January 2012
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December 2011
4 posts
OWS Spokes-council replaced with "Racial Justice...
Last night, the regular Wednesday Spokes-council meeting for the entire #OccupyWallSt movement was replaced (through full consensus) by an Organizers Workshop: Organizing through a Racial Justice Framework. The workshop was led by Rinku Sen, Executive Director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and focused on building multiracial alliances and viewing the movement for economic justice and...
Day of Healing follow-up (replaces usual meeting)
Based on full consensus reached on Thurs, Dec 8
A follow-up to the Day of Healing workshop will REPLACE our usual 3 PM Sunday POCcupy meeting. NOTE: we are not meeting at the same time or place! At the Day of Healing we built community over lunch and developed some common language and a more shared analysis of power, internalized oppression, and the dynamics of our own group. Next steps were...
November 2011
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Day of Healing & Council of Elders (replaces usual...
Based on full consensus reached on Wed, Nov 2
A Day of Healing workshop to help us face our internalized oppression, create community, and build collective analysis - which is imperative to our future work, will REPLACE our usual 3 PM Sunday POCcupy meeting. NOTE: we are not meeting at the same time or place and lunch will be provided! This will be followed by the Council of Elders, service...
Support the Day of Action RIGHT NOW!
Join thousands at Foley Square to demand justice!
http://occupywallst.org/action/november-17th/
"Challenging Islamophobia" a POCcupy Workshop
The Education & Research Subcommittee of POCcupy has organized this workshop, which was officially endorsed through full consensus on 11/06/11
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 12 at 4pm WHERE: 60 Wall St, NYC (The Atrium) In this workshop, we will look at what Islamophobia is and the intersections amongst Islamophobia, racism and xenophobia; how young people are organizing to challenge Islamophobia; the...
POCcupy Endorses Queer "Town Hall"
Full consensus was made on 11/02/11 to endorse “TOWN HALL: Occupy Wall Street and LGBTSTGNC People of Color Communities” Calling all self-identified Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans, Gender Non-Conforming People of Color that are interested in creating dialogue among LGBTSTGNC People of Color communities about Occupy Wall Street! When: Friday, November 11, 2011, 6:00 PM – 8:30...
POCcupy Endorses "Occupy the Boiler Room"
Full consensus was made on 11/06/11 to endorse
Occupy Harlem and Community Mayor, Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely have called for a full-time occupation of the boiler room of 477 West 142nd Street (buzz Suite 2). Predatory lenders are trying to gentrify the building by freezing out long-time residents of the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem. For months residents have not had heat/hot water and...
POCcupy Endorses "Occupy El Barrio"
Through full consensus on 11/2/11 POCcupy endorsed the following event:
Occupy El Barrio: Dignity is an Echo in the Heartbeat of the People
Movement for Justice in El Barrio invites you to “A Dialogue with Occupy El Barrio & Occupy Wall Street”
Monday, Nov. 7th @ 7pm Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center 1680 Lexington Ave. btween 105th & 106th st (6 train to 103rd st) We...
POCcupy endorses the National Day of Action for...
We reached consensus for this statement at the 11/1/11 meeting: “The People of Color Working Group for #OccupyWallStreet stands in solidarity with the people decolonizing/occupying Oakland. We denounce police brutality and stand for justice from coast to coast!”
http://workersoccupy.tumblr.com/post/12062354461/november-2nd-national-day-of-action-in-solidarity-with
October 2011
35 posts
WatchIf you missed Angela Davis speak at #OccupyWallStreet yesterday, you can watch her talk here. Enjoy!
Emergency POC Working Group Meeting, Tues Nov 1st...
A Spokes-Council structure for Occupy Wall Street passed through modified consensus at Friday’s General Assembly.
At yesterday’s POCcupy meeting, we reached consensus to hold an emergency meeting to discuss what this means for our working group/caucus, before the first OWS Spokes-Council meeting (which will be held on Wednesday, Nov 2 at 7pm - when POCcupy usually meets). Emergency...
Join Us: Sat, Oct 22nd Healing Internalized Racism...
Gabriela Callender (from Mahina Movement, amongst other things) will be facilitating an anti-oppression workshop this Saturday, Oct 22nd at noon until 1 pm at OWS. It’ll be a participatory, experiential workshop on transforming oppression and healing internalized racism.
Time: 12PM - 1PM (We will be starting on time)
Day: TODAY! Saturday, October 22nd
Location: Steps by the red...
