THE

OCCUPY WALL STREET

PROJECT LIST
A MONTHLY GUIDE TO ONGOING OCCUPY ACTIONS
AND ACTIVITIES AROUND NEW YORK CITY
ISSUE 2 APRILMAY 2012

ART AND THE COMMONS within our creative communities through face-to- HELP NEEDED:
face interactions, trust, and communication. We especially invite input from people
http://artsandculture.nycga.net/ HELP NEEDED: outside of our area to contribute ideas or
network/thematic/art-commons Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). comments to our website or via email.
PARTNERS: PARTNERS:
- antonio@muserna.org OWS Arts and Labor, SolidarityNYC, Hans Eisler Nail OWS Corporations are not People
- mariabyck@gmail.com Salon Worker Center, Arts and Labor Alternative and Money is not Speech
- owsartsandlabor@gmail.com Economies is part of the Commons Coalition:
http://makingworlds.wikispaces.
IMPORTANT DATES: com/Commons+Coalition DAP FACTORY
Workshop with Maria Byck as part of 'Wall
Street to Main Street: Bringing the Message http://lmnopi.blogspot.com
Home' on Sunday April 22nd 1-3pm, Catskill COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OWS
Community Center, 344 Main Street, Catskill. ORAL HISTORY PROJECT - artist.proof@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:
Learning from the idea of 'the commons', a system - Charis Shafer: ces2173@columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:
for management and protection of shared resources, - Senait Tesfai: senait.tesfai@gmail.com Direct Action Painters (DAP) have contributed artwork
Art & The Commons is facilitating workshops around in the form of iconic posters (RISE UP), banners, logos
ways that art and culture can take on this model, IMPORTANT DATES: and prints since September. We are faced with the
or a combination of other alternative models. The Our dates are set up with individual difficult challenge of having a large demand for our
group is made up of autonomous artists within interviewees on a rolling basis. work without any funding or workspace in which to
OWS with the support from other OWS arts groups. DESCRIPTION: create. Our craft is not traditionally suited to nomadic
Currently we are meeting to formulate and expand This project will seek to investigate the aspects of the pursuits as paint is heavy and what we seek with
these workshops in various communities. People who Occupy Wall Street movement through oral histories all of our fervor is a WORK SPACE that we can call
are interested in this topic or related topics should interviews. It will seek to study the movement our own. Our Production for the movement would
contact us or attend an Arts and Labor, or Arts and broadly defined and will be focused in its interviews grow exponentially if we simply had a home base.
Labor Alternative Economies Group meeting. on those who were involved in the movement in Second to this is our need for material support. Third
HELP NEEDED: New York or elsewhere, either physically or ideally. is a need for a banner crew to take responsibility
Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). At the heart of this inquiry is an investigation of for the banners being carried in the marches. We
PARTNERS: the personal motivations of all of these individuals regretfully have to turn many people away who are
OWS Arts and Culture, OWS Education and and their connection to the issues raised by the requesting our expert banner making skills due to
empowerment, OWS Arts and Labor, Arts Occupy movement. The approach to this will be lack of work space and funding for art supplies.
and Labor Alternative Economies (subgroup), through oral history using the life history method. We are in high demand, yet we cannot supply this
Occupy Museums, The Commons Coalition, HELP NEEDED: demand without outside support. We currently are in
OWS Think Tank, Occupy Queens Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). print production for a 1000 poster run for May Day.
PARTNERS: HELP NEEDED:
OWS Archives, Columbia Center for Oral History We presently work out of a tiny 80sq ft studio and
ARTS AND LABOR ALTERNATIVE need at least a 600 sq ft work space with 24/7
ECONOMIES access and windows where we could create an
CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE overall aesthetic for the movement beyond printed
http://artsandlabor.org/alternative-economies AND MONEY IS NOT SPEECH poster signs. We need paint, canvas, spray paint,
Mylar, spray adhesive, paper, rope, grommits. We
- ows-arts-and-labor@googlegroups.com http://nycga.net/groups/restore-democracy need a team of people eager to learn wheat paste
- owsartsandlabor@gmail.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYCRDWG techniques for our May Day Poster Series and help
http://bit.ly/vK2pGI form a Banner Team for Marches and Actions.
IMPORTANT DATES: If you are in a non profit registered with Access
April 14th, 2012: FEAST #13 Support Arts - benoah@optonline.net to Materials for the Arts, please contact us!
and Labor Alt Economies proposal - ows@ecohearth.com Donate at:
Late Spring/Summer: Teach-ins on Precarity, http://wepay.com/donations/occupy-street-walls
Labor and City Space and Art Makers' Coops IMPORTANT DATES: PARTNERS:
Summer: Alt Economy film series Wednesdays at 60 Wall Street Atrium 5:30-7:30pm. DAP, Occupy Town Square, OWS Direct
DESCRIPTION: DESCRIPTION: Action, OWS Silkscreen Guild, People's Puppet
The Alternative Economies subgroup of OWS Arts Our project is developing and implementing a voting Guild, OWS Arts and Culture, Plus Brigades,
and Labor explores new methods of sustaining the bloc to create voter support for candidates throughout OWS Bike Coalition, the People's Library, the
livelihood of artists, art-workers, and other low- the country. We want to vote for candidates who Illuminator, OccuCopy, OccuPrint, Tweetb
income populations. We view the concept of labor pledge to support a Constitutional Amendment that
through the lenses of time, choice, and value, and includes: Overturning the 2010 Citizens United
we research the ways that ideas like the commons, Supreme Court decision which enabled the flood of DISRUPT DIRTY POWER
solidarity economies, precarious worker centers, secret money that is drowning our political system,
and participatory budgeting can nurture more overturning the 1976 Buckley Supreme Court decision http://disruptdirtypower.org
sustainable art worlds. Believing that vibrant which equates money and speech, eradicates the http://wagingnonviolence.org/2012/03/finally
creative communities come from the bottom up, corporate personhood rights invented in the courts http://occupiedmedia.us/2012/03/
we encourage relationships based on mutual aid that have enabled corporations to buy our democracy, disrupting-dirty-power
rather than competition, and advocate for cultural and supports campaign finance reform to level the http://huffingtonpost.com/shepherd-bliss/
institutions rooted in a framework of social, economic, playing field for all candidates. The People For the occupy-earth_1_b_1371231.html
and environmental justice. The A&L Alternative American Way found 74% of Americans want to vote http://thenation.com/article/166759/
Economies sub-group meets once a month, usually for candidates who support an amendment. Koch occupy-climate-change
as a potluck, to discuss upcoming initiatives. Many and the tea party and ALEC have the money and
of our activities are centered on finding ways to the government and they use them. We have the - Will Jesse: wj2300@gmail.com
build better, more sustainable support systems people - and the vote and we must use them. - Rebecca Manski: rebeccaction@gmail.com

