This Saturday, Occupy Boston is planning a series of festive and diverse activities at First Night Boston — the latest in a string of actions taken since being forcibly evicted from its home in Dewey Square on December 10, 2011. With approximately one million people expected to attend First Night, these actions will celebrate the Occupy movement’s successes in 2011, plans for continued dialog and engagement, and our hope for a better tomorrow in 2012.
“Evict us, we’ll multiply.”
A number of Occupy Boston Working Groups have exciting actions and events planned for First Night. A partial listing is below. Not all activities are being publicized ahead of time to preserve the element of surprise, but rest assured: the 99% will be everywhere come First Night, Saturday, Dec 31, 2011.
- From 1:00-5:00 PM, the Info Tent Working Group will be canvassing with mobile info tents, dispersing Occupy Boston buttons and literature; and engaging revelers and visitors about the Occupy movement. The canvassers will set out from the Community Church at 565 Boylston St at 1:00 PM.
- From 1:00-2:00 PM, members of the Peace Action Working Group (PAWG) will join the weekly peace vigil at Park Street Station. At 3:00 PM, the group will table at Copley Square along with the Stop the Wars Coalition, the United National Antiwar Coalition, and United for Justice with Peace. After the tabling, PAWG will join the First Procession along with Palestine solidarity activists.
- From 1:00-7:00 PM, Free School University will host a “roving soap box” around the city.
- From 5:00-8:30 PM there will be an Occupy Boston Meet and Greet Social Event at the Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston Street.
- At 8:00 PM, the Women’s Caucus is hosting a spectacular, not-to-be-missed art “event” at Copley Square.
For the latest information on other Occupy Boston First Night activities, to watch a livestream of the various First Night events, or for upcoming Occupy Boston General Assembly meetings dates and locations, please visit https://www.occupyboston.org/.
5 Responses to “Boston Activists to Occupy First Night”
All the best in your new endeavors in 2012. Hope to meet some of you tonight at First Night.
Daniel
Sounds like you’ve got some great activities lined up for tomorrow! Hope the weather cooperates. Do the First Night organizers know that you plan to ‘join’ the Grand Procession? If not, I hope you will reconsider. First Night is a non-profit group that has struggled to stay afloat for years. They are not political. IMHO, it would not be fair to A) crash THEIR parade which is a celebration of the arts and community, not a political demo, and B) cause potential backlash against First Night from donors and supporters who may not support Occupy. The cause is just, but the group does not have the right to interfere with the good work of another worthy organization. You’ve got some wonderful and creative ideas going already that will be just as effective for getting the Occupy message out there in a positive way. Just because you are a grassroots group, doesn’t mean you can’t be PR savvy. Please don’t piss on their parade. 🙂
Peace and Happy New Year.
In solidarity,
Kitty
Very excited to see this positive and powerful action being taken! I look forward to getting my button and to seeing everyone!
Happy New Year; thanks, Occupy, for bringing hope to 2012!
Karen
on December 30th, 2011 at 5:18 pm #
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Forgive me if I sound rude, but the first paragraph mentions Occupy Boston’s success in 2011. Is there someway to view a list of the achievements of OB?