Town Hall Notes: Creating Actions (filled with Energy)
[These are notes from one of the break out groups at the January 9th, 2012 Occupy Sonoma County Town Hall meeting in Sebastopol. You are welcome to reply publicly or contact a group representative by emailing the contact listing below rather than Reply Privately. Thanks! -Barry]
TOPIC: CREATING ACTIONS (filled with energy)
Occupy Town Hall, January 9, 2011
Use humor, vitality, bright colors, songs, dance
Civil Disobedience gets more media attention than just picketing or protest
Colorful vital actions get more media attention.
Flash Mob
Street Theatre
Role Play
Freeze
Music
Holding up signs or banners at surprising places (at a dance, for example)
Local actions
At malls, farmer's markets,central points, unexpected and unusual places
Some slogans we like: Bail out students. Forgive student loans
Tents are speech
Bank on Main Street, not on Wall Street
We won't give our lives to corporate control
US MillionairesDon't be slackers, pay your taxes
Bumper stickers on 3 sides of garbage cans
COMMUNICATION IS VITAL:
how to network
email lists
resource lists to take home
facebook, twitter, phone tree
Teach-in at a mall (not at the Peace Center) in conjunction with action
Recognize character qualities which have been lost: compassion, integrity
Factual handouts to be used at banks, events, actions or by themselves.
Contact: [email protected]
Re: Town Hall Notes: Creating Actions (filled with Energy)
Wish I could have attended and would have definitely been in on this break-out group! I sent an email to the submitter of this post so I can get involved with adding more colorful, fun artisitc elements into various actions, as well as organizing a much-needed fundraiser dance party! Please see your inbox, Wonderful one! And please email me . [email protected]
Maggi from OSR Web Media Working Group
