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Digest – April 9 – 12 – Mindfulness

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 10:42

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The Official Site of the #OccupyCleveland Movement Digest for April 9 – 12 (Mon. – Thurs.)

Friendly reminder * Current needs * International, national, state news * Upcoming events * Today’s quote * GA recap links * What does Occupy do? * Concensus on adopting Chicago principles * HeartFest in the works * More upcoming events * More reading / links

Weekday Schedule: Today and Tomorrow’s Special Events; 6-7 PM GA M-W-F, OPEN FORUM T-Th; 7 PM Community Chat; 8-10 PM Entertainment; 10 PM-2 AM Night Shift #1; 2-6 AM Night Shift #2; Upcoming Events; We are continuously in the NW Quadrant of Public Square 24/7 at the Info Tent

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Friendly reminder

Please post GA minutes in the forums so that the temporary editor can get the info to post meetings and consensus items in this Digest.

Current needs & haves

Help for info tent regulars covering shifts.
Respect, tolerance, peace, love, patience, endurance, mutual respect, healthy environment, kindness, community.
Still need consistent food donations of prepared meals at the tent.
Donations

International, National, State News & Opinion

International:

The Guardian – The itinerant US left has found its home in the Occupy movement

National:

Ohio & Cleveland:

Upcoming events

In addition to our regularly scheduled weekday events, here are some special events that are happening today! Lots to do! Unless otherwise noted, events are in NW Quadrant (Tom Johnson/Free Speech Quadrant) of Public Square or nearby in the white tent area. More upcoming events after today are here…

Special Events Through Friday

Tues., April 10 @ 6-9 PM – The 99% Spring – Spring action training sponsored by Cleveland Jobs with Justice and the MoveOn Council of Cleveland. USW Local 979 Hall, 3421 Independence Rd. Cleveland, 44105. Registration and Info
Wednesdays @ 8 PM – Drum Circle at Info Tent
Wednesdays @ 8 PM – Womens meeting
Thurs., April 12 @ 6 PM – “The New Jim Crow” study group – Visible Voice Books – also, April 19 & 26th. – Info
Fri., April 13 – Sun., April 15 – Fracking Prevention Action Camp by Ohio Fraction – Cleveland – Info
Sat., April 14 – Second Annual Save Our Communities Forum – Info
Sat., April 14 @ 6 PM – Occupy Boot Camp at Info Tent or Fortress
Sun., April 15 @ 1 PM – Accounting WAG at Tower 230
Sun., April 15 @ 2-4 PM – Trinity meeting
More Events

Upcoming GA Votes - see Proposals section

Regular Daily Events

6 PM General Assembly on M-W-F, Open Forum T-Th- GAs are formal assemblies at the NW corner of Public Square or in white info tent west of this area. At this assembly, proposals and announcements are made. This is where consensus items are decided. Please review stances/thoughts at viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1003 for discussion in today’s GA. Recent GA recaps
Community Chat Following GA Today & Tomorrow – Informal assembly
Today & Tomorrow – 10 PM – 2 AM and 2 AM – 6 AM Evening Shifts – Please sign up at the white tent for an evening shift so that we can maintain effective occupancy overnight and relieve people who are overburdened. Dress extremely warmly with lots of layers and bring appropriate gear to keep yourself warm.

Working Group Meetings

Check for Meetings Here

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“When you contemplate the big, full sunrise, the more mindful & concentrated you are, the more the beauty of the sunrise is revealed to you.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Please send poetry submissions/thoughts/quotes to occupyclevelandpoetry (_at symbol_) gmail.com. If you agree, let’s work on keeping things positive and promoting positive perspectives in this space…

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GA recap links

Thanks to all who help with the movement, and thanks to notekeepers and videographers! Please post written GA minutes in the GA portion of forums in written format: http://unju.st/forum.

Wednesday Mar. 28 Minutes | Monday March 26 Minutes | Archived Minutes and Videos

Recent Concensus Items

3-28 CONCENSUS on proposal to show solidarity for Now DC (nowDC.org). The proposal was to list Occupy Cleveland on their site as a supporter of Occupy actions/learning/festivals in DC, beginning on Friday, March 30th.
3-25 CONCENSUS on proposal to adopt Chicago principles with the caveat that “we understand that it does not override any principles on which we had previously achieved consensus. The proposer specified that this means that Occupy Cleveland is still a strictly non-violent movement.”
3-21 CONCENSUS on proposal for dedicated funds including setting up WePay options for various funds.
3-12 CONCENSUS on proposal for legal fund with friendly amendment.
3-2 CONCENSUS Emergency Proposal to hold GA at a special location on Monday, March 5. 100% consensus. Email occupyclevelandoutreach [at symbol] gmail [dot] com or ask at tent for more details.
2-29 CONCENSUS to have a test GA at city hall steps Friday March 2
2-22 CONCENSUS to hold Occupy the Heart Street Festival, tentatively starting May 1.