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 Women Occupying Wall Street (WOW) in HD professional quality from anywhere in the
IMPORTANT DATES: world by combining multiple modems into one
The Disrupt Dirty Power campaign launched upload stream. The units require 3-5 data cards
Saturday, March 24th, and will carry through Earth GA/FACILITATION REMOTE per device from Verizon, ATT, T-mobile, and Clear.
Day on April 22nd with one month of sustained CONTROL SYSTEM This averages approximately $400/mo for 60 hours
nationwide direct actions against dirty power. of HD broadcasting monthly (15 hours per card in
DESCRIPTION: http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Wireless_ HDTV). We have had one unit operating in Media/
We want to shine a light on the deep and dirty Clicker_Voting_Systems Livestream here in NY at the channel livestream.
connections between Big Banks, Big Fossil Fuels com/owshdtv and have recently secured another 4
and the legislation they buy off with their profits, - Matthew Lepacek: matt@nycga.net units. We propose to distribute the 5 Teradek Bonded
which allow them to continue unrestrained in Video Streaming Devices with pre-paid data card
their destruction of the planet. We need OWS to DESCRIPTION: subscriptions to occupations that are in need. These
take on fossil fuel interests and the banks that Weve been given a demo of 50 wireless handheld bonds will stream both to their own channel, as well
support them head on. We see climate and the voting keypads from replysystems.com. Were as to our mixing studios at our new data center in
environment as a central cause of Occupy and demonstrating this technology actively in NYC. These downtown Manhattan. From there, we will remix and
want to elevate the discourse to reclaim the Earth keypads (USA assembled & owned company) are stream these high quality HD streams to the public
from those who are currently destroying it. $17.50/ea for no-LCD, and $40/ea with LCD and full & the media. We will develop a event schedule and
PARTNERS: sms text. We have identical systems from Chinese share/ship these units between trusted occupiers
99forEarth is an OWS affinity group, manufacturers from $8 for no-LCD keypads and $13 within occupations as to ensure maximum coverage
responsible for launching Disrupt Dirty Power. for LCD with full sms texting capability. We have the of events. Teradek.com has donated nearly 40,000
It has teamed up with OWS Outreach, PR, opportunity to customize this solution to our needs if worth of equipment already because they believe
Environmental Solidarity and others. it is purchased. It currently (today) supports: Raise in this vision. However, we can not use it until
hand (stack list building), consensus checks, and we obtain the necessary data cards and plans.
temperature checks. Our short term objective is to HELP NEEDED:
DOCTORS FOR THE 99% evaluate various existing hardware/software platforms Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
for purchase. Our long term objective is to develop PARTNERS:
http://doctorsforthe99.org (coming soon) our own open-source solution using smartphones. OWS Tech Ops
Facebook: Doctors for the 99% (coming soon) We will continue to operate workshops to gather
Twitter: @doctorsforthe99, @D499 (coming soon) feedback from the general public and working groups
to help formulate Tech Ops recommendation. HEALTHCARE FOR THE 99%
- amit@doctorsforthe99.org HELP NEEDED:
- nori@doctorsforthe99.org Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). http://owshealthcare.wordpress.com
- magni@doctorsforthe99.org PARTNERS: http://nycga.net/groups/healthcare-for-all
OWS Tech Ops http://facebook.com/OWShealthcare
Please email ALL addresses listed above with http://youtube.com/HealthcareForThe99
ANY email communications, thank you. http://flickr.com/photos/owshealthcare
GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS/ Twitter: @HealthcareFor99
IMPORTANT DATES: END CORPORATE PERSONHOOD
May Day is a key time-point by which our organization - owshealthcare@gmail.com
should approach full operational capacity. http://tinyurl.com/corprip - healthcare@nycga.net
DESCRIPTION: http://groups.google.com/group/ - (646) 926-4499
We are a group of physicians from the Bronx launching endcorporatepersonhoodnyc
a national campaign to rally support for the OWS http://nycga.net/groups/political- IMPORTANT DATES:
movement among physicians. We are creating a and-electoral-reform We meet every Sunday at 4pm.
network of activist physicians, under the banner of http://facebook.com/groups/ecpnyc Check our website for the location and to find
Doctors for the 99%, to thrust the themes of OWS Twitter: @ows_personhood out about ongoing projects and events:
into our medical communities and to re-invigorate http://owshealthcare.wordpress.com/
our advocacy roots within our professional ethos. We - endcorporatepersonhoodnyc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:
intend to build up our base before the day of Direct Healthcare for the 99% is an Occupy Wall Street
Action. We are utilizing most major social media IMPORTANT DATES: Working Group for those who believe that healthcare
platforms in conjunction with a web platform to Meetings: Wednesdays, 7-9pm, in is a human right, not a luxury for those who can
facilitate communication, and are seeking professional the Atrium @ 60 Wall St. afford it. Dismantling Wall Streets stranglehold
expertise in marketing, public relations, web DESCRIPTION: on our economic and political system can begin
development and programming for our current phase. After getting our Resolution to End Corporate by liberating healthcare. We organize street
HELP NEEDED: Personhood consented to by the NYCGA and helping to theater, guerilla outreach, photo statements,
Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). get the NY City Council to introduce and pass its own teach-ins, speak-outs, community assemblies, and
We would love professional expertise in marketing, resolution calling for a Constitutional Amendment, marches. We amplify the voices of patients and
public relations, web development and programming! we look next to the State Legislature to pass one workers in support of health justice at all levels.
PARTNERS: as well, laying the groundwork for ratification. We HELP NEEDED:
Doctors for the 99%, OWS Healthcare for the also organized two Citizens United anniversary Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
99%, we hope to coordinate with AMSA. actions in January (Occupy the Courts and Occupy PARTNERS:
the Corporations) and have since expanded our OWS Medical Support, Doctors for the 99%, OWS
focus to include other ways we can Get Money Out Disability Caucus, OWS Direct Action, OWS Outreach,
FEMINIST GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Politics. We've embarked on a campaign to bring ACT UP NY, American Medical Student Association,
Public Campaign Financing to NY State and hope to Coalition for a New Village Hospital, Coalition of
http://nycga.net/groups/wow work on Lobbying Reform as well, highlighting our Concerned Medical Professionals, Commission on
http://facebook.com/WOWSNYC multi-pronged approach to education and activation the Publics Health System, Committee of Interns
Twitter: @wowsnyc on this deeply rooted issue. Please join us! and Residents, Disabled in Action, First Unitarian,
PARTNERS: Congregational Society (Brooklyn), Hands Off St
- wowsnyc@gmail.com We are a subgroup of OWS Politics and Electoral Vincents, Health GAP, Healthcare-NOW! NYC, Metro
Reform and work with Move to Amend, Public Health Care for All, Montefiore Social Medicine,
IMPORTANT DATES: Citizen, Big Apple Coffee Party, Green Party, National Nurses United, New York Lawyers for the
The first Feminist General Assembly will Move On and Citizen Action NY among others. Public Interest, Physicians for a National Health
be held on May 17th! Location TBD. Program-NY Metro, Save Our Safety Net Campaign
DESCRIPTION:
The Feminist General Assembly (Fem GA) will be a HDTV LIVESTREAM
space for building strong networks and promoting INDIGNACIN
collaboration amongst feminist groups across NYC and http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/HDTV_Livestream
nearby areas. Our goal is to encourage individuals, http://indig-nacion.org
organizations, and community groups to work - Matthew Lepacek: matt@nycga.net http://facebook.com/pages/INDIGnacion
together in promoting feminist values by coordinating Twitter: @INDIG_NACION
and supporting each other in various organizing IMPORTANT DATES:
projects. The intent is for the Fem GA to be held on Media Dump Locations will be open a minimum - editores@indig-nacion.org
a periodic basis to foster ongoing cooperation. If you of 2 days per week and on the street media dump
are interested in feminist issues please email the teams will be present at all important actions. IMPORTANT DATES:
Women Occupying Wall Street Caucus (WOW) at: DESCRIPTION: Our website is up and running, and our first
wowsnyc@gmail.com We have negotiated a donation of 5 Teradek High print edition will be out in time for May 1st!
to get involved in the Fem GA initiative! Definition Bond units from Teradek.com for free DESCRIPTION:
PARTNERS: ($37,500 value). These units allow us to broadcast Indig-Nacin is the first Spanish language newspaper