Today @ 2pm: Walmart Workers Speak Out at OWS
http://www.nycga.net/events/event/walmart-worker-teach-in-immediate-action/
Walmart Workers Demand Respect! STOP CORPORATE GREED
THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 at 2 PM
Teach In at Liberty Park with Walmart Workers
**Immediate action on Walmart in NYC will be announced**
The Waltons, the family that built Walmart’s global empire, are the .0000001% richest
And Walmart’s 2.1 million associates worldwide...
The Other Campaign at OWS: Solidarity w/ Zapatista...
THE OTHER CAMPAIGN NEW YORK AT OCCUPY WALL ST.
SOLIDARITY WITH ZAPATISTA COMMUNITIES UNDER ATTACK
This Wednesday, October 19, at 6:30 p.m. a delegation from Movement for Justice in El Barrio, The Other Campaign New York, will be present at Liberty Plaza to share an urgent message on the Zapatista (EZLN) support base communities, which are presently suffering some of the most aggressive attacks...
Update to Sun, 10/16 minutes
Minutes from this past Sunday’s meeting have been updated to include the group structure discussed. Please scroll to see changes:
http://pococcupywallstreet.tumblr.com/post/11600068048/people-of-color-working-group-minutes-sun-oct-16th
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People of Color Working Group Minutes Sun. Oct....
People of Color Working Group Minutes
Sun. Oct. 16th 2011
1. Introductions, review of consensus process, reminder that this is a POC only space (facilitators: Sonny, Nicole, Natasha. Karina taking minutes)
2. Review of Proposal for People of Color Working Group STRUCTURE:
summary of proposal: The role of the People of Color Working Group at Occupy Wall Street is not...
the POCcupy outreach map needs you!
Contribute to the POCcupy outreach map by letting us know where/when you’d be willing to conduct outreach efforts and help initiatives in various local communities!
View OWS NYC - POCcupy Outreach Areas in a larger map
Friday: Jummah Prayer at OWS
Social Justice in Islam
Jummah Prayer at Occupied Wall Street Friday Oct 14, 2011 1-2pm Zuccotti (Liberty) Park on Broadway between Cedar and Liberty
Khutbah given by Imam Ayyub Abdul Baki of the Majlis Ashura’s Leadership Councils’ Justice Committee.
We will be feeding the protesters and the hungry with collaborative efforts of invited Muslim charities.
For info email:...
Tonight: Brooklyn General Assembly
Brooklyn General Assembly
TONIGHT 10/13/11 7pm at The Commons Brooklyn
(388 Atlantic Ave btween Hoyt/Bond - off the Atlantic terminal 2/3/4/5/Q/B/D)
Sat 10/15: Massive Mobilization!!
This Saturday OWS, movements across the country and across the world are joining together for an international day of action in protest of an unjust global economic system. See below for a list of OWS actions:
11am Move Your Money March to Chase: From Zucotti to Chase then march to the student meet-up: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=281685291856534
12pm Anti-War March and Teach in Wall...
Today's Meeting + Rain Location
Come out to the People of Color Working Group General Meeting at 6:30pm.
Due to Rain the meeting will be held at the Wall Street Atrium, 60 Wall St. The closest subway station is the 2/3 at Wall St.
Minutes from 10/9 meeting
Start time: 3:15; Closing time 4:06pm. I. Recap from Previous Week: Last Thursday’s meting has about 15-20 participants. There discussed whether or not this group would be open to all people or People of Color (“POC”). Decided this group would be open al POC, then got into committees. Comment: This is really nice that this is open to POC…safe space. Point of Information: This is group only...
Occupy the Bronx
Occupy the Bronx! Show your anger with the 1% and the greed they refuse to give up. Occupy the Bronx meets every Saturday at 11AM at Fordham Plaza. From Fordham Plaza occupiers will march up to the subway (4 train) and then travel in solidarity to the Occupy Wall St. protest!
Visit Occupy the Bronx on Facebook for updates.
Today: Support the 700 public workers laid off by...
Mayor Bloomberg just made the largest single-agency layoff since he’s been in office. The nearly 700 DC 37 workers include school aides, family workers, parent coordinators, and other support jobs and many are people of color. DC37 is calling all supporters to protest these layoffs at a financial committee meeting happening TODAY at 51 Chambers Street at 10am.
There will be opportunities...
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Stand in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples today...
Day of Solidarity With Indigenous People
Monday, October 10 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Southeast Corner of Zuccotti Park (Liberty Plaza) 140 Broadway, by the huge red structure in the Southeast cornerOn Monday October 10th, members of the indigenous community from Owe Aku International Justice Project, First Voice Indigenous Radio, and the United Confederation of the Taino people will bring...
We're growing exponentially! Join us at our next...
First we were 10.
Then we were 30.
