Good Morning from Occupy Boston!

#AmericanSpring is here, and the Daily Digest is back!

Stories of the Day: Occupy DC couple gets (unofficially) married at GA (love the twinkle fingers in the photo!) City of Boston pays $170,000 to settle landmark case involving man arrested for filming police brutality with cell phone. Meet Professor Occupy:  with somewhere between 80 and 100 arrests under her belt (she’s lost count) over nearly four decades of rabble-rousing, Lisa Fithian may be the nation’s best-known protest consultant.

Other Occupies: Occupy Arlington is just getting started! They will have their third GA Saturday, March 31, from 3 pm-5 pm, at the Arlington Senior Center, 27 Maple Street, Arlington (behind Town Hall), and perhaps Shadow the cat will join us again as an added bonus!

Volunteer Opportunities/Announcements: 

Did you know? InReach/Info/InterOccupy Working Groups have merged under the name Info WG. We meet on Wednesday nights (see below) and all are welcome to join.

The Info WG is hosting an Open House this coming Monday, 6 pm-8:30 pm (doors open 5:30) at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 138 Tremont St., Boston. All WGs are welcome to attend, the idea is to make it like a job fair so that people can learn about what the working groups do. Please bring fliers/literature relevant to your group if you have it, and please make a sign with your group’s name on it. Please tell us in advance if your group plans to attend, you can contact me at AnnaC@occupyboston.org.

Upcoming Events:

A1 (April 1) “Take Back Dewey”

12 noon-11 pm, Dewey Square, at South Station, Boston

12:00pm – Lunch (Bring some to share).
1:00pm – April’s Fools March – The theme is to sarcastically invoke the ideas and thoughts that Occupy Boston are fighting against.
3:00pm – Livestream training (meet by Gandhi) 🙂
3:00pm – Clothing Swap (Got stuff you don’t wear anymore? Bring your clothes, and trade with friends! Surplus clothes will be going to a worthy cause).
4:30pm – Open Mic/Stack
5:30pm – Occupy Boston’s General Assembly.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Event Highlight.  Direct Action WG Meeting

There’s More: Check out our Daily Calendar for a list of all events at Occupy Boston.

Calendar for Wednesday, March 28, 2012

MAMLEO – Food Drive Drop Off

3 pm – 4 pm Icarus Project WG Support Group. Note the new location at the Gazebo at the Common

5 pm – 9 pm Facilitation WG Long Meeting at City Place Food Court (In the Transportation Building on Charles Street)

5 pm – 7 pm Boston Occupier WG Meeting at Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th Floor, Boston

5:30 pm – 7 pm Info WG Meeting at United for a Fair Economy, 29 Winter St., 2nd Floor, Boston.

6 pm – 8 pm Radio WG Meeting at Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th Floor, Boston

7 pm – 9 pm Media WG Meeting at Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th Floor, Boston

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Good Morning from Occupy Boston!

Below please find your daily digest.

Today’s Weather and Events: Mostly sunny with highs in the lower 50’s. Really nice occupying weather so you should come on down. Check out our Calendar of Events for today, also posted at the bottom of this email.

Today’s Weather and Events: Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning… Then sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower 50s.

Check out our Calendar of Events for today, below.

Highlights: Veterans for Peace Parade and Rally! Join us at 10:00 a.m. on the Common for a march back to Occupy Boston

Volunteer Opportunities: 

– Free School University may close due to lack of volunteers to help run the day to day logistics … all work is easy and people are appreciative.  Looking for a few dedicated volunteers.  Come to our meeting on Friday at 4:30 by the library and contact: FSU@lists.OccupyBoston.org

– The Safety Working Group needs more volunteers! We need people familiar with the Occupy Boston community. Meetings are daily, 6:30pm in the library or emailInfoTent@OccupyBoston.org

– The Food Tent is seeking a Food Coordinator to help with organization. If you are interested please contact Dan the Bagel Man at 857 272 6743 or email occupyboston.food@gmail.com.

Other Working Groups seeking volunteers include Media, Outreach, Info Tent, Winterization, Logistics, Library and many, many more; every group is looking for volunteers so find the group that appeals to you and don’t be shy about offering help. 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;  send an email the Info Tent for further assistance

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.

Good Morning from Occupy Boston!
Below please find your daily digest.

Fact of the Day: The Congressional “Super Committee” says the U.S. is broke and is looking to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile, according to data from the Federal Reserve, corporations are sitting on $2 trillion in cash reserves that they don’t know what to do with.

News from other Occupations:  Occupy Denver has elected a leader! In response to the Mayor’s demand the occupation present a single person for him and city officials to negotiate with, Occupy Denver’s General Assembly chose Shelly, a thre-year-old border collie. Noting that Shelby can breathe, bleed and show emotion, she already exhibits more characteristics of a “person” than a private corporation.

Special Highlight: Just under a year ago reactionary politicians in Ohio passed a harsh anti-union law that was meant to break the back of organized labor. Labor fought back by getting enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot in the next election and let voters decide. Yesterday the votes were in and it was a landslide, as Ohioans overwhelmingly chose to overturn the bill and restore union rights in Ohio.

Occupy Boston – Wednesday November 9Today’s Weather and Events: Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.  Want to enjoy this great weather? Check out our Calendar of Events for today, also posted at the bottom of this email.Highlights: Join the march to stop the Super Committee from taking the axe to social security and medicare. Meet at 270 Tremont (in front of Wang Theater) at 11am

Volunteer Opportunities:

– Interested in seeing Occupy Boston stay through the winter? Then join the Winterization Working Group meeting today at 5:30pm, meeting at the Gandhi statue

– Want to help coordinate volunteer needs in general? The Volunteer Coordination team is meeting Friday morning at 10:0am by the media tent. If you can’t make it, e-mail us and we can talk about how you can help.

Other Working Groups seeking volunteers include Food, Outreach, Info Tent, Winterization, Logistics, Library and many, many more; every group is looking for volunteers so find the group that appeals to you and don’t be shy about offering help. 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;  send an email the Info Tent for further assistance

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.