Day 5 of our occupation was exhilarating as we received support from the Greater Boston Labor Council and began deliberating on whether or not to endorse Occupy Wall Street’s “Declaration of the Occupation of New York City.” Tomorrow promises to be even more exciting as we receive delegations of union workers and college students. Here’s the schedule:
- 10:30 am – Morning General Assembly
- 3:00 pm – Visit from the Boston Nurses Association and Jobs with Justice
- 4:00 pm – Nonviolence training
- 5:00 pm – Visit from students from Boston University and the Museum School who are participating in a walkout in solidarity with the Occupy movement
- 7:00 pm – Evening General Assembly
- 7:00 pm – Visit from the Harvard Unitarian-Universalist Ministry to Students from Harvard Divinity School
We’re also in need of the following:
- Sugar
- Soy, rice, or almond milk
- Rice
- Beans
- Lentils
- Tables
- Blankets
- Tarps
- Heavy, grounded extension cords
- Power strips
- Network router
- Printer
- General art supplies
- Large plastic bin (to keep books dry)
- Legal volunteers
- Ponchos!!!
That’s all for now. Sleep well, Boston. Tomorrow is another day in occupied Dewey Square.
25 Responses to “Schedule, Needs, and Announcements for Day 6 (October 5)”
What kinds of legal volunteers do you need? Students from Northeastern University School of Law are coming to visit Occupy Boston this afternoon. The plan is to show up at Dewey Square around ~3:15 or 3:20, although some students will arrive later in the afternoon. If you need legal volunteers and a lot of Northeastern law students are coming to visit this afternoon, maybe there’s a way to connect the visiting law students with someone who knows about the need for legal volunteers.
This is great! They can drop by the legal tent (first tent on the right as you enter our encampment from the Dewey Square side) if they’re interested in volunteering!
FYI; you can find paint and cardboard for signs at transfer stations near dumps; I’ve never had a problem getting into the one on the Waltham/Newton line. Add a few old toothbrushes and you can make sustainable signs.
I’d like to organize some local musicians to come out and support!
I’m a classically-trained violinist and want to reach out to my community of musician friends and try to engage them (creatively) with this protest.
What do folks think about having some live music? Perhaps it’s already happening?
Are there better times of day to do this?
VERY EXCITED about the growing movement!!
I can bring my old wireless g router tomorrow. I’ll also bring some of those other items.
The revolution begins (right after we get our soy milk)!
D@DeepGreen says you are awesome. Am bringing extension cords. Interested in working on the electricity, network & secure wifi. Have much experience. Will be there Thursday & Friday.
I’m enjoying reading the posts. I can drop by a router and some art supplies on my lunch break tomorrow.
Are canned beans OK, or are you looking for dry?
Unless the cooking pot situation has improved today, canned would probably be better. (I’m not with Food, though, so take their word over mine)
I’m wondering the same thing…what kind of lentils/beans/rice? Could someone from food confirm? I’m planning to comeby with some donations tonight! A few blankets and other warm items as well! Let me know about dehydrated vs. canned vs. cooked / : when you have a moment. Looking forward to being on site this weekend! xo’s!
Thanks nurses!
I’ll be coming by with as much sugar, lentils, beans and rice as I can carry, and hopefully a bunch of soy milk (im on a bike so whatever i can fit in my giant bag) ALSO am a bilingual legal assistant, I can help with translating any sort of document you guys need, from English to Spanish and vice versa, and doing interpreting. See you soon! Stay strong & wonderful <3
I am a licensed puppeteer and I would like to come down and make puppets so that the message can be accessible to children and the mentally infirm. I just want to make sure that this isn’t already going on. I will be riding a bicycle or solar powered moped (depending on the weather) so I probably can only bring supplies for 10 small puppets or 1 large puppet.
Could you please bring some soy milk? But not Silk or Vitasoy brands as they do not digest as well during stressful protests.
I have some crazy vietnamese soy milk that just says Sữa đậu nành on the label. Would that suffice? I also found some of those archer cheese crackers with peanut butter I was thinking of bringing them but they aren’t vegan and I don’t know if that would be offensive or non-inclusive.
Where can we drop off supplies?
FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!!!!
I have 37 solar chargers, a box of organic brownie mix, and some cheese whiz. Where should I drop this stuff off? And will someone be around at like 1AM?
Please come and donate those things! You can drop them off at the logistics or media tents in Dewey Square. And yes, someone will definitely be around at 1 am. Thank you!
Hello,
I’m an attorney, and would be interested in volunteering.
I do foreclosure defense (suing the big banks!) as my day job, so obviously am quite busy, and haven’t found time to make it down to the Square. Would it be possible for someone from legal to post an email address or phone number?
Thanks,
Dan
When you say “big” cooking pots, are you talking about institutional five-gallon things, or more like the largest size people have for ordinary household use?
I just want to let organizers in all cities know about freecycle.com. People post things they don’t need or want and you can request to pick them up for free. They often have bigger things like cookingware and electronics in addition to small things like books or chairs.
Keep posting about what you need on site! Supporters are listening!
Is there a place where upcoming events are being posted?
I’m going to bring some food down tomorrow. I also have some large rubbermaid bins if you guys still need those. In terms of services, I’m a nurse…but it sounds like you had many of those recently! I was so happy to hear that. I can bring band aids and bacitracin for small first aid issues, anyway.
I brought some apples earlier. I did not know you had too many of them. When I brought them to the food tent, a rather officious person, “Apples! God! We don’t need any more apples!” I had brought them because I am receiving food stamps, I want to help, and I can’t buy you much, but I have some EBT benefits left as we approach the new EBT month.
Apples were what I could afford to offer (I brought them from the farmers market, because the farmers market doubles your food stamps). When I looked at them not knowing what to do with them (I live alone, it was half a peck), he sighed, audibly, and said, “If you HAVE to leave them, put them there.”
I would not have minded, “We have a lot of apples. Can you use them yourself?” instead or something like that. He made me feel like I was being useless bringing you *what I could afford to offer*.
I am genuinely wary that the next thing I might bring you will be treated in the same fashion.