OCCUPY International Gathering August 2013

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June 6, 2013OCCUPY (INTER)NATIONAL GATHERING AUGUST 21-25 http://interoccupy.net/blog/natgat2-press-release-june-6-2013/ Who/What: OCCUPY (Inter)National Gathering 2013 Attendance encouraged by all Occupiers and interested parties. Occupy Kalamazoo will be hosting the second round of Occupy National conferences, August 21-25, 2013, following the wildly successful Occupy National Gathering that took place in Philadelphia, PA, July 2012.We, the National Gathering Working Group 2013 (NGWG2013), propose a National Gathering of the Occupy Movement, and peoples’ movements worldwide, in Kalamazoo Michigan, to collectively assemble and embrace our different ideologies and perspectives; to find our common visions; to share our strategies and actions; and to leave this gathering with steps we can all take in both agreement and diversity; for ourselves, our communities, our nations, and for all of us all over the world.There will be a special focus on indigenous peoples, race, gender and class throughout the convergences. Occupy National Gathering working group (NGWG2013) is a coalition of Occupy movements from cities around the world, uniting in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and with Occupy and peoples’ movements worldwide. Where: Many people ask why Kalamazoo? Bill Moyer said it best on a planning call, that Michigan is a hotbed of activist activity at this moment in history.  Environmental issues plague the state and the Great Lakes; the political situation rallied tens of thousands as Rick Snyder eroded the state’s unions;  there are Drones bases and a solid anti-war base, and Kalamazoo has a reputation for being the sixth-meanest city in the country towards its homeless population.  A homeless Bill of Rights is being worked on by Occupy Kalamazoo. Why/Theme: The focus of the Occupy National Gathering will be leadership building and people powered training, education, and actions. To empower people with trainings to take back to their community and spread positive and effective change in their communities. Aug 21st:  Renew Kalamazoo and your community. Aug 22nd: Making and Supporting Free, Unfettered Media Aug 23rd:  Fixing Fossil Fuels and Creating an Environmentally Sustainable Future. Aug 24th:  Economic and Trade Justice, Equal Access and Ending Corporate “Personhood”,   Asserting the People’s Sovereignty. Aug 25th:  Ending War and Our Police State, Building Peace and Cooperation. A global conversation A digital conference taking place August 22nd-24th.  Each day will also have a global component and conversation based on the needs and issues of the global community, roughly paralleling, but by no means restricted to, the daily themes.  The Global work, like NatGat2 itself, is a work in progress and will be developed by participating groups.  Please join our global partner, Via22, for monthly mumble meetings 22nd of each month on the occupytalk.org server, Via22 room.  More info on facebook and the Via22 website and Hub on InterOccupy. More Information: http://interoccupy.net/  The Occupy National Gathering, like all Occupy events, strives to be free and provide Mutual Aid for essentials like food, water, sanitation, housing, transport, media and support. All services are provided free by volunteer teams and participants. Donations to defray unavoidable costs accepted through our fiscal sponsor, AfGJ. Please select Occupy National Gathering under Cause. Watch the conference on Livestream: OccupyDetroitOfficialChannel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupy-detroit Occupy Kalamazoo: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupykalamazoo Join Our Weekly Planning Conference Call   Every Wednesday at 8pm EDT until the Occupy(Inter)NatGat2013 Help Plan Events and Activities, Offer to Speak, Teach, Run a Workshop.  Join the Team to help with one of the many aspects of Support.

Occupy LA – Action Plan Workshop

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Sunday March 25, 2012
On Sunday, March 25, can you participate in a discussion/action planning session about the effectiveness of past OccupyLA actions and ideas for moving successfully forward? This session will be guided by Julie Levine and held at the OLA Freedom School located at 118 Winston St., Los Angeles
Map: http://g.co/maps/q9aup
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/264817440266735/ 

The more active members of the Occupy Community who can attend this, the better our action planning will be!

Please do what you can to publicize this action planning session among occupy activists and organizers!!

Below is a description of the half-day session. (We also hope to have a potluck during the lunch break so we can build community as we keep building the movement!)

Action Plan Workshop Part 1
When: Sun, March 25, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Description: This workshop will help OLA activists assess the effectiveness of past actions/protests, and develop and implement a strategic plan for a future OLA action/change effort.

A.What kinds of actions has OLA taken? (Pros, Cons, Strengths, Weaknesses) Questions to consider:

•What was the purpose (goal/s) and target(s) of the action(s)?
•Were the strategies reviewed ahead of time?
•Were potential allies and adversaries assessed in planning?
•Were key stakeholders considered and reached out to? •Was outreach conducted?
•How was the determination made to select this type of action?
•What were the outcomes of the action?
•Were the action(s) goals met?
•What has not worked well and why? Types of Actions (to guide discussion): ◦Community organizing
■Direct Action/Civil Disobedience ◦Lobbying ◦Advocacy/Change
■Governmental (reform) – Issue based: prison reform, health care, immigrant rights, preventing mortgage foreclosures, etc.
■Other (more revolutionary) – Bank actions, money out of politics, general strikes, boycotts, sit-ins, unpermitted protests including home occupations, etc. ◦Petitioning ◦Media/PR ◦Outreach/Awareness-building. Which strategies were most effective in achieving desired outcome(s).

Action Plan workshop part2
When: Sun, March 25, 3:15pm – 4:45pm
Description:This workshop will help OLA activists assess the effectiveness of past actions/protests, and develop and implement a strategic plan for a future OLA action/change effort. B.Development of plan for a future OLA action. Questions to consider

•History of action and results
•Feasibility including political climate & momentum for change •Actual and potential participants and targets
•Stakeholders – Including allies & adversaries
•Power relationships and ability to build power
•Is timeline realistic and doable?
•What has worked well in Occupy
•What was learned that could strengthen future actions?
•How do we match our actions with our aims to make us most effective. Plan Construction: ◦Identify outcome(s) ◦Identify most effective strategy(ies) ◦Identify participants (current and potential) ◦Identify stakeholders and how to engage ◦Create action plan:
■Goals
■Strategies (including key messaging)
■Tactics
■Participants
■Timeline
■Persons responsible
■Evaluation (criticism/self-criticism)
■Outcome(s)
■Next steps

Your Guide: Julie Levine has an MSW from Columbia University in Program and Policy with an emphasis on community organizing. She has spent 25 years organizing at a community and policy level in New York, California, Mexico and Colombia, working both inside and outside of “the system”. She has also been a professor and field instructor throughout my career, most recently teaching the class, “How To Be An Effective Policy Advocate” at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work. Currently, she is an active participant at Occupy Los Angeles, serving on Facilitation, Legal, Occupy the Hood, Anti-War, Women and Allies and other Committees and initiatives. She is interested in working with others on how we can be more effective with our actions and protests.

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Facilitation Training

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There will be a facilitation training workshop Tuesday evening , January 31
at seven o’clock that will be held in the back dining room of Coco’s Bakery Restaurant, 4095 Telegraph Road, Ventura, CA 93003.

Sunday, January 8 — Facilitator Training at Mission Park

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Sunday, January 8, 2012
11 am
Mission Park

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Sunday there will be facilitator training at Mission Park in Ventura. All are invited and encouraged to attend. Do you want to make your Occupy Group more effective? Would you like you General Assemblies to be more efficient and help you get more things done? Then please attend this training.

William Hyde is on the OWS Facilitation Training Working Group, and has given hundreds of training sessions, and has facilitated over GAs of thousands of people, and many smaller GAs like the ones we have. Solidarity means we are all in this together. Please attend. Solidarity means we are all in this together.

We can have impromptu downtown rallies before and or after.