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<span style="font-size: xx-large">'''Decolonize To Liberate'''</span>
'''Decolonize to Liberate Working Group'''
<div><span style="font-size: large">'''A Working Group of Occupy/Decolonize Boston'''</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: large">'''(formerly the Indigenous Solidarity and Outreach Working Group)'''</span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><div><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline" id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148">Decolonize</span> to Liberate seeks to shed the dominator ethos and systems of oppression<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline" id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148">that come from colonization, to stand in solidarity with indigenous </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline" id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148">resistance worldwide and to help restore our relationships to Mother Earth.</span></span></span><br/></div></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);  color: rgb(55, 55, 55);  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline"></span></span><span style="font-size: large"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);  color: rgb(55, 55, 55);  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline">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.</span></span></span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size:medium"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline">Decolonize</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;to Liberate seeks to shed the dominator ethos and systems of oppression&nbsp;</span><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline">that come from colonization,  
[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.&nbsp; Read the full resolution, [http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/10/09/occupy-boston-ratifies-memorandum-of-solidarity-with-indigenous-peoples/ here].]<span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></span>
to stand in solidarity with indigenous&nbsp;</span><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline">resistance worldwide and to help restore our relationships to Mother Earth.</span></span></p><br/>
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[[http://groups.google.com/group/decolonizeboston/subscribe?hl=en&note=1 To join the email discussion group]] To join the low-traffic "announcements only" list, send a request to: Decolonize-subscribe@lists.occupyboston.org
<br/><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">All are welcome to our regular weekly meetings.&nbsp; Half of the meeting is discussion/self-education to help us decolonize ourselves (see our [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/resources resources section]).&nbsp; Half of each meeting is for planning events and actions to help decolonize the movement.&nbsp;</span></span>
 
 
<div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">Next Planning Meeting, Friday April 12, 7:00 - 9:00 PM</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size:large">'''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Location To Be Announced</span>'''</span></div><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
All are welcome to our meetings.  
 
 
April 12 Agenda - To Be Announced
 
 
 
<div style="text-align: left">'''<span style="font-size: smaller">March 1, Agenda:
 
1) continued nature and focus of DtL work
    - settler allyship
    - movies/readings, education
    - membership outreach
 
2) new location for meetings
 
3) on-going support for Idle No More
 
4) relationship building with Wampanoag and other Native/indigenous/First Nations people(s)
 
 
 
IMPORTANT READINGS
 
http://rabble.ca/news/2013/02/turtle-must-lead-anything-else-false-solidarity
 
"Decolonization is not a Metaphor"
http://decolonization.org/index.php/des/article/view/18630
 
"The Three Pillars of White Supremacy"
http://loveharder.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/andrea-smith.pdf
 
 
Five short links for information on misconceptions of a biological basis to race:
 
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-x.htm
 
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-11.htm
 
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-y.htm
 
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-02.htm
 
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-12.htm
 
 
If you want even more to read, see the below link as well:
 
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01.htm
 
 
 
 
See [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/Upcoming_Events Upcoming Events page] for more details
<div><br/></div>
 
= <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Calls to Action!</span> =
 




<div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">Meetings held each Friday, 5:00 - 7:30 PM</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">Christ Church Cambridge</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">0 Garden St.&nbsp; (right near Harvard Square)</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=0+Garden+St,+Cambridge,+MA+02138+%28christ+church+cambridge%29&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.042042,86.572266&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=0+Garden+St,+Cambridge,+Massachusetts+02138&ll=42.375698,-71.120489&spn=0.002903,0.005284&t=h&z=18 map])</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><br/></div><div style="text-align: center">''<span style="font-size: large"></span>''<br/></div>
''<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><span style="font-size: large">Contact decolonizeboston[at]gmail.com with any questions or to get involved.</span></span>''
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<span style="font-size: larger">If you would like to join the working group list-serve and have or don't mind creating a google account, please follow this [http://groups.google.com/group/decolonizeboston/subscribe?note=1 link].</span>


<span style="font-size: larger">Otherwise, email a request for membership to the above email, and we will send you an invite.</span>
See [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/Calls_to_Action Calls to Action] page for more details
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= <span style="font-size:large">Getting Connected with the Working Group</span> =


<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large"><span style="font-size: large">Please Follow us on Twitter!: [http://twitter.com/decolonizebos @DecolonizeBos]</span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium">''To sign up on our new announcements-only (low traffic) list, please send an email to: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;''Decolonize-subscribe[at]lists.occupyboston.org</span>
<div><div><span style="font-size:medium">''To sign up for the high-traffic, discussion-based working group google group, please sign into your google account and follow this&nbsp;[http://groups.google.com/group/decolonizeboston/subscribe?note=1 link], or email a request to join to'' decolonizeboston[at]gmail.com</span></div></div>
<br/><span style="font-size:medium">''Feel free to contact decolonizeboston[at]gmail.com with any questions or to get involved.''</span>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please Follow us on Twitter!:&nbsp;[http://twitter.com/decolonizebos @DecolonizeBos]</span>


'''''<span style="font-size: large">And now we have a [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Decolonize-to-Liberate-Occupy-Boston/216397535110561 facebook page], too!</span>'''''
'''''<span style="font-size: large">And now we have a&nbsp;[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Decolonize-to-Liberate-Occupy-Boston/216397535110561 facebook page], too!</span>'''''
</div>


''<span style="font-size: x-large">Check out our new Decolonize To Liberate [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/resources resource page!] Links, articles, videos and 'zines!</span>''


