This page is for all S17 resources - the things we need to make the weekend awesome for everyone! It's a table of contents which lays out all the Resources we've collected for Outreach Materials, packets to create your own Solidarity Actions and all the work that needs to get done between now and S15.
[edit] Navigating through our sites and the wiki
September 17th NYC has two sites:
- Our outward facing site is where the world goes to learn about our plans for S17. Send your friends!
- Our Hub on InterOccupy is where we organize our planning process across the country. We have meeting notes and announcements there as well as events; many of these feed automatically into the outward facing site.
- There are also several Facebook events. This one has a pretty short link: http://is.gd/s17ows
Our [Registration Form] is the thing to send people who want to join in the fun for S17. It gets their contact info so we can send them updates, find out what they want to do and so on.
You can also sign up for our text loop by texting '@S17nyc' to 235-59 for great info on the weekend of S17 while we have a number of Email Lists where we communicate about planning.
Solidarity Actions are one of the best things about Occupy days of action. No matter where you are, you can participate in our community activism. But we need your help: please tell us about actions happening in your area.
Our Volunteer Roles page describes the various areas of responsibility that teams are working on. Come join us!
Our Classifieds page has a list of things that needs doing- join a street team for flyering around town before S17, come make food with the Kitchen folks or sign up to manage the sign making table for the weekend convergence!
[edit] How the heck do I use the Wiki?
First of all, create an account on wiki.occupy.net. (You'll be glad you have one! A lot of thought went into this site by our friends at Occupy Tech/Tech-Ops and it ROCKS!)
Next, start making and editing stuff! It can be a bit intimidating at first to get the hang of the conventions for editing wikis, but never fear! After about 10 minutes learning the ropes, you'll be off to the races! For instructions on how to create, edit, and track changes on wiki pages see these useful help pages:
Then, talk to your friends about revising stuff! There are lots of tools available to us for tracking and discussing changes to the wiki. For starters, you can:
- Leave a signature and timestamp at any point by typing this: "~~~~" which, for the user "Gweezy" (me) will look like this: Gweezy 21:58, 17 July 2012 (CEST))
- Create a Watchlist of sections that you want to be notificatied about when edits are made to them
- Use your watchlist to track changes to that section
- Use the discussion page for this article to discuss edits with your co-authors
[edit] Resources for Convergence on NYC
Don't see your town listed here? Get the conversation going, and email support@s17nyc.org to let us know what you're planning!
[edit] Driving to NYC?
Let us know if you'd be willing to help us with transport of food, banners, puppets, or other things! We can always use more wheels.
Parking in Manhattan is a pretty bad idea. It's expensive and hard to find anyway. Parking in Brooklyn or near to PATH stations in New Jersey is probably a better bet. You can take the subway or the PATH into lower Manhattan.
Info on PATH
Our general intake form is where you can submit your housing needs. We will follow up with you based on the form submission.
OWS' Community Agreement is required reading for anyone coming here seeking shared housing. It is available in both English and Spanish.
[edit] Resources for arranging your own housing
NYC Shelters
Couchsurfing
Airbnb
Be Welcome
Occupy Classifieds-Housing
Host an Occupier
Camping at Floyd Bennett Field State Park in NYC (limited number of highly sought-after sites, please reserve ASAP)
[edit] Outreach and Materials
[edit] Outreach Materials: everything supporters need to know for the S17 events
All the stuff you'll need to:
- spread the word about what's happening in NYC
- adapt existing materials for actions happening in your local area
- participate in online actions
Printable fliers and source files for doing street outreach
Black and White Print Material
Color/B&W LMNOP all roads poster
[edit] Solidarity Actions: Ideas & Strategies
Use this page to find resources to help you plan a local solidarity action. Link to Submit Solidarity Action
If you cannot make it to NYC, connect with a local group at: http://directory.occupy.net/
[edit] Environment
- Monsanto Natural Society has awarded Monsanto the Worst Company of 2011 award for its ongoing work to threaten human health and the environment. Currently responsible for 90 percent of all genetically-modified (GM) seed in the US, the biotechnology giant is also the leader in developing genetically-modified (GM) seeds and the resulting crops worldwide. But Monsanto is perhaps best known for its herbicide Roundup, which many experts link to soil damage and herbicide-resistant superweeds, not to mention potential health problems. Monsanto has occupied our farms and dinner plates for long enough, now its time to take them back! Occupy Honolulu and the Occupy Monsanto network are working with the Organic Consumers Association and Millions Against Monsanto to organize protests and direct action at Monsanto facilities during the September 17th Global Week of Action Against Monsanto. For more information about the Global Week of Action Against Monsanto visit Occupy-monsanto.com or Smallplanet.org.
