Good Morning from Occupy Boston! Below please find your daily digest.
Fact of the Day: Fifty million is the big number today! That is the minimum number of dollars you must have to use the new line of super-rich banks Wells Fargo is planning to open exclusively for multi-millionaires. Take advantage of this while you can! Fifty million is also the number of Americans who are now living below the poverty line, a record number that encompasses some 16% of the American population.
News from other Occupations: The city council of Seattle is debating a resolution that would support Occupy Seattle. David Crosby and Graham Nash are set to perform at Occupy Wall Street. No word yet on Stills and Young.
Today’s Weather and Events: Sunny with highs getting to near 70 degrees its a fantastic day to be Occupying Boston. Check out our Calendar of Events for today, also posted at the bottom of this email.
Highlights: Occupy the Polls! Today many elections are being held across the country, including for Boston City Council. Get your voice heard then come down to the main stage at Occupy Boston for the General Assembly at 7 pm, where you can participating in voicing your concerns and having your vote count.
Volunteer Opportunities:
– The Media Working Group at Occupy Boston is looking for help coordinating the many e-mails it is getting throughout the day and night. If you are interested in public relations and want to help the Media team coordinate this, please send them an e-mail.
– Free School University needs Greeters, Forum Coordinators and Online Help (wiki, mailing list, website, twitter.) If you can help please contact Eden@FreeSchoolUniversity.org or come to the Friday Volunteer Meeting at 4:00pm
– The Info Tent is doing a volunteer training next Monday (11/4) at 7:00pm. Email InfoTent@OccupyBoston.org if interested
–Other Working Groups seeking volunteers include Food, Outreach, Info Tent, Winterization, Logistics, Library and many, many more. Click here for a full list of Working Groups and their contact information. See where you think your strengths lay and where you can be most effective. We are looking for support both on and off-site, so even if you can’t come down there is something to do!
Donate!
If you are able to, we are still looking for both material and financial support. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated. For information on how our money is managed, please see our Financial Accountability Working Group page.
Today’s Events (please check the calendar for updates)
| Tuesday, November 8 | |
| All Day OCCUPY THE POLLS! GET OUT THE VOTE!! | Your local voting booth |
| 9 am Get Warm with the Breath and Movement | Main Plaza |
| 2 pm Compassion Meditation with Olivia | Faith and Spirituality Tent |
| 4 pm Direct Action meeting | Direct Action Tent |
| 4 pm Safety meeting | Meet at Gandhi |
| 5:30 pm Winterizing meeting | Meet at Gandhi, move to South Station |
| 5:30 pm Women’s Caucus meeting | N/A |
| 6 pm Faith and Spirituality Working Group meeting | Faith and Spirituality Tent |
| 7 pm General Assembly | Main Stage |
| 7 pm Wall Street in Context | Ray and Maria Stata Center, building 32, MIT Campus |
10 Responses to “Daily Digest for November 8”
I like the Digest- good work
But……
‘Highlights: Occupy the Polls! Today many elections are being held across the country, including for Boston City Council. Get your voice heard then come down to the main stage at Occupy Boston for the General Assembly at 7 pm, where you can participating in voicing your concerns and having your vote count.’
Shouldn’t the message be to make sure to get out to vote- and be informed on what the different local elections are for and what they represent?
That’s exactly it says, in not so many words.
That’s not a coherent response
That’s exactly *what* it says. Pardon.
My point was just that rather than tie EVERYTHING back to OBGA- you could embody that feeling by just reminding folks to vote- its a ‘lesser’ voting day and everyone can use the reminder.
That’s all. I don’t think the GA would mind!
Make sure you set aside some time to take from the homeless
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_1108occupiers_poach_homeless_services/
Many of the protestors at Occupy Boston *are* homeless, and, as someone who’s worked in homeless services in Boston, I can assure you that there’s a surplus of food for the homeless, not a shortage.
What, no news of the Occupy junkie who got busted for dealing drugs in South Station.
I can see it now
“Daily Digest, all the news that fits.”
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/11/occupy-boston-protester-arrested-drug-dealing-charges/1YQz2i0OdpmQFciPgvbzdJ/index.html?p1=Local_Links
happy to oblige
I’ve worked in homeless services in Boston, and I can tell you with certainty that Back Bay and the Financial District had plenty of junkies way before Occupy Boston, just as they will way after it. We are walking distance from the Pine Street Inn, after all.