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Help Build the Movement

Support the Occupation

Come to the Site

Map of Occupy Boston. Click to Enlarge.
Map of Occupy Boston. Click to Enlarge.
Come to the site! Go to the Welcome Desk or the Info Desk and say, “How can I help?" Come over to Dewey Square (Directions) and drop in to the committee tents, shown on the map of the grassy space south of the Dept. of Transportation building (orange block at the top) The Dewey Square OccupyBoston site is diagonally across from South Station and the intersection of Summer St. and Atlantic Ave. There is also an Outreach committee on the site that is looking for people to help spread the message and make contacts with other organizations.

Events every day

Current needs

When you first walk into the Occupy Boston camp in Dewey Square from the South Station side you see on your left the Logistics tent. Close by are boards listing current needs for the camp. Off camp the most current list seems to be the one generated by OBLogistics on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/OBLogistics. There is also a list at http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Donate but at this edit that list is 11 days old. The Logistics page on this wiki is also a little out of date.

Work at Dewey Square

The main occupy Boston website at http://occupyboston.org is the place to go Currently on the right hand side are lists of various funds that have been set up for donations and links to an easy way to make donations.

Work with the Occupiers

Educate yourself, Share your Ideas

Join this wiki - the Help file will show you how. Then you can contribute content and engage in discussions. There are multiple groups of people working on documents and discussing ideas. Be sure to check the discussion tab on an page that interests you. See what other people are saying about that page, contribute your comments.

Interesting pages include:

  • Strategies, Proposals, Positions - This Working group is dedicated to discussing societal issues, determining their root causes, and responding with actionable proposals.
  • Statement of purpose - gathering submissions for the official statement of purpose (SOP) of Occupy Boston
  • Optimistic visions - the primary idea is to generate a store of positive ideas that we can contemplate, share, and work to manifest.
  • Tell us your story - a site by the Media working group that connects to voices of Occupy Boston to the Media

Join a Working Group

There are Working Groups that meet at the Occupy Boston site and have a presence on the internet with their own email listserves, pages on this wiki, twitter feeds, facebook pages, and other and developing communication outlets. The Outreach working group, for example, has a Graphic_Design page where Learn how print the stickers to hand out during canvassing and to spread the message!

Follow and Contribute on Social Media

For information on marches and actions, don't forget to join us on Facebook and Twitter!
Check out our Solidarity page for hundreds of Occupation related media sites.

Direct Action

Participate in Bank Transfer Day - on or before 5 November 2011

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