Digest – Thursday, Dec. 8 – War can stop

The Official Site of the #OccupyCleveland Movement

Renting Office Space! * International, National, State News * Today & Tomorrow’s Events * Today’s Poetry * GA Recap Links * Cleveland City Council Passes Resolution in Support of Occupy Movement! * Occupy Plain Dealer! * Please Help People at the Info Tent * Our Bat Signal on MSNBC! * Bank Walk-away Project * Upcoming Events * Meetings / WAGs * Current Haves and Needs * More Reading / Links * Call for Information

Weekday Schedule: Today & Tomorrow’s Events;  6-7 PM GA; 7 PM Community Chat; 8-10 PM Entertainment; 10 PM-2 AM Night Shift #1; 2-6 AM Night Shift #2; Upcoming Events; Stuff happens continuously in the NW Quadrant of Public Square 24/7

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Renting Office Space!

Last night at the GA we came to concensus to rent the office space at 850 Euclid. We will be occupying option #5, 1017A. Thank you everyone for your votes and approval.

12-5 12-4 Thread in forums – Leader building Kaput – 850 Euclid is a new proposed venue.

International, National, State News

International:

• 12-6 – Huffingon Post - What Ron Paul, Occupy Wall Street, Lech Walesa, Tahrir Square, Tiananmen Square and Many Tea Party People Have in Common
• 12-1 – Huffington Post: Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens Not Blocked By The Senate For The Second Time – Please call and write the President regarding this issue, and then your senators to encourage them to propose and support another amendment that will help protect us from unwarranted indefinite detentions without due process.
• 12-1 – Alternet – Naomi Wolf responds to Joshua Holland’s Alternet article about her Guardian article on Alternet

National:

• 12-8 – San Francisco – Occupy San Francisco was evicted last night (12-7) from Justin Herman Plaza. At least one woman (a friend of mine) was harmed by a person who is a police officer. Word has come in that another person who is a police officer might have choked or otherwise injured another protestor and then denied the protestor medical treatment. Fire Department people were initially turned away from the scene by people who are police.
• 12-7 – Rawstory – Bank’s leaked email admits ‘Occupy’ movement ‘could impact our industry’- Yes, we can
• 12-7 – Fox News, Kansas – UMKC Student Says School Fired Him Over “Occupy” Support
• 12-6 – NY Times – Obama’s Speech in Kansas – An hour long address by Pres. Obama which hits on the 99% and the 1%, income and wealth inequalities, and other messages of the movement.
• The New Yorker on Occupy Wall Street Lengthy article on the origins and future of Occupy Wall Street.

Ohio & Cleveland:

• 12-5 – Havecoffeewillwrite.com – Occupy Ohio’s Landlocked Ports – In solidarity with the West Coast Port Blockade planned for next Monday, 12 December, Occupy Denver has called for a blockade of America’s landlocked ports: Walmart distribution centers, of which there are five in Ohio.
• 12-1 – Cleveland Plain Dealer – Income inequality on the rise in Northeast Ohio – Kudos to Dave Davis of the PD for writing about this topic.

Today & Tomorrow’s Events and WAGs

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…

Regular Events

• 6 PM GA Today & Tomorrow - Formal assembly at 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 (Tuesday’s) GA
• 7 PM Community Chat Today & Tomorrow – Informal assembly
• Wednesdays @ 8 PM – 10 PM – Community Drum Circle – Bring your drum to the NW Quadrant (“Tom Johnson Quadrant”) of Public Square Wednesdays at 8.
• 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.

Special Events

• Thurs., Dec. 8 @ 3:30 PM – Rally and march to Federal Building – starting from Public Square - this is in coordination with AFL-CIO
• Thurs., Dec. 8 @ 7-8:30 PM- Another conflict mediation teach-in led by Peter Wolmak with Heights Interfaith Council – This teach-in might be at Trinity; if not, at info tent after GA. It is focused on development needs of the #OccupyCleveland movement but is also open to the general public.

Today & Tomorrow’s WAGs

• Communication WAG * 1-3 PM Daily Check-ins – Facilitates communication with reps from each group–check in with John between 1-3 PM in Public Square–phone coming.
• Grievance Declaration WAG * Every Day at Info Tent, 4 PM
• Direct Action WAG * Every day after GA (7 PM Weekdays, 4 PM Weekends) * NOTE CHANGED TIME – Coordination of Direct Action communication and initiatives. Wed., Nov. 2 Mtg Notes.
• Occupation WAG * Tuesdays and Thursdays after 6 PM GA Coordination and research of physical occupation

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“I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. ”

- John Lennon (Thanks to the people at brainyquote.com for showing the quote by John Lennon.)

