Talk:WG/Strategies/Ideas

Demands/Message vs No Demands/Message

This is suggestion for a topic for a Speak out. Maybe a pro/con format:

Con: Demands are futile. Goals and strategies to meet those goals are something that is within our control. The president has been demanding a lot of things lately and gotten nowhere. If we want Bank Reform, we need to stop patronizing the culprits. If we want campaign finance reform, we need to stop voting for candidates who cater to special interests. If we want to stimulate manufacturing in the US, we need to stop buying cheap crap from China. We can't just sit around and stomp our feet until someone else meets our demands. We need to be the change. We need goals and a solid strategy.

June-teenth Demonstration--Emancipation Day

This is a very big holiday w/in the African American community. Planning a large demonstration on that day, 6/19 (?), would give folks something to look forward to that is inclusive and takes a lot of planning, like a whole winter of it.

Move Your Money Day, 11/5

This is a national call to move money into local credit unions. It could create big changes. All we really need to do is flyer large crowded places. There's a flyer on their website, which I've had no luck getting to Outreach. Other ideas:

I'd love to get a group of people together to make handmade invitation.

A didgeridoo aimed at the Federal Reserve that says, "Mooove Yaaa Money".

Camp Protectors Pledge

During the resistance to the Contra wars undertaken by Reagan, some people signed a pledge to turnout if there should ever be a credible threat to invade Nicaragua/El Salvador.

It's a great tactic. We could use it to get people to pledge to come out should the camp ever be threatened with removal or when a new camp needs to open up.