- Defend our green spaces! State Governments across the country are allowing the development of our public reserves and open spaces. Multi-million dollar public funded contracts are being dished out to developers for expensive unnecessary projects, which are often given over to special interest groups or go into private hands. Planning laws and procedures are being changed to give the government increased powers to do whatever they like with our public land. The short term profits of developers seems to trump public opinion, public well being, the health of our environment, and the negative cost to future generations. {{{{{{{{ defend our rights to quality green, treed opens spaces and natural areas. http://humanbein.org/]]]]]]]
- Anti-Fracking The gas industry is poisoning our air and water and hijacking our so-called democracy. They say they are bringing economic opportunity but all we see is exploitation. Stand up and resist corporate power - organize your own anti-fracking solidarity action! For more information on the dangers of fracking and resources to take action, check out the e-toolkit from the folks at Protecting Our Waters. You can also see where other anti-fracking actions are taking place and add your own on their action center map. One such action is Occupy the Pipeline in NYC which is focused on speaking out against the Spectra pipeline. Spectra Energy, a Texas based gas company intends to build a Fracked Gas pipeline into NYC, which would put thousands of people at risk of death by explosion or exposure to cancer causing radioactive Radon Gas. Occupy the Pipeline intends to stop it's construction.
Sane Energy Project downloadable flyers: informational handouts
[edit] Economics
- Move Money The Move Your Money project is a campaign that aims to empower individuals and institutions to divest from the nation's largest Wall Street banks and move to a community bank or credit union. These local institutions are the main sources of small business lending and provide for stable economies and increased job growth. Last year the nation’s six biggest banks spent more than $23 million on lobbyists. It paid off. Congress voted NOT to enact a cap on bank size and break up the big banks. When our government won’t work for us, we need to take matters into our own hands. Move your money to stop supporting the big banks and take a step to end Too Big To Fail. For more information about the Move Your Money project and additional resources visit moveyourmoneyproject.org. You can also check out the Move Your Money Action Toolkit from the AFSC for additional ideas and information.
- F** The Banks The Big Banks are a disaster for the 99%. They are a failing financial machine that gambles with our homes, subverts our democracy, and turns public money into private profits for the 1%. Across the country, millions of people face foreclosure or have already lost their homes; budget cuts mean that public housing assistance is becoming less available. Foreclosure may mean homelessness for many but for the banks foreclosure is profitable. Enough! It’s time to turn the tables...it's time for us to foreclose on them! Occupy Denver is planning a S17 Foreclosure Dance Party at Wells Fargo in solidarity with OWS on S17. Information related to foreclosing on banks can be found here: fthebanks.org/materials. Although the materials they provide are specific to Bank of America, they can be adapted to any one of major banking institutions.
- Debt There are many types of debt: sovereign, municipal, consumer, education, medical, housing, etc. The ways in which people are affect by debt are also numerous and include cuts in services, cuts in wages, exclusion from (low interest) credit, missed opportunities to avoid being in debt, etc. Debt is personal for many people, but above all it is deeply structural. Only some of us are debtors, but we can all be debt resistors. Strike Debt -a coalition of people from across the social justice movement and Occupy Wall Street, including Free University, Occupy Student Debt Campaign, Direct Action, Occupy University and Occupy Theory- will be holding a Debt Burn on Monday S17 in New York City. In a gesture echoing the draft card burnings of the 1960's, folks will be burning symbols of debt to express their refusal to be conscripted into a life of exploitative work and empty consumerism.
[edit] Government
- Occupy Your State Capitol The progress of this movement can be traced back to occupations across the country and the globe who are focusing are creating change in their local communities. Wall street may be the 'belly of the beast' but that same corporate greed can be found at the steps of your local City Hall or State Capital building. Occupy Your State Capital is an online community group that is calling on occupations to stand in solidarity with OWS and occupy state capitols on S17. For more details, visit: Occupy Your State Capital Facebook Event Page Meet in front of your local City Hall or State Capitol building and hold teach-ins, trainings, or other community building activities; march, protest, or speak-out...and take the Occupations to the Government!
- Money Out of Politics One of the most popular 99% Movement and Occupy Wall Street issues is getting money out of politics. In a country where the candidate who spends the most money on their campaign wins the election 94% of the time, it is blatantly obvious that our electoral process is dominated by the richest global financial interests. By saturating the campaign finance and lobbying system with an endless supply of cash, Wall Street has rigged the political and economic system against hard working Americans. In unprecedented fashion, they have consolidated wealth into the hands of one-tenth of one percent of the population, at the expense and suffering of the American people. To organize a solidarity action focused on getting getting money out of politics, check out the Root strikers Study guide & Tool kit
- Citizens United v. Citizens United is one of the many actions OWS has scheduled for the weekend leading up to Monday- S17. This event is intended to display, publicly and massively, the public opposition to the corruption of free speech allowed in the present political atmosphere. This corrupting influence comes from the ever-increasing ability to spend unlimited amounts of money with ever-shrinking accountability, stemming from the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court ruling which defines money as “free speech” but does not account for the dampening influence such spending would have on actual expressions of free speech or the influence such expenditures might have on policymakers. It is intended as a mass convergence of Occupy Wall Street, its allies and associates, and the general public under a simple statement – “stand up and be counted” – to present a show of support for our democratic principles while opposing the trivialization of an individual’s vote in the face of unrestrained election spending. For more information about this event please click on this link: citizens united against citizens united.
