Fwd: [Occupy-strategy] TRADE JUSTICE OCCUPY ALERT Sat, 5/4: TPP Action Month Planning Meeting

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Subject:	[Occupy-strategy] TRADE JUSTICE OCCUPY ALERT Sat, 5/4: TPP Action Month Planning Meeting
Date:	Thu, 2 May 2013 08:43:44 -0700
From:	Fred Wood <fbw...@hotmail.com>
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FYI, urgent action needed during May 2013 to block the Obama Administration and its big corporate allies from fast tracking the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, which requires congressional approval to fast track.  But Sen Max Baucus apparently is greasing the skids for the Administration.
Fast tracking would minimize any further congressional ability to fully consider the now hidden content and details of this trade deal, which seems intended to continue the trend of embracing mega corporate control over the US and global economy and marginalizing environmental, labor, human rights, animal rights, Internet freedom, and other protections.
TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
MONTH OF ACTION PLANNING MEETINGJoin TradeJustice New York Metro, a coalition of grassroots groups from diverse movements for social justice and environmental protection, for a day-long meeting to plan lobby visits, protests, teach-ins, and other actions to drag TPP out of the shadows and let Congress know that we will not tolerate another backroom trade deal for the 1%!
Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 10AM-6:30PM
Barnard College's Diana Center, Room 504
3009 Broadway on the Barnard Campus (north of 116th Street on the West side of Broadway in Manhattan)
Directions: 1 train to 116th Street. Walk north and west.
RSVP requested: * Read the agenda.
The other shoe has dropped.Japan – the world's 3rd largest economy - is joining TPP negotiations – vastly expanding the scope and potentially devastating consequences of what was already the largest trade agreement in history – an agreement that threatens to attack our environmental laws, undermine labor rights, limit access to lifesaving drugs, curtail internet freedom, expand factory farm agriculture, and prevent regulation of the financial industry.
But instead of proceeding with caution with this massive shift, the Obama administration and its Congressional allies is moving full speed ahead – with Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus intending to bring a vote on Fast Track Authority to the Senate floor by June!
If Congress passes Fast Track, it will cede the power to make any changes to TPP when it reaches Congress – allowing President Obama to deliver a TPP full of anti-environment, anti-labor, and anti-health and safety provisions without fear that Congress will attempt to correct these most egregious aspects of the agreement. If President Obama sends TPP to Congress without Fast Track, he will have to go back to the negotiating table with the 11 other TPP nations to seek consensus on any changes that Congress makes to the text of the agreement – delaying and potentially permanently derailing TPP.
Thus, it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL that we do everything in our power to create public attention and apply MAXIMUM PRESSURE RIGHT NOW to demand that Congress not pass Fast Track Authority for TPP.
With the 17th round of TPP negotiations beginning in Lima, Peru on May 15th, we must take action in May – in solidarity with people throughout the TPP nations to say NO NAFTA ON STEROIDS!
Learn more about the TPP here! 
For more info, see http://tradejustice.net/?page=TPP 
And see also, http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/

Sat May 4 Detailed Agenda
TPP Short Films & Light Breakfast 10:00AM TPP = Corporate Power Tool of the 1% (3:06)10:03AM What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? (4:00)10:07 AM Peril in the Pacific (11:00)10:18AM Why Should I Care About the TPP? (1:33)10:19 AM New Obama Free Trade Agreement - 'Trans-Pacific Partnership' (2:57)10:22 AM TPP Could Endanger Millions of Patients (2:59)10:25 AM Lori Wallach: Trans-Pacific Partnership Threats Internet Freedom (3:13)10:28 Biden on TPP & New World Order (1:43)Introductory Items10:30 AM Facilitators introduce themselves, test for consensus to facilitate 10 35 AM Confirm note taker, time keeper, task lister, and scribe 10 :40AM Intro TradeJustice New York Metro10 :45 AM Participant Intros 10:55 AM Agenda ReviewTeach-ins in May11:00 AM May 28th Panel – Outreach to Labor - Outreach to Environmentalists - Outreach to Other Constituencies - Outreach at Events - PSAs - Press Releases to Listings Editors - Social Media Outreach - Email Lists - Recording
  and St
reaming - Follow-up11:40 AM Columbia? (or in September? Or both?)Later Teachins11:45 AM June Event?11:55AM July Event w/ Brooklyn for Peace12:00 PM August Event w/ New School Asian Student Society12:05 PM BreakPlanning Future Meetings12:10 PM Weekly or Monthly Meetings?12:20 PM TPP Campaign Strategy Meeting- When & Where- Prep: Surveys and One-on-Ones- Adding to Jim's Template- Planning Group12:55 PM Lunch Break (on-site)Lobbying Freshman Dems1:15 PM Objectives & Message– What are our objectives? - What is Our Message? - What issues do we want to be sure to cover in every meeting?1:45 Request / Sign-On Letter 1:55 PM Hakeem Jeffries - Who makes the request? - What are his top issues and personal interests? Who can make a connection to them? – How will district be affected?- Who are contributors who might support us? - Who are endorsers who might support us? - What allied/sympathetic groups have a strong presence in her district? - Key media in his district?2
 :55 PM G
race Meng - Who makes the request? - What are her top issues? Who can make a connection to them? – How will district be affected?- Who are contributors who might support us? - Who are endorsers who might support us? - What allied/sympathetic groups have a strong presence in her district? - Key media in her district?3:25 PM Sean Patrick Maloney - Who makes the request? - What are his top issues and personal interests? Who can make a connection to them? - How will district be affected?- Who are contributors who might support us? - Who are endorsers who might support us? - What allied/sympathetic groups have a strong presence in her district? - Key media in his district?3:40 PM Prep and Training3:55 PM BreakTPP Days of Action 4:00 PM Objectives - How should an action advance the issue? - Street Action? Another educational event? Or more lobbying? - What targets do we hope to pressure? - Who is our target audience? - Who is our target media? 4:20 PM Action Proposals and Deci
 sion 4:4
0 PM Logistics- Location - Date and Time - Literature - Visuals - On-Site Roles - Permits - Speakers5:20 PM Outreach 5:35 PM Media 5:50 PM FollowupClosing6:00 PM Announcements6:05 PM Review Commitments6:15 Meeting Evaluation 6:25 PM Close Meeting