[OccupyCU] Occupied - OWS Updates for the Week of April 25

Wed Apr 25 15:04:11 UTC 2012

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* Guess what's just a week away? May Day! Join an unprecedented coalition
of workers, immigrants, and occupiers of all kinds to step, for one day,
out of work, school, stores and homes and into the struggle against an
inhuman system. See you in the streets!*

*Ready to help now? Occupy Wall Street's Direct Action working groups could
use materials and
funds<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44983&qid=112876>to
help make May Day 2012 a historic day of protest and celebration.
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*An action meeting will also take place Thursday April 26 at 6pm to discuss
the week of action Beyond May
1st<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44984&qid=112876>,
and stay tuned for special edition May Day messages from us in the days
ahead!*

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*Occupy these Upcoming Events*

*Wednesday, April 25, 11am
ACT UP and OCCUPY! 25th Anniversary
Action<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44985&qid=112876>
City Hall (Broadway and Murray St)
ACT UP is calling for a small tax (0.05%) on Wall Street transactions and
speculative trades in order to raise the money needed to end the global
AIDS epidemic and provide universal healthcare in the US.

 Wednesday, April 25, 12pm
The Exorcism of Student Loan
Debt<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44986&qid=112876>
Brooklyn College Quad, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn
Reverend Billy Talen, Rebel Diaz, and Occupy Wall Street's own Capoiera
troupe will be performing while an ‘exorcism’ on student loan debt takes
place on the steps of Boylan Hall.

 Wednesday, April 25th, 4pm
1T Day National Day of Action Against Student
Debt<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44987&qid=112876>
Union Square
On April 25th the total amount of student loan debt in the U.S. is due to
top 1 trillion dollars. This marks a momentous victory for Wall Street, and
the Occupy Student Debt Campaign has organized a national day of protest in
response. Join us as we march to Wall Street to help the banksters
celebrate their achievement.

 Wednesday, April 25th, 630pm
May Day Coordinating Spokes
Council<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44988&qid=112876>
Amalgamated Textile Workers, 33 W. 14th Street
The May Day logistical and outreach clusters meet in a spokescouncil format
to report back on their efforts. Afterwards, we discuss the proposals
brought forth in the spokescouncil in a discussion open to all.

 Thursday, April 26, 1pm
Direct Action Trainings<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44989&qid=112876>
Union Square on the north side, & Washington Square at the center fountain
Two introductory Direct Action: 101 trainings will be held concurrently in
both Union Square and Washington Square, concluding with a practice march
leaving from both locations and converging.

 Thursday, April 26, 4pm
People’s Assembly: Speak Out on Wall
Street<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44990&qid=112876>
Federal Hall, Wall Street side steps
We began a literal occupation of Wall Street on April 9th, which the 1%’s
police proxies have brazenly attempted to suppress. The People’s Assembly
goes to the true source of the suppression, Wall Street, and aims to
reclaim our right to peacefully assemble at the birthplace of the Bill of
Rights.

 Thursday, April 26, 6pm
Occupy the Panel for Educational
Policy<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44991&qid=112876>
Prospect Heights HS, 883 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Learn how we can help build a movement of parents, teachers, and students
to stop school closings and win democratic control of our schools. Stand in
solidarity with the teachers, students, and parents of the 26 “turnaround
schools.”

 Thursday, April 26, 8pm
Occupy Your Mind - The American
Spring<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44992&qid=112876>
Choir Loft, Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square Park South
Join us for an evening of live performances based on interviews with the
Occupy Movement featuring members of The Civilians Ensemble, members of the
Judson Memorial Church community and members of the Arts Diaspora NYC.

 Friday, April 27th, 2pm
Weekly Wall Street
Marches<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44993&qid=112876>:
Final Spring Training Day!
Liberty Square
For six consecutive weeks, we’ve trained in street tactics, learned to
creatively move and communicate together, built a community of trust, and
rung the People's Gong as a call to action. Join us for the final Spring
Training Day!

 Saturday, April 28, 12pm
Occupy Town Square General Strike Special
Edition<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44994&qid=112876>
Bryant Park to Union Square
Join us first at 12pm in Bryant Park, where we will parade through mid-
town to get word out about the General Strike. From 2pm onwards at Union
Square we will prepare for the big day with many trainings, teach-ins and
skill shares. The Town Square is a wonderful and empowering opportunity for
new activists to prepare with those more experienced, before we in our
thousands take to the streets together in protest.

 Saturday, April 28, 2pm
Weekly Occupy Wall Street
Orientations<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44995&qid=112876>
The Gandhi statue in the southwest corner of Union Square
Learn more about how to get involved with Occupy. Can’t make it? Email
Tascha and the rest of the crew at orientation at nycga.net for more
information.

 Saturday, April 28, 3pm
Speak out Against Police
Violence<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44996&qid=112876>
Bodega, 168th & Fulton Ave, Bronx NY
This Saturday Take Back the Bronx and the South Bronx community will be
speaking out against the ongoing police harassment that has been recurring
in the neighborhood where 19-year-old Jateik Reed was recently beaten. Join
us for this open-mic / speakout.

 Sunday, April 29, 530pm
Radical Economics
101<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44997&qid=112876>
Union Square, Southside steps
Occupy University and the OWS Alternative Banking working group have
sponsored a discussion with Suresh Naidu and Maliha Safri from the Center
for Popular Economics who will answer questions about the economy,
inequality in the US and around the world, and more.

 Sunday, April 29, 7pm
May Day Action Spokescouncil<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44998&qid=112876>
Middle Collegiate Church, 50 E 7th Street
Join us for the final coordination meeting between the various actions that
our organizations, working groups, affinity groups, et cetera are planning.
Please attend with your fellow organizers, or send a delegate!

 Monday, April 30, 6pm
Direct Action Trainings<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44989&qid=112876>
Organization of Staff Analysts, 220 E 23rd St. 7th Floor
Monday evening make up session! Missed the DA trainings last week? Get
stoked with DA 101 the night before May Day!

 Tuesday, May 1
A Day Without the 99%: May Day
2012<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=44999&qid=112876>

Click here for the full May Day
schedule<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=45000&qid=112876>.
Text “@maydayaction” to 23559 for day-of text updates on ongoing events.*

   - *8am: "pop-up occupation" at Bryant Park with free food, art,
   speak-outs, and legal support. Bryant Park will also be the hub for "99
   Pickets," a series of protests targeting sites of corporate power
   throughout Midtown Manhattan.*
   - *2pm: OWS will march from Bryant Park to Union Square.*
   - *4pm: Rally with our allies in organized labor and the immigrant
   rights movement. The rally will include performances by artists including
   Dan Deacon, Tom Morello, and the New York Labor Chorus.*
   - *5:30pm: we will march with the coalition to Wall Street in a show of
   solidarity against the 1%.  *

 *If you would like to be added to the announcement and / or discussion
listserv, or have any questions in general, please contact mayday at nycga.net.
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*This week’s featured Occu-Projects*

*Why I Strike Tumblr<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=45001&qid=112876>

The May Day general strike has clearly struck a chord with all of us, and
http://whyistrike.tumblr.com/<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=45001&qid=112876>helps
us share why we are so passionte about removing our consent from the
illegitimate economic and political institutions that run our lives.

 Occupy Did What?
Tumblr<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=45002&qid=112876>

There is so much going on every day in OWS that it’s sometimes difficult to
keep track of our victories.
http://occupydidwhat.tumblr.com/<http://ows.occupy.li/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=45002&qid=112876>is
a powerful way to take stock in the concrete results that we have
accomplished.*

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get
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important information, sign up for the ComHub SMS blasts by texting @owscom
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