Please send poetry submissions to occupyclevelandpoetry (_at symbol_) gmail.com.

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GA Recap Links

Please post GA notes in the GA portion of this forum in written, not only video format: http://unju.st/forum. Otherwise, I cannot easily update this section.

Wednesday’s GA Notes (Dec. 7) (Video) | Tuesday’s GA Notes (Dec. 6) | Archived notes

To see the most up-to-date concensus items, please watch the videos above. (I cannot spend time today transcribing.)

Recent Concensus Items

• 12-7 CONCENSUS REACHED to rent space at 850 Euclid Ave.
• 12-1 CONCENSUS REACHED for 1 week trial of a 90% super majority modified consensus
• 12-1 CONCENSUS REACHED on creating declaration on website
• 11-29 CONCENSUS REACHED to form a subgroup from the Arts & Theater Group for stories, literature, artwork, etc.–can work with Digest and/or other projects (please send info to Digest at [email protected]).

Recent proposals

• 12-5 PROPOSAL in forums for making Frankfurt our sister city.
• 12-5 PROPOSAL in forums to rent office at 850 Euclid Avenue.
• 12-2 PROPOSAL on facebook – Mary Jane is bringing to GA 12-2: Housekeeping Wag needs GA approval to allow finance to reimburse me for the following:
  Past expenses: Mileage from tent to CGP (6 miles round trip) from 10-21 thru 11-20: 40 trips @.50 cents a mile = $120.00 with approval to pay weekly without returning to the GA.Rain gear, wool sweaters, winter jackets. ½ price day @ Salvation Army= $55.00

Cleveland City Council Passes Resolution in Support of Occupy Movement!

Because the Occupy movement is addressing the pressing concerns of all people, Cleveland City Council has passed this resolution to state that it supports the principles of our movement and the peaceful and lawful exercise of the First Amendment! The Council is transmitting copies of this resolution to President Barack Obama and all members of the U.S. Congress. The resolution passed 18 to 1!

Document | Council Discussion Video | Story on WOIO

Occupy Plain Dealer!

Jonathan and Neil (both frequently at info tent) have put out a call for articles for a new weekly newspaper, Occupy Plain Dealer! Please see them for more information.

Please Help People at the Info Tent

Seasons greetings from the Public Square Information Working Group (aka the tent trogs.) We are freezing our asses off and the powers that be believe that we dont have it in us to make it through the winter.

Here is a X-mas Wish list we put together this morning:

• M-L Carhartt Full body Suits
• Sub Zero Sleeping Bags (for meditation)
• Marine Batteries w/ charger
• New tent Phone (preferably a smart one)
• Internet Access (cheap laptop and hot spot)
• Snow Shovels
• Dog Beds (for Honey and Sweeny)
• Entertainment (board games, radio, bouncy balls, ect.)

These arent things we necessarily need but would probably make our Winter time Comfort Strike a bit more comfortable. We are always in need of more food and stuff to keep us warm. People who committing to doing laundry is also needed.

Occupy Cleveland Teach-in About Bearing Cold Weather: http://www.youtube.com/embed/m1lttV3kbX0?rel=0 (part 1) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkUWBaumyHI (part 2).

Bat Signal on MSNBC!

On the Maddow blog!

Bank Walk-away Project

We’re considering working on a project involving 44 foreclosed properties from which banks have walked away. Any addresses / ideas for properties can still be emailed to occupyclevelandpermanentbasecamp (_at symbol_) gmail.com

According to the article Northeast Ohio Plagued by 30,000 vacant homes awaiting demolition, “Former Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis said he believes the number of condemned homes and buildings in Northeast Ohio has ballooned to 30,000. Rokakis blamed foreclosures and irresponsible banks, investment firms and individuals who have walked away or ignored their distressed properties.”

