FYI, list of workshop sent out to a listserv where I work

[Lara Durback]

Haven't researched much who they are, but it sounds grounded though
religiousy. Just so you know they are planning to be there.

Pls send any important workshop announce/supply needs my way as I will
be doing the Gazette again tomorrow before I pass it off to someone
else.

Lara

Resistance Training for Occupy Oakland Sat. Oct. 22nd 9am - 5pm
(Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland)
"Seminary of the Street" is offering three mini-workshops this
Saturday to wrestle with how to retain an uncompromising analysis of
the violence of the status quo (e.g.,
corporate capitalism, racism and the police system upholding both)
while transcending the tired dynamics of us (the self-righteous good
guys) and them (in this case corporate execs and police officers)? How
do we channel our anger into resistance of systems rather than
struggles with individual figureheads for those systems?


* 9am-noon Making It Personal: Understanding the Violence of
the Status Quo: In this workshop, we'll connect our personal suffering
(often understood as "merely"'
psychological) with social trauma connected to systemic violence.
We'll also fan out and listen to as many people at the protest as we
can, and then come together
to share what we heard.


* 1-3:30pm Nonviolence Training: This workshop is for those
who, understanding the violence of the status quo, are interested in
interrupting that violence with
nonviolence. We'll discuss what we can learn from past movements and
how it might be applied to these circumstances.


* 4-5:30pm Loving Our Enemies: We will gather to do a loving-
kindness meditation for everyone in the 99%, and then, if we can,
extend it to the 1% and to the police in
the area. Then we'll debrief what that was like and what it means for
our ongoing occupation.

Meet in the northernmost part of the ampitheater area of the plaza. In
the event that Occupy Oakland ends before 10/22, we will meet at St.
Mary's Center, 925 Brockhurst (at San Pablo and 32nd). For more info
see www.seminaryofthestreet.org<http://www.seminaryofthestreet.org> or
contact 510-225-8561 or in...@seminaryofthestreet.org