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of OWS, and we aim to be an instrument that mobilizes government to label food products containing building commons-oriented alternatives to become
and builds bridges between Latino occupiers, GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) so we can part of Occupy and the Commons Coalition.
grassroots organizations and those yet to enter the make educated decisions about what we eat. The HELP NEEDED:
conversation. Although a wide spectrum of Latinos government has ignored our requests and so we Our meetings take place on Saturdays
have participated within the Occupy movements, are taking matters into our own hands. The LIY web at various spaces in NYC. Please write
the media discussion in Spanish regarding Occupy site offers information on the dangers of GMOs as us and join the conversation!
is underwhelming at best. We believe its essential well as templates for labels that can be downloaded PARTNERS:
for diverse voices in Spanish to intervene in the and printed. Using LIYs resources, we encourage OWS Empowerment and Education, OWS Arts
public conversation by sharing their personal people to: autonomously label GMOs and empower and Culture, OWS Arts and Labor (Alternative
stories and connecting Latin American history and others to do so, rescue words like All Natural and Economies), Occupy Queens, OWS Think Tank,
experiences of struggle to our current situation. Natural Flavors from being hijacked, expose unfair OWS Eco Cluster (Sustainability, Environmental
HELP NEEDED: labor practices. We have a right to know what is Solidarity, Occupy Earth Summit, Food Justice,
Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). in our food and where it is coming from. If there is Occupy Farms), OWS Alternative Banking, Occupy
PARTNERS: nothing to hide then why hide it? Label It Yourself! Eugene House-Free Commons Project, School of
OWSenEspaol, Occupied Media, HELP NEEDED: Commoning, The Future of Occupy, On The Commons,
Occupied Wall Street Journal Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). City Top Level Domain, Solidarity NYC, Beyond
PARTNERS: Oil NYC, Union for Radical Political Economics,
OWS Food Justice The Humanist Party, Worker's Justice Project
INFLATABLE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

http://kickstarter.com/projects/200334196/ LIBERATION SUMMER MAY DAY ARTS: A CALL TO CREATE!

inflatable-general-assembly
http://liberationsummer.org http://call2create.org
- Greta Hansen: gretamhansen@gmail.com http://facebook.com/pages/OWS-May-
- Adam Koogler: adam.koogler@gmail.com - ethanbuckner@gmail.com Day-Arts/337564782941251
- Andy Rauchut: arauchut@gmail.com - banaabera@gmail.com
- Kyung Jae Kim: kj.kyungjaekim@gmail.com - maxliboiron@gmail.com
IMPORTANT DATES: - may1arts@gmail.com
IMPORTANT DATES: Sundays at 1pm location TBA. Please e-mail - aaron.bornstein@gmail.com
We will be building our 1/5 scale prototypes in and RSVP and ask the organizers.
April and our full-scale prototype in May 2012. DESCRIPTION: IMPORTANT DATES:
DESCRIPTION: We are inviting you to participate in a meeting to In anticipation of May 1st, 2012.
Now spring is here, and we are ready to build a giant, envision and plan Liberation Summer, an emerging DESCRIPTION:
inflatable pavilion to house the General Assembly. project to mobilize thousands nationwide between On May 1st, 2012, the creative community will take
Inflatable G.A. is a 2,000 square foot inflatable dome June and August 2012 to train, organize, and deepen to the streets, reimagining the world through public
for the General Assembly and other meetings and resistance to criminalization and mass incarceration. art, music, performance, and spectacle, celebrating
gatherings inside and outside OWS. We are working Since February 2012, a diverse group of organizers the beginning of a summer unlike the world has ever
on an inflatable tent for public gathering as well out of Occupy Wall Street have been developing seen. Every person in New York should encounter art
as collective use of public space in general. We a framework for Liberation Summer. We seek to on May 1st in the open, uncurated, public "gallery"
believe that the energy that spurred the occupation highlight the systematic ways in which people of of the City. We want you to join us. If you create art--
of Zuccotti Park has not dissipated. This is a project color and immigrants are criminalized in our society any kind of art-- or you have resources to support
to help to re-incite that energy and enliven public and deepen and connect movements of resistance artists, please fill out the call to create at call2create.
space and test its boundaries. We will create an that have been organizing for years around broad org. We are not simply asking artists to donate
iconic (and dry!) space where occupiers can discuss issues of criminalization, including immigrant rights, their time, energy and materials. We are looking to
ideas. It will be lightweight and mobile, and as the mass incarceration, police brutality, injustice in support artists by helping them with materials, sites,
movement evolves and relocates the Inflatable GA will education, housing, employment, and health. volunteers, and documentation. If you are able to help
travel with the protests. This is the final piece of a The current framework for Liberation Summer with the effort to make May Day arts a reciprocal
three-part project which can be viewed at 123occupy. includes a series of trainings nationwide, hosted at or action, please fill out the form at call2create.org.
com. We are so far an independent affinity group near sites of criminalization (i.e. prisons, detention HELP NEEDED:
called 123occupy composed of four architects. centers, schools, etc.), culminating in collective Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
HELP NEEDED: action throughout the summer leading into the fall. PARTNERS:
Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). HELP NEEDED: Artists and OWS arts groups involved in the Arts
PARTNERS: Funding Assembly (Occupy Museums, Arts and Labor, Occupy
123occupy, previously part of OWS PARTNERS: with Art, Revolutionary Games, Puppet Guild, etc),
Architecture, OWS Town Planning OWS POC, OWS Outreach, Direct Action Movement to the Awareness Experiment, Independent artists
End the New Jim Crow, Riverside Church, Angela Davis

INTEROCCUPY.ORG MEDIA ARCHIVE

MAKING WORLDS - A
http://interoccupy.org COMMONS COALITION http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Media_Archive

- info@interoccupy.org http://makingworlds.wikispaces.com - Matthew Lepacek: matt@nycga.net

- Dan Rassi: dan@nycga.net
DESCRIPTION: - makingworldsows@gmail.com
Interoccupy provides channels of communication - Luis: morenocaballud@yahoo.es IMPORTANT DATES:
between occupations. We have a three pronged - Ina: inabeing@bestweb.net Media Dump Locations will be open a minimum
approach. We host conference calls for conversation - Vicente: vrubiopu@gmail.com of 2 days per week and on the street media dump
and coordination between occupations. We teams will be present at all important actions.
host a contact list for any active member of the IMPORTANT DATES: DESCRIPTION:
occupy movement. Folks can join the interoccupy May Day, City wide assembly April 14th, Pop- The media archive is both a logistical and technical
team by attending an orientation conference up occupation on April 22nd, Conversation solution to the large amount of multimedia (video/
call every other Tuesday night at 9 PM EST. with La Union at Sunset park TBA. photo/other) captured at OWS that today remains
PARTNERS: DESCRIPTION: unseen and/or unused. The goal of this project is to
OWS Movement Building, Maestro Conference Call Making Worlds: a Commons Coalition brings projects increase our video output productivity by establishing
working to reclaim the commons to the fore of the this central repository of media that can be shared
Occupy movement. Commons are resources that are by the community at large, edited, and distributed to
LABEL IT YOURSELF neither private nor state-owned like air, water and the world. The archive resides on high performance
soil, the internet and human culture. We need to servers owned by the NYCGA and accessed through
http://labelityourself.org safeguard these and protect them from the private a very fast Internet provider. Authors of content may
http://labelityourself.tumblr.com market. Making Worlds grows out of an understanding upload their videos directly online as well as physically
http://facebook.com/labelityourself that Occupy is itself a form of commons, a process in hand off video files in their raw form on the street
which everyone can participate, an open movement during actions and bi-weekly at media dump locations
- labelityourself@gmail.com that belongs to no one and to everyone. Through designated. Media in the archive is organized and
- info@labelityourself.org holding conversations in communities around the tagged by the author, as well as the community so
city among organizations, activists and others, we that it is easily searchable. All media is backed up
DESCRIPTION: aim to create links between the Occupy movement, at multiple locations in its raw form, and re-encoded
The Label It Yourself (#LIY) is a decentralized, the Commons movement, activist organizations and into multiple formats and parts, and uploaded to
autonomous grassroots campaign born out of our people who may not consider themselves activists. YouTube (with authors permission & full credit given).
broken food system. We have been asking our We invite individuals and organizations interested in HELP NEEDED:

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The NYCGA has paid for the server equipment DESCRIPTION:
and hard drives through a January OWS Tech Ops - thenorthstar.info@gmail.com This is a request for a massive showing from members
budget proposal. Our current hosting costs are $250/ of the Occupy Movement to participate in the 27th
mo which for we would like to find funding. We DESCRIPTION: Annual AIDS Walk New York to take place in New
also seek kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). Daily, weekly, monthly round-ups, reports, Yorks Central Park. The day will begin by signing in
PARTNERS: reflections, and analysis written by and for occupiers. at 8:00 A.M., with the walk to kick-off at 10:00 A.M.
OWS Tech Ops Correspondents include people not only in OWS For anyone who wishes to assist on this initiative
but Occupy LA, Portland, Newark, and Harvard. please contact us. Pre-register for the @OWS Team
Partners: OWS Class War Camp (#9339) is done at aidswalknewyork2012.kintera.
MOVIMIENTO ALLIES UNITE!: CALL org/ows. A Fundraising Workshop will take place
TO FORM A NEW WORKING GROUP on, Tuesday, April 17th, 6:30 - 8 p.m.. To attend
OCCUCOPY contact Joseph Sellman and leave a message.
- insolidaritywithmovimiento@gmail.com HELP NEEDED:
- ows.solidarity.movimiento@gmail.com http://occucopy.org Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
http://facebook.com/occucopy PARTNERS:
IMPORTANT DATES: http://twitter.com/occucopy OWS Outreach, OWS POC, OWS Direct Action, OWS
First orientation meeting to be held on Wednesday Fund Hub, OWS The Peoples Library, OWS Health
April 18th at 7 p.m. Location TBD. Please save the date - info@occucopy.org Care for the 99%, OWS Disability Culture, GMHC
and email us if you would like to attend the meeting.
DESCRIPTION: DESCRIPTION:
We're a group of OWS participants who believe that We are a workers cooperative that was created THE OCCUPY BANK
our movement is intrinsically linked & beholden to out of the Alternative Economies Working Group
current and historical grassroots movements led by in October of people who had never met before http://nycga.net/groups/alternative-banking/docs/
the oppressed for systemic social change. We believe Occupy Wall Street. Our missions include low-cost http://groups.google.com/group/occupybank
in working in solidarity with all oppressed groups and sustainable production of movement agitation
of the 99% to support them in their struggles to and outreach, eventual living wages for worker- - chcreinhardt@gmail.com
achieve justice & liberation for all & to topple the owners in a horizontal workplace, and the creation
1%. For these reasons, and others, we wish TO PUT of a seed fund to help start up other workers IMPORTANT DATES:
SOLIDARITY INTO PRACTICE and form a new working cooperatives with similar aims created within or The Occupy Bank WG meets on Wednesdays at 7pm
group to offer concrete support to our comrades, outside of Occupy Wall Street. We are housed on in different locations in lower Manhattan. Contact
Movement for Justice in El Barrio. Movement is an the second floor of the Brooklyn Commons at 388 us for location or teleconferencing details.
NYC-based community organization of predominantly Atlantic Ave. We need your help to succeed! DESCRIPTION:
women, immigrants, and people of color from E. HELP NEEDED: The Alternative Banking WG of Occupy Wall Street
Harlem that fights against neoliberalism, gentrification The best way you can help is to bring us jobs was established with an announcement to General
and all forms of injustice. Movement has been active with working groups, social movements, Assembly in Zuccotti Park back in October 2011.
as an OWS affinity group since the beginning. They community organizations, unions, small After a couple of meetings it became clear that
have visited Liberty Plaza on many occasions and businesses, artists, musicians or others! the group should split into two, one to explore the
have organized large gatherings with hundreds of PARTNERS: establishment of a new bank, the other to examine
members of OWS Working Groups. Like us, they The newly forming OWS Cooperatives Network, which possible legislative and other reform of the banking
practice horizontalism and autonomism. They fight includes occupiers from OWS Tech Ops, the OWS system. The new bank group has been meeting
outside/against the political system and capitalism. Kitchen, the Screenprinters Guild, OWS Outreach, weekly since its establishment. It renamed itself
PARTNERS: and an affinity group near you! Working World, Urban the Occupy Bank WG in early 2012. It comprises
Individual members of different OWS Working Justice, End Stop & Frisk, the Brooklyn Commons a diverse group of people, including several Wall
Groups, Movement for Justice in El Barrio Street professionals and other financial experts. It
continues to work towards its goal of establishing a
OCCUPALOOZA/OCCUPICNIC new bank that will embody the principles of Occupy
NEIGHBORSQUAD equality, transparency, democracy. We will have
- maura404@gmail.com a press release and fully-functional website soon.
http://neighborsquad.tv/ PARTNERS:
(launching in May - placeholder IMPORTANT DATES: OWS Alternative Banking, OWS OccupytheSEC, and
site now up with mission) August 18th finance and legal professionals from all over the world.
See who we are at: http://LoudFeed.TV DESCRIPTION:
Occupalooza! Occupicnic! will be an all day
- DrRonSuarez@loudfeed.tv Information Expo with music, spoken word, OCCUPY CARAVAN
- MargareteKoenen@loudfeed.tv conceptual art, large puppet shows, food, etc. This
event is tentatively scheduled to be held on the http://OccupyCaravan.com
IMPORTANT DATES: Great Lawn and surrounding area in Central Park http://facebook.com/pages/Occupy-
We are launching in May, 2012. Check for details at: on Saturday, August, 18 2012. We have applied for Caravan/307692495949585
http://neighborsquad.tv a permit with the NYC Parks Dept. But if we are
DESCRIPTION: refused we will invite our friends and families to join - info@occupycaravan.com
NeighborSquad is about connecting neighbors us for an OCCU picnic. All Day and After Dark, Occupy
with services to attack the digital divide wirelessly: Central Park! This event is an opportunity to bring the DESCRIPTION:
If 100,000 New Yorkers cancelled their cable TV movement back into focus, and to reach out to people Endorsed across the country and starting in Los
service, then over $6 million that normally leaves and introduce them to OWS in a fun and creative way. Angeles, The Occupy Caravan will be traveling
neighborhoods every month could be put to work Featuring 6 major themes of the movement, Occupy east for 8 days, stopping in 16 cities, circling City
growing local commerce. NYC is ripe for change Peace, Occupy Knowledge, Occupy Food, Occupy the Halls and growing in mass before we reach Occupy
with well over 50 TV broadcast channels and Environment, Occupy Corporate Integrity and Occupy Wall Street for a full day of celebration then on
shared wi-fi access spots. Technical problem? Dial the Constitution. We strive to be non-threatening, to Washington DC!! Free rides east! Enjoy a civil
NeighborSquad and text messages will find the family friendly, educational and fun. We are going to rights vacation with friends! Fun for a cause! With
closest neighborhood member service people, the GA to try for consensus to form a Occupalooza/ the closure of camps nationwide, maintaining high
who can walk over to help you with TV issues and Occupicnic Working Group. This will help us to better visibility is a crucial challenge -- which is why we need
Internet education. For teens this is a 21st Century coordinate activities of all the participating groups. BIG participation in this mobile spring action, a civil
paper route. NeighborSquad: disruptive technology PARTNERS: rights action for everyone! Reclaim our democracy
that lowers the GDP by taking revenue from cable OWS Music Group, OWS Sustainability, from a corporate controlled government of the 1%
companies, but builds a model of sustainable growth OWS Arts and Culture by driving the Occupy message of economic justice
through increasing local service commerce among from the Heartland to the seats of power! One
neighbors. Annie Escobar of listeninpictures.com is love One people One tiny planet One future!
also talking with Ron about creating "story telling for OCCUPY AIDS WALK NEW YORK TEAM HELP NEEDED:
social change" videos to help launch NeighborSquad. Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
HELP NEEDED: http://aidswalknewyork2012.kintera.org/ows PARTNERS:
Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). OWS Outreach and Occupy Hartford
PARTNERS: - nanoutreach@gmail.com
NeighborSquad OWS Affinity Group, - Joseph Sellman: (646) 302-8959 / (347) 450-1068
LoudFeed.TV, listeninpictures.com OCCUPY CIRCUS AND FILM FESTIVAL
IMPORTANT DATES:
Sunday, May 20th, 2012, the 27th Annual AIDS http://facebook.com/OccupyCircus
THE NORTH STAR Walk New York will take place in New York's Central
Park. Registration starts at 8:30 A.M. and walk will - irrev@mac.com
http://thenorthstar.info start at 10:00 A.M. Enter at 59th St. and 5th Ave. - erikcito@yahoo.com