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= <span style="font-size: large">Decolonize Resources</span> =


<span style="font-size:medium">''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/definitions What is "Decolonization"?]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ''A collection of definitions and explanations&nbsp;</span>


<span style="font-size:medium">''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/resources Decolonize To Liberate resource page]''&nbsp;Links, articles, videos and 'zines!</span>


''<span style="font-size:medium">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/declarations Decolonizing Declarations from Occupies Across the Continent]</span>''
<div><br/></div><div><div style="text-align: center">''<span style="font-size: large"></span>''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><br/></div><div>
= <span style="font-size:large">Past Events</span> =
</div><div>
<br/><span style="font-size:medium">''<span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Many thanks to everyone who joined us for the Decolonize to Liberate Occupy Boston Community Gathering. &nbsp;Check out the recap of the event on OccupyBoston.org:</span>''</span>


<span style="font-size:medium">[http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/03/06/decoolonize-99-liberate-100/ http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/03/06/decoolonize-99-liberate-100/]</span>


<span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Many thanks to all who were able to join us in Plymouth for the 42nd National Day of Mourning!&nbsp;</span></span>


<span style="font-size: large">The Boston Globe produced an article and a video about our visit to Plymouth.&nbsp;</span>


<span style="font-size: large">You can read the article,</span><span style="font-size: large">"[http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/11/25/solidarity-occupy-group-joins-with-native-americans/uGgtpNbhAaYmKRNmLvnmTK/story.html?s_campaign=8315 In Solidarity, Occupy Group Joins with Native Americans]"&nbsp; also a video, "[http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/video/?bctid=1293351417001&pconnect_name=501249 Occupy Boston Protesters in Plymouth]"&nbsp;</span>
'''<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Many thanks to all who were able to join us in Plymouth for the 42nd National Day of Mourning!&nbsp;</span></span>'''


<span style="font-size:medium">The Boston Globe produced an article and a video about our visit to Plymouth.&nbsp;</span>


<span style="font-size:medium">You can read the article,"[http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/11/25/solidarity-occupy-group-joins-with-native-americans/uGgtpNbhAaYmKRNmLvnmTK/story.html?s_campaign=8315 In Solidarity, Occupy Group Joins with Native Americans]"&nbsp; also a video, "[http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/video/?bctid=1293351417001&pconnect_name=501249 Occupy Boston Protesters in Plymouth]"&nbsp;</span>


<span style="font-size: large">A member of the working group was also interviewed in a Democracy Now! special on the event:</span>
<span style="font-size:medium">A member of the working group was also interviewed in a Democracy Now! special on the event:</span>
</div></div>
</div></div>
== [http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/11/30/we_are_not_vanishing_we_are_not_conquered_native_americans_commemorate_day_of_mourning_on_thanksgiving Native Americans Mark Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving: 'We are not Vanishing, We Are Not Conquered']<br/> ==
== <span style="font-size:medium">[http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/11/30/we_are_not_vanishing_we_are_not_conquered_native_americans_commemorate_day_of_mourning_on_thanksgiving Native Americans Mark Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving: 'We are not Vanishing, We Are Not Conquered']</span><br/> ==
 


== See Also ==


<span style="font-size: large">'''<u>Turtle Island Initiative Reading List</u>:'''</span>
*[[Council of Elders]]
*[[People of Color]]


[http://ti42.weebly.com/required-reading.html http://ti42.weebly.com/required-reading.html]
<br/><br/>


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Latest revision as of 11:20, 19 March 2013

Decolonize to Liberate Working Group

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


[To join the email discussion group] To join the low-traffic "announcements only" list, send a request to: Decolonize-subscribe@lists.occupyboston.org


Next Planning Meeting, Friday April 12, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location To Be Announced

All are welcome to our meetings.


April 12 Agenda - To Be Announced


March 1, Agenda:

1) continued nature and focus of DtL work 

    - settler allyship
    - movies/readings, education
    - membership outreach

2) new location for meetings

3) on-going support for Idle No More

4) relationship building with Wampanoag and other Native/indigenous/First Nations people(s)


IMPORTANT READINGS

http://rabble.ca/news/2013/02/turtle-must-lead-anything-else-false-solidarity

"Decolonization is not a Metaphor" http://decolonization.org/index.php/des/article/view/18630

"The Three Pillars of White Supremacy" http://loveharder.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/andrea-smith.pdf


Five short links for information on misconceptions of a biological basis to race:

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-x.htm

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-11.htm

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-y.htm

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-02.htm

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-12.htm


If you want even more to read, see the below link as well:

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01.htm



See Upcoming Events page for more details


Calls to Action!

See Calls to Action page for more details

Getting Connected with the Working Group

To sign up on our new announcements-only (low traffic) list, please send an email to:                                                  Decolonize-subscribe[at]lists.occupyboston.org

To sign up for the high-traffic, discussion-based working group google group, please sign into your google account and follow this link, or email a request to join to decolonizeboston[at]gmail.com


Feel free to contact decolonizeboston[at]gmail.com with any questions or to get involved.

Please Follow us on Twitter!: @DecolonizeBos

And now we have a facebook page, too!


Decolonize Resources

What is "Decolonization"?    A collection of definitions and explanations 

Decolonize To Liberate resource page Links, articles, videos and 'zines!

Decolonizing Declarations from Occupies Across the Continent




Past Events


Many thanks to everyone who joined us for the Decolonize to Liberate Occupy Boston Community Gathering.  Check out the recap of the event on OccupyBoston.org:

http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/03/06/decoolonize-99-liberate-100/


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'

See Also




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