Decolonize To Liberate

Decolonize To Liberate

A Working Group of Occupy/Decolonize Boston

(formerly the Indigenous Solidarity and Outreach Working Group)

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Decolonize to Liberate Occupy Boston Community Gathering,

February 27th, 6p-9p, Location TBD (check back here for updates)

“Decolonize the Movement, Decolonize your Mind”

TheOccupy Movement seeks to address the concerns of the 99%, to unify the majority who are being exploited to benefit the richest of the rich. But if we are to build a broad movement towards a just society that works for everyone, we must understand how this movement fits into a much older movement for justice, one that has been ongoing for hundreds of years.

The Decolonize to Liberate Working Group is hosting a Community Gathering of Occupy Boston on February 27th to help us connect and build together.  Together, we will explore the history of this land and it’s people and how the goals and roots of the movement are critically intertwined withthe ongoing struggles of indigenous people worldwide.  If you are a dedicated catalyst at Occupy Boston, a supporter, or just curious or completely new to the movement, we invite you to please join us for a dynamic and participatory learning experience.  Enter a space and frame of mind distinct from what most are used to at Occupy Boston.  This will be a an opportunity to connect, share food, words, and build together.  

Decolonize to Liberate Occupy Boston Community Gathering
Monday, 2/27, 6p-9p at [LOCATION TBD, check here for details]

The Decolonize to Liberate Working Group has been meeting since the early days of Dewey Square, when it introduced the Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples.  We are continuously working to help each other shed the dominator ethos that came from colonialism, and to support the transformational work of the Occupy Movement.  

Please join us on Monday, February 7th at 6p to learn what it means to “Decolonize Occupy” and how we can better create a global movement that works for everyone.

Hope to see you there!

Decolonize the 99% to Liberate the 100%

DecolonizeBoston.org

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Decolonize to Liberate seeks to shed the dominator ethos and systems of oppressionthat come from colonization, to stand in solidarity with indigenous resistance worldwide and to help restore our relationships to Mother Earth.

As a signal to the national “Occupy” movement and to members of First Nations (Indigenous Peoples) who have felt excluded by the colonialist language used to name this movement, it shall be declared that “Occupy Boston” aspires to “Decolonize Boston” with the guidance and participation of First Nations.

[Excerpt from the Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples introduced by this working group and passed by the Occupy Boston General Assembly on October 8, 2011.  Read the full resolution, here.]

All are welcome to our regular weekly meetings.  Half of the meeting is discussion/self-education to help us decolonize ourselves (see our resources section).  Half of each meeting is for planning events and actions to help decolonize the movement. 

Meetings held each Friday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

LOCATION  CHANGED! (down the street)

First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist

3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

(map)

Contact decolonizeboston[at]gmail.com with any questions or to get involved.

If you would like to join the working group list-serve and have or don't mind creating a google account, please follow this link.

Otherwise, email a request for membership to the above email, and we will send you an invite.

Please Follow us on Twitter!: @DecolonizeBos

And now we have a facebook page, too!

Check out our new Decolonize To Liberate resource page! Links, articles, videos and 'zines!

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Many thanks to all who were able to join us in Plymouth for the 42nd National Day of Mourning! 

The Boston Globe produced an article and a video about our visit to Plymouth. 

You can read the article,"In Solidarity, Occupy Group Joins with Native Americans"  also a video, "Occupy Boston Protesters in Plymouth" 

A member of the working group was also interviewed in a Democracy Now! special on the event:

Native Americans Mark Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving: 'We are not Vanishing, We Are Not Conquered'

Turtle Island Initiative Reading List:

http://ti42.weebly.com/required-reading.html