Upcoming Events

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

• Thurs., Dec. 8 @ 3:30 PM – Rally and march to Federal Building – starting from Public Square - this is in coordination with AFL-CIO
• Thurs., Dec. 8 @ 7-8:30 PM- Another conflict mediation teach-in led by Peter Wolmak with Heights Interfaith Council – This teach-in might be at Trinity; if not, at info tent after GA. It is focused on development needs of the #OccupyCleveland movement but is also open to the general public.
• Sat., Dec. 10 @ 12 NOON - International Human Rights Day No Cuts! Rally and March - A coalition of community members and organizations (including #OccupyCleveland) are banding together to organize this event to stop the proposed cuts by the Super Committee. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130719423702177; forum discussion:http://unju.st/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=972
• Sat., Dec. 10 @ 2ish – March to support No Cuts Day
• Sat., Dec. 10 @ 3-5 PM – Egypt, Greece, #Occupy: How Revolutions Are Made - Public Meeting sponsored by Cleveland International Socialist Organization. 2592 W. 14th St., Cleveland, Pilgrm Congregational United Church of Christ. http://www.facebook.com/events/328800977136012/
• Sad., Dec. 11 @1:30-7 PM Comfort Workshop: Coffee, Tea, and Why We Occupy – The idea of this Workshop is to bring us all together to discuss Why we joined the Occupy Movement, and came together in Occupy Cleveland. This one is at My Friends Restaurant on Detroit Ave. (near 117th). http://www.facebook.com/events/306049899417336/
• Sun., Dec. 11 @ 2-5 & recuring every two weeks! Big Meeting at Trinity Cathedral
• Sun., Dec. 11 @ 5:30 – 9 PM Comfort Workshop: Coffee, Tea, and Why We Occupy – The idea of this Workshop is to bring us all together to discuss Why we joined the Occupy Movement, and came together in Occupy Cleveland. This is at Gypsy Bean on Detroit Ave. (Gordon Square District.) http://www.facebook.com/events/306049899417336/
• Mon., Dec. 12 @ NOON – Join Cleveland Jobs with Justice at 25101 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood OH as we stand in solidarity with the 50 employees of the Indiana Limestone Company, members of the Millworkers Local Union 8093 Carpenters Industrial Council, UBC who are on strike in Lawrence County Indiana.
• Mon., Dec. 12 West Coast Port Blockade
• DAYTON Sat., Jan 7 @ 10 PM -3 AM A Night of Dubstep Occupies Dayton – Concert in support of the Occupy movement – http://www.facebook.com/events/270260973010971/
• Sat., Dec. 17 – Three Month Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street! Activities are in the works!
• Sat., Jan. 14 @ 7 PM – 2:30 AM- Occupy Fundraiser at the Beachland Ballroom – Please contact Leatrice if would like to perform, speak or have raffle items for donation to a random raffle. Proceeds benefit Occupy Cleveland. $10 in advance $12 at the door.
• Sun., Jan. 22 @ 9:30-10:45 AM – The Occupy Movement: A Quiet Revolution? - First Unitarian Church, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, 44122. What effect is the Occupy Cleveland movement having in Northeast Ohio? Over 250 cities and 82 countries have participated worldwide. Income inequality, jobs and the growing influence of Wall street are major issues. Will this movement produce any lasting change? Moderator: Greg Coleridge, Director, Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee; Occupy Cleveland Panelists: Erin McCardle and Derek Dissell.

Events for next month and the future can now be found on the Events page of the Occupy Site (I now have the ability to update this page).

Workgroup/Affinity Group Meetings / WAGs*

WAGS are located in the northwest quadrant of Public Square by the Tom Johnson statue or in the white tent adjacent to the quadrant unless otherwise noted, and all are welcome to come and participate! Please send your meeting/WAG info to occupyclevelandstories (_at symbol_) gmail.com so that it can be listed here.

Working Groups and Contact Information Wiki

Grievance Declaration WAG * Every Day at Info Tent, 4 PM

Community Outreach WAG *
Next Mtg. Sat., Dec. 3 @ 1 PM * Alternating Saturdays and Sundays * PLEASE NOTE CHANGED MEETING VENUE Coordination with groups to help grow the movement. Meeting tentatively at Gypsy Bean and Baking Co. (6425 Detroit Avenue) to see about using their extra room for the meeting. Will update everyone as soon as I know.  11/20 meeting notes. Outreach email: occupyclevelandoutreach (_at symbol_) gmail.com.

Occupation WAG * Tuesdays and Thursdays after 6 PM GA Coordination and research of physical occupation

Tech WAG * Wednesdays 8 PM OccupyCLE.tech (_at symbol_) gmail.com, 216 200 6278

Thurs., Dec. 8 Evening Time TBA – Special Wag – Conference Call with Tech Group via Skype

Anyone interested in joining, please respond and approx time-frames your available; email [email protected].