At our last meeting nearly 100 people attended!
We growing and we need you to join us. Come to the next people of color working group general meeting:
Wednesday, October 12th at 6pm. You’ll find us on the Corner of Broadway and Cedar under the red sculpture.
Occupy Boston Ratifies Memorandum of Solidarity...
The following resolution was passed by the Occupy Boston General Assembly on October 8th, 2011:
RESOLUTION: Memorandum of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples
WHEREAS, those participating in “Occupy Boston” acknowledge that the United States of America is a colonial country, and that we are guests upon stolen indigenous land that has already been occupied for centuries, Boston being the ancestral...
MEXICA DANZA GROUP CIRCLE - OCT. 10 @ 6PM
Hey New York Folks,
Today at 6pm various members of different Mexica (indigenous folks from Mexico) danza groups from across the city will be meeting at Wall Street for a ceremony to honor the earth, elements, ancestors and the many indigenous and global communities in resistance. We are asking for support from the POC Working Group to protect and support our danza circle tonight. Many of...
Sunday, Oct 9th, 6pm: An invitation from Movement...
Movement for Justice in El Barrio at Occupy Wall St. (on occupied indigenous land) This Sunday, October 9th at 6 p.m., members of Movement for Justice in El Barrio/ Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio, an organization that is part of the Zapatista initiated The Other Campaign, have been invited and will participate in Occupy Wall St. (on occupied indigenous land) They will share a message...
POC MEETING - Sunday @ 3PM
Come participate in the next OWS People of Color working group meeting. Meet under the large red structure (corner of Broadway & Cedar) at 3PM.
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Occupy Wall Street People of Color Working Group...
Occupy Wall Street People of Color Working Group Oct 6 2011 Minutes
Origins: Started on Oct 1 2011. Formed in resopnse to people of color alienation. Get more communities involved.
AGENDA
1. Initiatives
2. Needs/ Organizational
3. Announcement/ proposal
So Far put out open call to communities, QPOCs, Religious etc of color. We have list of places to organize such as churches,...
Haitian Solidarity March - Friday, October 7th
DON’T OCCUPY HAITI ! OCCUPY WALL STREET !
Cross the Brooklyn Bridge ● Show Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street Movement
Friday, OCTOBER 7, 2011
4 p.m. - Rally @ Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn
5 p.m. - March across the Brooklyn Bridge
6 p.m. - Rally with demonstrators at Liberty Plaza, Manhattan
To SHOW SOLIDARITY with the protestors of the OCCUPY WALL STREET movement, the...
#OccupyWallStreet Union March From Foley Square on...
copied from: occupywallst.org
On October 05, 2011, at 3:00 in the afternoon the residents of Liberty Square will gather to join their union brothers and sisters in solidarity and march. At 4:30 in the afternoon the 99% will march in solidarity with #occupywallstreet from Foley Square to the Financial District, where their pensions have disappeared to, where their health has disappeared...
NEXT MEETING OF THE POC WORKING GROUP
There will NO POC meeting at 6pm today, Wednesday October 5, due to the large march.
The next meeting will be on Thursday, October 6 @ 6:30pm under the large red structure on the corner of Broadway & Cedar.
See you there.
In Solidarity.
CALL OUT TO PEOPLE OF COLOR from the #OWS POC...
To those who want to support the Occupation of Wall Street, who want to struggle for a more just and equitable society, but who feel excluded from the campaign, this is a message for you.
To those who do not feel as though their voices are being heard, who have felt unable or uncomfortable participating in the campaign, or who feel as though they have been silenced, this is a message for you.
To...
AN OPEN LETTER FROM TWO WHITE MEN TO...
We—two white men—write this letter conscious of the fact that the color of our skin means we will likely be taken more seriously. We write this knowing that because people of color are thought to be too biased to speak objectively on issues of race, our perspective in this context will be privileged. We write this aware of the history of colonization, genocide, and slavery upon which this...
Announcements
Some announcements: Monday, October 3rd, Hazel Dukes, President of the NAACP New York State Conference will be at the 7pm General Assembly at Liberty Park.
On Friday, Ben Jealous, President of the NAACP will be at the 7pm GA. This is an exciting development and our group should be there to welcome and hopefully meet/build with them! If possible, please come out tomorrow. Meet at 6pm under the...
Communities of Color minutes from 10/2 meeting
Communities of color Working group minutes 10/2 List of groups to do outreach to: What connections do we have? Churches Community meetings Local reps Unions Black politicians Living wage Apartment buildings. People to reach out to(celebs) Flyers: Vibe app: talk to ppl anonymously Spreading the Word: Statement of how people get involved and one of why you...
