People of Color / #OccupyWallStreet

Based on full consensus reached on 12/15/11 POC...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:13:00 -0500

Based on full consensus reached on 12/15/11

POC Gender/Sexuality 101 Workshop replaces usual POCcupy meeting!

In order to build our collective analysis, build solidarity, reinforce our inclusivity, and continue in our aspiration for liberation, this Sunday’s (1/8/12) regular 3pm meeting at 60 Wall St will be replaced. Included as one of the “next steps” from the first Day of Healing, this workshop was created and will be facilitated by trans/queer leaders from within POCcupy, along with members of QTPOC 4 OWS and people of color from the #OWS Queer/LGBTIQA2Z Caucus.

Designed exclusively by and for People of Color, this workshop will address a variety of issues including: pronouns, policing gender, mapping your gender/sexual identities, common vocabulary, history, current issues, and how to be a better ally. We firmly believe that a radical, feminist queer/trans of color critique will not only bolster the work of Occupy Wall St – we believe that without our analysis and vision our movements against corporate greed, anti-racism, and government corruption will fail.

#D18! #ImmigrantsOccupy - March Against Deportation/Detention...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:12:00 -0500

#D18! #ImmigrantsOccupy - March Against Deportation/Detention & Wage Theft

RALLY & MARCH @ 1:30pm , Foley Square organized by the OWS Immigrant Workers Justice Working Group followed by a 4:00 pm MULTILINGUAL General Assembly at Zuccotti Park

Immigrants are part of the 99% and on December 18th we will march with the Occupy Wall Street movement to demand immigrant justice including putting an end to wage theft, and stopping detentions and deportations of our beloved community members. As the Occupy Wall Street movement highlights corporate profiteering we would like to shed light on those that profit off our labor, exploit workers and refuse to pay dignified wages. We also march against the corporations who support anti-immigrant legislation so they can make billions of dollars by detaining immigrants in private detention centers and deporting nearly 400,000 people per year.

As the occupy movement goes global we also recognize the destructive role that these corporations play in exploiting resources and labor in our home countries which forces millions to migrate. December 18th is the International Day of Migrants and we stand in solidarity with those world wide who are proclaiming Immigrant Rights as Human Rights.

https://www.facebook.com/events/240820965995020/

OWS Spokes-council replaced with "Racial Justice Framework Workshop"

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:50:40 -0500

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 against corporate greed as inherently racialized issues. Approximately 300 people attended and the night went off smoothly, with a lot of great work begun.

The workshop was first organized through the POCcupy Outreach Subcommittee’s “POCcupy Your Block”, a People of Color take on the Occupy Your Block project, which has been “calling for the winter months to be a time of teach-ins, open forums, potluck meetings, discussion groups, local general assembly meetings and community building projects.” We are proud that POCcupy has been able to make racial justice a priority for the Occupy Wall Street movement, and for the Spokes, who are charged with making logistical decisions!

For an idea of some of Rinku Sen’s talking points, you can check out an article published by ARC’s magazine Colorlines.com, and specifically an article she wrote for The Nation in November addressing the need for racial justice in the movement, entitled: Forget the Diversity Debate, It’s About Occupying Racial Inequity.

Day of Healing follow-up (replaces usual meeting)

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:30:11 -0500

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 developed and many people felt strengthened and re-dedicated to the work of POCcupy. This Sunday’s meeting will allow us to deepen what was begun and continue the momentum from the last workshop.

Participants from the first workshop are especially encouraged to bring what was already discussed, but ALL people of color are welcome and needed!

What: Day of Healing Follow-up

When: 1pm-5pm / Sunday, Dec 11

Where: Urban Justice Center
123 William Street, 16th Floor - Manhattan

poccupythehype: Foreclosure Crisis Pop Quiz We are...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:28:24 -0500

poccupythehype:

Foreclosure Crisis Pop Quiz

We are infobombing this flyer at the OWS D6 event today (Occupy Wall St, December 6th action against foreclosures)! Spread the word / Spread the link!

CLICK HERE to download and share flyer!