Direct Action WAG * Every day after GA (7 PM Weekdays, 4 PM Weekends) * NOTE CHANGED TIME Coordination of Direct Action communication and initiatives. Wed., Nov. 2 Mtg Notes.

Communication WAG * 1-3 PM Daily Check-ins Facilitates communication with reps from each group–check in with John between 1-3 PM in Public Square–phone coming.

Foreclosure and Bank Action WAG – Video/Phone Conf * 8 PM Mondays Concerns ways to brainstorm to change the situation with banks such that banks are held accountable for foreclosure impact on community

Education WAG * Next Mtg. TBA Coordination of Education / Teach-ins / Scheduling. occupyclevelanded (_at symbol) gmail.com. Meeting Notes from 10/30 on Ed Forum (unju.st/forum)

Theater Subgroup of Arts and Culture WAG * Next Mtg. TBA *
Collaborative Theater Meeting This particular meeting pertains to theater event(s) and other creative actions. occupyclevelandtheater (_at symbol) gmail.com

First Aid/Housekeeping/Sanitation WAG * Next Mtg. TBA

Silent Demonstration and Public Art Affinity Group * Next Mtg. TBA

* WAG: Working/Affinity Group

Check the forums for more info on working groups. There are probably working group meetings that are happening that are not on the above list. Here are some known working groups: Outreach * Phone & Q&A * Arts & Culture * Spirituality * Food * Mission/Vision * Legal * Peacekeeping * Entertainment * First Aid * Sanitation * Nightwatch * Direct Action * Facilitators * Finance * Tech * Logistics * Transportation * Permanent Occupation Base

Current haves and needs

• Current physical needs are now posted on the Needs page as I now have access to this page
• Donations
• Respect, representation, tolerance, kindness, listening, family, friends, seriousness, joy, work, kindness, self-critique, community, patience, persistence, dialogue, peace, rationality, health, equality, empathy, civic support, solidarity, idealism, courage, dialogue, mentoring, participation, calmness, respect, compassion for one another, outreach, ethical banks, small business loans from banks, energy, focus, kindness, wholeness,global tribal ethic, fostering leadership in young adults, restoring reverence to older adults, community, focus, patience, lots of love, pride, humility, moving forward, reaching out.

Other Links

• OCCUPY CLEVELAND T-shirts

Recurring Info

Weekday Schedule: Today’s Special Events;  6-7 PM GA; 7 PM Community Chat; 8-10 PM Entertainment; 10 PM-2 AM Night Shift #1; 2-6 AM Night Shift #2; Upcoming Events; Stuff happens continuously in the NW Quadrant of Public Square 24/7

Weekend Schedule: 3PM GA (General Assembly); 8-10 PM Entertainment; 10 PM-2 AM Night Shift #1; 2-6 AM Night Shift #2; Today’s Events; Upcoming Events; Stuff happens continuously in the NW Quadrant of Public Square 24/7.

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

Wiki: http://wiki.occupycleveland.com

YouTube list of OccupyCleveland tagged videos: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=occupy+cleveland&search_sort=video_date_uploaded

Call for Information

Dear Readers/Occupiers:

People who are planning events and work groups–please email these events to occupyclevelandstories (_at symbol_) gmail.com so I can post them rather than having dig and dig every morning through the forums and multiple facebook pages to find these items. It is taking between one to three hours to do this Digest every morning, so emailing info to me will help me get this out more quickly.

Please continue to post GA notes daily in the forum “General Assembly” here: http://unju.st/forum/. It is vital to post these notes for the larger Occupy community so that we know what items are being consented to and what events are consensus events. Thank you to those who have been posting notes!

Peace,

The Temporary Editor

What Would You Like to See?

Please mail letters to the editor, story ideas, meeting times, articles, etc. to occupyclevelandstories (_at symbol_) gmail.com. Also, the Daily Digest is having a working group meeting Sunday, 10/30 at noon in the Tom Johnson (NW) quadrant of Public Square. If not right in the quadrant, please check the white tent west of the square.

Call for Poetry/Creative Writing/Art Submissions – we’re looking for poetry seeds from the larger poetry community, again, a great outreach action. We’re putting together an Occupy Cleveland poetry zine and I’d like to feature some creative items in the Daily Digest as well. Please send submissions to occupyclevelandpoetry (_at symbol_) gmail.com.

Thank you to all people who are making information available!

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