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 Funding, Drupal developers and community curators
IMPORTANT DATES: are needed to help evolve the project towards
May 16th through June 5th - Occupy Circus including groups and expanding its feature set. OCCUPY.NET
and Film Festival Midwest Tour. PARTNERS:
DESCRIPTION: OWS Tech Ops, OWS FGA, OWS Occupy Data http://occupy.net
The Occupy Circus and Film Festival is a raucous
touring show spreading the joy of democracy and - tech@occupy.net
connecting communities in this country's ever OCCUPY MAINSTREAM MEDIA Contact form on tech.occupy.net
evolving fight for economic and social justice. (AKA AD HOC ADVERTISING)
Mesmerizing performances and music will be DESCRIPTION:
followed by a selection of short OWS films and http://groups.google.com/group/ Occupy.net provides people with software tools that
the feature length protest comedy WE ARE THE mrg-ad-hoc-advertising align with the values of the #occupy movement.
HARTMANS, starring Richard Chamberlain. It's All of the tools offered through Occupy.net are
a show, it's an action, it's an Occupation! - jpsbeer@gmail.com free / libre / open source, which means they're
HELP NEEDED: part of the global information commons and are
Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). IMPORTANT DATES: maintained by communities, not corporations.
PARTNERS: Preliminary research done by May 1st, 2012, Creative HELP NEEDED:
Occupy Cinema, OWS Revolutionary Games, positioning brief drafted by June 1st, 2012. If you'd like to help provide a complete
Occupy By Design, Reverend Billy & The DESCRIPTION: set of FLO tools to this project.
Church of Stop Shopping, Times Up & The We use conventional media to reach the non- PARTNERS:
Cardboard Cops, Handsome Man Band tech savvy demographic and build broader OWS Tech Ops, a distributed team of designers,
membership to strengthen the OWS core developers and technologists maintain these
and increase its ability to effect action and tools so activists don't have to compromise
OCCUPY DEMOCRACY redress grievances. Our methods include: their values when they use the internet.
PROJECT - VOTING BLOC 1) Research a 3-pronged approach used by
communications agencies a) media audit and
http://occupydemocracyproject.org report. b) survey published data/polls. c) original OCCUPY NEWS
research. Define characteristics of the non-techno
- democracymatt@gmail.com savvy, develop impactful messages, select media http://facebook.com/pages/Occupy-
- ilanalandecker@gmail.com with highest concentrations of sympathetic, non-tech Storefront/272828812770607
savvy audience. 2) Creative Strategy develop a
IMPORTANT DATES: creative positioning brief to guide artists, copywriters, - OccupyStorefront@gmail.com
We will be distributing information and collecting videographers to focus their energies and strengthen - Jeff Block: (631)427-4200
signatures for the voting bloc at various OWS messaging. 3) Media Planning determine - Teri Scofield: (631)591-1945
upcoming events and occupy town squares. best possible mix of traditional media to use and
DESCRIPTION: allocate media $ strategically to meet defined goals. PO BOX 1168 Ronkonkoma,
We are working to build a voting bloc to get money out 4) Messaging Production produce media-ready NY 11779
of politics. A voting bloc is a list of voters who sign up tools for publication and/or broadcast. 5) Media
to be notified, at election time, of which candidates Placement broadcast/publish messages according IMPORTANT DATES:
support the key issues that are important to them, to a strategic Media Plan. 6) Feedback create Woodbury channel 115, Sundays 7pm. Hauppauge/
in this case Clean Elections and a Constitutional research tools which can help measure the effects Brookhaven channel 20, Thursdays 9:30 am. Riverhead
Amendment to get money out of politics. This list of our efforts and refocus resources as necessary. program schedule TBD, Weekly meetings: Sundays
is then used to wield political pressure against HELP NEEDED: at 5pm at the Cafe in Whole Foods in Lake Grove.
our representatives, showing them that there is a Our project seeks funding, as well as, people DESCRIPTION:
vast number of active voters who will not stand for to help with our initial research in the form of Occupy News is a news program airing on
anything but progress. Unlike a petition, a voting reading and analyzing articles written about Cablevision's Long Island public access TV network
bloc bolsters voter turnout and puts pressure where Occupy in the mainstream media from Sept 2011 for Woodbury, Hauppauge/Brookhaven, and Riverhead.
it counts. A voting bloc is a key tactic to repopulate up to the present. We will also need artists. The program covers news and events from the
the government with representatives who support PARTNERS: international to the local. We are creating this
an end to legal bribery because voters vote at each Occupy Long Island, members from NYCGA working program to override the 1%ers who "control the media
level of government, a voting bloc is cumulative groups from OWS and other Occupies, Loudsauce and use it to misinform and manipulate the public"
and scalable. That is, a voting bloc built to wield (Declaration of the Occupation of New York City). This
influence at the municipal level can be used to is a project of Occupy Storefront, whose mission is to
exert influence at the state and national levels. OCCUPY MUSEUMS recruit, educate, train, cultivate, mentor and mobilize
HELP NEEDED: a cadre of citizen activists by providing a brick and
Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). http://occupymuseums.org mortar centrally located storefront easily accessible
PARTNERS: by public transportation available to all Occupy
OWS Political Action and Impact, OWS - occupymuseums@gmail.com groups across Long Island and those sympathetic to
Corporations are not People and Money is not the principles of solidarity for the purpose of teach
Speech. Occupy Albany Money Out of Politics and IMPORTANT DATES: ins meeting dispersing information, making signs and
Political Strategy, Occupy Democracy Project We meet every Monday evening at 60 Wall Street, posters, and all other occupy related activities.
6pm. Details of our actions are available online at: HELP NEEDED:
http://OccupyMuseums.org We are looking for volunteer camera operators,
OCCUPY DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION: musicians, personalities, news sources, people
Occupy Museums is a direct action group working to interested in speaking out on stories to help produce
http://directory.occupy.net liberate art and creativity from the control of the 1%. the show and raise funds for the monthly rent
Our actions in and around arts institutions throughout and insurance of our location! We look forward
- directory@occupy.net New York City have called attention to the excesses to collaborating with working and affinity groups
and abuses of the 1%. We fight for economic justice by from the NYC metro area! Help us build the
DESCRIPTION: putting pressure on non-profit institutions (like MoMA movement in Long Island and everywhere else.
The Occupation Directory is a public listing of all and the Whitney Museum) to support sustainable PARTNERS:
known Occupation sites built by and for the #Occupy labor practices. We are also experimenting with Occupy Storefront, an affinity group of Occupy Long
movement. All our data is FREE and PUBLIC in a alternative forms of exchange that help to create more Island, Hunger Action Network is our fiscal sponsor.
variety of formats, offering a service layer upon equitable processes both within cultural institutions
which other apps can be built. The directory and throughout society. As part of our practice, we
was instantiated with data from our partners at have repeatedly worked with the Teamsters Local OCCUPY OUR STORIES
occupytogether, wealloccupy, the Guardian, and many 814 who represent the 43 Art Handlers who have
others. Surveying the landscape, we saw there were been locked out of Sothebys Art Auction House. Our http://occupyourstories.com
many overlapping, spreadsheet-based, directory upcoming residencies at the Living Theatre, Berlin http://facebook.com/occupyourstories
projects. We identified a need to standardize the Biennale, and Momenta Gallery will help serve as
data collected, liberate it from google, and assist laboratories for assessing our successes and failures - occupyourstories@gmail.com
information gathering and editing with data validation, and developing new structures for the future.
editorial workflows, and community participation. All PARTNERS: The Occupy movement began on September
listings are now actively added and managed here OWS Arts and Culture, OWS Arts and 17th, 2011, but our stories - the stories of the
by the community (you). The Occupation Directory Labor, Occupy with Art, Occupy Sotheby's 99% - began far before then. And it is our stories,
is a sub-project of the Federated General Assembly Teamsters Local 814, Berlin Biennale, Living our lives, our struggles that build and inspire
(FGA) and a piece of a much larger and interesting Theatre, Momenta Gallery, 16Beaver this movement. The diversity of our stories is
puzzle that is the new social web we're building! the strength and beauty of this movement. We
HELP NEEDED: have collected stories from different working

