The People’s Movement Assembly Sat. Oct. 29 2011
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
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The Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace is holding it’s second People’s Movement Assembly on October 29 from 8:00 until 5:00 at the Olympia Center (222 Columbia St NW). This year’s event will create a space for local social justice groups and interested individuals to network, share insights, and plan together for future actions. Following an introductory panel, there will be three blocks of 90 min. facilitated workshops, as listed below. Each workshop will begin with a 10 min. presentation by a local group or individual who has been active in the topic to be discussed. Following this, workshop participants will be able to introduce themselves and then spend the remainder of the time discussing their experiences, thoughts, ideas, interests, and goals. A strong effort will be made to create room for as broad of a range of input as possible. Notes will be taken to be shared with folks who could not attend. In general, we hope that the PMA will allow incoming students, new community members, and established Olympia residents to meet and strengthen the social justice movements in Olympia and elsewhere. Food Not Bombs will be preparing lunch, the Olympia Really Really Free Market will be in full swing (bring household items to give away), all of the leftist organizations, collectives, and autonomous individuals we can get will be tabling, and children will have their own space created by the Olympia Childcare Collective. We hope to see ya’ll there!
B) 1:00-2:25pm Second Set of Workshops
1. Political Prisoners and Immigration
Adam Carpinelli (NW Jericho), Kaitlyn Lucus and Jamie Alwine (Bridges Not Walls)
2. Low Income People and Students Organizing for a Fair Budget
POWER, Monica Peabody
3. Our Broken Electoral System
Janet Jordan
4. War Resistance Inside and Outside of the Military
IVAW
5. Latin America and the Global South
Kelsey Weller, Rick Fellows
6. Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions: Palestinian Solidarity in Olympia
TESC Divest
C) 2:35-3:50pm Third Set of Workshops:
1. Radical State Budget Reform and the Occupation Movement
Dana Walker, Marylea Coday, CIVIL, OCFB
2. Alternative Local Media
Deb Vinsel of TCTV, Brendan Funtek
3. Challenging Corporate Personhood
Molly Gibbs
4. Creating a Washington State Bank
Zahid Chaudhry
5. Bring Our Billions Home Campaign
Glen Anderson
6. Economic Alternatives: The Time Bank, the Really Really Free Market, and Beyond Capitalism
Ann Chaudhry, Lee Durfey and Peter Bohmer
3:55-4:30pm “Wrap Up” Discussion on the PMA and the Occupation Movement
(Share your thoughts on a comment card or speak to the group. These and other discussions will hopefully continue at Heritage Park. )
Lee Durfey, Facilitator
4:30-5:00pm Clean Up
5:00pm Solidarity March to Occupy Olympia @ Heritage Park
