On Friday, there was a meeting of around 120 people in East Boston for launching of Ocupemos El Barrio. After spirited discussion and speeches from the immigrant community, the gathering developed a media, outreach, and facilitation working group to take the project forward.
As one organizer said, “I’m moved by the prospect of the Latino and broader immigrant community from various nationalities joining this movement and taking it into their hands as their own. This is a monumental development because of the potential it holds out to expand the Occupy movement.”
Take a look at this favorable coverage by no less than Univision!
What next? We are looking to get people working on
- Fundraising
- Labor solidarity
- Emergency and direct response in case of a deportation in the community
- Housing advocacy (e.g. eviction blockades)
- Research/statistics (we need to gather information about the state of immigrant community in MA and USA), and the Secure Communities program.
We also need translators because we want to have meetings, media releases, and our blog/website in multiple languages.
Please contact ocupemoselbarrio at gmail {dot} com if you are interested in getting more involved.
The next meeting is this Friday at 6pm at the Maverick Landing Community Center, 31 Liverpool St, East Boston (near Maverick station on the Blue MBTA Line).
We are working on providing translation, so don’t let language be an occupation barrier!
- Facebook Event for this Friday.
- And community page.
- Email at ocupemoselbarrio at gmail {dot} com for more information
- Twitter: @OccupyBostonESP and #ocupemoselbarrio
Adelante!
6 Responses to ““Ocupemos El Barrio” Launches in East Boston!”
It is soo big and exciting to have the Latino community stand with the occupy movement. If this momentum is kept up……!!!!
on November 9th, 2011 at 4:42 pm #
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$5 says that half of her family is here illegally, get back to cleaning my f’n house
My wife is from Cuba. She has been in one of the Occupy Boston marches. She is a Ron Paul supporter. My daughter speaks Spanish. She is counted as Hispanic in Boston Public Schools statistics.
You folks do realize that illegal immigration is one of the primary drivers for unemployment in the African American community? I’d hope you also realize that the “1%” have never attempted to reduce illegal immigration as they love having cheap labor.
My God, the Occupy movement can’t even get a coherent platform together, and now you want to assist people in sneaking into the country?
Well, we are much more now. All together we can do a lot and have more presence everywhere. People will see that this is for real, everybody together for all causes and issues but with same goal of the 99% that is justice, humane justice for all, I mean, all of us we are equal and we are demanding that now. Down with the reing of 2 same parties and bring happiness, prosperity, jobs, education, health, to all citizens and humans of the entire WORLD.
Adelante siempre!!!!!!!!1