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groups, and at Occupy Town Squares. Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, Ali Forney Learning occurs between equals via collaborative
PARTNERS: Center, Picture the Homeless, CHANGER processes. Education should be for the public good,
Occupy Our Stories Affinity Group not for private profit and should be individually and
collectively empowering, laying groundwork for the
OCCUPY THE SEC building a new society OccU believes that a truly
OCCUPY STUDENT DEBT CAMPAIGN liberatory approach to education challenges all forms
http://occupythesec.org of privilege-personal, institutional, and structural.
http://occupystudentdebtcampaign.org PARTNERS:
http://refusestudentdebt.org - occupythesec@gmail.com OWS Empowerment and Education

- occupystudentdebtcampaign@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:
- pambrowm15@gmail.com Occupy the SEC submitted a public comment THE OCCUPY WALL STREET JOURNAL
- annlarsonny@gmail.com letter to various federal agencies charged with
- andrewtross@gmail.com implementing the Volcker Rule, a statutory provision http://artsandculture.nycga.net/
that places certain restrictions on banks. Why is projects/occupywallstreetjournal
IMPORTANT DATES: the Volcker Rule important? Congress intended
Our campaign is ongoing, but our actions this for the Rule to be a modern version of the Glass- - arts_culture@nycga.net
spring are leading up to what we are calling 1T Steagall Act, which separated commercial boring - antonio@muserna.org
Day, the day when student loan debt surpasses banking from investment banking. The high-risk/
one trillion dollars. That day is April 25th, 2012. high-reward investment strategies employed by IMPORTANT DATES:
DESCRIPTION: investment arms of banks played a well-documented Special May Day issue headlines & design
The goal of the Occupy Student Debt Campaign is to role in creating the recent financial crisis. The due: April 25th. (But we can be flexible.)
restore free public higher education in the US through Volcker Rule can be understood as an insurance DESCRIPTION:
a campaign of student debt refusal. Our principles policy against future crises happening by limiting Arts & Cultures original Do-It-Yourself Journal:
include 1) public higher education should be tuition federally backstopped banks from taking excessive The Occupy Wall Street Journal accepts front page
free, 2) student loans should be interest free. risks. Presently, the Agencies Proposed Rule headlines from the public. The back page is dedicated
HELP NEEDED: has far too many loopholes and exemptions and to interactive Arts & Culture information. Proposed
Anyone who is interested in student debt, the primary goal of our group going forward is September 26th and funding approved by OWS Arts
debt refusal, or related issues in higher to put pressure on the Agencies to be faithful to and Culture. We are seeking special cover designs
education is welcome to join the OSDC. People Congressional Intent and deliver a Final Rule that as fund raisers for this project. Currently it exist
with tech/web skills especially desired. has not been watered down by industry lobbyists. as a journal wrap but can be expanded depending
PARTNERS: Moreover, we plan to submit another comment on working group interest. Archive and templates
The Occupy Student Debt Campaign is a sub-group letter to the CFTC about its version of the Volcker coming soon. To make a donation or if you are
of OWS Empowerment and Education, NYU4OWS Rule, and we are also considering other actions interested in joining the team email us for more
that might be taken to reform financial markets. info. *This project is not to be confused with Occupy
PARTNERS: Media, Inc.'s The Occupied Wall Street Journal,
OCCUPY TAX DAY A17 OWS Alternative Banking which is produced outside Occupy Wall Street NYC
General Assembly and it's Working Groups.*
http://facebook.com/#!/ HELP NEEDED:
groups/269300789819338/ OCCUPY TOWN SQUARE Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
http://nycga.net/groups/political-action/ PARTNERS:
http://facebook.com/occupytownsq OWS Arts and Culture, vizKult
- 1smleonard@gmail.com Twitter: @occupytownsq
- dianermoxley@gmail.com
- occupytownsq@gmail.com OCCUPYWALLSTREET.NET
IMPORTANT DATES: - occupytownsquare@googlegroups.com
Politcal Action meetings on action are Fridays at http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/OccupyWallStreet.net
6pm at 60 Wall Street. Action is on April 17th, 2012 IMPORTANT DATES: http://projects.occupy.net/projects/
Description: We are going to do outreach, Ongoing, every two weeks on occupywallstreet-net
messaging and creative actions outside the main either Saturday or Sunday.
Post Office on 8th Ave. and 31st Street. Our main DESCRIPTION: - patricia@nycga.net
message is about tax inequity - corporations and Occupy Town Squares are recurring occupations
the 1% should pay fair taxes. Keeping money in parks and plazas around the city that reclaim DESCRIPTION:
out of politics will also be an issue. Things are public space for free speech, art, teach-ins, OccupyWallStreet.net is the outward facing
moving fast. Other groups are coming on board. tabling, political discussions and to recapture news and information website of the NYCGA
Possible non-OWS participation as well. the spirit of Zuccotti Park during the occupation. and its working groups. The project is currently
PARTNERS: Whether a supporter or not, please join us to in development. We launched a version 1.0
OWS Political Action and Impact. debate, learn from each other, and collaborate. website in the first half of March 2012.
HELP NEEDED: HELP NEEDED:
Occupy Town Square is looking for for creative and We need people to join the editorial team: looking
OCCUPY THE EMPTY SPACE hard working people to help with event promotion, for writers, copy editors and content managers.
scheduling, visual identity for spaces, and connecting PARTNERS:
http://benjaminheimshepard.blogspot. to community groups throughout the five boroughs. OWS Tech Ops
com/2012_03_01_archive.html PARTNERS:
Occupy Town Square (actively planning).
- Kate Foster: owsvoices@gmail.com Many, many others participating. THE OCCUPY WALL STREET PROJECT
- Sarah Duncan: smduncan@mail.Bradley.edu LIST (THE PROJECT PROJECT)
Email to be added to listserv. OCCUPY UNIVERSITY (OCCU) http://info.nycga.net/support/educate/135-2
http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/TechOps_
DESCRIPTION: http://university.nycga.net Project_Requirements
Occupy the Empty Space will be coordinating multiple
10 minute play festivals and teach in series throughout - owsuniversity@gmail.com - projects@occupywallstreet.net
2012. Creative artists, activists, playwrights, and
performers occupy and educate in a non commercial IMPORTANT DATES: DESCRIPTION:
event celebrating human rights: housing, healthcare, Check NYCGA.NET for meeting details, but we meet The Occupy Wall Street Project List publicizes vital
art, etc. Our first event was Sunday March 18 in most Saturdays, 2:30. Were going to help people information about the active projects going on around
the main hall at Judson Church. Artists affiliated to set up free, politically empowering courses, the NYC Occupy movement. This print (and soon to
with Occupy Wall Street staged a theater festival + on all sorts of topics, in many neighborhoods be online) publication connects activists and other
direct action + housing rights education/outreach. throughout the New York area. We have a full launch people across the city by diffusing descriptions of
Help us plan our summer, fall and winter actions scheduled for May 1st, 2012. Please join us! local Occupy projects, the names of groups organizing
as we occupy the empty space with the power of DESCRIPTION: those projects, and the contact information to get
community activism-- and community theater! OccU is setting up a NEW type of university. Education involved. The Occupy Wall Street Project List intends
HELP NEEDED: is a critical component of social, economic, and to help build the movement by breaking through
Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.). political transformation. OccU is built upon the barriers reinforced by market organized media
PARTNERS: following principles: Everyone should have access systems. This project creates a communication
Occupy Broadway, OWS Puppet Guild, Occupy to a good education. More than just career-training, channel enabling activists from across NYC to
Arts and Culture, OWS Occupy Faith, OWS education should help us understand the social, share plans and actions regardless of their level
Street Theater Bloc, o4o, Queer Rising, NLG, economic, and political forces that control our lives. of Internet access. This list provides activists and