Recent proposals

3-28 PROPOSAL start an Occupy baseball team and form an Occupy Baseball working group.
3-21 PROPOSAL announcements from Occupy Midwest
3-12 PROPOSAL announcement for Occupy the Heart Fest funding
3-12 PROPOSAL announcement for May 1 General Strike solidarity
3-12 PROPOSAL announcement regarding how to focus message on strategies that emphasize compassion and joy
3-9 PROPOSAL – Legal fund

What does Occupy do?

An activist recently came up with a nice summary: “Essentially we’re working on minimizing the influence of big corporations over our political system. Locally we’re working to strengthen our community through foreclosure prevention and strengthening our community’s social infrastructure.”

Many in the movement would like to help solve every issue but of course we are focusing on where we can be most effective, locally, nationally, and worldwide. But for those who aren’t yet familiar with the gist of the movement, the issue of wealth disparity/corporate influence has been a big one that we’ve been working on solving from the start. Many are also involved in the environmental, peace, and human rights movements in some form or another.

Concensus on adopting Chicago principles

On Friday Mar. 23 we adopted the Chicago Principles:

Our solidarity will be based on respect for a political diversity within the struggle for social, economic and environmental justice. As individuals and groups, we may choose to engage in a diversity of tactics and plans of action but are committed to treating each other with respect and working towards a common goal of peace and justice.
As we plan our actions and tactics, we will take care to maintain appropriate separations of time and space between divergent tactics.
We oppose any state repression of dissent, including surveillance, infiltration, disruption, limiting our action to “free speech zones,” and violence, or attempts to divide our movement through the conscious creation of divisions regarding tactics, organization, strategies, and alliances.
Any debates or criticisms will stay internal to the movement, avoiding any public or media denunciations of fellow activists and events.
Friendly amendment: we understand that it does not override any principles on which we had previously achieved consensus. The proposer specified that this means that Occupy Cleveland is still a strictly non-violent movement.

HeartFest in the works

We’ve had a number of meetings to help make HeartFest a success. People are taking on responsibilities to bottomline food vendors, cleanup, and many other activities. Donations are welcome! Stay tuned for info coming soon on our HeartFest page on the occupycleveland.com website.

More upcoming events

Events are in the NW Quadrant (Tom Johnson Quadrant) of Public Square unless otherwise noted.

Tues., April 10 @ 6-9 PM – The 99% Spring – Spring action training sponsored by Cleveland Jobs with Justice and the MoveOn Council of Cleveland. USW Local 979 Hall, 3421 Independence Rd. Cleveland, 44105. Registration and Info
Wednesdays @ 8 PM – Drum Circle at Info Tent
Wednesdays @ 8 PM – Womens meeting
Thurs., April 12 @ 6 PM – “The New Jim Crow” study group – Visible Voice Books – also, April 19 & 26th. – Info
Fri., April 13 – Sun., April 15 – Fracking Prevention Action Camp by Ohio Fraction – Cleveland – Info
Sat., April 14 – Second Annual Save Our Communities Forum – Info
Sat., April 14 @ 6 PM – Occupy Boot Camp at Info Tent or Fortress
Sun., April 15 @ 1 PM – Accounting WAG at Tower 230
Sun., April 15 @ 2-4 PM – Trinity meeting
Tues., April 17 – Make Taxation Fair! – Rally in Public Square – Info
Sat., April 21 @ 8:30-6PM- Power Up! CWRU Social Justice Institute Youth Summit - Registration and Info
April 28 – May 5 – HEARTFEST
Sat., May 5 NOON – 2:30 PM – Immigrants Are Us Freedom March – at Market Square, Cleveland – Info

Events for next month and the future can now be found on the Events page of the Occupy Site.

Interesting Links

Occutrip.com – a chronicle of the travels of a person surveying the Occupy movement in Europe to report back to the U.S.
The Occupied Wall Street Journal
Occupy First, Inc. – Banking for the 99%
OCCUPY CLEVELAND T-shirts

Recurring info

Weekend Schedule: Today and Tomorrow’s Special Events; 10 PM-2 AM Night Shift #1; 2-6 AM Night Shift #2; Upcoming Events; We are continuously in the NW Quadrant of Public Square 24/7 at the Info Tent

Info Tent #: (216) 202-4999 | Phone Rules

Wiki: http://wiki.occupycleveland.com