Notes from Outreach Meeting 1/12/12
Street Team
Here ya go!
These Notes can also be viewed as a document on the Outreach Group at http://www.portlandgeneralassembly.org/groups/outreach-committee/docs/notes-from-outreach-meeting-11212
Attendees: Liam (facilitating) Kelly(SE outreach/assembly), Shiva (outreach), Jane (livestream), Yikes (OWS), Mario, Felix, Antonio, Magan, Dave, Chris.
Agenda:
1)Neighborhood Assemblies- Shiva/Liam
Shiva- First NE Neighborhood Assembly happened last sat. and was a success. Culture, Research and Garden groups were formed. Space was a little hot and stuffy for 40 people. They will be getting together next sat. Jan 21st at the Chapel Pub. Time TBA
Liam- First West PDX Neighborhood Assembly happened last sat and also was a success. 30 people met at the Library at NW 23rd and Thurman. A great start to bringing the power back alive in the community. Were meeting this saturday jan 14th from 2-5 in the Episcopal church at 1432 SW 13th ave. There was interest in cooperative banking, housing and a job creation think tank. Pooling resources and assets and embracing missionary style work in other neighborhoods in need.
Kelly- SE Occupy Cafe- (open forum facilitated community meeting) was this past Saturday sort of a replacement for the SE assembly. 40 people showed up. Great charged conversations about healthcare and inclusiveness. Jan 21st will be the next SE assembly at 6401 Se Foster at the SEIU labor center. Next occupy cafe will be bilingual and named Cafe Intercambio. date TBD.
Dave, Chris-Occupy Gresham- This Saturday Occupy Gresham is doing a bike swarm action Jan 15th They will assemble in Main City Park at noon, and will march or ride to the skate park nearby. This will be a family friendly event, featuring a chance to express concerns or support, followed by a bike ride through downtown Gresham with the Portland Bike Swarm. At 3:30 pm, everyone is invited to gather at Wall Street Pizza, for a slice of Occu-Pie! For more information about this event, visit www.occupygresham.org.http://www.occupygresham.org/?p=736
Latino Assembly- Shiva has been talking with Nefi and Maribel Gomez, Antonio A Planning meeting for the Latino Assembly will happen this wed. Jan. 18th at 6pm at Food For Thought Cafe in the Basement of the PSU Smith Student Union.
Tomorrow Friday Jan 13th at 11am Neighborhood Assembly Planning Meeting. Representatives from any Neighborhood Assembly are welcome to come and soak in some best practices and add to the conversation. We will break out into neighborhoods for planning agendas as needed.
2)Discussion on tribal solidarity and decolonization: occupy the dream facebook group is a good place to plug in on this conversation. they are drafting a letter of solidarity for immediate release about Decolonization. Action Item- outreach to tribes and tribal council and figure out directly how they are consensing on the issue and take it from there once we have some empirical perspective.
3)Oregon GA Conference- Antonio: Planning Big for a State wide General Assembly Weekend around March 15th. The Ides of March? 4 day long convergence of Rural and regional GAs to bond with an intensive retreat and Experience with workshops, spokes meetings, working groups, actions, trainings, music, dancing, eating, drinking celebrating and building unity! sounds awesome. count us in.
4)Barn Raising Project proposal- Yikes: Barn Raising Project is a new idea out of OWS that he is trying to spread here. A site/program is being developed to network and map out the collaborative assets and needs of the organizations that exsist in the community or movement. Sounds really cool. Again count Liam and Shiva in for sure.
5)Tahrir Square 1 year anniversary Soliarity Rally- Mario: planning a medium sized rally and march in solidarity with the activists in Tahrir Square on Jan 25th. Looking for help from Bike Swarm and other actions groups that want to help shout out to the international community that we are with them in stuggle and not just in our own country.
6)Occupy Health Fair- Magan: Jan 28th from 11-4 at 4867 NE MLK Blvd. https://sites.google.com/site/portlandoccupyhealth/
This is an open invitation to all health care professionals that are wanting to occupy our community health care systems.
Peace,
Liam