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the larger public a clearer understanding of what and 8th Aves. Food is provided by the OWS Kitchen. been donated, collected, gathered and discovered
the Occupy movement is planning and provides the Some childcare is provided. Bring instruments, during the occupation. Library 3.0, what we call our
means to get involved. The data gathered will also art supplies. Open Space consists of decentralized twice-resurrected book-sharing system, consists of
enable the movement a new critical perspective on conversations that are harvested and posted a few mobile units shopping carts, crates - used
the relationships we are building both within our immediately and on-line for all to access. The break- by librarians to ferry free books in and out of the
movement and with the communities around us. out style agenda is formed by anyone who offers to OWS storage facility and to Liberty Plaza, Union
HELP NEEDED: lead conversations. This Open Space is ours to define Square, and actions around the city. The librarians
Help us pay our printing costs! and the harvest is ours to share forward. We invite see this as temporary, and are dedicated to finding a
http://wepay.com/donations/91581 everyone who is intrigued by OWS, but may not have space to allow for greater access to the collection.
PARTNERS: participated yet. We invite you to reflect, connect, HELP NEEDED:
OWS TechOps, OWS Outreach, Occupy Info, and create together. OWS Open Space is hosted by Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
OccuCopy, OWS Outreach Cluster activists who believe that our movement will only be PARTNERS:
as strong as the relationships we build within it. OWS The People's Library, Archives
PARTNERS:
OCCUPY YOGA & MEDITATION OWS Facilitation
THE PEOPLE STAGED
http://facebook.com/occupyyoga
http://nycga.net/groups/occupy-yoga/ OWS ORIENTATION SESSIONS http://facebook.com/ThePeopleStaged

- occupyyoga@gmail.com - orientation@nycga.net - thepeoplestaged@gmail.com

- fatehsinghji@gmail.com To help lead orientation, join:
- owsorientations@googlegroups.com DESCRIPTION:
IMPORTANT DATES: The People Staged, of Occupy Wall Street, is an
6:30pm every Monday-Friday at Union Square IMPORTANT DATES: action-based political entertainment project providing
Park steps we teach a 45 minute warm-up and Every Saturday, 2pm-3:30pm. a mobile venue for performance in solidarity with
meditation practice free for Occupiers and the DESCRIPTION: the Occupy Movement. The People Staged hosts
public (donations accepted). To find out about Wondering how to get involved in OWS? Orientation an ~OpenStage~and invites All to perform. All
special weekend events, visit our Facebook page. Sessions are held at 2pm every Saturday to help OpenStage events are posted publicly on our
DESCRIPTION: answer these questions and more. We meet on facebook group page. We provide a performance
Occupy Yoga is a group dedicated to sharing & the South West corner of Union Square. We will venue to facilitate outreach and Occupy Movement
teaching specific human technologies for wellness show you around, introduce you to people and camaraderie, loan production equipment/time/energy
& self-awareness. We believe that these unique, connect you to groups and projects. We invite for projects/performances hosted on the stage, and
yet time-tested technologies are essential to you to join us and learn how to play your part in lend a spirit of positive inclusion and solidarity.
rebuilding todays society. It is our vision that yoga, this historic movement. If you have experience HELP NEEDED:
"Humanology", and spiritual sciences have an vital with OWS and want to be a part of planning and We could use help transporting stage equipment
role in the positive development of human-kinds leading orientations, you can join our team. Come to functions, setting up the OpenStage, and
future. It is our goal to join together to spread to one of the sessions on Saturdays, or email us ensuring the smooth flow of expression at events.
these valuable practices widely to the world, and at orientation@nycga.net for more information. If you are interested in being on Production,
empower people who strive for self growth and PARTNERS: Promotion, or Delegation teams, message us
change. It's all about you finding You in You! OWS Works, OWS Outreach for an invitation to our Google group. Contact
PARTNERS: us for hosting an activity or event.
OWS Occupy Yoga, OWS Occupy Wellness, Occupy PARTNERS:
Curveball, Occupy Teas, OWS Occupy Meditation, OWS SCREEN PRINTING Occupy Town Square, The Peoples Puppets,
OWS Occupy Mediation, 3HO - Happy Health Holy T-SHIRTS AND PATCHES Occupy Broadway, Performance Guild, OWS
Organization, IDP - The Interdependence Project Town Planning WG, RabbitHoleProjects donated
http://facebook.com/pages/OWS-Screenprinters- stage materials, West Park Presbyterian Church
Guild-OWS-Tshirts/207369386017385 provided space for performance and broadcast.
OCCUPY YOUR WORKPLACE http://screenprintingguild.nycga.net
http://occuprint.org/PrintLab/PrintLab
http://facebook.com/groups/304746022910503 Twitter: @OWSscreenguild REVTALKS
http://nycga.net/groups/occupy-your-workplace
- OWSscreenguild@gmail.com http://revtalks.org
- occupyyourworkplace@gmail.com http://facebook.com/RevTalks
DESCRIPTION: http://youtube.com/RevTalks
IMPORTANT DATES: Supporting the Occupy movement with screen Twitter: @RevTalks
Meeting every Sunday from 5-7pm, location printed materials mostly T-shirts and patches.
posted on our email group and NYCGA site. We can help with Kickstarter and other fundraising - OWSRevTalks@gmail
DESCRIPTION: merch, t-shirts for demos and general agit- - carimachet@gmail.com
The Occupy Your Workplace group believes that prop, etc. We work with action planners, affinity - becky.hurwitz@gmail.com
building democratic workers' organizations is groups, WGs, and individuals with cool ideas.
critically important for social and economic change. HELP NEEDED: IMPORTANT DATES:
We are working in solidarity with workers who are If you have supplies - like squeegees, blanks t-shirts The following dates are scheduled RevTalks:
interested in organizing on the job to have more or fabric - get in touch! If you have designs, get in April 26th - Oil Watch, oilwatch.org/
power and democracy at work and to improve their touch! If you have poster and t-shirt graphics youd May 3rd - Birgitta Jonsdottir, this.is/birgitta/
wages, benefits and working conditions. Please like to be available to all in Occupy via Creative May 10th - Pablo Solon Romero, en.wikipedia.org/wiki
contact us if you have problems at work and want Commons non-commercial, send them to us at:
to discuss organizing possibilities, or if you want http://occuprint.org/Info/Contact For each of the dates, we have reserved
to work with us in providing solidarity for other PARTNERS: space in a location in NYC.
workers who are organizing. Get on our email OWS Screen Guild, Occuprint DESCRIPTION:
list for announcements and project updates. RevTalks organizes discussions with activists around
PARTNERS: the world to learn about each other's actions and
Occupy Your Workplace, OWS Labor Outreach THE PEOPLE'S LIBRARY conditions, successes, failures, and visions for a more
Committee, OWS Immigrant Worker Justice, equitable world. The goals are to build connections
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) http://peopleslibrary.wordpress.com among movements and to expand our understanding
http://facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Wall- of global conditions in order to develop practical,
Street-Library/215569408506718 powerful, and visionary action. These discussions
OPEN SPACE are held via video conference. Discussions are
- owspeopleslibrary@gmail.com archived on the internet and are freely available for
http://occupy-open-space.posterous.com/ future use so that groups can meet and continue
occupy-open-space-every-other-friday-night-in IMPORTANT DATES: to use the discussions as tools for developing and
Meetings are Sundays at 6pm. Email for location. inspiring action and shift. RevTalks can originate from
- leo.eisenstein@gmail.com DESCRIPTION: anywhere, we have a set of agreements and guiding
- bashakell@gmail.com The Peoples Library is the collective, public, open principles for discussions - we are building a model
library of the Occupy Wall Street leaderless resistance for talks than can be replicated by anyone globally.
IMPORTANT DATES: movement. Located in the northeast corner of HELP NEEDED:
Open Space occurs every other Friday, from 6pm Liberty Plaza during the height of the occupation, the Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
to 10pm. The upcoming one is Friday, April 6th. library provided free, open and unrestricted access You can help and participate by coordinating with
DESCRIPTION: to our collection of books, magazines, newspapers, the NYC team, joining the day of the conversation, or
Open Space is at 235 W 23rd Street, between 7th zines, pamphlets and other materials that had volunteering to host additional spaces in any location.

