Forum on Occupy Wall Street- Dec. 22- Huntington
Occupying Wall Street:
Where are we & where do we go from here?
A dialogue and strategy discussion with representatives from:
MoveOn, Suffolk Peace Network, Jobs With Justice, Occupy, & the Progressive Coalition
with brief video comments from Chris Hedges & Naomi Klein.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
7-9pm
In the Auditorium of the Huntington Public Library
338 Main Street, Huntington, NY
(1/2 block east of Woodbury Road)
Free Admission
These forums are sponsored by the Research and Education Project of Long Island
This will be the 99th in LIPC’s monthly
“Patriot Games” series of videos and discussions.
For further info, and to RSVP, call (516) 541-1006 x10
Black Friday at the Smith Haven Mall
Share your experiences!
Here’s what media coverage has been found so far:
Independent Political Report Article
News 12 Articles:
top stories News 12 (has video)
I shall wear red — November 17th — National Day of Action
In reply to the Occupy Wall Street Call to Action:
We all wear a red armband or ribbon or yarn around the arm (the Arab Spring used green). This way we can identify each other quickly.
- on Long Island in Levittown there will be a gathering: http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=124113
- heading to Foley Square from Long Island:
- if you are planning to drive in, there are people willing to carpool, please check in on the Occupy Long Island Facebook page
- please gather at a coordinated site if you are offering a carpool seat or if you are willing to pay for someone else’s train ticket
main train stations posted on the FB are: Sayville, Babylon, Ronkonkoma, Farmingdale, Stony Brook, Oyster Bay, Roslyn, Hicksville
Please post your time and the # of seats as a comment on this post &/or on the FB page - a group is heading to NYC with arrival, via the Babylon branch, at 8:30a train
- Bus leaving from 91 N Franklin in Hempstead at 2 PM.
Bus is free and the rally starts at 430 Pm.
Please contact Brian Young (byoungATnycommunitiesDOTorg) if you would like a spot saved. - meet at the Huntington train station
Huntington station for the three o’clock to Penn (gets in at 4:12).
Hope you can join us there or meet the larger group at Penn by 4 and at Foley Squ. at 5
how to talk to a ‘non-believer’
First, before any converstion begins know your own deeper needs and to identify and clearly articulate what those needs are to yourself before you try to communicate them with others. As one proceeds in a conversation with a person whose opinions differs from one’s own it is important to remember one’s personal responsibility for one’s actions and it is one’s own choice we how one responds to others.
Second, remeber you are talking with a person whose opinions deserve respect. Try to contribute to relationships/conversations based in cooperation and collaboration. When the focus is on clarifying what is being observed, felt, needed, and wanted, rather than on diagnosing, judging, or conversion we foster respect, attentiveness and empathy.
Second, keep ‘principles over personalities’ in mind; focus on “I” statements. Everyone will have their own supportable information/facts, keep the focus on the principle of the conversation not the details. Remember, people are talking not news feeds.
Third, try using Non-Violent Communication skills:
- Differentiating observation from evaluation, being able to carefully observe what is happening free of evaluation, and to specify behaviors and conditions that are affecting us
- Differentiating feeling from thinking, being able to identify and express internal feeling states in a way that does not imply judgment, criticism, or blame/punishment
- Connecting with the universal human needs/values (e.g. sustenance, trust, understanding) in us that are being met or not met in relation to what is happening and how we are feeling
- Requesting what we would like in a way that clearly and specifically states what we do want (rather than what we don’t want), and that is truly a request and not a demand (i.e. attempting to motivate, however subtly, out of fear, guilt, shame, obligation, etc. rather than out of willingness and compassionate giving)
Posters, Placards, Signs
WHAT DO YOURS READ?
in a red circle with a red line through it: Corporations over Citizens
Corporations are not people
People are People
the 1% think about the 1%
the 99% think about the 100%
We all Matter
WE HAVE CLEAR GOALS:
• Create Jobs through Public Works
• Citizens over Corporations
• Diplomacy focused Foreign relations
• Elections without corporate caveats
• Eliminate Corporate Personhood
• Term Limits for Congress
• Transparent Government
WE ARE THE 99%
this revolution is personal
Those who make
PEACEFUL REVOLUTION
impossible
will make
violent revolution
INEVITABLE
– John F. Kennedy
We hold these TRUTHS to be self-evident. . .
to SECURE these RIGHTS. . .
whenever GOVERNMENT [is] DESTRUCTIVE. . .
it is the RIGHT of the PEOPLE to ALTER. . . it,
& to INSTITUTE new Government. . .to EFFECT. . .
SAFETY & HAPPINESS
— US Declaration of Independence
layoffs after bailout
& before CEO salary & benefit cuts
is wrong
strategic planning
for the entire populous
The seed of revolution is repression
-Woodrow Wilson
Tyranny and oppression
came to this land
in the guise of the
PATRIOT Act and tax loopholes.
Be as awake as you can be
& stay that way.
Stay awake & aware!
-Hebrew traditional
First the 1% came for the communists
I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.
Then the 1% came for the unionists
I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a unionist.
Then the 1% came for the homeowners
I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a homeowner.
Now the 1% comes for the 99%
and everyone here is speaking out.
a play on the old security warning system of red, orange, yellow, blue green:
ECONOMIC SECURITY SYSTEM
(red) TODAY
(orange) Yesterday
(yellow) long, long ago
(blue) good ‘ole days
(green) communal living
those who stand against progress
often end up on the wrong side of history
Hello Long Island!
Welcome to Occupy Long Island!
The income of the richest 1% in the U.S. soared 275 % from 1979 to 2007
but
the middle class grew by just 40%
but
the bottom 20% grew by just 18%.
Not really a surprise as CEO-level salaries and bonuses rise and taxes on the same 1% of the US continue to decrease.
During that same time the cost rose for:
- Health Care 150%
- Housing 56%
- Education 43%
information from the Congressional Budget Office via ABCNews
Not really a surprise as CEO-level salaries and bonuses rise and taxes on the same 1% of the US continue to decrease.
According to the 6 O’clock ABCNews broadcast on October 26th 94% of Americans do not feel they can get ahead.
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press with their question of:
From what you’ve read and heard, do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose…the Occupy Wall Street Movement? Only 39% support the movement.
THIS IS REALLY a SURPRISE since CEO-level salaries and bonuses rise and taxes on the same 1% of the US continue to decrease.
Let us inspire the difference of 55% to support this progress movement!
Here we hope to gather all of the Occupy solidarity groups throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.
All Long Islanders are welcome!
Occupy Long Island 