicle tomorrow morning to transport supplies from Dewey to the storage site in JP; talk to Pete if you can help
*Movement building meeting for OB and if you work with a community group you’re welcome; Monday at 7 p.m. at 26 West Street at SEIU building
*Socialist Caucus of OB meeting Friday, November 26, location TBA; find out more on FB page – socialistcaucus@occupyboston
*November 24 at 12:00 noon is National Day of Mourning. This is 42nd celebration and remembrance of genocide. If you’re interested in rides email [mailto:decolonizeboston@gmail.com decolonizeboston@gmail.com]
*Large march on December 3rd, an open source demonstration, theme is unity. 1:00-3:00 rally at Copley Square
*December 4th OB Women’s March from Dewey at noon and back to Dewey from 2:00-4:00 for spoken word and music
*March to the camp at the end of this meeting!
*Tomorrow is Transgender Day of Remembrance teach in at OB at 11:00 followed by 3:00 march to vigil at 9:00 p.m.
*Occupation Orientation is at noon tomorrow in the plaza where you get out of the train
*Tomorrow at OB Peter Tosh’s son will be performing. It will be filmed to create a music video at 1:30 – wear black if you go
*Please get some food – we have leftover food and we don’t want to throw it away! 

 

= Occupy Boston Summit Host Team =
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Alex Ingram 
Allison Nevitt 
Angela Giudice 
Bhavin Patel 
Bill 
D. Callahan 
Ester Serra Luque 
George Lee 
Greg Murphy 
Jason Lydon 
Jude Glaubman 
Katie Gradowski 
Lisa Gimbel 
Mariama White-Hammond 
Maureen White 
Meck Groot 
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Nicole Sullivan 
Susan Barney 
Susie Husted 
 

Facilitators: 
Andrea Nagel 
Cynthia Silva Parker 
Deb Gilburg 
Melinda Weekes 
Marianne Hughes 
 

Recorders 
Amy Gilburg 
Jen Willsea 
Linda Guinee 
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= Audio Recording / IRC Log =
Audio Recording: http://www.media.occupyboston.org/media-files/2011-11-19_obsummit.ogg 
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Log: http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Occupy_Boston_Summit_-_IRC_Log

 

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