Day of Healing & Council of Elders (replaces usual meeting)

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:43:00 -0500

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 and public discussion (flyer below). Watch this video to learn more about the elders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVM90JzmJWo

What: Day of Healing

When: 10am-2pm / Sunday, Nov 20

Where: Urban Justice Center
123 William Street, 16th Floor - Manhattan

Who: People of Color Caucus (POCcupy)

Support the Day of Action RIGHT NOW!

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:28:18 -0500

Join thousands at Foley Square to demand justice!

http://occupywallst.org/action/november-17th/

"Challenging Islamophobia" a POCcupy Workshop

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:43:23 -0500

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 role of faith identities and religiosity in our organizing; and examples of being an ally in the movement to challenge Islamophobia.

Facilitated by Dinu Ahmed and Donna Nevel of Women Against Islamophobia and Racism (WAIR): http://wairwomen.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=309551359056758

POCcupy Endorses Queer "Town Hall"

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:36:14 -0500

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 PM

Where: Audre Lorde Project - Manhattan
147 West 24th St
3rd Floor

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132077026896533

POCcupy Endorses "Occupy the Boiler Room"

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:31:00 -0500

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 now as winter approaches, the situation is becoming dire. Michael Booth has already been arrested for standing in solidarity. Food, supplies and occupiers are needed NOW!

http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/occupy-boiler-room-harlem.html

POCcupy Endorses "Occupy El Barrio"

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:28:55 -0400

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 will share our stories of resistance and memories of victory, as we bring to life our shared dreams of a world of justice, dignity and democracy. Movement for Justice in El Barrio is an immigrant- and people of color-led, grassroots community organization that fights for dignity and against neoliberal displacement from East Harlem to Chiapas and beyond. For more information contact at movementforjusticeinelbarrio@riseup.net

UPDATE: MR. HOSSAIN WAS GRANTED A YEAR-LONG STAY THANKS TO THE...

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:24:00 -0400

UPDATE: MR. HOSSAIN WAS GRANTED A YEAR-LONG STAY THANKS TO THE ACTION OF SO MANY OF YOU!!!

THE MARCH AND RALLY HAVE THUS BEEN CANCELED!!

Immigrants Are the 99%!

The People of Color Working Group is endorsing and supporting this action to stop the deportation of Ahmed Hossain. You can learn more about his story here and here. ~~Please attend the rally on Tuesday and make sure to CALL Immigrations Custom Enforcement (ICE) - see phone numbers below- before Tuesday to demand that his deportation be suspended.~~

Please also, JOIN the facebook page.

SIGN THE Petition to stop Ahmed’s deportation:

Rally Outside the Deportation Hearing of Ahmed Hossain!

Tuesday, November 8

~~7:30am March From Liberty Park~~

8:00am Rally at 26 Federal Plaza*

9:00am Teach-In on Immigration

Rally organized by the Bangladeshi-American Community Council.

March and Teach-In Organized by Occupy Wall Street.

Ahmed Hossain is a father, a husband, a taxi driver, an actor and director, and a community activist. He is scheduled for deportation next Tuesday because of errors on the part of his former lawyer. If Ahmed is deported, he may not have access to necessary heart medication and his wife and two American-born children might lose their home.

Ahmed’s seven year old son Tanmoy keeps asking the same question: Why is his father being punished for a lawyer’s mistake? There is no good answer to Tanmoy’s question. A longtime resident with no criminal record, Ahmed Hossain is one of the people that immigration authorities claim to no longer be going after. They need to hear that we will not stand for this.

*Federal Plaza is at the corner of Broadway and Worth St. in downtown Manhattan. Take trains to Chambers St. or City Hall.

BEFORE TUESDAY:

Call ICE to demand a halt to Ahmed’s deportation.

John Morton, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for ICE ,

(202) 732-3000, John.Morton@dhs.gov

Christopher Shanahan, NY ICE Field Office Director

(212) 264-5085, (212) 264-4213, Christopher.shanahan@dhs.gov

For more info, contact dannykatch@gmail.com

POCcupy endorses the National Day of Action for Occupy Oakland

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:57:00 -0400

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

If you missed Angela Davis speak at #OccupyWallStreet yesterday,...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:14:56 -0400

If you missed Angela Davis speak at #OccupyWallStreet yesterday, you can watch her talk here. Enjoy!