- Robin Hood Tax This tax on the financial sector purportedly has the power to raise hundreds of billions every year to provide funding for jobs to kickstart the economy and get America back on its feet. It could help save the social safety net in the US and around the world. For more information about the 'Robin Hood Tax' check out robinhoodtax.org. Outreach materials for the Robin Hood Tax can be found here: Robin Hood Tax Campaign: Spreading the Word. For action ideas & resources go to robinhoodtax.ca, scroll down to the bottom and download the toolkit.
[edit] Social
- Queer/LGBTIQA2Z issues are economic issues Discrimination is legal in most states against LGBT people in: housing, credit, employment, marriage, health care, education etc. There are no federal non-discrimination laws that include "sexual orientation and gender identity." Social biases and discrimination persist, affecting virtually every area of life and economic security. To organize an action in support for LGBTIQA non-discrimination laws, click on this link Queer/LGBTIQA2Z issues are economic issues. Info fliers for outreach:1/4 page hand out
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Citizens Arrest From Code Pink Citizen's Arrest: A simple how-to guide. This guide focuses on staging a citizen's arrest of war criminals but it can be adapted to alternative targets. Prior to organizing a citizens arrest it is important to know the rules of when and where you can do it. In the United States a citizen's arrest is a state statute, so it changes from state to state, with North Carolina being the only state where you cannot make a citizen's arrest. To find out the rules of your state, search the US Government's database of laws for citizen's arrest and the state you are in.
- Occupy Tape One of the obstacles for organizing any direct action is visibility- how to get your message across in a clear and direct way to as many people as possible. Using Occupy Tape is one way to increase visibility. Many occupations across the country have used this tape on banks, ATMS, foreclosed homes, etc. To see pictures of where this tape has been used, check out the Action Pics page on OccupyTape.org.
- Occupy Accomplishment Wall
- Mass Potluck Picnic What if we all fed each other? Housed each other? Clothed each other? Worked together to satisfy our needs, not to make someone else rich? Why not? Occupy Reno will be! On September 17th, in solidarity with OWS, Occupy Reno will be holding an an anniversary potluck picnic. This is a great way to regroup and recharge and it is easy for any local occupation to organize as a solidarity event. For the Mass Potluck Picnic they asked local activists and supporters to bring food to share, donated items to swap, and skills, passions and ideas to start building a better world for all. This is a great way to regroup and recharge and it is easy for any local occupation to organize as a solidarity event.
- Narrated 'All Streets lead to Wall Street' Walk One of the several solidarity actions Occupy Merced has planned for S17 is a narrated walk through their local downtown area showing how all streets lead to Wall Street. The narrated walk will highlight the negative roles the major banks play in both our economy and local communities. Occupy Merced plans on targeting Bank of America specifically since they are responsible for 80% of the foreclosures in Merced county.
[edit] General Tactics
- Beautiful Trouble is both a website and a book project developed by veteran activists from well known organizations such as the Ruckus Society, Code Pink, Waging Non-Violence and the Yes Lab. Beautiful Trouble's web toolkit "...consists of short, interrelated modules – creative tactics, action design principles, case studies, and theoretical frameworks – that together comprise an accessible matrix of best practices and ideas in creative campaigning." In the Tactics section of the toolkit there is a list of specific forms of creative action, such as Distributed Actions, Guerrilla Projections, and Human Banners. Each module defines the specific action, gives an example of when the action was used, lists the key themes at work, and identifies potential pitfalls. The tactic section of Beautiful Trouble's toolkit is an invaluable resource for those looking to create their own solidarity action for S17.
[edit] Useful resources
[edit] Download Media
[edit] Make Media
You can upload your creations to these sites:
This page was created for S17 it should be developed and expanded to inform about all online actions one might be able to take
This is a kit with everything someone will need for doing online promotion
[edit] Media Kit - A radical kit for organizers and supporters
[edit] Useful resources
[edit] Download Media
[edit] Make Media
You can upload your creations to these sites:
| Town |
Description |
Contact |
| Nationwide |
National rideshare coordinating tool |
OccupyWallSt.org |
| Boston, MA |
New England Regional hub |
arieloboston@gmail.com |
| Buffalo, NY |
Shared vans |
? |
| Charlotte, NC (DNC) |
Shared bus |
? |
| Harrisburg, PA |
Carpool |
Facebook Event Page |
| Los Angeles, CA |
California Regional hub |
Daniel Wayne Lee [via S17 Support] |
| North-West US (Seattle, Yakima, Tri-Cities, Olympia, Portland, Spokane) |
Shared Bus |
Facebook Event Page |
| Phoenix, AZ |
Carpool |
Facebook Event Page |
| Tampa, FL (RNC) |
Shared bus |
Billy Livsey |
| Philadelphia, PA |
Rideshares |
Iwanka Kultschyckyj |
