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THANK YOU! To all who volunteered at and visited the Dewey Square "Occupation Village". It was a historic experience in expressing "a new way" of community living in an urban environment.
NOTE: BY COMING TO A "PROTEST ACTION SITE" YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO ARREST. For more info, see the legal [FAQ].
Get involved in a WORKING GROUP! or see below for other volunteer opportunities.
See info below. more infoEmail Us.
If you want to join in a Working Group, check out the main website www.occupyboston.org and look at the the calendar on the right to see when different working groups are meeting.
Look to the left on this page to see a button for "Working Groups". Take a look through the links to see what different Working Groups do and see where your interests are.
Or START YOUR OWN WORKING GROUP! It's easy. The General Assembly voted to allow any two people to start a working group. Check out the "Facilitation Working Group" to see guidelines for establishing a Working Group. Established Working Groups get to access donations for causes that are supported by the General Assembly.
ONSITE VOLUNTEERING
GREETERS: This is a fun job! If you like meeting new people and don’t mind talking to strangers. Greet newcomers to General Assemblies and Working Group meetings is FUN! You welcome people and help them get up to speed about how things happen and how to connect with people, and volunteer opportunities. You can help them figure out if they want to “sign up”! for fun groups they’ll enjoy… like marching, or making posters, outreach, or even developing policy as we move into “how” we will actually get this done part of the demand process. Groups wanting GREETERS: Free School Free School Email and the InfoTentInfo Tent Email. ** The InfoTent is creating a MOBILE INFOTENT to bring info to people on marches, etc ** Please put VOLUNTEER GREETER in the subject line.
MARCH!: This is, of course, fun and energizing. Get involved by going to a scheduled march and/or help organize by going to a Direct Action meeting (see the calendar at the main webpage: www.occupyboston.org). More information on the Direction Action Working Group or send email to the Direct Action Email Please put MARCHING VOLUNTEER in the subject line.
FOOD PREP, SERVERS, and DISHWASHERS: Just because the camp is gone, doesn't mean that we don't need food! The food tent is transitioning to be a "mobile food tent" to go on marches and support big meetings. They always needs help serving fruit salad and organizing supplies and food preparation. Write to the Food Working Group at theFood Tent Email, please put FOOD VOLUNTEER in the subject line.
LOGISTICS VOLUNTEER: We still need help managing supplies, arranging for space, and helping with site logistics for meetings. Supplies are in storage areas, and we need help sorting. We need help managing facility reservations and finding/managing available space in churches, public buildings, etc. See [[Logistics Logistics Working Group Page. Write to the Logistics Working Group at theLogistics Email, please put LOGISTICS VOLUNTEER in the subject.
MEETING MANAGEMENT: We always need help setting up and cleaning up. Just show up anytime (to any meeting) and pitch in! If you want suggestions on where to clean first, please ask at the Food Tent or the Logistics Tent.
POSTER MAKERS and CARDBOARD CUTTERS: Make posters and/or cut up cardboard. Fun fun fun! Write to the Sign Working Group Please put SIGN VOLUNTEER in the subject line.
DETAILED VOLUNTEER PAGES "BY WORKING GROUP"
SPECIALTIES/PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- BOOKKEEPPERS are needed to help the Financial Accountability Working Group. ob-finance@lists.mayfirst.org Please put VOLUNTEER BOOKKEEPPER in the subject line.
- MEDICS/NURSES are needed to help at the events. Please see more details at the Medical Tent Working Group page. Medics Please put MEDIC VOLUNTEER in the subject line.
- LAWYERS
OFFSITE and VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERING
- MEDIA MONITORING
Help us keep a complete/running list of media we have gotten. Look at what we have already at: http://www.occupyboston.org/press/press-coverage/
Watch the sites that are covering us already. Or look for other news sources. Submit new coverage links to: submit@occupybostonglobe.com
Write to the Media Coordinator at Media Volunteer Coordinator
- WRITERS of News/Analysis
SUBMIT A WRITING SAMPLE TO: submit@occupybostonglobe.com for submissions
Occupy Boston Globe is looking for news stories and news analysis of the day's events pertaining to Occupy Boston, Occupy Wall Street, and the other Occupy movements.
- WRITERS of Human Interest Stories
Write stories about people coming together from diverse backgrounds to do something amazing. The people gathering up supplies or doing fundraisers. The people in your neighborhood that support the effort for their particular reason. Submit stories to: submit@occupybostonglobe.com. See a List of Human Interest Story Topics If you have a new one, go for it, but let us know you're doing it. If you want to do one on the list, let us know, in case someone else has already started it.
- BLOGGING
Search for blogs and newspaper/media that have articles. Or go to the main website (http://www.occupyboston.org/) and OB facebook (http://www.facebook.com/OccupyBoston) page and look for posts of media. Go to those sites, read the article and the comments. Post replies “in support”. Use the “messages” at the main website to help you write things in support of the movement. Here’s a good place to find those messages: http://www.occupyboston.org/faq/general-faq/
- POSTER YOUR TOWN
Print out 50 flyers from the website. Find them at: http://www.occupyboston.org/flyers-print-and-post/
Hand them out downtown, at the grocery store, at the big discount store. Post them at coffee shops, bus stations, anywhere that seems appropriate. Be considerate of local cultural preferences relative to posting on telephone poles. While there are laws allowing and preventing, there’s often a local preference that may be worth respecting.
For more info, please write to outreach@occupyboston.org
- SET UP and/or STAFF A TABLE IN YOUR TOWN
Get a card table and set it up downtown somewhere. Or at a busy bus or train station. Wherever there’s a lot of foot traffic. Print out a bunch of flyers from http://www.occupyboston.org/flyers-print-and-post/ And just go sit at the table and answer questions. The first time will be hard because you’ll be learning at the same time you’re answering questions. But it’ll get easier. Print out the FAQ from the website and bring them with you. Make sure to check the FAQ sometimes, because there are updates as we figure out other stuff people want to know.
For more info, please write to outreach@occupyboston.org
- Write LETTERS TO THE EDITOR(LTE) of your local and regional newspapers - for both bad and good articles or media pieces.
Letters are guest opinion pieces of about 250 words that allow you to offer a brief rebuttal to or support of an event or article. LTEs should be written in a timely manner ideally 24-48 hours after the original media piece comes out. More than one person can send in an LTE, in fact we are more likely to get an LTE published if multiple go in. Watch the press pages of the website or your local/regional papers and write specifically to articles that the publication has released as well as to pieces on the Occupy Boston press site that haven't been addressed by your local/regional paper.
Check with the paper’s limit on the number of words. Write about your feelings about why the Occupation is important to you. If you live or work in Boston or own a business in Boston, specifically if it’s near Dewey Square, be clear about how you feel about the Occupation being in “your neighborhood”. We’ve had people write in and tell us that they love having a “new community center”, and local business owners have said that it’s been great for sales, because of all of the visitors.
See other detailed Letters to the Editor Suggestions. For more info, write to m2 @ occupyboston.org or to outreach@occupyboston.org
- OTHER REMOTE VOLUNTEER DESK/COMPUTER Research and Organizing tasks.
Please write to occupybostonbos@gmail.com to get things you can do to help right from your own home! If you're not afraid to talk to strangers and feel like doing some phone work, please mention this when you write.
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