Emergency POC Working Group Meeting, Tues Nov 1st 6:30PM

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:10:00 -0400

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 POCcupy Meeting
Where: 60 Wall St (the Atrium)
When: 6:30 PM on Tues, Nov. 1
COME PREPARED: read this to familiarize yourself with the new structure.
See: http://www.nycga.net/spokes-council/

Join the 16th Annual National Day to Stop Police Brutality,...

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:48:10 -0400

Join the 16th Annual National Day to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation.

Saturday, October 22nd, 2PM at Union Square, NYC.

Join Us: Sat, Oct 22nd Healing Internalized Racism Workshop @ OWS

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:47:00 -0400

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 modern art object on Cedar and Broadway, at Zuccotti Park

We encourage everyone to come and be a part of it!

Today @ 2pm: Walmart Workers Speak Out at OWS

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:33:16 -0400

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 are the 99%

___________________________________________________________________

Workers have formed an organization, OUR Walmart: Organization United for Respect at Walmart, to fight back and stand up for their rights at the world’s largest private employer.

Sam Walton’s daughter, the heiress to the Walmart fortune, is the tenth richest person in America, and 21st richest in the world.
Walmart Associates are the life-blood of Walmart, and yet they are not treated with respect.
Walmart’s CEO Mike Duke took home $18.7 million dollars last year, the same year they cut profit sharing for employees.
According to a recent study, Walmart can easily afford to pay its workers a living wage but chooses not to.

The Other Campaign at OWS: Solidarity w/ Zapatista Communities under Attack

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:45:26 -0400

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 in recent years.

Headed by government officials and political party-backed paramilitary groups, these severe attacks seek to destroy the autonomy and self-determination that the indigenous Zapatista communities have constructed and sustained for nearly two decades. This Wednesday, members of Movement will speak on the grave situation and make an urgent call to all good-hearted people of New York to attend this presentation and stand in solidarity with the Zapatistas here in New York City.

An adherent to the Zapatista-initiated The Other Campaign, Movement for Justice in El Barrio is an immigrant-led, grassroots organization that fights for dignity and against neoliberal displacement from East Harlem to Chiapas and beyond. For more information, please email them at movementforjusticeinlebarrio@yahoo.com.

Where: At the Occupy Wall St. General Assembly, Liberty Plaza (Zucotti Park), corner of Broadway and Liberty St.

When: 6:30 p.m.

LA OTRA CAMPAÑA NUEVA YORK EN OCCUPA WALL ST.
SOLIDARIDAD CON LAS BASES DE APOYO ZAPATISTAS

Este miércoles, el 19 de octubre, a las 6:30 pm una delegación del Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio, La Otra Campaña Nueva York, estarán presentes en el la Plaza Libertad para compartir un mensaje urgente sobre las bases de apoyo del Zapatistas y los ataques agresivos que están enfrentando actualmente.

Encabezados por funcionarios del mal gobierno y grupos de choque paramilitares apoyados por los partidos politicos, estos graves ataques buscan destruir la autonomía y libre-determinación que las comunidades indígenas zapatistas han construido y sostenido por casi dos decadas. Este miércoles, integrantes del Movimiento hablarán sobre la situación y hacen un llamado urgente a todas las personas de buen corazón de Nueva York a que nos acompañen en esta presentación para solidarizarse con l@s Zapatistas.

Adherente a La Otra Campaña, iniciada por l@s Zapatistas, Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio es una organización comunitaria de inmigrantes que lucha por dignidad y en contra del desplazamiento neoliberal desde el Este de Harlem hasta Chiapas y más allá. Para más información, comunicate con movimientoporjusticiadelbarrio@yahoo.com.

Lugar: Ubicación de la Asamblea General de Ocupa Wall St., en la esquina de Broadway y Liberty, Parque Zucotti (Plaza Libertad).

Hora: 6:30 p.m.

Update to Sun, 10/16 minutes

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:57:00 -0400

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