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PARTNERS: Communities for Change, SEIU, Working Families
RevGames, InterOccupy, OWS Tech Ops, OWS Party, OWS Visions and Goals, Occupy Broadway,
Movement Building, OWS Media, individuals from Occupy Staten Island, Ant-Racist Allies, Parents #TOYPROTEST
Occupies Wall St, Boston, Oakland, SF, Beirut, Support OWS, Occupation 4 Organization, Green
yes lab (of the yes men), hemispheric institute Party, Occupy Museum, OWS Labor OWS Outreach http://facebook.com/events/178142598971449/
http://nycga.net/events/event/toyprotest/
http://youtu.be/xUS5wBB0VDo
SPEAK UP! STOP THE EMPIRE TOUR http://revolutionarygames.net

- owstext@gmail.com http://myspace.com/bkculturejammers For more information email us at:

- revolutionaryplay@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION: - bkculturejammers@gmail.com
Speak Up! seeks to diversify the voices and faces - D Kinch: mrbadexample98@gmail.com - Katie@nycga.net
representing participants in this movement. It is - accuist@yahoo.com
high time to move beyond paying lip service to the IMPORTANT DATES:
notion of diverse representation and equal voice: we April 21st, will perform 2 plays at Dutch IMPORTANT DATES:
need to actively facilitate a culture of commitment Reform Church in Flatbush. April 1st-30th.
to these principles. We aim to create a consistent, DESCRIPTION: DESCRIPTION:
open space in which people can expect to come The STOP THE EMPIRE TOUR is a series of self- The #ToyProtest starts on April 1st 2012. On April
to experiment with their voice and become more contained performances (music, dance, burlesque, Fools day Revolutionary Games will be holding a
grounded and comfortable with their own identity spoken word) organized around a central theme #toyprotest in front of FAO Schwarz, then heading
- and get inspired to communicate the issues and of support for the goals of the Occupy Movement. to Lego and American Girl in Rockefeller Center
stories at the base of the OWS movement, through The pieces in development will all reinforce the and, finally, to the Toy's R Us in Times Square. The
the media, before crowds, and on doorsteps. meme that has been at the heart of the Occupy campaign will run for 1 month. We are encouraging
PARTNERS: movement since its earliest days: that the status others to step up and create toy protests in NYC
OWS Outreach, OWS PR, OWS Thinktank quo is unacceptable and unsustainable, and that the and across the country. We will be holding other toy
conventional means of social change have been made protests throughout the month, along with trying to
dysfunctional by the presence of corporate money organize a human toy march towards the end of April.
SPRING AWAKENING 2012: OCCUPY and the intransigence of the two-party duopoly. We HELP NEEDED:
NEW YORK CITY PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY are currently touring the play How to Stop the Funding or in kind donations (materials, labor, etc.).
Empire While Keeping Your Day Job with a second PARTNERS:
http://springawakening2012.wordpress.com piece about GM food and Monsanto. Designed to OWS Puppet Guild, Occupy With Art, OWS Arts
http://facebook.com/events/121463714644788 tour, performances can also be used for fundraising. and Culture, OWS Revolutionary games, OWS
PARTNERS: Tech Ops, OWS Art and Labor, Occupy Museums
- nycitywideassembly@gmail.com Occupy Brooklyn Arts & Culture, Occupy the
- colbyahopkins@gmail.com Empty Space Kairos Theatre (part of the Church
of the Village in NYC). I reached out to other WALL STREET TO MAIN STREET
IMPORTANT DATES: churches and culture groups and to SEIU
This event will occur April 14th. http://occupywithart.com/wall-
DESCRIPTION: street-to-main-street
Join Occupy Wall Street on #A14 to kick off exciting TIDAL: OCCUPY THEORY http://occupywithart.com/press-releases/
spring and summer events. On April 14th, New http://greenearts.org
York City will converge on Central Park to unite http://occupytheory.org http://occupywithart.com/ws2ms-supporting-texts/
organizations, activists, and others to create a
transformative, citywide, mass movement. The day - amin.husain@gmail.com Fawn Potash
will include Occupy style open space with tabling, - occupytheory@gmail.com Director
teach-ins, food, music, and more! It will also Masters on Main Street project
include a structured assembly for organizers from IMPORTANT DATES: (518) 943-3400
various organizations across the city to network April 23rd, 2012. (518) 929-5764
and coordinate. This will be a day to revitalize, DESCRIPTION: fawn@greenearts.org
strategize, and kick-off the spring with a major Tidal: Occupy Theory is a horizontal conversation
focus on openness to new-comers, invigorating among those who have spent most of their lives Paul McLean
local GAs, further developing inter-organizational thinking about this moment, and the people in the Co-organizer
relationships, celebrating, and together building Occupy Movement that are making decisions every Occupy with Art
power for the spring, summer, and beyond. day about its future. All people involved in this project artforhumans@gmail.com
HELP NEEDED: are heavily involved in Occupy Wall Street. Tidal
We currently have task forces working on Outreach, offers theory and strategy as a means of empowering IMPORTANT DATES:
Structure Planning, Arts and Culture, and Logistics. occupiers, whether actual or potential, to envision Program: March 17th - May 31st, 2012.
We would really love more people to get involved actions that ultimately transform existing power DESCRIPTION:
with these groups. Email colbyahopkins@gmail. structures. It has been translated into Greek in its Six months after Occupy Wall Street (OWS) sparked a
com to plug in. This is the chance for those already entirety. Occupy Wall Street's Translation Working global 99% movement, Occupy with Art and Masters
involved to bring others from their communities, Group is translating the second issue to be shared on Main Street launched "Wall Street to Main
workplaces, schools and affinity organizations with Spanish speakers before May Day. We have spent Street" (WS2MS) in historic Catskill, NY. Through
into the movement through celebration. the winter learning, working and growing and now a dynamic series of art exhibits, performances,
PARTNERS: we are being propelled to bolder, more intelligent screenings, happenings, public discussions,
Women Occupying Wall Street (WOW), OWS Direct forms of resistance. Our vision and alternatives will community- and family-focused activities, WS2MS
Action Working Group (DAWG), OWS Facilitation, come in time, with patience, working together, as we illuminates the amazing phenomenon of OWS,
OWS Immigrant Worker Justice, OWS Outreach, OWS grow to reflect the strength and diversity of the 99%. explores possible futures of the movement and
Empowerment and Education, Occupy Brooklyn, HELP NEEDED: builds a creative bridge to connect the protests with
New York Katrina Survivors Coalition, OWS Arts and Help us by submitting money through Kickstarter: the real needs and values of Main Street, USA.
Culture, Occupy Sunset Park, Occupy DOE, Occupy kickstarter.com/projects/421440326/tidal PARTNERS:
Sotheby's, Occupy the Empty Space, OWS People and/or submit content! Occupy with Art (Affinity Group with OWS Arts &
of Color Caucus, UWA, West Harlem 99 Percent, PARTNERS: Culture), Occuprint, OWS Music, and individual
OWS Info, OWS Think Tank, UnitedNY, Occupy Town OWS Education and Empowerment, OWS Direct artists from A&C guilds, affinity groups, etc. Masters
Square, Occupy the Bronx, Occupy Williamsburg, the Action, OWS Outreach, Occupied Media, Brecht on Main Street, Greene County Arts Council, Catskill
People's Puppets, Occupy Queens, Occupy Astoria, Forum, Whitney Independent Study Program businesses donating storefront space, local printers
Movement Building, Community Voices Heard, NY and partners donating prints of photos, art, etc.

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